Old Codex chats cannot open after desktop app update
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Description
After updating the ChatGPT desktop app, all of my older Codex chats stopped opening.
Error:
invalid paginated history lineage: missing source rollout
Environment:
- macOS 26.6.2
- ChatGPT desktop app 26.901.51231
- Bundled Codex CLI 0.153.4
Diagnostics:
- Codex Doctor reports: state DB rows point at missing or unusable rollout files
- 142 rollout DB rows
- 134 stale rollout DB rows
- ~/.codex/sessions appears to have been recreated around 2026-09-12 08:33 JST
- thread_history_1.sqlite still contains the older chat contents
Restarting the app and restarting the Mac did not fix the issue.
Expected:
Older chats should open normally.
Actual:
The chats remain listed in the sidebar, but opening them fails.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with Codex Doctor and inspect ~/.codex/sessions alongside thread_history_1.sqlite, focusing on the missing or unusable rollout files and the recreated sessions directory. Done means the older chats listed in the macOS desktop app open successfully without the lineage error.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, rust, sqlite
- Domain
- databases, desktop-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100