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Hey! Your chat history isn’t deleted. It’s saved in the state.vscdb file you backed up.

Here’s a detailed restore guide: Chat stuck on “Loading Chat” — cannot access previous conversation - #16 by Danivisit

Quick steps:

  1. Check your backup folder. Open the saved folder 83b052bcb8d51f54478039d55b83af68 and look for state.vscdb inside.

  2. Extract from state.vscdb:

    • Install DB Browser for SQLite
    • Open your saved state.vscdb
    • Search for keys like workbench.panel.aichat.view... or workbench.panel.composerChatViewPanel...
    • The chat data is stored as JSON, so you can copy it out

  3. Continue the conversation. If you extract a .md file or JSON with the chat content:

    • Start a new chat
    • Attach the restored file and ask the AI to read it and continue from where you left off

Sadly, there’s no official import tool yet. The schema has internal dependencies like tabId and workspaceId, so direct injection is hard. Even if you copy the data into a new state.vscdb, mismatched IDs can stop it from loading.

For the future, consider using SpecStory to auto-back up chats, or use the built-in Export Chat option (the three dots menu) for important conversations.