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Desktop history

Understand local conversations, refresh behaviour and history controls.

Updated 22 July 2026Applies to 0.2.8

Storage

Conversation history uses the local OpenSS history service. SQLite is the default for the shared CLI/engine implementation, located under ~/Library/Application Support/OpenSS/data/openss.db.

Use history

  • Open History to list previous sessions.
  • Select a session to continue its conversation.
  • Refresh if another surface changed history while the page was already open.
  • Raw voice audio is never stored in chat history; only a submitted transcript can appear.

Alternative backends

The CLI can set history to sqlite, mongodb or off. MongoDB is an optional advanced configuration and changes the privacy boundary because conversation data is no longer confined to the local SQLite file.