Linux desktop app shows inaccessible “zombie” chats absent from web client

Description

The ChatGPT Linux desktop client shows several stale or “zombie” chats in the left sidebar. These chats cannot be opened, deleted, or archived. They do not appear when I access the same account through the ChatGPT web client.

Environment

• ChatGPT Linux client version: 26.901.51231
• Linux distribution/version: Linux Mint 22.3
• Account: Same account used successfully in the web client

Actual behaviour

Several chat titles remain visible in the Linux client’s sidebar. Examples include:

• Expliquer les niveaux API
• GitHub- done

Clicking these entries does not open the conversation. Attempting to delete or archive them has no effect. The entries are absent from the web client.

Expected behaviour

The Linux client sidebar should synchronise with the account’s current conversations. Entries that no longer exist should disappear, or at least remain removable through Delete or Archive.

Troubleshooting already performed

• Confirmed that the client is already the newest available version: 26.901.51231
• Signed out of the desktop client and signed back in
• Fully restarted the client
• Confirmed that the affected chats do not appear in the web client
• Checked the local Codex SQLite database with PRAGMA quick_check; result was ok
• Checked all thread records for missing transcript files; none were found
• Searched the local threads table for the example titles; no matching records were found

This suggests the entries may be retained in a separate desktop sidebar cache or synchronisation state rather than the normal local Codex thread database.

Start by tracing the Linux desktop sidebar synchronization or cache separately from the local Codex SQLite threads table; the report notes that the example titles are absent there and no transcript files are missing. Reproduce with the listed ChatGPT client version and verify that stale entries disappear or become removable, while confirming normal conversations remain visible.