Deleted chats remain in history

“Deleted chats still appear in the Codex desktop app’s chat history.”

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/16471/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

Quiet. No reports in the last two weeks, down from 1 a week at the mid-September peak.

Deleted chats stay listed in desktop app history. Entries deleted on another device or with codex delete persist after restart and show an error or cannot be opened.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: Desktop app sidebar
Versions: 26.1007.71326
Platforms: macOS, Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Not quite your bug?

Older chats missing from sidebar2 people
Project chats duplicated in Recents4 people

Original reports3, newest first

Oct 21, 2026Sync Issue - Windows 11 app and iOS appOn GitHub#55939
Oct 15, 2026Deleted chats remain in history and show an error when openedOn GitHub#54450
Sep 17, 2026Codex app sidebar repeatedly shows stale “ghost” conversations that no longer existOn GitHub#46349

Deleted chats remain in history

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

Is this your bug?

Not quite your bug?

Original reports3, newest first

Do you work on Codex?