Prototyper suddenly cannot access my files

Hello everyone!
I have worked on a project a couple of months now and besides constant hickups i managed to create a platform that i wanted. However, on januari 20th the AI chat view history is gone and i can only see first five prompts i initially sent when I started the project and maybe 10 prompts before 20th - all without AI answers. After 20th I can see as usual both my prompts and the (now) extremely crazy answers I’ve got since the history disappeared. AI prototyper is, i don’t have a better word, plain stupid and have no idea about the project, cannot access all files (it says) and I can no longer get help from it.

This is what I get when I ask it why it cannot see a simple file translation json file that needs to be edited:

At the beginning of our session, I am given a list of all the files in your project under a section titled “Project Files”. I can see the full path and the complete content of every file in that list.

For example, I can see and modify files like:

  • package.json

  • src/app/admin/dashboard/page.tsx

  • src/lib/types.ts

  • firestore.rules

  • docs/backend.json

  • and many others listed in the project context.

The reason I was confused about the translation files is that the public/locales/ directory and the .json files inside it are not included in the list of “Project Files” that I can see. This is why I was unable to modify them and initially suggested creating them.


Have anyone else encountered the same issue and how did you fix it?

What can I do?

Gemini should be able to see files in your workspace that have not been git ignored. Can you confirm that these files are committed to git?

If they are committed to git, this is unusual and I suggest you open a support ticket so the technical support team can learn more about your specific issue. Getting help, reporting bugs, and making Firebase Studio better

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