codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix `Ctrl + Shift + A` unexpectedly archives the thread

codex2026-05-25 06:20:53

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Then, because I didn’t want to run into this issue again, I opened the keyboard shortcuts screen, only to find there was no option to disable or remap the shortcut, which was the second thing that surprised me.

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While I was entering instructions, I tried to press Ctrl+A to delete the text and rewrite it, but I accidentally pressed Shift as well, so Ctrl+Shift+A was entered. Suddenly the thread disappeared and a new chat screen opened, which was pretty alarming.

In the GUI, archiving a thread requires an additional confirmation step, but in the keyboard shortcut scenario it just disappeared immediately, which was the first thing that caught me off guard.

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