openai / openai/codex

side chats are ephemeral and not forkable

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CLI enhancement session
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

What variant of Codex are you using?

CLI

What feature would you like to see?

side chats can be promoted to a main chat so that it can be saved or forked.

Additional information

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the CLI code that creates side chats and handles saving or forking, then determine how promotion to a main chat should preserve the conversation; done means a side chat can be promoted and then saved or forked.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
40/100

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