Copy Message to Clipboard Doesn't Work in Instant Chat
When attempting to copy the output of a response in the instant chat window, the value stored in the clipboard is blank or null - meaning it also replaces whatever was stored in the clipboard originally.
This occurs if I use either icon underneath the message, or if I click the three dots and select “Copy Message to Clipboard”.
For what it is worth, I can manually select the output and use cmd-c to copy the text.
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Daniel Nguyen
Dec 3, 2025
I fixed this in v2.3.0. Can you confirm? Thanks.
Wren
Dec 3, 2025
Fixed for me! Thanks so much for the hard work!
Wren
Dec 3, 2025
Sorry, just realized the copy button now includes the model’s thinking step - can that be adjusted/toggled on/off please?
Daniel Nguyen
Dec 4, 2025
Ah right. I’m not it. Which provider / model are you using? For some model like OpenAI’s models for example, the reasoning & final content are separate. But for some other models, especially OSS one, there might be <think> tags in the final response. And unfortunately I will need to do that manually case by case.
Wren
Dec 4, 2025
This was with gpt 5.1. It ended its thinking by saying [REDACTED] which was weird haha.
Daniel Nguyen
Jan 3
I fixed this in v2.4.2. I no longer include the thinking step. Can you confirm?
Wren
Jan 6
Fixed:)
jbakerr
Dec 3, 2025
Yep fixed, thanks!
Wren
Dec 1, 2025
Haha beat me to it by 10 minutes! It also doesn’t work in the main app for me - animation plays but clipboard is empty!
Wren
Dec 1, 2025
@Daniel Nguyen would really love to see this fixed, it seems like a core feature of the app that’s broken.
Daniel Nguyen
Dec 1, 2025
I’m trying my best to reproduce it. It doesn’t seem to always happen. Does restarting the app help? Or clear web cache in Help > Clear Web Cache.
jbakerr
Dec 1, 2025
Restarting and clearing cache doesn’t solve it for me.
Daniel Nguyen
Dec 1, 2025
I see. Thanks. Does it work for chats in the Main Chat window? Some users reported the symptoms differently so I’m trying to narrow down the root cause.
daniel
Dec 1, 2025
Related data point, posting here for reference:
https://github.com/BoltAI/BoltAI/issues/387#issuecomment-3593566874
Daniel Nguyen
Dec 1, 2025
I think I figured out the issue. It seems to not work with new chats, but for an existing chats it always work. Can you confirm?
For example, after sending a chat message and get the AI response back, I cannot copy those messages.
But if I navigate away, then go back, I can.
Or I can just select an existing chat, copy any message and it works.
Can you confirm @jbakerr?
I’m working on the fix right now. Will release later today, sorry.
jbakerr
Dec 1, 2025
That does seem to work for chats within the main window. However, that doesn’t seem to work for chats in the instant chat box. If I use that, then navigate away, and come back the copy function still doesn’t work.
And no worries, thanks for looking into things so quickly!