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Codex app update lost local thread history #27340

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@YangchenxiWu

I already submitted in-app feedback. Feedback/session ID:
019eafa9-7bd1-7370-b528-91aba7f70533

After updating Codex app, my previous Codex app thread history disappeared from the sidebar. This is not ChatGPT history.

Current visible local threads only start from 2026-06-04, about 17 threads. My Codex usage is around 390M lifetime tokens and I had many more Codex app conversations before the update.

Same account/workspace. Current version: codex-cli 0.138.0-alpha.7.

Current local store:

  • ~/.codex/state_5.sqlite only contains the new 17 threads
  • ~/.codex/sessions only contains sessions from 2026-06-04 onward
  • session_index.jsonl only has the current/new index

I also found an older Codex thread id in a crash dump:
019e6e80-2278-7dc1-a061-d53c4cd5b2de

Please help recover or reindex the old Codex app local thread history.

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    bugSomething isn't working
    appIssues related to the Codex desktop app
    sessionIssues involving session (thread) management, resuming, forking, naming, archiving
    on Jun 10, 2026
  2. YangchenxiWu commented on Jun 10, 2026

    @YangchenxiWu
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    Potentially related to #26236 and #27251. I’m leaving this open for now because my case includes a feedback/session ID and local-store details that may help debugging.

    Feedback/session ID:
    019eafa9-7bd1-7370-b528-91aba7f70533

    In my case, only threads from 2026-06-04 onward are visible after the update, while older Codex app history is missing from the sidebar.

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