diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor
index f1fe5039..c27291be 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor	
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
                 <MudTooltip Text="@T("Move the chat to a workspace, or to another if it is already in one.")" Placement="@TOOLBAR_TOOLTIP_PLACEMENT">
                     <MudIconButton Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.MoveToInbox" Disabled="@(!this.CanThreadBeSaved || this.IsCurrentChatStreaming)" OnClick="@this.MoveChatToWorkspace"/>
                 </MudTooltip>
+
+                <MudTooltip Text="@T("Copy this chat & continue in the copy.")" Placement="@TOOLBAR_TOOLTIP_PLACEMENT">
+                    <MudIconButton Icon="@Icons.Material.Filled.ContentCopy" Disabled="@(!this.CanThreadBeCopied)" OnClick="@this.CopyCurrentChat"/>
+                </MudTooltip>
             }
             
             <AttachDocuments Name="File Attachments" DocumentPaths="@this.ComposerState.FileAttachments" DocumentPathsChanged="@this.ComposerAttachmentsChanged" CatchAllDocuments="true" UseSmallForm="true" ShowMediaStatus="false" Provider="@this.Provider" OwnerChat="@this.ChatThread" EnsureOwnerChatAsync="@this.EnsureMediaImportChatAsync" Disabled="@this.MediaTranscriptionService.IsBusy(this.CurrentMediaImportOwner)"/>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs
index a28509f1..f4c017aa 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/ChatComponent.razor.cs	
@@ -649,7 +649,9 @@ public partial class ChatComponent : MSGComponentBase
     }
 
     private bool CanThreadBeSaved => this.ChatThread is not null && this.ChatThread.Blocks.Any(b => !b.HideFromUser);
-    
+
+    private bool CanThreadBeCopied => this.CanThreadBeSaved && !this.IsCurrentChatStreaming && !this.MediaTranscriptionService.IsBusy(this.CurrentMediaImportOwner);
+
     private string TooltipAddChatToWorkspace => string.Format(T("Start new chat in workspace '{0}'"), this.currentWorkspaceName);
 
     private string UserInputStyle => this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.Confidence.ShowProviderConfidence ? this.Provider.UsedLLMProvider.GetConfidence(this.SettingsManager).SetColorStyle(this.SettingsManager) : string.Empty;
@@ -1344,7 +1346,48 @@ public partial class ChatComponent : MSGComponentBase
 
         await this.SyncWorkspaceHeaderWithChatThreadAsync();
     }
-    
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies the open chat and continues in the copy.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Copied is the chat as it stands on the screen, not the state which was stored last. That is
+    /// why nothing is asked about unsaved changes here, unlike everywhere else a chat is left
+    /// behind: none of them are lost, they move into the copy, while the original keeps what was
+    /// stored.<br/><br/>
+    ///
+    /// The same holds for the message being written. The copy is marked as loaded right away,
+    /// because the parameter update which follows would otherwise take it for another chat being
+    /// opened and clear the composer. Only the transcripts attached to that message are exchanged:
+    /// those of the original live in its directory, and the copy got copies of its own.
+    /// </remarks>
+    private async Task CopyCurrentChat()
+    {
+        if (this.ChatThread is null || !this.CanThreadBeCopied)
+            return;
+
+        var sourceChat = this.ChatThread;
+        var copy = this.Workspaces is null
+            ? await WorkspaceBehaviour.CopyChatAsync(this.DialogService, sourceChat)
+            : await this.Workspaces.CopyChatAsync(sourceChat);
+
+        if (copy is null)
+            return;
+
+        var transcriptsOfTheOriginal = sourceChat.PendingMediaTranscripts.Select(transcript => transcript.FilePath).ToHashSet(StringComparer.Ordinal);
+        this.ComposerState.FileAttachments.RemoveWhere(attachment => transcriptsOfTheOriginal.Contains(attachment.FilePath));
+        foreach (var transcript in copy.PendingMediaTranscripts)
+            this.ComposerState.FileAttachments.Add(transcript);
+
+        this.ChatThread = copy;
+        this.hasUnsavedChanges = false;
+
+        await this.SyncForegroundChatAsync();
+        this.MarkCurrentChatAsLoadedParameter();
+        await this.SyncWorkspaceHeaderWithChatThreadAsync();
+        await this.ChatThreadChanged.InvokeAsync(this.ChatThread);
+    }
+
     private async Task LoadedChatChanged(bool notifyParent = true)
     {
         this.hasUnsavedChanges = false;
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs
index 801b197c..240f7dfb 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Components/Workspaces.razor.cs	
@@ -660,6 +660,24 @@ public partial class Workspaces : MSGComponentBase
         await this.LoadTreeItemsAsync(startPrefetch: false);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Copies the given chat, after asking the user for the name of the copy, and shows the copy in the tree.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="sourceChat">The chat to copy, as it stands in memory.</param>
+    /// <returns>The persisted copy. Null when the user canceled the question, in which case nothing was copied.</returns>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Neither asks about unsaved changes nor opens the copy: which of both a caller needs depends
+    /// on where the copy was asked for.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public async Task<ChatThread?> CopyChatAsync(ChatThread sourceChat)
+    {
+        var copy = await WorkspaceBehaviour.CopyChatAsync(this.DialogService, sourceChat);
+        if (copy is not null)
+            await this.LoadTreeItemsAsync(startPrefetch: false);
+
+        return copy;
+    }
+
     private async Task<ChatThread?> LoadChatAsync(string? chatPath, bool switchToChat)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(chatPath))
@@ -819,11 +837,10 @@ public partial class Workspaces : MSGComponentBase
         }
 
         var sourceChat = isCopyOfOpenChat ? openChat! : chat;
-        var copy = await WorkspaceBehaviour.CopyChatAsync(this.DialogService, sourceChat);
+        var copy = await this.CopyChatAsync(sourceChat);
         if (copy is null)
             return;
 
-        await this.LoadTreeItemsAsync(startPrefetch: false);
         this.CurrentChatThread = copy;
         await this.CurrentChatThreadChanged.InvokeAsync(this.CurrentChatThread);
     }