Text clears when switching between apps

ChatGPT Bugs
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I’ve found that the text entry field in the ChatGPT iOS app (tested with iPad OS + Magic Keyboard) will clear my in-progress text if I switch away from the app and switch back. This should be fairly straightforward to reproduce. Most well-behaved apps I’ve used on iOS will not clear text fields in this way. It’s a nuisance to have the field clear itself when I change apps to (for example) look up a word or a term.

To reproduce:
Start typing something into the edit text field in the ChatGPT iOS app
Use cmd-tab on keyboard to switch to another app; e.g., Safari
Use cmd-tab to return to iOS app. In-progress text is gone.

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This is a really frustrating bug! Surprised there isn’t more activity on this.

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How is this not fixed yet? This is awful.

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Guys, is it possible to ask ChatGPT Team to fix this bug? It’s very critical, annoying and frustrated bug, I can’t work with app because of this.

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I concur with the others in this thread, this is very annoying bug, which should be relatively easy to fix. Many times I completely lost the draft of a big prompt because I wanted to check something in another app, before hitting the send button. Thanks for your attention!

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ChatGPT has saved me tons of time BUT I’ve also lost a lot of time because of this freaking bug! I would assume, for a company as technically proficient as OpenAI, that this is a simple fix. Please, please, please add this issue to the list for future updates. Otherwise, keep up the great work.

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I want to ping this thread again because I am still seeing this issue on iPadOS 18.2 and iOS 18.2 as of 2024/12/30.

Device and App Info:

  • Device: iPhone 16 Pro Max

  • iOS Version: iOS 18.2

  • App Version: 1.2024.347 (12404571507)

  • Device: iPad Pro M2

  • iOS Version: iPadOS 18.2

  • App Version: (Cannot currently confirm)

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