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In-app feedback ID: 019e3780-31aa-7b70-b26e-57b4f40e5b56

After updating Codex Desktop on Windows, many older chats disappeared from the sidebar/project views and are not found by in-app search.

The data still exists locally:

  • ~/.codex/state_5.sqlite contains the missing threads
  • ~/.codex/sessions contains the JSONL session files
  • Threads are active, not archived

Examples:

  • HealthAgents shows only 3 chats, but local state has 38 active threads for that cwd
  • ZONE-koop shows only 2-3 chats, but local state has 19 active threads
  • Restarting Codex and rebooting Windows did not fix it

Possible cause: Some thread cwd values are stored as \?\D:... while project roots are D:... The UI/sidebar/search may not be normalizing Windows extended-length paths consistently.

Environment:

  • Windows
  • Codex Desktop: OpenAI.Codex_26.513.4821.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0
  • App/server version in sessions: 0.131.0-alpha.9

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