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cannot copy (/copy) to clipboard #3985

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@dylbarne

Describe the bug

Cannot copy to clipboard via /copy slash command

gets error:
Failed to copy to clipboard: Error: Failed to set text: Failed to write clipboard content: A required Wayland protocol (ext-data-control, or wlr-data-control version 1) is not supported by the compositor

  • Operating System: Windows OS (though am running through WSL Ubuntu)
  • Terminal emulator: WezTerm
  • Shell: zsh

Affected version

1.0.66

Steps to reproduce the behavior

  1. Open copilot cli, send simply message
  2. attempt to /copy last assistant message, gets error (Failed to copy to clipboard: Error: Failed to set text: Failed to write clipboard content: A required Wayland protocol (ext-data-control, or wlr-data-control version 1) is not supported by the compositor)

Expected behavior

copy command should work successfully on all various platform surfaces
(tested in Windows OS normal Powershell7 terminal, and works there on same machine)

Additional context

  • Operating System: Windows OS (though am running through WSL Ubuntu)
  • Terminal emulator: WezTerm
  • Shell: zsh

Activity

  1. added theissue type on Jun 30, 2026
  2. copilot-cli-bot commented on Nov 14, 2026

    @copilot-cli-bot

    This appears to be resolved as of GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.112. Please update to that release or a newer stable version. We're closing this as completed. If it still happens, please comment with your version and reproduction steps.

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