Sort by "Last updated" broken in new ChatGPT macOS App #32166

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1. kingtistel

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   appIssues related to the Codex desktop appIssues related to the Codex desktop app

   on Jul 10, 2026
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3. github-actions commented on Jul 10, 2026

   

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

   • Projects Sort By Last updated only sorts tasks within project groups, not projects #31836
   • Codex App: projects and chats no longer sort by last updated #31964
   • Organize: Project | Sort by: Last updated in the sidebar is ignored - hard to find recent work #31872

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4. kingtistel commented on Jul 10, 2026

   

   kingtistel

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   After reading #31836
   Using this script as a temporary W/A -- needs to be rerun after significant activity -- very inconvenient!

   state="$HOME/.codex/.codex-global-state.json"
   db="$HOME/.codex/state_5.sqlite"
   tmp="$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/codex-global-state.XXXXXX")"
   trap 'rm -f "$tmp"' EXIT
   
   cp -n "$state" "$state.before-31836"
   
   recency="$(sqlite3 -json "$db" '
     SELECT cwd, MAX(recency_at_ms) AS recency
     FROM threads
     WHERE archived = 0
     GROUP BY cwd;
   ')"
   
   jq --argjson recency "$recency" '
     ($recency | map({key: .cwd, value: .recency}) | from_entries) as $r
     | .["project-order"] |= (
         to_entries
         | sort_by(-($r[.value] // 0), .key)
         | map(.value)
       )
     | .["electron-persisted-atom-state"]
         ["flat-project-sidebar-preferences-v1"] |=
         ((. // {}) + {
           initialized: true,
           mode: "project",
           projectSortMode: "updated_at"
         })
   ' "$state" > "$tmp" &&
   mv "$tmp" "$state"
   
   trap - EXIT

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5. CamilleHbp commented on Sep 25, 2026

   

   CamilleHbp

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   Confirmed. God the management on this project is really awful.