From 92ec8dda03b6a64a0efb5b4dc6b8109b460f19ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oobabooga <112222186+oobabooga@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 06:04:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix chat history getting lost if the UI is inactive for a
 long time (closes #7109)

---
 modules/ui.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/ui.py b/modules/ui.py
index fb719158..0030bb02 100644
--- a/modules/ui.py
+++ b/modules/ui.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ def gather_interface_values(*args):
         shared.persistent_interface_state.pop('textbox')
 
     # Prevent history loss if backend is restarted but UI is not refreshed
-    if output['history'] is None and output['unique_id'] is not None:
+    if (output['history'] is None or (len(output['history'].get('visible', [])) == 0 and len(output['history'].get('internal', [])) == 0)) and output['unique_id'] is not None:
         output['history'] = load_history(output['unique_id'], output['character_menu'], output['mode'])
 
     return output