Codex chat threads keep deleting partial history
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Description
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.901.51231
What subscription do you have?
Pro 20x
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
Codex chat threads will lose several days of history, and then the chat becomes poisoned and will keep losing new history back to that time.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Feedback ID: 01a06deb-d130-7ed2-a92a-362f888a6b18
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
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Research direction
Start with the Codex App chat-thread history behavior and the supplied Feedback ID 01a06deb-d130-7ed2-a92a-362f888a6b18, then locate the persistence path for thread history. Reproduce the loss of several days of history and verify that new history no longer rolls back after the underlying cause is identified.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100