Hello, OpenAI Community, I’ve been experiencing an issue where my ChatGPT memory does not seem to update properly, even when I explicitly ask for new memories to be stored. Despite my attempts to provide new information for the model to remember, it either does not retain the details or does not su…

I recently encountered an issue where new memories in ChatGPT weren’t being stored or appearing in the memory management section, despite multiple attempts over a period of 48+ hours. After conducting several tests, I found a possible solution that worked for me, and I wanted to share my observation…

I hear you. I’ve been having the exact same problem for the last week or so. Been trying to find a way to report the bug directly to them but that’s not available. You’ve been very patient explaining your problem here :laughing: Right now my workaround is to use context from existing threads, and k…

The same issue here. Tried everything. Memory is not even 60% full so I think it’s just a bug. Hope they fix it soon because ChatGPT clearly has issues…

I’m also experiencing major issues with memory, but slightly different from what’s described here. Besides the memory not updating, I’ve noticed that my saved details are being edited, trimmed, or even replaced with new information I never requested. For example, an event I saved as happening in mi…

Send email to support@openai.com . They will answer. The more emails they get about this issue, the higher priority it may be for them to fix.

oh yes, happened to me too. And also, ChatGPT acting up in general. Since i freed most of my memory, trying to fix the issue, it now constantly trying to save up a new memory, after every single prompt. Even if I asked it not to save anything up unless I specifically requested it. And then it saves…

I am experiencing this as well. I can’t add much more than anyone else, but here is the report I wrote up for another thread regarding this bug. I am using 4o, something I didn’t mention in my previous write up. [image] ChatGPT memory broken at the moment Bugs …

I’ve received an email back from Harvey S. at OpenAI Support assuring me that this is a known, ongoing issue that the technical team is working hard to resolve. There is no definitive timetable yet, but he can assure me that I will be informed in the release notes as soon as the issue is fully resol…

Same issue… with fake memory about a third pet that I don’t have…

Memory Not Updating in ChatGPT 4o – Issue Persists Across Conversations

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sarahrhoward February 1, 2025, 3:16am 38

I came for this. Same issue. And memory is not
Full. It says it’s saving in memory but then when I check the memory it’s not in there and it can’t recall on a different chat. Any ideas how to fix this?

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