Scorpius, it seems those server messages are back again. There's a recent development that started at around 3PM (GMT+2). it goes like this:

I start Yappari. it shows:

connecting

connected

Logged in

(then i receive the message "a new version of whatsapp is available")

Connection closed by server

Then the "connecting-connected-logged in-message-connection closed" cycle starts again

I have received close to 70 messages from the server, and it's getting a bit annoying now. is it possible to make an app fix for us to get rid of this annoying situation. i'm using version 0.0.17