Creating a chat from a project does not make its destination clear

ChatGPT Bugs
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App/surface: ChatGPT desktop project/chat navigation; distinguish ChatGPT Projects from Codex projects when reproducing.

Version: Mac Studio and MacBook verified October 3, 2026: ChatGPT 26.930.31730 (build 12947), bundle com.openai.codex. Current October 6 build unverified; iOS, web and backend/service versions not captured.

Type: Reported navigation/placement problem.

Observed: On September 29, I clicked a chat control associated with a project and the conversation appeared outside it. Later, project visibility and assignment controls differed between the ChatGPT and Codex contexts. I repeatedly had to ask where the work lived and how to move it.

Expected: Creating a chat from a project should clearly show and retain its destination, or explain why that action creates something elsewhere.

Requested fix: A visible project destination before creation, permanent membership label and consistent Move to project control, including an explanation for unsupported moves.

Evidence limit: I have not established whether all the surfaces represent the same kind of project. Screenshots and user reports support the confusion, not a single proven backend defect.

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Hi @Joe.LK , appreciate the detailed report!

There have been some updates to the Projects and sidebar experience since you reported this. Chats that belong to a project may also show up under Recents, so seeing a chat there doesn’t necessarily mean it’s outside the project.

Are you still seeing the same behavior in the latest ChatGPT desktop app? If so, when you start a chat from a ChatGPT Project, does it also appear inside that project, or only under Recents?

That’ll help me narrow down whether the issue is still reproducible with the current UI.

-Basil

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I already moved on to GrokBot, there’s too many issues in the ChatGPT app.