Esc Esc Enter no longer works to fork from a previous prompt in the session history #38686
Closed as duplicate of#37421
Esc Esc Enter no longer works to fork from a previous prompt in the session history #38686
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.147.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which model were you using?
any model; the uploaded thread is for gpt-5.6-sol
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
n/a, but i'm using heavily customized
tmuxwith iTerm2Codex doctor report
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Esc Escshould edit the previous prompt. Instead, it prints "■ Failed to branch before the selected prompt: the selected prompt was not found in the persisted thread" in red text. This happens consistently across different sessions and models.What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 01a00307-0c5d-71a3-9d27-2430185ed3b8
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
Sol thinks that #36950 introduced the regression.