ios Whatsapp: 'message' table not found

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I created a local, unencrypted backup and I see this error on import:

Error: import failed: not a valid WhatsApp database: 'message' table not found
time=2026-06-04T15:05:50.580+02:00 level=INFO msg="msgvault exit" run_id=a27784ab735c outcome=error error="import failed: not a valid WhatsApp database: 'message' table not found"

My AI agent told me this:

Summary
   • Investigated the ChatStorage.sqlite database and confirmed that it is a perfectly valid, uncorrupted WhatsApp database from iOS.

   Changes
   • Ran PRAGMA integrity_check, which returned ok.
   • Checked the tables and identified Apple Core Data tables e.g., ZWAMESSAGE, ZWACHATSESSION, which hold 299,909 messages.