# Chrome/Android issue: Copy-pasting links is not working
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 26, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443 "2022-02-26T08:13:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/1 "2022-02-26T08:13:37Z")
**This issue likely is not a bug in the Discourse code**
But I am documenting it here, as many people should be seeing it and could get a little bit confused. Perhaps Discourse teams has better reporting channels to Google or Chromium.
Currently the situation is that copy-pasting http:// links to a post is broken on up-to-date Android devices running Google Chrome or other Chromium based browser. I have not been able to identify whether the issue is in the browser or the could it be the GBoard keyboard.
**Simple steps to repro:**
- Copy a link
- Try to paste it to a post
→ Nothing happens
**But if you copy the URL field content as text, it does work:**
- Copy the link
- Paste it to Chrome URL field
- Select all text & copy
→ You can paste the link to Discourse message composer
Here are some user comments and screenshots. We started the topic in english, but eventually it drifted to our native language.
> **[Korjattu: Unable to paste a link to a post](https://tappara.co/t/korjattu-unable-to-paste-a-link-to-a-post/27603)**
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> Android/Chrome: Has anyone else noticed issues when pasting a link to a post: Copy a link Try to paste it to a post → Nothing happens P.s. Writing in english, so I can refer to this topic from Meta
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/2 "2022-02-26T08:22:13Z")
> [@Cannot paste link in composer with Android Chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-paste-link-in-composer-with-android-chrome/217586):
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> Hello, Repro: Try to paste a link in composer. It seems to only happening on mobile. I tried it on Android. My forum is on [e92f57255d](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commits/e92f57255de429fcf12c4259235d88c5485d934f) but I tried it on Meta too and same issue. I tested it with Android 10 Chrome 98.0.4758.87 Thanks slightly_smiling_face Update: It seems to only the external links affected. If I copy a link in meta than I can paste it but if I go to a website and copy that link than I cannot paste it.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/3 "2022-02-26T10:06:37Z")
Very strange. Confirmed. The url won’t paste in the composer or the hyperlink modal. But it would paste into my text message app.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/4 "2022-02-26T10:28:51Z")
Since the bug is already fixed, I think the workaround in the other topic is enough.
> [@Cannot paste link in composer with Android Chrome](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-paste-link-in-composer-with-android-chrome/217586/10):
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> The Chromium team merged the [fix](https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3462121) for this bug. Note that the fix isn’t published yet.
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### Author:  [@bc2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bc2)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/5 "2022-03-01T21:29:27Z")
When will it be published?
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### Author:  [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/6 "2022-03-14T10:22:55Z")
The fix seems to have landed on Chrome & Chromium.
Copy-pasting a link right here:
> [@Chrome/Android issue: Copy-pasting links is not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/5):
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> When will it be published?
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-android-issue-copy-pasting-links-is-not-working/219443/7 "2022-04-13T10:23:40Z")
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