Saving statuses from WhatsApp Business (it needs a second permission)
WhatsApp Business keeps statuses in a completely separate folder. If you use both apps, granting one folder covers half your statuses.
troubleshooting
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You saved a status but can't find it in your gallery
The file is almost certainly there. Three reasons it isn't showing, and how to make it appear.
Why your WhatsApp statuses aren't showing up in a status saver
An empty status saver is almost never a broken app. Three things cause it, and all three have a quick fix.
Can you recover a WhatsApp status after 24 hours?
An honest answer: not from your phone. Here is what actually happens at expiry, and the one thing that does work.
WhatsApp status won't load or download — what to check
Statuses stuck on a spinner, or showing a grey box. Six causes in the order worth checking them.
Status video plays with no sound — the usual causes
Five reasons, and the first one accounts for most of them. Worth checking in this order.
Dual WhatsApp, cloned apps, and where their statuses go
Second-space and app-cloning features put statuses somewhere a status saver often cannot reach. Why, and what to do.
A status vanished before 24 hours were up
Four reasons, none of which are a bug in your phone. The first is the most common by a distance.
Media auto-download and why it decides what you can save
The setting that controls whether a status file reaches your phone at all — and therefore whether any saver can see it.
Text statuses can't be saved as files — here's why
A coloured-background text status has no underlying image on your phone. What that means, and the one thing that works.