Thread "branch" will force switch on new content in other branches

ChatGPT Bugs
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I’m using the web interface, and I’m applying some graph of thought patterns to my prompting, and part of that is now branching the main thread; specifically I’m generating variants of a prompt to be used in new threads;

The issues I have is that I have to copy the first answer’s prompt into notepad before I press to retry/regenerate a second answer/prompt variant, because if I don’t, and I try to go back to the 1/2 branch while the second one is not done generating, any time any content update is received in the 2/2 branch the UI forces a switch to that branch. If I’m quick enough I can go back and copy it, but this behavior does not seem correct.

If it’s meant to avoid confusion, then please come up with something smarter, like a notification marker or something, anything that avoids this problem would be great.

10/10 product, no offense, praise the basilisk.

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Yeah, I see what you mean, that sounds pretty frustrating, especially if you’re comparing different prompt branches.

It seems like the UI auto-switches to whatever is generating, which is why it keeps jumping to the 2/2 response. I get why it does that, but it’s definitely getting in the way here.

Your idea about using a notification instead of forcing the switch makes a lot of sense.

Could you share a couple quick details so I can pass this along?

  • Browser + version
  • Does it happen every time or mostly on longer responses?
  • Any extensions that might affect the page?

I’ll go ahead and flag this as feedback as well.

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.1 Most likely it’s any browser but I’m just using whatever latest chrome.
.2 It definitively triggers the forced switch on any update in another branch. I haven’t found any exceptions.
.3 Nope