Logging into signal account from new phone *without* syncing from old phone has disabled disappearing messages on most chats

[kpcyrd]

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Bug description

I've switched to a new phone and the iOS migration wizard, at the end, suggested wiping the old phone so I did.

After switching sim cards I logged into signal, noticed I can't import and recovered access through the pin on my account. Everything seemed fine, I had no former conversations but I also had disappearing messages enabled for almost everything anyway.

Steps to reproduce

• Enable disappearing messages on a chat (eg by having it setup as a default)
• Make sure you have a pin configured, then delete the signal app
• Reinstall the signal app, recover access to your account through the pin

Actual result: The chat from step one now has disappearing messages disabled

Expected result: The chat from step one should still have disappearing messages enabled

I noticed this does not seem to happen in groups, only for 1-to-1 DMs. I suspect this is because disappearing messages is tracked as a room setting, while for 1-to-1 DMs it's a regular message that was not synced to the new phone. I also noticed in cases when the other side (or possibly also another device) have selected disappearing messages, it still seems to be enabled.

Related to #4953

Device info

Device: iPhone 15

iOS version: 17.1.1

Signal version: 6.48.0.14

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