Linux app: history search results always open as Side Chat

Open 💬 1 comment Opened Aug 18, 2026 by faroukfaiz10

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

26.803.81509

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

Linux 7.0.0-29-generic aarch64 unknown

What issue are you seeing?

In the ChatGPT Linux desktop app, selecting a conversation from history search (Ctrl+K) opens it as a Side Chat rather than opening the conversation in the main window.

Also, there appears to be no “Open in main window” action for the resulting Side Chat.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Feedback ID: no-active-thread-01a01555-c231-7af2-9f6c-650a1c1f6d17

What is the expected behavior?

Selecting a history search result should behave the same as selecting that conversation from the normal chat history/sidebar, i.e. navigate the main window to that conversation. This is also how chat-history search behaves in the web app.

Additional information

No response

User feedback: Windows shows the same history-search routing issue

  • Source: [https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/39210#issuecomment-5352463366](<https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/39210#issuecomment-5352463366>)
  • Type: external
  • User reports:
  • “I can reproduce the same issue on the Windows ChatGPT app.”
  • Selecting a history-search result opens the conversation in Quick Chat instead of the main window, with no “Open in main window” action.
  • The reporter says this appears to be “the same routing/navigation issue” as the Linux report.

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roelofventer-crypto · 8 days ago

I can reproduce the same issue on the Windows ChatGPT app.

App version: 26.818.21641
Subscription: ChatGPT Plus
Platform: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
Feedback ID: no-active-thread-01a01ddf-dcdc-72d0-b798-6973babb98be

Behavior:

  • Open Chat History Search
  • Search for an existing conversation
  • Select a result
  • The conversation opens in Quick Chat instead of the main ChatGPT window
  • There is no “Open in main window” action

Expected behavior:
Selecting a history-search result should navigate the main window to that conversation, the same way selecting the chat from the normal sidebar does.

This appears to be the same routing/navigation issue reported here, but on Windows rather than Linux.

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