Feature Request – Expanded Conversation Visibility in Project Folders for Long-Term Dev Projects

ChatGPT Feature requests
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Hey all,

For developers using ChatGPT to manage long-running code, documentation, or architectural planning, there’s a limitation in the ChatGPT interface that’s slowing workflows:

Project folders only display a limited number of conversations (about 11 visible), even though older ones are still stored and searchable.

The problem:

  • When a dev project spans months, we often have 20+ related conversations for code iterations, architecture diagrams, API strategy discussions, etc.

  • With the current cap, older threads get hidden from the folder list—forcing us to remember exact titles to retrieve them via search.

  • This disrupts the ability to quickly reference prior iterations or decisions without breaking flow.

Request:
Allow folders to display all conversations, or add a toggle for “expanded view” in the folder panel.
For developers who rely on ChatGPT for iterative builds, bug tracking, and architecture planning, this would make project navigation far more efficient.

Since these are just text links, the performance impact should be minimal.

Anyone else running into this with long-lived API or build projects?

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I’m more frustrated by the slow loading of the project lists themselves in the ChatGPT web interface. I use projects much like I used custom GPT’s, relying on custom instructions. I do this because I like to group the conversations per project rather than them getting lost in the general list.

But the gripe is: The list of projects loads extremely slow. They are ordered by last used. If I want to get to one I haven’t used in a while, it takes 15 or more seconds to load the full list.

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I agree with @carsonc on this, the slowness of loading projects is undoubtedly the most frustrating part of my time with ChatGPT on the web! No web application in 2025 (‘26) should take this long to load a single user’s array of simple project folders! Especially not at a $ 200-a-month price point.