Messages indexing iOS 13

I don't understand the utility of these Communities if Apple doesn't monitor and respond. . . . clearly an issue with the 13.2 update. (I guess Apple would have us wait for 13.3 to address)

13.3 didn’t help either with the indexing. Need to fix this asap

How long had you been dealing with the "indexing" issue prior to that?

Sorry meant to say read above.

Hello Taymarie1235,

Thanks for posting. I understand you're seeing that Messages is indexing after you updated.

Has it finished since you made this post? If not, make sure you have a strong Wi-Fi connection consistently to see if it then completes.

If that doesn't help, I recommend that you Contact Apple Support next. Cheers!

I finally have that problem solved. My photos weren’t loading in my messages app when I would try and go back to view photos previously shared via text. I kept getting the message that the photos would appear after messages were done indexing. After dealing with customer support, we realized that my storage was almost at capacity and I had to delete some videos and apps I wasn’t using. Apparently iOS 13.2.1 uses a lot of memory. Here is what I had to do:

1. go to Settings>general>iPhone storage If the amount of GB used is within 5 GB of your max, you need to delete some stuff. There are suggestions for you as to what to delete. On that same screen, take a look at the “review large attachments” and the apps listed that you may not be using and can delete.
2. you may have to also sign out of your iCloud on your phone and then sign back in so that everything loads again. This will take quite a long time (up to 48 hours) BUT my photos are starting to repopulate within my Messages app.
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I’m not convinced storage was my issue either because I did both remedies at the same time. Meaning I logged out of iCloud and then cleared out some of my videos so just logging out of iCloud and then logging back in may have been enough to fix the problem. It is worth it for you to try. It just takes a while for the photos to eventually load but now I don’t get that message about “photos will load when messages are done indexing” anymore. I had been getting that message on every one of my contacts in messaging that I have shared lots of pics with.

Indexing issue fix. I think, I turned off everything that had to do with Siri in my settings, as soon as I did that all of my past pictures from messaging can back. Try it and let me know because I did a few other things like changing my password for Apple

That’s great. But storage is not my issue. It’s still indexing. But I noticed it’s still downloading but only when I plug into power and on WiFi

I forgot to mention that the pics will only download when you are on wi-Fi and plugged in.