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What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

26.429.30905 (2345)

What subscription do you have?

Business

What platform is your computer?

mac

What issue are you seeing?

When starting the app, or clicking on New Chat, the chat starts in latest project rather in Chat sidebar.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  • Start the app, the chat window starts in latest project directory.
  • Click on the new chat, the new chat windows starts in latest project directory.

What is the expected behavior?

  • Start the app, the chat windows starts in chat side panel
  • Click on the new chat, the new chat starts in chat side panel

Additional information

Additionally you could make this behavior dynamic upon the order of the side panel. Eg. if chats are first, then the chat windows should always start without project. And if the projects are first, then the new window should start in the latest project. That would make more sense.

Now it's really annoying, most of the time I want to start new chats outside the project, and I randomly start the chat in the project I didn't want to.

EDIT: I can see it kind of works for projects. That if I exit the app and launch it, the latest project is selected as new window. But when my latest conversation is chat, it always selects the project upon launch and not the chat without project. That is the problem that should be primarily fixed.

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TL;DR

The issue can be mitigated by adjusting the order of the side panel to prioritize chats, potentially resolving the inconsistent behavior when starting new chats.

Guidance

  • Verify that the side panel order is indeed the cause of the issue by rearranging the panels and observing the behavior.
  • Try setting the chats panel as the first item in the side panel to see if new chats open in the chat side panel as expected.
  • If the issue persists, check if there are any settings or preferences that control the default behavior of new chat windows.
  • Consider providing more feedback or suggestions to the developers to implement a dynamic behavior based on the side panel order.

Example

No code snippet is provided as this issue seems to be related to the application's UI and settings rather than code.

Notes

The provided information suggests that the issue might be related to the application's behavior when the latest conversation is a chat, and it always selects the project upon launch. However, without more technical details, it's difficult to provide a definitive solution.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Rearrange the side panel to prioritize chats, as this might resolve the inconsistent behavior when starting new chats. This approach is recommended because it is a simple and non-invasive change that can potentially fix the issue without requiring code changes or upgrades.

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