Chat history and contacts lost after device upgrade

[sclsj]

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Describe the bug

After migrating to a new device by making and restoring an encrypted iTunes/Finder backup, all other applications (after re-authentication) works just as before. Session, after entering the recovery phrase, seems to delete the chat history and contacts.

To reproduce

Migrate to a new iOS device.

Screenshots or logs

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: Any
• OS: Any
• Version of Session: Any

Additional context

This is a big problem if you lost your iPhone, it is stolen/broken, or it is no longer supported by Apple and needs upgrade to newer device.

[RyanRory]

Hi @sclsj , thanks for the feedback! If you use recovery phrase to restore your account, you can only get the latest 14-day chat history from network. All the messages stored on the network have a TTL(time to live) of 14 days.

Regarding the migration, Session should be able to be migrated by the proper iPhone backup including all the data of your previous Session app.