Dear OpenAI Community and Support Team,
I am writing to report a recent and disruptive change in the functionality of the ChatGPT chat interface concerning text input. This issue is a significant regression from previous capabilities.
1. The Core Problem
Previously, it was possible to copy and paste extended or longer text passages directly into the chat box for processing, analysis, or translation. This was a smooth and essential feature for complex tasks.
Currently, if I attempt to paste any longer piece of text into the conversation (e.g., several paragraphs or a document section), the following happens:
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The text does not appear in the chat box as expected.
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Instead, the system automatically converts the pasted content into a file attachment named pasted.txt.
This forced conversion makes it impossible to continue the conversation seamlessly or edit the pasted text directly, and it disrupts the analytical workflow.
2. When Did This Start?
This problem has never occurred before and appears to be a very recent change or an unintended bug introduced during a recent update. The expected behavior is that the text is simply pasted as plain text into the input field.
3. Steps to Reproduce the Issue
To help the team diagnose the problem, here are the steps that consistently trigger the issue:
1. Copy a long text (e.g., a few hundred words or more) from any external source (Word document, website, etc.).
2. Open the ChatGPT chat interface.
3. Paste the content into the chat input field.
Result: The text is automatically converted into the pasted.txt file and is not available for immediate use in the chat context.
4. Call for Resolution
This functionality is crucial for power users and complex research tasks. I kindly request the support team to investigate this issue as a high-priority bug and restore the standard, direct text pasting capability.
Is anyone else in the community experiencing this new issue?
Thank you for your time and assistance in resolving this.
Best regards, Marek Koppel