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The details.until field carries the time the hold is expected to lift.","reachout_timelocked",{"error":7},{"code":5,"message":8,"request_id":9},"WhatsApp has temporarily locked reach-outs for this channel.","req_01JRQ8F4X9N2K7YB3C5V6W8H0T",[11,14],{"a":12,"q":13},"No, but it is the warning that precedes one. A timelock is temporary and lifts by itself; a ban removes the number from WhatsApp permanently. Treat the first timelock as the last cheap signal you will get, and change the sending pattern rather than waiting it out and repeating it.","Is a timelock the same as a ban?",{"a":15,"q":16},"Usually yes - the hold targets new conversations rather than replies, so support threads continue. 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