From faa2c040489b4e6d77d0410bd4e3617142528b86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aarnav Tale <git@tale.me>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:21:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: fall back to copying via execCommand in http

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                  |  1 +
 app/components/attribute.tsx                  |  8 +++-
 app/components/code-block.tsx                 |  5 ++-
 .../machines/components/machine-row.tsx       |  9 ++++-
 app/utils/copy.ts                             | 37 +++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 app/utils/copy.ts

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 83aaa866..caba6c77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Building Headplane from source now requires Go 1.27.1 or newer.
 
 ## Fixes
 
+- Fixed copying code, attributes, and machine addresses over plain HTTP, and added feedback when copying fails (closes [#597](https://github.com/tale/headplane/issues/597)).
 - Updated NPM & Go dependencies to fix vulnerabilities.
 - Fixed the Native installation documentation as it was outdated and missing steps (via [#633](https://github.com/tale/headplane/pull/633)).
 
diff --git a/app/components/attribute.tsx b/app/components/attribute.tsx
index dcef9183..68fa4277 100644
--- a/app/components/attribute.tsx
+++ b/app/components/attribute.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Check, Copy, Info } from "lucide-react";
 
 import cn from "~/utils/cn";
+import { copyToClipboard } from "~/utils/copy";
 import toast from "~/utils/toast";
 
 import Tooltip from "./tooltip";
@@ -47,11 +48,16 @@ export default function Attribute({ name, value, tooltip, isCopyable }: Attribut
             className="relative flex w-full min-w-0 items-center gap-1.5"
             onClick={async (event) => {
               const svgs = event.currentTarget.querySelectorAll("svg");
+              const isCopied = await copyToClipboard(value);
+              if (!isCopied) {
+                toast("Copy failed. Please copy the text manually.");
+                return;
+              }
+
               for (const svg of svgs) {
                 svg.toggleAttribute("data-copied", true);
               }
 
-              await navigator.clipboard.writeText(value);
               toast(`Copied ${name} to clipboard`);
 
               setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/app/components/code-block.tsx b/app/components/code-block.tsx
index 80c45418..4ee2fa8d 100644
--- a/app/components/code-block.tsx
+++ b/app/components/code-block.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Copy } from "lucide-react";
 
 import cn from "~/utils/cn";
+import { copyToClipboard } from "~/utils/copy";
 import toast from "~/utils/toast";
 
 export interface CodeBlockProps {
@@ -20,8 +21,8 @@ export default function CodeBlock({ children, className }: CodeBlockProps) {
         className,
       )}
       onClick={async () => {
-        await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
-        toast("Copied to clipboard");
+        const isCopied = await copyToClipboard(text);
+        toast(isCopied ? "Copied to clipboard" : "Copy failed. Please copy the text manually.");
       }}
     >
       <code className="block px-3 pt-2 pb-1 text-sm break-all">{text}</code>
diff --git a/app/routes/machines/components/machine-row.tsx b/app/routes/machines/components/machine-row.tsx
index de976ae7..4b68303e 100644
--- a/app/routes/machines/components/machine-row.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/machines/components/machine-row.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { SubnetTag } from "~/components/tags/Subnet";
 import { TailscaleSSHTag } from "~/components/tags/TailscaleSSH";
 import type { User } from "~/types";
 import cn from "~/utils/cn";
+import { copyToClipboard } from "~/utils/copy";
 import * as hinfo from "~/utils/host-info";
 import { isNoExpiry, type PopulatedNode } from "~/utils/node-info";
 import { formatTimeDelta } from "~/utils/time";
@@ -89,8 +90,12 @@ export default function MachineRow({
                 <MenuItem
                   key={ip}
                   onClick={async () => {
-                    await navigator.clipboard.writeText(ip);
-                    toast("Copied IP address to clipboard");
+                    const isCopied = await copyToClipboard(ip);
+                    toast(
+                      isCopied
+                        ? "Copied IP address to clipboard"
+                        : "Copy failed. Please copy the address manually.",
+                    );
                   }}
                 >
                   <div
diff --git a/app/utils/copy.ts b/app/utils/copy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd123dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/copy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+export async function copyToClipboard(text: string): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    if (navigator.clipboard?.writeText) {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text);
+      return true;
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Clipboard permissions can fail even when the API is available.
+  }
+
+  if (typeof document === "undefined" || typeof document.execCommand !== "function") {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const activeElement = document.activeElement;
+  const textarea = document.createElement("textarea");
+  textarea.value = text;
+  textarea.readOnly = true;
+  textarea.style.cssText = "position: fixed; top: 0; left: -9999px;";
+
+  // Keep the temporary field inside any active modal's focus trap.
+  const container = activeElement?.closest('[role="dialog"], [role="alertdialog"], dialog');
+
+  try {
+    (container ?? document.body).appendChild(textarea);
+    textarea.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+    textarea.select();
+    return document.execCommand("copy");
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  } finally {
+    textarea.remove();
+    if (activeElement instanceof HTMLElement) {
+      activeElement.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+    }
+  }
+}