forking a chat doesn't fork cleanly

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reproducing the problem with the reported Codex App version by forking a chat and checking whether messages from later history appear in the fork. Compare the forked chat with the point where it was created; done means the fork contains only the earlier history.

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Description

app bug session
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.715.70719

What subscription do you have?

Max

What platform is your computer?

No response

What issue are you seeing?

Forking a chat somehow included later history in the chat.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

fork a chat.

What is the expected behavior?

No response

Additional information

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