# Bug: Copying text crashes Anki

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-copying-text-crashes-anki/33546>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [August 24, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-copying-text-crashes-anki/33546 "2023-08-24T00:38:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![fosskers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/fosskers/32/15580_2.png) [@fosskers](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/fosskers)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-copying-text-crashes-anki/33546/1 "2023-08-24T00:38:01Z")

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I don’t know when this started, but I first noticed it yesterday when attempting to add a card for the first time in a while. Copying text from one field to another no longer works, with two visible side-effects:

1. The copy just doesn’t work - the text can’t be pasted in any other app, or Anki itself.
2. Anki itself crashes a few seconds after the copy attempt.

Issue 2349 on Github may be related (sorry I can’t paste a link, I’m new to the forum).

I’m on Linux, using Wayland running Anki `2.1.65`.

Thank you!

**Update:** Launching Anki from the terminal and then invoking a crash only yields this:

```auto
fish: Job 1, 'anki' terminated by signal SIGSEGV (Address boundary error)

```

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**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-copying-text-crashes-anki/33546/2 "2023-08-24T03:05:57Z")

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Can you reproduce the issue with 2.1.66, which was released today?

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**Author:** ![fosskers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/fosskers/32/15580_2.png) [@fosskers](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/fosskers)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-copying-text-crashes-anki/33546/3 "2023-08-24T23:08:06Z")

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Yes it’s fixed, thank you!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/bug-copying-text-crashes-anki/33546/4 "2023-09-23T23:08:44Z")

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Closed on September 23, 2023, 11:08pm UTC

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