ChatGPT Code Interpreter Refusing File Uploads and the Workspace Cleanup That Allowed New Sessions To Load
In recent weeks, some users of OpenAI’s powerful language model, ChatGPT, have encountered a puzzling hurdle: the sudden inability to upload files within the Code Interpreter, also known as Advanced Data Analysis (ADA). This unexpected limitation led to widespread confusion, impeding workflows that relied on uploading CSVs, images, or code libraries for analysis. Users suspected a bug or a global outage — yet the solution that followed revealed more about how ChatGPT manages session resources and the inner workings of workspace cleanup mechanisms than many had realized. Read more