The prototype is asking what app i want to build today. Now this has happened before and i simply told it to retrieve our history and it worked, but today its trying to prototype a history recovery app. I have done a lot of work over the past couple of days on this app… we are half way through solv…

ah “good” to see that somebody else has the same problem…

It’s frustrating. I can’t switch to code mode, cos i’m not a coder.. I wouldn’t know what to do. It’s important that I’m able to complete my project.

Sorry to hear that you are running into this. Our team is looking into what is going on here. To make sure I get the details right, you stopped working on your app at earlier. You returned today to resume working on your app, and this time the history of your AI chats with it disappeared. Do I hav…

Thanks, i have tried that and it only showed my time today.. in the code end, my files are still intact, but the document its accessing is the new app it wants to create.

I decided to start a the project afresh in a new workspace and in less than 24 hours im experiencing the same thing. all history gone in prototype mode, its asking my to create a new prototype. Any headway so far? @kirupa

Right now I encountered the same problem. The VM got unresponsive so I performed a reset, and now Gemini wants to start a new prototype, everytime I enter a prompt.

Yep! exactly. Hoping we get an official resolution soon. A restore history button will help @kirupa

For me the workaround for this problem was, to zip & download all project files from Firebase IDX, then create a new Firebase Studio project, delete all files from the new project and upload your old_project_files.zip to the root folder and unzip it through the terminal with the “unzip old_project_f…

Have i lost my app. Its starting a new prototype instead of continuing my existing prototype

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Victoren_Studios May 16, 2025, 4:48pm 4

You can try this Firebase Studio: Gemini History Reset Unexpectedly – How to Recover? - #5 by kirupa

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Have i lost my app. Its starting a new prototype instead of continuing my existing prototype

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