Codex/ChatGPT update deleted all the conversations

Open 💬 3 comments Opened Jul 15, 2026 by Khalagasser

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

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

Codex, Chat GPT -5

What subscription do you have?

free

What platform is your computer?

uname -mprs

What issue are you seeing?

After updating ChatGPT with Codex app on macOS on July 15, 2026, my entire chat history disappeared. I am signed in with the same email address and sign-in method as before.

These are not chats that I deleted. They disappeared immediately after the update. The app now displays only the new chat created today.

So I lost all my chats. This means hundreds hours of work & research ! I am VERY UPSET

The new chatGPT-5/Codex is completely useless and cannot restaure anything.

Local conversation archives still exist on my Mac but cannot be restaured, which appears to indicate a synchronization or indexing issue after the update.

I recommend NOT TO UPDATE WITH CODEX

Date and time zone of the incident: July 15, 2026, Asia/Bangkok.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

What is the expected behavior?

Additional information

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 1 month ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#33274
#33157
#33116
#32845
#32834

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caroljjj0923-maker · 1 month ago

I am experiencing the same issue.

My local data is still present:

~/.codex/sessions contains previous rollout files
state_5.sqlite contains historical threads
session_index.jsonl contains old conversation IDs

However, after the ChatGPT macOS app update, Codex only shows newly created conversations. Reinstalling the app does not fix it.

CCiconi · 15 days ago

Idem, ao abrir hoje nada estava lá, horas de trabalho perdidos?