ChatGPT Projects visible on chatgpt.com but missing from desktop sidebar after ChatGPT/Codex merge (macOS 26.707.30751)

[corcuman]

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

ChatGPT Desktop 26.707.30751

What subscription do you have?

ChatGPT Plus

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What issue are you seeing?

After updating to the new ChatGPT desktop application that integrates Codex, my ChatGPT Projects no longer appear in the desktop sidebar.

The projects are still available on chatgpt.com, and chats inside those projects can be found using the desktop app search and opened normally. However, the Projects section itself is missing from the desktop application, which only displays local Codex projects/workspaces.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

1. Install or update to ChatGPT Desktop 26.707.30751 on macOS.
2. Sign in with an account that already has multiple ChatGPT Projects.
3. Open the desktop application.
4. Observe that the sidebar only shows Work/Codex projects.
5. Open chatgpt.com in a browser using the same account.
6. Observe that all ChatGPT Projects are present in the web interface.
7. In the desktop app, use Search to find a chat that belongs to one of those projects.
8. The chat is found and opens correctly, but the corresponding Project is still not displayed in the sidebar.

What is the expected behavior?

The desktop application should display the same ChatGPT Projects that are available on chatgpt.com.

If project chats are searchable and accessible from the desktop application, the associated ChatGPT Projects should also be visible and navigable from the desktop sidebar, providing the same organizational experience as the web interface.

Additional information

Environment:

• macOS
• ChatGPT Desktop 26.707.30751
• ChatGPT Plus

Additional observations:

• No ChatGPT Projects have been lost.
• All projects are visible on chatgpt.com.
• Project chats are searchable and can be opened from the desktop app.
• The issue only affects the desktop sidebar.

I also inspected ~/.codex in read-only mode.

Findings:

• state_5.sqlite is consistent with the local rollout files.
• No evidence of a missing local index.
• No synchronization failures detected.
• No local cache of ChatGPT cloud Project IDs was found.

This suggests the issue is likely related to how the new desktop application renders the sidebar after the ChatGPT/Codex merge, rather than data corruption or synchronization failure.

[github-actions]

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

• Not updating existing projects from ChatGPT #31847
• 🩹🩹🩹 After upgrade ChatGPT app projects are missing #31845
• Desktop UX regressions in the unified ChatGPT/Codex app #31862

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[johnpfeiffer]

Ran into the same - based on the "potential duplicates" seems like this is a multi-platform bug affecting a large number of users.

https://community.openai.com/t/where-did-my-chatgpt-projects-[go/1386177/2](https://www.golinks.io/1386177/2?trackSource=github)

I had ChatGPT desktop app and Codex app both installed. Removed both and installed the new unified ChatGPT + Codex app - chose the Codex logo.
MacOS 2026-07-09 version, Version 26.707.31428
Sidebar has the Work/Codex switcher, New task, Scheduled, Plugins, Sites, Chat, Projects (Codex), Tasks

• Chat shows me my history of chatgpt chats - but not projects/pinned

After a brief panic attack, I realized I am still able to see my Pinned, Projects, and Chats in the web browser version. Immediately started an "Export all my data".

Expected: Desktop App lists Codex Projects separately from ChatGPT Projects.

[stevengao909]

I have a very similar issue on Desktop 26.707.31428 (macOS).
In my case, it is not only Projects that are missing.
The desktop application only shows Work and Codex.
There is no Personal workspace at all, so I cannot access:
Personal chat history
Personal Projects
Everything is still available on chatgpt.com with the same account.
I have already submitted in-app feedback:
Feedback ID: no-active-thread-019f4e12-a37c-74e0-bd71-bd762d498c9e

[nkzh5g7wfx-oss]

I can confirm that I am experiencing the same issue on macOS.

Additional observations from my testing:

• ChatGPT Work version: 1.2026.183 (1783607847)
• ChatGPT Plus
• All ChatGPT Projects are visible on chatgpt.com.
• All ChatGPT Projects are visible in ChatGPT Classic.
• All project chats are available in ChatGPT Work under Chat History.
• Only the Projects view is empty.

I initially thought my projects had been deleted.

To verify this, I restored ChatGPT Classic from Time Machine. After signing in with the same account, all projects immediately reappeared.

This strongly suggests that the project data still exists and that the issue is limited to how ChatGPT Work displays existing ChatGPT Projects.