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Describe the bug
After Warp has been running for several days, copying text out of Warp stops working entirely: selecting text shows the "Copied" toast, and Ctrl+C on a selection also appears to succeed, but the Windows clipboard is never updated (old content remains).
The bug is tied to the "Copy on select" feature: the moment I disable Settings -> "Copy on select", copying via Ctrl+C works again INSTANTLY - no restart of Warp required. While broken, the degraded copy-on-select handler apparently also swallows explicit Ctrl+C copies.
This has been happening since my first installed Warp version and survives every update; it only ever appears after long uptime.
To reproduce
- Enable "Copy on select".
- Keep Warp running for several days (exact trigger time unknown; always appears only after long uptime).
- Select text -> toast says "Copied" -> paste anywhere: clipboard still has the OLD content.
- Ctrl+C on a selection: same silent failure.
- Disable "Copy on select" -> copying works again immediately, without restarting Warp.
Expected behavior
Copy on select (and Ctrl+C) actually writes the selection to the Windows clipboard, or fails visibly instead of showing a success toast.
Screenshots, videos, and logs
Diagnostics performed WHILE the bug was active:
- Windows clipboard itself was healthy: Set-Clipboard/Get-Clipboard roundtrip OK from PowerShell, and "echo Test123 | clip" executed INSIDE Warp put "Test123" on the clipboard correctly (pasteable in other apps). Only Warp's UI copy path fails.
- Pasting INTO Warp always works; copy/paste between all other applications works.
- No process was holding the clipboard open (GetOpenClipboardWindow = null).
- Local console session (no RDP), no clipboard managers, no VM clipboard sharing.
Operating system (OS)
Windows
Operating system and version
10.0.19045
Shell Version
PowerShell 5.1 (der Bug ist Shell-unabhängig, UI-Ebene)
Current Warp version
v0.2026.10.14.08.27.stable_01
Regression
No, this bug or issue has existed throughout my experience using Warp
Recent working Warp date
No response
Additional context
Workarounds: disable "Copy on select" (permanent fix so far), restart Warp (temporary), or bypass via " | clip".
Does this block you from using Warp daily?
No
Is this an issue only in Warp?
Yes, I confirmed that this only happens in Warp, not other terminals.
Warp Internal (ignore): linear-label:b9d78064-c89e-4973-b153-5178a31ee54e
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