ChatGPT iOS auto-generated conversation title unexpectedly in Chinese (Conversation is in English actually)
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
CChatGPT Powered by Codex & OWL Version 26.803.41515 Released Aug 6, 2026 © OpenAI
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.6.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
Subject:
On August 10, 2026, ChatGPT automatically generated a Chinese title for an entirely English-language conversation.
The generated title was:
创建交易讨论手册
which means approximately “Create Deal Discussion Playbook.”
The semantic title is appropriate, but the language is not. I did not use Chinese anywhere in the conversation and did not request a Chinese title.
This occurred in the ChatGPT iOS app. I have attached a screenshot showing the Chinese conversation title in the notification while the underlying conversation is in English.
This appears similar to previous reports from users of auto-generated ChatGPT titles appearing in random languages.
Expected behavior: The conversation title should be generated in the language of the conversation or the user's configured ChatGPT language.
Actual behavior: An English conversation received a Simplified Chinese auto-generated title.
Please investigate whether the conversation-title language-detection/generation system is incorrectly selecting languages.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Feedback ID: no-active-thread-019feec9-5439-7cb0-91bb-da62ad94a926
What is the expected behavior?
The notification and UI showing the conversation title in US English
Additional information
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the supplied Feedback ID and the attached screenshot, then determine whether this repository contains the iOS conversation-title or language-detection entry point. Compare the reported English conversation with the generated Simplified Chinese title and identify a reproducible diagnostic path. Done means establishing the responsible component and verifying that titles follow the conversation or configured language.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios
- Domain
- internationalization, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100