Same problem here.  I have everything enabled but I cannot see any chat 
history since 2012.  I have done nothing different to my account since 
then.  Any ideas how to fix this?

On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:39:47 AM UTC-5, Kevin Sagan wrote:
>
> I am in the same boat as Sam, I think. Let me try to be as precise as 
> possible about my situation.
>
> 1: My chat settings look the same as his. No option regarding history.
> 2: I have the chat label in the upper-left list. When I click it, it says 
> there is no history.
> 3: I used to have chat history. I didn't notice at first precisely *when* 
> I lost it, sometime around April, maybe?
> 4: I have, of course, used chat since then, and I have not gone "off the 
> record" ever, let alone with everyone on my list.
>
> On Monday, September 2, 2013 2:23:56 PM UTC-4, justkenneth wrote:
>>
>> Sam,
>>
>> Click on the gear-shaped icon and select Settings.
>>
>> Next select the Labels tab.
>>
>> Next under System Labels find where it says Chats and click on "show".
>>
>> You should immediately see in the left sidebar a label named Chats 
>> appear.  Click on that.
>>
>> Kenneth
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Sam C. H. Sum <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> It's hard for those of you who actually don't have this problem to 
>>> understand because I assume it's kind of a given. My problem, and I think 
>>> Agunat is having the same problem, is that there is no chats saved on the 
>>> 'Chats' label. There're just a bunch of names that are either online or 
>>> not. A fresh window with no history shows up every time I try to start a 
>>> chat. 
>>>
>>> There's an option of "go off the record" on the "more" option in the 
>>> chat window but it's pointless since there's no records to begin with. 
>>>  
>>>
>>> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:19 AM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Sam
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Sam C. H. Sum <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I understand this post is a bit old but I'm still having the same 
>>>>> problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> In Settings>Chat, there is simply no options for "Save chat history". 
>>>>> It's never been available that I never thought having a history log was 
>>>>> an 
>>>>> option. The system would randomly send me an email after a chat once in a 
>>>>> while. Please see below for the settings panel on my account. 
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not understanding what your problem is. Chats are saved under the 
>>>> 'Chats' label. You can turn it off on an individual basis. See 
>>>> https://support.google.com/chat/answer/161925?hl=en
>>>>
>>>> You will receive a chat via email if you were offline at the time a 
>>>> chat was sent to you.
>>>>  
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