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ChatGPT keeps asking for confirmation on completely clear tasks, despite Memory and Custom Instructions

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I use a Business/Team account, and this has become really frustrating. When I give ChatGPT a completely clear task and explicitly tell it to do it, it often just repeats what I asked and then asks me to confirm again with “yes,” “do it,” or something similar. I’ve told it multiple times to remember…

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  1. 2026-08-28 14:19 · r/OpenAI
    ChatGPT keeps asking for confirmation on completely clear tasks, despite Memory and Custom Instructions

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