According to various reports, the Messages app in iOS 15 appears to harbor a serious bug. In fact, the bug can cause photos that have already been saved to be deleted.
Based on various user reports (via According to MacRumors, the error appears to be located within the Messages app but also affects the photo library and iCloud backups. If you save a photo from a Messages chat and then delete the chat history, the image may be removed from your storage the next time you back up iCloud. Even if the image was saved in your personal iCloud photo library, it still seems to be linked to the Messages app in iOS 15 - more precisely, to the chat it came from. In other words, the saved photo is not retained after the respective chat is deleted when an iCloud backup is performed.
iOS 15 & iOS 15.1 affected: Loss of saved images
Since many users have activated the iCloud backup function, such backups are carried out automatically. However, if you regularly delete message chats and use the iCloud backup feature at the same time, you will probably not be able to keep images from these deleted messages. To prevent the problem, users must keep all their message chats for the time being and not delete them. This is the only way to ensure that all images are retained. The alternative to this would of course be to deactivate iCloud backups, which is less advisable than hoarding chat histories. The error currently appears to be present in the second beta of iOS 15.1 in addition to iOS 15. available Therefore, beta testers should also follow my advice not to delete chats. (Photo by Denys Prykhodov / Bigstockphoto)
