The client.getAllMessagesInChat function only retrieves the last message

[EntropicBlackhole]

The client.getAllMessagesInChat function only retrieves the last message

[EntropicBlackhole]

I'm trying to receive approximately 50 unread messages with getUnreadMessages(), but it doesn't end up loading and it outputs this error:

ProtocolError: Runtime.callFunctionOn timed out. Increase the 'protocolTimeout' setting in launch/connect calls for a higher timeout if needed.

What should I do? Again, is there any function I can use that returns messages inside a specific time window?

[ghayman]

This is how I use getAllMessagesInChat() and loadEalierMessages() in a loop to retrieve all messages back to a specific date.

        let lastMessageCount;
        do {
            lastMessageCount = allMessages.length;
            await sleep(1000);
            allMessages = await client.getAllMessagesInChat(id, true, false);
            await client.loadEarlierMessages(id);

            log.info(' Message count: ' + allMessages.length);

        } while (lastMessageCount !== allMessages.length && allMessages[0].t >= fromDate);

loadEarlierMessages() seems to load a batch of 50 messages.
getAllMessagesInChat() then reports more messages in each loop until we get the same number of messages twice in a row (all messages retrieved) or a specific date is reached.

However, the call to loadEalierMessages takes longer and longer and will eventually hit the Puppeteer protocolTimeout value which is 180 seconds by default. In my implementation this evaluates to about 800 messages (per chat room)