Critical Issue: Migration to Internal Storage corrupted existing projects (Failed to initialize applet / Failed to load app)

Hi Google AI Studio Team,

I am reporting a critical regression regarding the recent change in how projects are stored (moving away from Google Drive to internal storage).

The Problem: All my previously created applications and prompts, which were working perfectly until a few days ago, are now completely inaccessible. When I try to open them from the “Jump back in” section or the Library, I get the following errors:

  • “Failed to initialize applet”

  • “Failed to load app”

  • “Internal fail” (when trying to interact with the chat in these projects).

Technical Details: I have verified that the source files still exist in my Google Drive (folder “AI Studio”), but they appear as “Unknown File Type” or ZIP-compressed binaries (containing metadata.json, index.tsxe, etc.). It seems the link between the AI Studio UI and the legacy Drive files has been completely broken during the migration process.

The Impact: I have lost hours of work on complex system instructions and UI configurations for several business applications (e.g., a “Purchase Management System”). There is no visible “Import” or “Repair” button in the new UI to reconnect these orphaned files.

Request:

  1. Please provide a way to re-import these legacy Drive packages into the new internal storage without losing the metadata and system instructions.

  2. Fix the “Failed to initialize applet” error which prevents users from even seeing their own code.

A platform for developers should prioritize backward compatibility and data integrity. Losing access to production-ready prompts due to a UI update is unacceptable.

Looking forward to a technical solution.

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