OpenAI is deleting Conversation in Codex after making huge mistakes with deleting data

Dirk_Peter:

After I prompted it to simply fix the “Forgot Password” function,

Dirk_Peter:

Let’s get one thing straight: The prompt was perfectly fine and precise – as always.

I’m not going to argue with you buddy based on what you feel is a vague prompt and what isn’t.

You’ve opened a thread about damage that is caused by a vague prompt, not by your definition, but by the definition of the industry standard… which is quite a bit different.

So I’ll just link you to the resources you need most for future success with codex and probably bail from your thread.

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Yes. These are the best OpenAI-sourced links for that point:

1. Codex Best Practices — “Strong first use: Context and prompts” This is the most directly useful Codex page. It says Codex works more reliably when prompts include Goal, Context, Constraints, and Done when , and that this helps Codex “stay scoped, make fewer assumptions, and produce work that’s easier to review.”

2. Codex Best Practices —AGENTS.md guidance This section says a short, accurate AGENTS.md is better than “a long file full of vague rules,” which is directly relevant to not feeding Codex fuzzy project guidance.

3. OpenAI Prompt Guidance — vague or contradictory prompts hurt reasoning This is not only Codex-specific, but it is official OpenAI prompting documentation. It explicitly says poorly constructed prompts with contradictory or vague instructions can be more damaging because the model spends reasoning effort trying to reconcile them.

4. OpenAI Prompt Guidance — define output contract and “done” This supports the same point from the agent side: reliability improves when prompts specify the output contract, tool expectations, completion criteria, and what “done” means.