Body: Since the most recent ChatGPT web update, the message version navigation arrows (the left/right arrows that appear when you edit a message) have disappeared completely. This is not the “branch conversation” feature and not related to model retirement. This is specifically the inline message version history UI that used to appear on any edited message. What’s happening: The arrows no longer appear on any edited message. Older versions of messages still exist (they appear in search results), but the UI to access them is gone. Because the UI is missing, long messages cannot be copied from search results. This affects multiple browsers and devices. Clearing cache, switching browsers, incognito mode, and hard refresh do not fix it. This appears to be a server‑side UI regression, not a local issue. Why this is a problem: Users cannot access or recover previous message versions. Long scripts or content stored in older versions are effectively locked away. This breaks workflows that rely on iterative editing. Request: Please confirm whether this was an intentional removal or a UI bug, and if possible, restore the version navigation arrows or provide an alternative way to access message version history. Thank you.

fkn hell, it’s been like 3 or 4 days now, have they still not fixed it ffs?

It feels like they are so into their progressive loading and the prompt versions feature; both are so annoying and make chatgpt cumbersome to use. They really should hire some better UX people I’d say.

I also love working on my phone so here’s a solution: Try out kiwi browser! (You can get it on GitHub) You can add the extension on android there. Just go to the extensions tab, turn on developer mode (toggle on top right, might need to zoom out a little to see it), and add the zip patch file directly instead of thr extracted version.

Oh, I’ve never heard of this browser before, but I just found it and tried it. Really works! Thank you! Found it here, if anyone else is interested: [image] GitHub - kiwibrowser/src.next: Source-code for Kiwi Next, a Kiwi Browser... Source-code for Kiwi Next, a Kiwi Browser auto-rebased with latest Chromium This browser is somewhat slow compared to mobile Chrome overall; but I guess I still might keep it for occasional use of arrows from the phone, until this whole situation is properly resolved.

Glad I could help. And for the slow speed issues, I’d actually recommend using the playstore app to chat and keep browser to switch between the version. That’s how I’ve been using it, just go to the reply version you want and send a dot or something in that version (since it sends quick) then it’ll load there in the app too. Idk if you understand what I mean, not good at explaining sorry. (English is my fourth language so sorry it’s hard to understand.)

Thank you for the patch :sob: not only I have pagination, now I can also access the old chats in different branch too!

Has this affected the search too for anyone else? When I try to search for a keyword in another branch of the conversation, it just puts me at the current thread!

So it’s been pretty much a week now since I first discovered this was a thing, and they have done… essentially nothing about it ffs. They’ve kept updating their website but done nothing about this, like what the hell? Not even a simple “Switch to this version” option. Like why do we need “Branch to new chat” again (which I’ve never really used anyway ffs) when we can ALREADY do that anyway by pressing the three dots ffs? It’s like they’ve gave us another worse version of that while completely removing a feature that is far more useful and efficient.

yes, this affected the search feature too. sure, the history of chat was still there, but we can’t get back to chat we searched

ChatGPT Web Update Removed Message Version Arrows (Cannot Access Edited Message History)

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dhywqosfnv September 3, 2026, 8:22pm 250

I have started a new topic, Restore the Ability to Use Version Arrows in ChatGPT . If you are also affected by the latest change, please consider leaving a like or a comment to help bring attention to the issue.

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