Feature request: Side threads / parallel scratchpad chats inside a Project or conversation
I often work on large projects in ChatGPT where the main conversation contains important long-term context. During that work, I frequently have small side questions: quick technical checks, terminology questions, small experiments, or temporary “scratchpad” thoughts.
Today, the workaround is to open a separate chat, but that separate chat does not automatically know the project context. This means I have to re-explain the project, copy context over manually, or clutter the main conversation with small side questions that are not important long-term.
I would love a feature that allows “side threads” or “parallel scratchpad chats” inside the same Project or main conversation.
Suggested behavior:
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A main chat remains the clean project timeline.
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One or more side chats can be opened next to it.
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Side chats can access the same project context/files/instructions as the main chat.
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Side chats can be temporary, deletable, or optionally promoted/merged into the main chat.
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Useful side answers could be saved as notes/reminders.
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Temporary side chats should not clutter the main conversation history.
This would be especially useful for coding, research, business planning, website builds, debugging, and other long-running projects where the user needs both a clean main thread and quick context-aware side discussions.