---
title: "POST /connections/{phoneNumber}/presence-subscribe"
method: POST
path: "/connections/{phoneNumber}/presence-subscribe"
tags: ["Connections"]
---

# POST /connections/{phoneNumber}/presence-subscribe

`POST /connections/{phoneNumber}/presence-subscribe`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://localhost:3025`
- URL: `http://localhost:3025/connections/{phoneNumber}/presence-subscribe`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Subscribe to presence updates for one or more JIDs. Presence updates will be forwarded via the `presence.update` webhook event. Subscriptions are ephemeral, so re-subscribe periodically for continuous monitoring. LID JIDs are automatically resolved to phone number JIDs before subscribing.

## Path parameters

- `phoneNumber` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `jids` string[], required: Array of JIDs to subscribe to presence updates

## Response `200`

Presence subscription result

## Other responses

- `403`: Forbidden — the API key does not own this connection. Returned when a connection is bound to a different API key.
- `421`: Misdirected Request — in cluster mode, this instance does not own the connection. The owning instance id is in the x-baileys-owner header; a proxy re-routes the request there. Not returned for the explicit-takeover routes: POST /connections/{phoneNumber}, /import-session and /restart.

## Changes

- **2026-08-15** `533b3360e2e4`: 2 breaking, 4 info
  - removed the media type `application/json` for the response with the status `200`
  - removed the success response with the status `202`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `409`
  - …2 more
- **2026-08-15** `80b5396ef493`: 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `422`
  - added the success response with the status `202`
- **2026-06-16** `da89554d2e38`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2025-05-10** `02cbe6b8238e`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/fazer-ai/apis/fazer-ai-baileys-api/changes/connections/:phoneNumber/presence-subscribe/post.md)

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