This has happened to me a few times. The text was there but for some reason simply disappeared, leaving only the blank text box. I've updated to version 14.0.2 hoping that would help.
Any other information on this would me much appreciated!

Here is one more video with more occurrences:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ya1PQaLColAnSz0OtiNImfD2gZzbpDkI/view?usp=sharing

amaarora - it is very hard to deliberately recreate this issue, it seems to occur very randomly. But believe me, it is so frustrating when it decides to start happening, especially when I have to enter corrections into a large amount of text, it really slows down the work process.

Nonetheless I have managed to catch a couple of instances on video:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ISfCNMRBUpxZeBazQ7Zraik_Whnhi4Rq

The first spasm happens at around 7 sec - on zoom change, and the other during text selection around 45 sec. I think it might actually have something to do with zooming in and out, since zooming in and out is also what makes the text reappear. That's how I tend to deal with this issue, but it's still terribly annoying. I've been wrestling with it for years, ever since I installed ID CS6 (which I still use). I'm on OSX El Capitain, but I also experienced this issue once when working on a Windows system in ID CC-something, so it doesn't seem to be system or version dependent.

I will email this to you as well.

Hi, I've found text has disappeared from certain text boxes on mind but putting a black stroke around the text box doesn't work. Help please!

I have found one ******* fix is to Option+drag the text block and immediately Delete the dupe you created. Not elegant but it's fast.

Apparently this is still an issue that Adobe is not addressing. I just upgraded my MacOS to Sierra, and am running CS6 (NOT on cloud). I NEVER had this problem before, and now it's happening all the time. HELP, ADOBE! This totally SUCKS!

Jessie Kendall-Merks: THANK YOU! This solved my disappearing text issue. I selected all the frames on the page, changed the frame from none to Registration, then back to none. The text reappeared. The frames with a fill did not correct themselves, but that is far easier to redo than rebuilding an approved ad!

Penart, i agree. As soon as i install back up with ID installed, everything is ok. Then after some time it happens again.

YES! I'm having the same issue — I open a week-old Indesign file, and text is missing randomly from text boxes only on certain pages (boxes look completely blank and I'm not able to highlight the text using my cursor / type tool). The only way I've found to "recover" the text is to select the text box and change the frame outline or stroke color to black, not only does the frame change to black — but, the text appears in black. Very weird. I'm working on a MacBook Pro, OS High Sierra 10.13.6 in CC 2019, Indesign 14.0.1 and the problem is repeated by my teammates in the latest Windows OS, running the same version of Indesign, but I think the PC version is called Indesign 14.0.1 x 64. Is it related to having multiple text and paragraph styles in the same document that might be conflicting? I see this text thread doesn't have many hits and will likely be ignored by Adobe. I wish there was a better way to report bugs with some resolution in mind. I would like to upload a screenshot, but there is no upload button.

Is there any solution to this problem yet? Have moved over to CC2018 on a Windows 10 platform and having the same problem of text disappearing while editing. Thanks

I suspect this bug may have been created intentionally to drive designers from the stand-alone version to the subscription version. maybe I'm being paranoid, but I have not found a good fix for it yet, and it's annoying as hell.

Having the same problem. Ugh. What a waste of my time.

Text disappears when task is changed (returned to ID, v14 x64 Win10). Scrolling helps if the text is outside the window.

@Penart Visuals - I can't seem to find that setting. Can you point me in the right direction?

this is a problem when your CS^ may have originally been linked to the Cloud. You need to go into preferences (when no docs are open) and delete a setting that tells CS6 to keep checking online. I found this solution a few weeks ago but was moving too fast to implement it: UGH!. Am searching for it now because this darn bug is plaguing me again!

Try re-arranging the layers. Drag the background to the bottom-most layer.

I have this same issue with text and objects disappearing. Zooming in or out will bring them back. Very inconvenient!

The text in some of the text boxes just disappears when reopened, especially in files that are a couple of days old.

I have the same issue on a iMac Retina 5K, 27 late 2015

Are there any fixes??