Local projects disappear

“All existing local Projects disappeared.”

Is this your bug? What gets counted gets fixed. Pile on.

Paste this into your agent. It files your report, with your error and version.

I hit this bug: rapsheet.dev/sheets/codex/issues/11258/file
Follow it to file my report. Show me the text before you send.

No install. No account. Public and anonymous. The link asks your agent for one report, nothing else. What it sends

Growing. 6 reports and thumbs-up in the last 7 days and 4 the week before. A workaround is known.

Local projects vanish from Projects sidebar after Windows update. Sidebar says "No projects" and Projects page shows only "New project" while recent chats remain and project records persist in local SQLite.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: Projects sidebar
Versions: 0.162.0-alpha.2 to 26.1016.62342
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow. Some reports say it used to work.

Part of: Projects and project grouping lost10 bugs

Chats missing from projects7 people
Local projects vanish after global state fails to load on Windows9 people
Project chats duplicated in Recents4 people
Drag-to-reorder project chats broken6 people
Threads missing from project3 people
SSH chat project move fails2 people
Local projects missing from sidebar2 people
Recents expands on new chat7 people
Chat missing from mobile Remote3 people

Original reports17, newest first

Nov 1, 2026Codex Desktop migration: existing local projects disappeared from Projects sidebar after updateOn GitHub#58754
Oct 30, 2026Projects are missing after the latest updateOn GitHub#58397
Oct 29, 2026Windows 26.1023: local projects disappear while SQLite retains 67 project records; restart does not reconcile catalogOn GitHub#58204
Oct 23, 2026Windows: local folder groups disappear after update; reopening folder shows No chats while existing chats remain in RecentsOn GitHub#56386
Oct 21, 2026Codex Windows: Projects disappear after update while records remain in local SQLite databaseOn GitHub#55869
Oct 18, 2026Windows desktop: all local projects disappear and list_projects returns empty after updateOn GitHub#55014
Oct 16, 2026[Windows] Empty desktop project cache hides intact database projects; restoring cache resolves it (26.1013.3656.0)On GitHub#54538
Oct 14, 2026Deleted projectsOn GitHub#54052
Oct 11, 2026Windows Codex Desktop sidebar loses local projects after update/restartOn GitHub#53251
Oct 11, 2026Windows build 13901: all 14 local projects vanish from sidebar while SQLite records survive; offline cache restoration recovers themOn GitHub#53092

Show all 17Show only the newest 10

Oct 10, 2026Local projects disappear from sidebar after Windows desktop updateOn the forum#1405156
Oct 10, 2026[Windows] All local Projects disappear while app-server still lists 24 projectsOn GitHub#52917
Oct 8, 2026Windows 26.1002: project chats repeatedly disappear with many projects; incomplete thread assignment migration and confusing same-name projectsOn GitHub#52276
Oct 7, 2026Windows Codex: local projects disappeared after an update, recovered without editing the databaseOn the forum#1404231
Sep 28, 2026[Windows desktop] All local projects seem to disappear after Codex updatesOn GitHub#48875
Sep 24, 2026Windows: local projects disappear from sidebar; re-adding folders does not restore chat associationsOn GitHub#47827
Sep 22, 2026Projects disappear after codex updateOn GitHub#47363