Windows 10 Microsoft Authenticator won't restore accounts

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I have an Android phone with Microsoft Authenticator set up with a bunch of 2FA. Backup is enabled.As a safety, in case I loose my device, I installed MA on a second Android device. I use the same Microsoft Account on both.I logged in on the second device. It showed "Restoring Backup", but none of the 2FA accounts set up on the first device showed up.What is the point of a backup not transferring the data?As there's no data export option and the app doesn't give the option to display the secret keys, I can't manually transfer all my accounts.

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