Whastapp stopped working in GrapheneOS without Play services

Yes, lastest version of Whatsapp and GrapheneOS. > the app launches fine but most incoming messages show : “Waiting for this message This may take a while” I had that too like a week ago. I think it was caused by an update from Aurora store installing a beta version and then a stable one, breaking things. This is was due by using Aurora store with anonymous account since you can get random accounts that have beta software enabled. So it’s better to have your own throwaway account just for Aurora store. If your Whasapp is not working I suggest to do a backup of your chats, uninstall the app, reinstall and restore the backup. Also to avoid crash during use, I found it necessary to disable the hardened memory allocator.