Copy & Paste content from nodes is not working

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Describe the problem/error/question

When copying nodes when accessing the instance from a different device (i.e. not localhost), CTRL+C does not copy the content. It copies fine when acessing the instance through localhost:5678.

Problem is exactly the same as described in Copy & Paste not working anymore , which was fixed at the time but seemed to comeback

What is the error message (if any)?

Please share your workflow

Any workflow with a node would do that

(Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard shortcuts CMD+C/CTRL+C and CMD+V/CTRL+V to copy and paste the workflow.)

Share the output returned by the last node

Not applicable

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 2.6.4
  • Database (default: SQLite): SQLite
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): own
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): npm
  • Operating system: Windows 11
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Yeah this is a browser thing, the clipboard API only works over HTTPS or localhost so when you access n8n over plain HTTP from another device it gets blocked. Quickest fix is go to chrome://flags/#unsafely-treat-insecure-origin-as-secure, enable it and add your n8n URL there. Long term youd want to put n8n behind a reverse proxy with HTTPS though.

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Gotcha, thanks! Marked as solved

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