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  "textContent": "**Title:** ChatGPT Desktop App v1.2026.133.0 - Login button unresponsive, chats don’t render, browser works normally\n\n**Environment**\n\n  * Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (Build 19045.6466)\n\n  * ChatGPT Desktop App: 1.2026.133.0 (Microsoft Store)\n\n  * Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime installed\n\n\n\n\n**Issue**\nAfter updating to version 1.2026.133.0:\n\n  * Login and Sign Up buttons do not respond.\n\n  * Existing conversations do not open.\n\n  * New prompts can be entered, but no response is rendered.\n\n  * Browser version works normally on the same machine.\n\n\n\n\n**Troubleshooting already performed**\n\n  * Uninstalled and reinstalled the app.\n\n  * Cleared LocalCache, LocalState, and TempState.\n\n  * Verified WebView2 installation.\n\n  * Ran `sfc /scannow` (corrupted files repaired).\n\n  * Ran `DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth` successfully.\n\n  * Restarted the PC.\n\n  * Other desktop applications work normally.\n\n\n\n\nThis appears to be a regression specific to ChatGPT Desktop App version 1.2026.133.0.\n\nI can reproduce this issue consistently on Windows 10 Pro 22H2. Browser works normally. SFC and DISM completed successfully, WebView2 is installed, and reinstalling the app did not resolve the issue.",
  "title": "Windows desktop app's sidebar icons vanish, conversations empty, and login button does nothing after logout (browser works fine)"
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