WhatsApp display name never appears — name_status NON_EXISTS, number not verified

Status: Open · Asked by Eng ABDULAZIZ on · 0 views

Eng ABDULAZIZ — Question ·
Hi,

My WhatsApp number connected through Pabbly Chatflow works fine —
sending and receiving normally, quality rating GREEN — but the
display name never appears. Recipients only see the raw phone number.

I checked the number via Graph API and found:

  verified_name             : (set correctly)
  name_status               : NON_EXISTS
  code_verification_status  : NOT_VERIFIED
  is_pin_enabled            : false
  platform_type             : CLOUD_API
  status                    : CONNECTED
  account_mode              : LIVE
  quality_rating            : GREEN
  search_visibility         : NON_VISIBLE

The WABA itself is fine — account_review_status is APPROVED, and it
is owned by my own Meta-verified business. Pabbly is the only app
subscribed to this WABA.

Per Meta's registration documentation, a number requires (a) verified
ownership and (b) two-step verification enabled. Both are missing on
my number, which I believe is why no display name review record
exists at all.

Since Pabbly is the Tech Provider that registered this number, I
cannot run the verification or re-registration myself without
risking the integration.

Could you please:

  1. Complete the phone number ownership verification
  2. Enable two-step verification (set a PIN)
  3. Re-register the number so the display name certificate is issued

Note: this may be related to the Meta BSUID migration — I see another
Chatflow thread reporting BSUID-only identity issues. My verified name
went to NONE around Aug 24 at the same time a username was reserved
on my account.

I can share the Phone Number ID and WABA ID through your secure link.

Thanks.

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