Sidebar entries disappear

“After updating Codex Desktop on both my Windows and Ubuntu computers, the Dots entry is no longer visible.”

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/9351/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

Sidebar entries disappear from desktop app after update. Dots entry, dot-created tasks, or projects vanish from the desktop sidebar but remain accessible through ChatGPT on the web.

Is this your bug?

File my report

Where: desktop app sidebar
Versions: 26.1002.52244
Platforms: Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Related: Projects and project grouping lost

Not quite your bug?

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Original reports2, newest first

Oct 9, 2026[Desktop][Dots] Dots sidebar entry missing on both Windows and Ubuntu after updatesOn GitHub#52457
Oct 8, 2026Projects missing from Windows desktop app after upgrade, still visible in browserOn GitHub#51975