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"Can no longer even read conversations that say \"This conversation is too long, please start a new one.\"",
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"textContent": "Welcome to the forum!\n\nHitting the maximum length and being unable to continue the chat is expected, but I would not expect the old conversation to become unreadable or open as a blank screen afterward.\n\nIf you haven’t already, I’d try first checking the same conversation from another browser/device and also from ChatGPT web rather than only the app. If it still opens blank everywhere, that sounds like a bug with loading archived/max-length conversations rather than just the normal “conversation too long” limit.\n\nI also found this existing topic of similar issue and where **OpenAI support** recommends to open a support ticket.\n\nCan no longer even read conversations that say \"This conversation is too long, please start a new one.\" Bugs\n\n> I have found that old conversations I had that reached the maximum length are no longer able to be read at all. It either is completely blank or it sends me back to the New Chat with a message saying “This conversation is too long, please start a new one.” This means I cannot even go back to read my old, extensive conversations that got too long. I am reporting this as a bug but it seems it has been made a deliberate function of the system. I want to go back just to enjoy reading some of my old …",
"title": "Can't read past chat anymore “This conversation is too long, please start a new one.”"
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