WhatsApp crashes after a few seconds and closes by itself

I used to have an iPhone 11 with 64GB of storage, and a few days ago WhatsApp started crashing unexpectedly after a few seconds, making it unusable. I freed up some space, but the issue persisted. I decided to upgrade to a new iPhone 13, transferred all my data, and the problem appeared again.

I’ve already reset the iPhone as new, deleted WhatsApp, and reinstalled it. I noticed that if I set up WhatsApp without restoring my chat backup, it works fine. However, when I restore my chat history, the chats download successfully, but the app starts crashing every 3 seconds.

On this new phone, I have plenty of storage available—70GB free—and my backup size is only 12GB, so I don’t think it’s a storage issue. It’s really important for me to keep my chats, so deleting them entirely isn’t an option. I suspect there might be a corrupt chat or file causing the crash.

Has anyone experienced something similar or found a solution? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!