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OpenAI Codex chat history lost by user

A user reported losing an entire day's worth of conversation history with OpenAI's Codex tool. The user was building an Ansible workflow for server upgrades, but upon returning the next day, only the initial interaction remained. Even when prompted about the missing data, Codex stated it could find the thread but only contained the first turn of the conversation and was not archived. AI

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OpenAI Codex chat history lost by user

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/SecretEmployee7612 ·

    Lost an entire day of Codex chat except the first interaction

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This sucks. Spent an entire day building an Ansible workflow to upgrade Roundcube on a fleet of servers, and next day the only thing left of it is the first interaction and answer. Insane. WTF</p> <p>Anyone else have this happen? Get it back?</p>…