Have you checked the official website of WhatsApp? You can only restore local backups if you are on older Android versions. On newer Androids it is only Google backup.
https://faq.whatsapp.com/6181521285295518/?helpref=hc_fnav&cms_platform=android Nowhere will you find reference to local backup other than this. And my experience confirms it.
You might have succeeded because you and I might have been part of A/B testing but this is going to be the future.
No it does not do it now. Only option is cloud restore. I have done it last week.
How did you use it? They no longer allow restoring from local backup AFAIK?
They no longer allow local backup.
Do you have time to go to toilet?
What happened to VLC?