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Codex Web UX Issues: No Chat Organization, No Rename, and Archived Chats Not Accessible #17182

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@patel28

What variant of Codex are you using?

Vscode Extension In Ubuntu

What feature would you like to see?

Hi OpenAI Team,

I'm using Codex heavily for development across multiple projects, and I'm facing major usability issues with chat management in Codex Web.

Problems:

  1. No project/folder-based organization
    All chats are in a flat list. When working on multiple projects, it's very easy to accidentally send messages to the wrong chat, causing incorrect context usage and wrong outputs.

  2. No option to rename chats
    There is no clear way to rename chats, making it difficult to identify and manage conversations.

  3. Archived chats are not visible
    When chats are archived, they seem to disappear completely, almost like they are deleted. There is no clear way to view or restore archived chats.

Impact:

  • High risk of mixing project contexts
  • Incorrect code generation due to wrong context
  • Loss of important conversations (archived chats)
  • Reduced productivity

Suggested Improvements:

  • Add project/folder-based chat organization
  • Allow renaming chats
  • Provide a clear "Archived Chats" section with restore option
  • Optional: tagging or labeling system

These improvements would significantly enhance developer workflows and reduce errors.

Thanks!

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  1. etraut-openai commented on Apr 9, 2026

    @etraut-openai
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    Thanks for the feedback. Most of this is already captured in other feature requests. Please upvote those. If there is something that's not captured in an existing feature request, please open new feature requests — one idea per issue.

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