Chatbot lacks contextual memory despite README claim

[Reetkapoor]

Description

The README says:

"Smart conversation history with multi-threaded support"

But the current chatbot behavior does not reference past conversation. And each and every prompt is dealt with independently without any context. This results in disjointed interactions. For example:

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User: I had a bad day at work
Bot: I'm sorry to hear that...
User (later): Did I have a good day or bad day at work?
Bot: Tell me more about your day...

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This shows there's no real memory of previous exchanges.

Expected Behavior

The chatbot should:

• Remember key parts of the user’s past messages
• Be able to refer back to them in future prompts (at least in-session)

Proposed Fix

Use Gemini's chat() method with a message thread context.
Store chat history (last 5–10 messages) using st.session_state.chat_history or a similar mechanism.

I'm interested in implementing this feature if it's not already in development. Please assign me this issue if available.

Thanks!

[khanak0509]

plz assign this issue to me

[eccentriccoder01]

@Reetkapoor That's a good observation, the README was documented keeping in mind some potential features as well. Since you're interested in implementing it, I'm assigning this issue to you. 3 days for this.

[Reetkapoor]

Thanks for assigning this! I’ll start working on it and share updates here. Please feel free to drop any expectations or edge cases I should keep in mind.

[eccentriccoder01]

@khanak0509 This issue has already been assigned to the issue opener. If you believe you can improve this project meaningfully in unique and even better ways, you are always welcome to open new issues, work on unassigned ones, or wait for the assignees to complete their tasks.