Unable to Revert Changes in VS Code Codex Extension

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Bug report: VSCode extension failed to revert the changes

opened 01:38PM - 25 Nov 25 UTC

      kaizhuanren
    

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What version of the VS Code extension are you using? 0.4.46 ### What subsc…ription do you have? bussiness ### Which IDE are you using? vscode ### What platform is your computer? Darwin 25.1.0 arm64 arm ### What issue are you seeing? Environment: macOS, VSCode extension 0.4.46. Codex deleted parts of my code unexpectedly. When I clicked the Revert changes button in the VSCode extension, it showed “Failed to revert changes.” The history changes panel did not correctly display the deleted parts, although the conversation’s history of changes did show them. I had to manually copy and paste from the conversation history to avoid losing uncommitted code. The revert button in the VSCode extension does not work properly and needs to be fixed. I also suggest adding an option or prompt to automatically create a commit before Codex starts editing, so it is easier to restore previous versions. ### What steps can reproduce the bug? I asked Codex to find duplicate parts in the code and delete them, but Codex mistakenly started truncating the file from an incorrect location, causing the file to be cut off and a large amount of code after that point to be lost. When I clicked the revert button (↩️), it showed “failed to revert the changes.” ### What is the expected behavior? No response ### Additional information No response

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