Intermittent paste bug

Paste broken for much clipboard content

Initially noticed on 4.3.2608251701 [beta, edge, win], 2026-08-25, c 18:00 UTC.
“Clip to Workflowy” content was in the clipboard, but when I tried to paste it to WF, nothing was pasted.

Then I noticed that the same was true after copying from the Edge address bar – paste yielded nothing in WF. Pasting simple text from a text editor, or a WF node, worked ok.

About 6 hours later, after the machine had been locked for a few hours and a browser update had downloaded but not yet installed, the bug was gone. Same WF version.

I figured that it was a fluke that had disappeared, and indeed, it has not returned for me.

But @tschenyinkoh reported the same thing about 9 hours later (2026-08-26 morning UTC).

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I’ve been noticing this too.
Paste from notepad or text edit works, but paste from a browser window (Chrome in my case) often does not. Seems intermittent, and I’ve not pinned down when it does or doesn’t work.

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Exactly — Command+C and Command+V sometimes don’t work, but copy and paste via PopClip works fine.

I also found another issue that may be related to this. When I copy a node that has many child nodes and then paste it, only the node’s title gets pasted — the child nodes are missing.

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Reproduced that again, and any web address I copy doesn’t work when I paste it with Command+V, but it works when I use the “paste” icon using PopClip.

4.3.2608261810 [beta, chrome-150, mac]

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Can you give me a web address example doesn’t work? I’m unable to reproduce so far. Also, what’s PopClip? Can it affect pasting in any way, does the problem persist if you turn it off?

Speaking of clipboard utilities: I use Home · sabrogden/Ditto Wiki · GitHub

But it hasn’t been updated in years, and this is a very new WF issue for me.

Example of one that isn’t working:
I’m trying to paste the “Term 1” composer info into my Workflowy outline, and it’s not working:

Edit - I am not using any kind of clip assist or other such software, just the basic system copy/paste

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