Codex App project sort setting does not persist after selecting Recently updated
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.623.9142.0
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What platform is your computer?
Windows x64
What issue are you seeing?
In the Codex Windows app, the project sidebar sort option does not persist.
When I open the project sidebar menu, go to Sort condition, and select "Recently updated", the selection appears to work temporarily. However, when I open the menu again, the selected option has reverted back to "Manual sort".
This makes it difficult to keep projects ordered by the latest conversation or activity time.
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Feedback ID: 019f1b5b-ed1c-7c41-827c-5ee534b40a58
What is the expected behavior?
After selecting "Recently updated", the Codex app should keep that sort option selected and continue sorting projects by their most recent activity or latest conversation time.
Additional information
The issue was observed on the Windows Codex app. The setting appears to reset immediately when reopening the menu, rather than being persisted as a user preference.
2 Comments
Same behavior on MacOS
Still reproducible on macOS with ChatGPT/Codex 26.707.72221 (build 5307).
I also tested the temporary script from #32166 after fully quitting the ChatGPT app and its app-server process.
Before reopening, the state file was correct:
project-order was sorted using the latest recency_at_ms from state_5.sqlite.
projectSortMode was set to updated_at.
Immediately after reopening the app, it restored the previous manual project-order and changed projectSortMode back to priority, while the UI continued to show Last updated as selected.
Therefore, the script workaround is not durable on this build. In one list is the only mode that currently provides correct chronological ordering; By project → Last updated remains broken.