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…

extremely EXTREMELY annoying feature. makes gpt unusable. please fix!

i want it back bruh I NEED it the fact that I dont have the options to LOOK thru my options is pissing me off

Yeah the message1 trick no longer works. Bummer. Hope something is changed, cuz I had plenty of chats where I went through different responses and branched off that way, now I can no longer get to those. Wasn’t that important, but very annoying.

Hu Nyaonix, can You please send me a link woth they patch You mentioned

Yes bit it does not work anymore

Thank you so much for the patch. It seems to work only if a message was edited using the browser. For the messages edited on the Android app, I’m not able to restore those using the patch

I couldn’t reproduce this on my end. I edited several user prompts and assistant responses in the Android app, then switched to the web version, and the arrows were there. The only place the patch doesn’t bring the arrows back is the first user message in a thread. I don’t know how to fix that.

My bad, I was testing with the first message. Thanks for clarifying!

Omdsss isn’t this the same thing that broke since earlier this year you can’t tell me they have been working on this glitch for 6 months now. They are so incompetent.

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

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