Facebook Messenger: Upcoming change to sticker message format by August 30, 2026
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due to an upcoming change in the facebook messenger platform api, the way sticker attachments are received in the watch messages trigger module will be updated action required by august 30, 2026 after this date, scenarios designed to process stickers by filtering for attachments with type "image" will stop receiving them what's changing? sticker attachments, which may currently be received with type "image" , will be sent exclusively with type "sticker" after the deadline scenarios that filter specifically for type equal to image to identify stickers will be affected regular image attachments are not affected and will continue to be received with type "image" what you need to do to ensure your scenarios continue to process sticker messages correctly, you must update any affected scenarios before august 30, 2026 identify scenarios review your scenarios that use the facebook messenger watch messages trigger update filters if you have a filter that checks for message attachments type equal to image to process stickers, you must modify it update the filter to check if message attachments type is equal to sticker for more robust filtering, you can check for the existence of the sticker id parameter within the attachment's payload resources facebook messenger documentation — help center https //apps make com/facebook messenger facebook messenger platform changelog https //developers facebook com/docs/messenger platform/changelog