Restoring text messages from iCloud backup on iPhone 16 Plus

Lee Sachs wrote:

I got a new iPhone 16 Plus and I’m restoring from iCloud backup. The original phone is dead. I see apps and photos and settings being restored nicely but I don’t see my text messages restored to the way it was. Does that just take longer or is there something wrong? I was getting this message that messages had paused syncing but I don’t know why that is.

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Original Title: Backing up iPhone from iCloud, text messages are not showing up. Do they just take longer than everything else?

If you have this enabled Set up iCloud for Messages on all your devices - Apple Support it isn't part of the the icloud backup What does iCloud back up? - Apple Support