Inbox completely empty after compacting folders

I had more than a hundred messages in my Inbox and they all disappeared after compaction. All other folders / accounts seem to be intact

Thunderbird had to be closed in the first place.
then delete the file popstate.dat
and then restart Thunderbird.

Please verify that you have completely left Thunderbird before you delete the file.

and then restart Thunderbird.
Usually at start-up, Thunderbird will check messages on the server.
Otherwise, click "get Messages".

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