Feature-Request: The One Feature That Would Completely Change How People Use ChatGPT
OpenAI Developer Community
June 21, 2026
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Thanks for taking the time to put together such a detailed feature request.
ChatGPT does currently support branching a conversation into a new chat from an earlier message, which can help explore an alternative path without modifying the original conversation. However, the tree-based workflow you're describing goes significantly beyond that by introducing structured side threads, nested branches, visual hierarchy, branch management, and knowledge-map style navigation.
I can definitely see the value in this, especially for research, learning, and complex multi-topic discussions where users want to explore related ideas without losing the original thread of conversation.
I've shared your feedback with the team through this feature request. Thanks again for the thoughtful write-up and detailed examples.
~ Smith
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