Why my chat got deleted on OpenRouter

[stone rain]

I missing some of my chat. Is it possible that they got removed?

[narrow wasp]

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It's possible that some of your chat history may not be available if there were outages affecting the chat service. There have been incidents where "Chat (/api/v1/chat/completions) was inaccessible," which could result in missing or temporarily unavailable chat data. For example, there was a "Database related API outage" and several periods when the chat endpoint was down OpenRouter Status.

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[uneven wharf]

Ori is wrong

Chats are stored locally, so if you clear your cache and cookie history, or if there was an update or something, then your chats get wiped

[warm oasis]

Hey.
Oddly, I have the same issue this morning...
But I work with OR via a browser.

I wonder if there is a server issue ?

[uneven wharf]

Its not a server issue

Chats are stored locally on your phone or computer

They get wiped if you clear your cookies and cache, but there's been a known bug where chats get wiped every time the chatroom updates

[warm oasis]

Oh... even though I run OR via a browser and not locally ?
(Normally, work from home office, PC W10 Chrome browser.
Today, working away from home, using laptop W10 Chrome browser.)

Oddly, using the laptop...
I can see my chats (all of them)... in the activity log... but when clicked to access, nothing happens, the chat room is empty 🤔

Q. if you don't mind... this bug you mentioned, is there a way to back-up my chats (losing them would be a complete head melting experience)?

[uneven wharf]

I use OR in a browser and not locally

OR doesn't have a server to store your chats, so the chats are stored locally in the browser. "Local" means "there's no server"

when using the laptop I can see all my chats in the activity log but when clicked to access, nothing happens

What did you click?

the bug you mentioned, is there a way to back up my chats?

Yes

[uneven wharf]

Click on the chat you want to export, then click on the gear icon near the box where you write your prompt

Then click "export"

Do import a thing, do the same thing but click "import" this time

[warm oasis]

Stored locally in my browser... blimey, i need to get some back up going pronto when I get back home later...

main screen in OR.
https://openrouter.ai/chat <<< no chats visible in the rooms
https://openrouter.ai/activity <<< where I can see all of my activity (which is from my home PC)

Back up chats... yes, thank you @uneven wharf ... I'll sort that when home later...

[uneven wharf]

main screen in OR; no chats

That chats are stored on what ever device sent the message

If you used your phone, the chat is stored on your phone

[warm oasis]

Excellent... thank you @uneven wharf

[stone rain]

Oh I thought when using OpenRouter it used the server database