Windows 11, SMS copy (to clipboard) does not work

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Hello! It seems that when Windows pops up a notification of a new SMS, the notification includes handy “Copy” feature. Unfortunately it does not work. The clipboard is not updated.

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I’ve got the same issue on Linux:

Operating System: Fedora Linux 41
KDE Plasma Version: 6.3.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.12.0
Qt Version: 6.8.2
Kernel Version: 6.13.9-200.fc41.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U with Radeon Graphics
Memory: 30.7 GiB of RAM

Maybe you can update the title of the thread.

I’ve opened a bug report: 502366 – Copy (to clipboard) feature on kdeconnect desktop notifications doesn't work any longer

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I’m a little surprised because your bug report mentions “for the last month…”, does that imply that the Copy button worked previously?

My impression is that the Copy button is actually a mirrored action from the phone (not added by Windows or KDEConnect-desktop) – it’s the same “Copy” link you can find beneath the notification if you expand it in the phone’s notification drawer. And that’s precisely why it doesn’t work, because clicking it is effectively asking the phone to copy the code onto its clipboard. (At least, I know for a fact that’s the case with GSConnect notifications, and I wasn’t aware of kdeconnectd adding support for local copy either.)

Ultimately it’s probably a moot point, as new security features in Android 15 will prevent third-party apps like KDE Connect getting access to sensitive SMS notifications with copyable passcodes. KDE Connect won’t be able to even mirror the notification contents to the desktop.

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Good to know about the changes in android 15 which, as you say, probably makes this issue unsolvable in the future.

But yes the Copy action definitely used to work with KDE Connect! I used it quite extensively.

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But wait, I’m already on Android 15, and I do get those “sensitive” notifications on my desktop just fine. Given the desktop has access to them and that I can read the passcode on my screen, the OS/DE has access to it and could copy it to the clipboard.