# Copy & Paste not working anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** core\ **Created:** [January 18, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476 "2024-01-18T08:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![studioafraz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/studioafraz/32/28278_2.png) [@studioafraz](https://community.n8n.io/u/studioafraz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/1 "2024-01-18T08:01:52Z")
## Describe the problem/error/question I cannot copy and paste nodes anymore. When I select one or multiple nodes and press CTRL+C the UI shows the “Copied!” message. However pasting it with CTRL+V does not work anymore (nothing is happening). I also tried to paste the data outside of n8n and it looks like no data gets copied at all. Is this a known issue? ## What is the error message (if any)? None ## Information on your n8n setup - **n8n version: 1.24.1** - **Database (default: SQLite): PostgreSQL** - **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default** - **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): Docker** - **Operating system: Ubuntu** ---
**Author:** ![KenupCF](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/kenupcf/32/11908_2.png) [@KenupCF](https://community.n8n.io/u/KenupCF)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/2 "2024-01-18T23:38:59Z")
I am having exactly the same issue. I recently uploaded to 1.24, but might be a coincidence. EDIT: I run n8n locally on one machine but often access it on another through my local network. I’ve noticed I can copy paste on the host machine, but not when I am on another device. ## Information on your n8n setup - **n8n version: 1.24.1** - **Database (default: SQLite): PostgreSQL** - **n8n EXECUTIONS\_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default** - **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): npm** - **Operating system: Windows 11** ---
**Author:** ![netroy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/netroy/32/22154_2.png) [@netroy](https://community.n8n.io/u/netroy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/3 "2024-01-19T10:13:41Z")
Hey @studioafraz I’m unfortunately not able to reproduce this so far. What browser are you using? also, can you share a simple workflow where you are able to reproduce this easily? perhaps this bug is specific to a certain node 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![studioafraz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/studioafraz/32/28278_2.png) [@studioafraz](https://community.n8n.io/u/studioafraz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 10:34am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/4 "2024-01-19T10:34:41Z")
I’ve tested this in Chrome and Firefox (no browser addons enabled). It doesn’t work with existing workflows and new workflows. It affects all nodes I’ve checked so far. The instance is hosted on a machine in the same network and I access it using a different device. ---
**Author:** ![KenupCF](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/kenupcf/32/11908_2.png) [@KenupCF](https://community.n8n.io/u/KenupCF)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/5 "2024-01-19T12:21:28Z")
It really seems to be connected to accessing it from a different device. I installed n8n on my personal computer, and on that instance I am able to copy and paste. When acccessing the hosted instance, I am unable to. ---
**Author:** ![Josh-Ghazi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/josh-ghazi/32/15321_2.png) [@Josh-Ghazi](https://community.n8n.io/u/Josh-Ghazi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/6 "2024-01-23T10:33:25Z")
mine also has the same issue the copied message comes but when pasting nothing happens see screenshot ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/3X/1/3/137c80807c5697e1d0426986d2554f7328ee1e64.png) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/3X/4/5/456def2e8b4ed841cbfd140528ffb1f1abbd4e57.png) Running on version 1.24.1 ---
**Author:** ![netroy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/netroy/32/22154_2.png) [@netroy](https://community.n8n.io/u/netroy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/7 "2024-01-23T19:45:29Z")
It’s likely that this was introduced in `n8n@1.23.0` because of [this change](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/pull/8179), when we migrated from using the `copy-to-clipboard` package to the native Clipboard API. The native API doesn’t allow copying stuff into the clipboard on an insecure context. But, we do have a check to fallback to old-school javascript hackery to make the functionality work on insecure contexts as well, and it looked like it was working because the only insecure context we tested on was `localhost:5678`, where everything still seems to work. Can one you please try to put n8n behind a reverse-proxy so that the url starts with an `https://` instead? In the mean while I can look into if we can detect insecure contexts better, but still use the native Clipboard API wherever possible. ---
**Author:** ![netroy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/netroy/32/22154_2.png) [@netroy](https://community.n8n.io/u/netroy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/8 "2024-01-23T20:04:59Z")
I’ve created a [PR](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/pull/8425) to fix this, and hopefully we can get this out in tomorrow’s `1.26.0` release. ---
**Author:** ![KenupCF](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/kenupcf/32/11908_2.png) [@KenupCF](https://community.n8n.io/u/KenupCF)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/9 "2024-01-23T20:46:43Z")
That’s great, thanks for finding the issue! ---
**Author:** ![jan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jan/32/9_2.png) [@jan](https://community.n8n.io/u/jan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/10 "2024-01-24T13:00:41Z")
New version [`n8n@1.26.0`](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/releases/tag/n8n%401.26.0) got released which includes the [GitHub PR 8425](https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/pull/8425). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/copy-paste-not-working-anymore/35476/11 "2024-02-29T07:43:07Z")
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