New Stickers Disappear Immediately (iOS 18 Messages App)

I updated my back up iPhone XR from IOS 16.4.1 to iOS 18 with my no problems which is shocking, I won't install iOS 18 on my iPhone 14 due to last year with IOS 17.2.1. my iPhone 14 had issues connecting to cellular network, which drove me crazy, I will wait for IOS 18.0.1.

Same issue here. Brand new iPhone 16 Pro and the stickers disappear immediately after I make them. Completely unusable. I did not have this issue on my iPhone 13 Pro. I also do not have this issue on my iPad Air.

Same here! From iPhone 13 Pro to 16 pro. All self made stickers missing, and making new ones have them just disappear in an instant.

all still working well on my iPad.

also, Universal Clipboard and handoff had issues, but seems to work now.

edit: ping my Apple Watch isn’t working either. Can ping my phone via watch tho.

Didn't work for me either. I solved the problem by restoring to the new iphone from a backup i made of the old iphone with Apple Devices on a laptop. Had to re-establish all the security settings for various apps, but other than that worked well.

Yeah, came here because all my custom stickers created from family photos disappeared after I upgraded to 16 Pro. Now I see the problem goes even deeper, new stickers disappear. This wound be where I forward the thread to my friend with the sticker of me after splashing water on my face where it looks like I’m crying; but, can’t even do that.

This is salt in the arterial wound from terrible the software glitches the first week and a half.

P.S., to the inquisitive reader. Yes, I did a full iCloud backup with all boxes checked immediately prior to setting up the new phone as instructed from said backup, on a fast stable home wifi connection. I also use arch, btw

Looks like the key to a successful transfer is to back up old iphone on laptop or pc (or maybe mac) and restore to new iphone from there. Direct transfer and use of iCloud seems to fail. After transfer to new iphone you have to change the name of the device from whatever you backed up from to name of new device and re-verify secure sign in on all apps, but that verification step is required no matter how you transfer.

What is wrong with Apple. I have this problem on my new 16 pro, and the 15 pro I gave my niece!!!!

she and I used to send stickers to each other all the time. Now she wakes her old 12 pro back. It’s not been upgraded 🤷🏻‍♂️

Apple should be able to resolve this in short order..,it’s Apple 🤦🏻‍♂️

Same issue here as well. You can submit feedback to Apple regarding this issue here Feedback - iPhone - Apple

same on iPhone 16 Pro

But my friend, who has an iPhone 14 Pro, and who “upgraded” to iOS 18, does not have this issue.

It doesn’t work on my iPad 10 after “upgrading” to iOS 18. All my custom stickers vanished.

16 Pro Max having the same issue

Same, iPhone 14 upgraded to 16 pro max. I have not checked my iPad but I want my stickers back, lot of candid moments captured for use there

Same issue - just got my iPhone 16 Pro Max today and sticker don’t work. They appear on the list for a second then they disappear. Hope Apple is able to fix this glitch soon.