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Raise hand

Signalling - raise-hand

SIG-09 - status: draft - group, raise-hand

In-call signal a participant sends to raise or lower their hand in a group call.

A participant signals raise/lower-hand state to other participants in-band over the call signalling channel.

TODO: the exact stanza/attribute carrying this state, and whether it is acked, is not yet specified.

Parent: group-call
Requires: group-call

Implemented by

Flavor Status Source Notes
whatsapp-rust unknown

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Contributors

Contributor Role
Rajeh Taher Rajeh Taher wrote initial spec

protocol history / diff - blame

Open questions - Which stanza/attribute carries raise-hand state, and whether it is acked.

Changelog

  • 2026-06-21 — Initial spec entry.

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