Codex VS Code extension appears broken while opening previous chats

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Unable to open past conversation history in VS Code extension

opened 03:12PM - 22 Apr 26 UTC

      iamhenryhuang
    

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What version of the IDE extension are you using? 1.117.0 ### What subscrip…tion do you have? plus ### Which IDE are you using? vs code ### What platform is your computer? Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64 ### What issue are you seeing? Recently, I have been unable to open any past conversation records. When I click on a history item in the sidebar, the interface does not respond, and the previous chat content fails to load. There are no explicit error pop-ups, but the chat window remains blank or stuck. ### What steps can reproduce the bug? What steps can reproduce the bug?* Open VS Code and ensure the GPT Codex extension is logged in. Click on the "History" icon/tab to view past conversations. Click on any specific historical conversation title from the list. Observe that the chat interface does not update or display the selected history. ### What is the expected behavior? What is the expected behavior? The extension should correctly fetch and display the full chat history of the selected conversation when clicked. ### Additional information No response

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