Scheduled task paused automaticaly

Bug report

Task: Daily automation that checks a website and reports a short status.

Schedule: Configured to run once each morning at a specific local time.

Symptom: The automation repeatedly pauses with “Too many unread executions.” I open the notification every day and read the result in the chat thread.

Expected: Opening the notification and viewing the run output in the active chat should mark that execution as read and prevent auto-pausing.

Actual: After several days of runs, the task auto-pauses again despite daily chat views.

Note: If only views in the Automations panel count as “read,” this is unclear, since chat views don’t appear to register.

Repro steps:

Create a daily automation that posts results to a chat.

Each day, open the push notification and read the message in the chat.

Observe the task eventually pausing with “Too many unread executions.”

Frequency: Multiple occurrences across several weeks.

Environment: ChatGPT Web on desktop, modern browser on Linux.

Note: I filled this bug report on ChatGPT website. Posting here for public audience.