Support SSH file copy to OS clipboard (#6110)

* Support SSH file copy to OS clipboard

* Address SSH clipboard staging feedback

src/main/window/clipboard-ipc-handlers.test.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const {
   spawnMock,
   childStdinEndMock,
   resolveAuthorizedPathMock,
+  fsMkdirMock,
+  fsReaddirMock,
+  fsRmMock,
   fsWriteFileMock,
   fsStatMock,
   clipboardReadTextMock,
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@ const {
     return child
   }),
   resolveAuthorizedPathMock: vi.fn(),
+  fsMkdirMock: vi.fn(),
+  fsReaddirMock: vi.fn(),
+  fsRmMock: vi.fn(),
   fsWriteFileMock: vi.fn(),
   fsStatMock: vi.fn(),
   clipboardReadTextMock: vi.fn(),
@@ -56,6 +62,9 @@ vi.mock('node:child_process', () => ({
 }))
 
 vi.mock('node:fs/promises', () => ({
+  mkdir: fsMkdirMock,
+  readdir: fsReaddirMock,
+  rm: fsRmMock,
   stat: fsStatMock,
   default: {
     writeFile: fsWriteFileMock
@@ -111,6 +120,7 @@ import {
   registerClipboardHandlers,
   setTrustedClipboardRendererWebContentsId
 } from './clipboard-ipc-handlers'
+import { cleanupExpiredRemoteClipboardFiles } from './clipboard-remote-file-copy'
 
 function getRegisteredHandlers(): Map<string, (...args: unknown[]) => unknown> {
   const handlers = new Map<string, (...args: unknown[]) => unknown>()
@@ -150,6 +160,10 @@ function trackPromiseSettled(promise: Promise<unknown>): () => boolean {
   return () => settled
 }
 
+function dirent(name: string, directory = true): { name: string; isDirectory: () => boolean } {
+  return { name, isDirectory: () => directory }
+}
+
 describe('registerClipboardHandlers', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.spyOn(Date, 'now').mockReturnValue(1760000000000)
@@ -159,6 +173,12 @@ describe('registerClipboardHandlers', () => {
     childStdinEndMock.mockClear()
     resolveAuthorizedPathMock.mockReset()
     resolveAuthorizedPathMock.mockImplementation(async (path: string) => path)
+    fsMkdirMock.mockReset()
+    fsMkdirMock.mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    fsReaddirMock.mockReset()
+    fsReaddirMock.mockResolvedValue([])
+    fsRmMock.mockReset()
+    fsRmMock.mockResolvedValue(undefined)
     fsWriteFileMock.mockReset()
     fsStatMock.mockReset()
     fsStatMock.mockResolvedValue({})
@@ -256,6 +276,111 @@ describe('registerClipboardHandlers', () => {
     }
   })
 
+  it('sweeps expired remote clipboard staging directories', async () => {
+    const nowMs = 1760000000000
+    fsReaddirMock.mockResolvedValue([
+      dirent('orca-clipboard-file-expired'),
+      dirent('orca-clipboard-file-fresh'),
+      dirent('orca-clipboard-file-plain-file', false),
+      dirent('unrelated-temp')
+    ])
+    fsStatMock.mockImplementation(async (targetPath: string) => {
+      if (targetPath.endsWith('expired')) {
+        return { mtimeMs: nowMs - 60 * 60 * 1000 - 1 }
+      }
+      if (targetPath.endsWith('fresh')) {
+        return { mtimeMs: nowMs - 1000 }
+      }
+      throw new Error(`unexpected stat: ${targetPath}`)
+    })
+
+    await cleanupExpiredRemoteClipboardFiles(nowMs)
+
+    expect(fsRmMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(fsRmMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(join('/tmp', 'orca-clipboard-file-expired'), {
+      recursive: true,
+      force: true
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('materializes remote files before writing them to the OS clipboard', async () => {
+    const provider = {
+      stat: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ size: 12, type: 'file', mtime: 123 }),
+      downloadFile: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)
+    }
+    getSshFilesystemProviderMock.mockReturnValue(provider)
+    registerClipboardHandlers({} as never)
+
+    const handlers = getRegisteredHandlers()
+    const tempDir = join(
+      '/tmp',
+      'orca-clipboard-file-1760000000000-00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000'
+    )
+    const tempPath = join(tempDir, 'report.pdf')
+
+    await expect(
+      handlers.get('clipboard:writeFile')?.(makeClipboardEvent(), {
+        filePath: '/remote/report.pdf',
+        connectionId: 'ssh-1'
+      })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ ok: true })
+
+    expect(provider.stat).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/remote/report.pdf')
+    expect(fsMkdirMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tempDir, { mode: 0o700 })
+    expect(provider.downloadFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/remote/report.pdf', tempPath)
+    expect(fsStatMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tempPath)
+    expect(resolveAuthorizedPathMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(fsRmMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('does not materialize remote directories for OS clipboard copy', async () => {
+    const provider = {
+      stat: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ size: 0, type: 'directory', mtime: 123 }),
+      downloadFile: vi.fn()
+    }
+    getSshFilesystemProviderMock.mockReturnValue(provider)
+    registerClipboardHandlers({} as never)
+
+    const handlers = getRegisteredHandlers()
+    await expect(
+      handlers.get('clipboard:writeFile')?.(makeClipboardEvent(), {
+        filePath: '/remote/src',
+        connectionId: 'ssh-1'
+      })
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ ok: false, reason: 'is-directory' })
+
+    expect(provider.downloadFile).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(fsMkdirMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(clipboardWriteBufferMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('cleans up remote clipboard temp files when transfer fails', async () => {
+    const provider = {
+      stat: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ size: 12, type: 'file', mtime: 123 }),
+      downloadFile: vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('transfer failed'))
+    }
+    getSshFilesystemProviderMock.mockReturnValue(provider)
+    registerClipboardHandlers({} as never)
+
+    const handlers = getRegisteredHandlers()
+    const tempDir = join(
+      '/tmp',
+      'orca-clipboard-file-1760000000000-00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000'
+    )
+    const tempPath = join(tempDir, 'report.pdf')
+
+    await expect(
+      handlers.get('clipboard:writeFile')?.(makeClipboardEvent(), {
+        filePath: '/remote/report.pdf',
+        connectionId: 'ssh-1'
+      })
+    ).rejects.toThrow('transfer failed')
+
+    expect(provider.downloadFile).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/remote/report.pdf', tempPath)
+    expect(fsRmMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    expect(clipboardWriteBufferMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('rejects unauthorized local files before touching the OS clipboard', async () => {
     resolveAuthorizedPathMock.mockRejectedValue(
       new Error(

src/main/window/clipboard-ipc-handlers.ts

@@ -23,10 +23,23 @@ import {
   assertClipboardImageByteLengthWithinLimit,
   assertClipboardImageDimensionsWithinLimit
 } from '../../shared/clipboard-image'
-import { writeFileToClipboard } from './clipboard-file-copy'
+import {
+  writeFileToClipboard,
+  type ClipboardFileDeps,
+  type ClipboardFileResult
+} from './clipboard-file-copy'
+import {
+  cleanupExpiredRemoteClipboardFiles,
+  writeRemoteFileToClipboard
+} from './clipboard-remote-file-copy'
 
 let trustedClipboardRendererWebContentsId: number | null = null
 
+type ClipboardWriteFileRequest = {
+  filePath: string
+  connectionId?: string
+}
+
 export function setTrustedClipboardRendererWebContentsId(webContentsId: number | null): void {
   trustedClipboardRendererWebContentsId = webContentsId
 }
@@ -53,6 +66,8 @@ export function registerClipboardHandlers(store: Store): void {
   ipcMain.removeHandler('clipboard:writeFile')
   ipcMain.removeHandler('clipboard:saveImageAsTempFile')
 
+  void cleanupExpiredRemoteClipboardFiles()
+
   ipcMain.handle('clipboard:readText', async (event, options?: ReadClipboardTextOptions) => {
     assertTrustedClipboardSender(event)
     return assertClipboardTextWithinLimitWithYield(clipboard.readText(), options)
@@ -80,13 +95,16 @@ export function registerClipboardHandlers(store: Store): void {
     }
   )
   // Why: copy the actual file to the OS clipboard so pasting in Finder/Explorer
-  // drops the file itself, not its path as text. Local files only.
-  ipcMain.handle('clipboard:writeFile', (event, filePath: string) => {
-    assertTrustedClipboardSender(event)
-    return writeFileToClipboard(filePath, {
-      platform: process.platform,
-      desktop: process.env.XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP,
-      resolveFilePath: async (path) => {
+  // drops the file itself, not its path as text.
+  ipcMain.handle(
+    'clipboard:writeFile',
+    (event, args: unknown): ClipboardFileResult | Promise<ClipboardFileResult> => {
+      assertTrustedClipboardSender(event)
+      const request = normalizeClipboardWriteFileRequest(args)
+      if (!request) {
+        return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-path' }
+      }
+      const deps = makeClipboardFileDeps(async (path) => {
         try {
           const authorizedPath = await resolveAuthorizedPath(path, store)
           await stat(authorizedPath)
@@ -97,11 +115,17 @@ export function registerClipboardHandlers(store: Store): void {
           }
           return { ok: false, reason: isENOENT(error) ? 'not-found' : 'invalid-path' }
         }
-      },
-      writeBuffer: (format, buffer) => clipboard.writeBuffer(format, buffer),
-      runCommand
-    })
-  })
+      })
+      if (request.connectionId) {
+        return writeRemoteFileToClipboard({
+          remotePath: request.filePath,
+          connectionId: request.connectionId,
+          deps
+        })
+      }
+      return writeFileToClipboard(request.filePath, deps)
+    }
+  )
   ipcMain.handle('clipboard:writeText', async (event, text: string) => {
     assertTrustedClipboardSender(event)
     return clipboard.writeText(await assertClipboardTextWriteWithinLimitWithYield(text))
@@ -151,6 +175,36 @@ export function registerClipboardHandlers(store: Store): void {
   })
 }
 
+function normalizeClipboardWriteFileRequest(args: unknown): ClipboardWriteFileRequest | null {
+  if (typeof args === 'string') {
+    return { filePath: args }
+  }
+  if (!args || typeof args !== 'object' || Array.isArray(args)) {
+    return null
+  }
+  const filePath = (args as { filePath?: unknown }).filePath
+  if (typeof filePath !== 'string') {
+    return null
+  }
+  const connectionId = (args as { connectionId?: unknown }).connectionId
+  if (typeof connectionId === 'string' && connectionId.trim() !== '') {
+    return { filePath, connectionId }
+  }
+  return { filePath }
+}
+
+function makeClipboardFileDeps(
+  resolveFilePath: ClipboardFileDeps['resolveFilePath']
+): ClipboardFileDeps {
+  return {
+    platform: process.platform,
+    desktop: process.env.XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP,
+    resolveFilePath,
+    writeBuffer: (format, buffer) => clipboard.writeBuffer(format, buffer),
+    runCommand
+  }
+}
+
 function assertTrustedClipboardSender(event: IpcMainInvokeEvent): void {
   if (!isTrustedClipboardRenderer(event.sender)) {
     throw new Error('Unauthorized clipboard IPC sender')

src/main/window/clipboard-remote-file-copy.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto'
+import type { Dirent } from 'node:fs'
+import { mkdir, readdir, rm, stat } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { join } from 'node:path'
+
+import { app } from 'electron'
+
+import { getRuntimePathBasename } from '../../shared/cross-platform-path'
+import { requireSshFilesystemProvider } from '../providers/ssh-filesystem-dispatch'
+import {
+  writeFileToClipboard,
+  type ClipboardFileDeps,
+  type ClipboardFileResult
+} from './clipboard-file-copy'
+
+type RemoteClipboardFileDeps = Omit<ClipboardFileDeps, 'resolveFilePath'>
+
+const REMOTE_CLIPBOARD_FILE_TTL_MS = 60 * 60 * 1000
+const REMOTE_CLIPBOARD_FILE_PREFIX = 'orca-clipboard-file-'
+const WINDOWS_RESERVED_LOCAL_BASENAME = /^(?:con|prn|aux|nul|com[1-9]|lpt[1-9])(?:\..*)?$/i
+const LOCAL_FILENAME_REPLACEMENT_CHARS = new Set(['<', '>', ':', '"', '/', '\\', '|', '?', '*'])
+
+export async function writeRemoteFileToClipboard({
+  remotePath,
+  connectionId,
+  deps
+}: {
+  remotePath: string
+  connectionId: string
+  deps: RemoteClipboardFileDeps
+}): Promise<ClipboardFileResult> {
+  const provider = requireSshFilesystemProvider(connectionId)
+  const remoteStat = await provider.stat(remotePath)
+  if (remoteStat.type === 'directory') {
+    return { ok: false, reason: 'is-directory' }
+  }
+  if (!provider.downloadFile) {
+    throw new Error('Remote file download is unavailable. Reconnect the SSH target and retry.')
+  }
+
+  const tempDir = join(
+    app.getPath('temp'),
+    `${REMOTE_CLIPBOARD_FILE_PREFIX}${Date.now()}-${randomUUID()}`
+  )
+  await mkdir(tempDir, { mode: 0o700 })
+  const localPath = join(
+    tempDir,
+    sanitizeLocalClipboardFilename(getRuntimePathBasename(remotePath))
+  )
+  let keepTempFile = false
+
+  try {
+    await provider.downloadFile(remotePath, localPath)
+    const result = await writeFileToClipboard(localPath, {
+      ...deps,
+      resolveFilePath: async (path) => {
+        if (path !== localPath) {
+          return { ok: false, reason: 'invalid-path' }
+        }
+        try {
+          await stat(path)
+          return { ok: true, path }
+        } catch {
+          return { ok: false, reason: 'not-found' }
+        }
+      }
+    })
+    if (result.ok) {
+      // Why: OS file clipboards keep a path reference, so the staged copy must
+      // survive after this IPC call long enough for the user to paste it.
+      keepTempFile = true
+      scheduleRemoteClipboardFileCleanup(tempDir)
+    }
+    return result
+  } finally {
+    if (!keepTempFile) {
+      await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => undefined)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export async function cleanupExpiredRemoteClipboardFiles(nowMs = Date.now()): Promise<void> {
+  const tempRoot = app.getPath('temp')
+  let entries: Dirent[]
+  try {
+    entries = await readdir(tempRoot, { withFileTypes: true })
+  } catch {
+    return
+  }
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    entries.map(async (entry) => {
+      if (!entry.isDirectory() || !entry.name.startsWith(REMOTE_CLIPBOARD_FILE_PREFIX)) {
+        return
+      }
+      const tempDir = join(tempRoot, entry.name)
+      try {
+        const tempStats = await stat(tempDir)
+        if (nowMs - tempStats.mtimeMs < REMOTE_CLIPBOARD_FILE_TTL_MS) {
+          return
+        }
+        await rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+      } catch {
+        // Why: stale staged SSH files should not make startup cleanup noisy.
+      }
+    })
+  )
+}
+
+function sanitizeLocalClipboardFilename(remoteBasename: string): string {
+  const sanitized = Array.from(remoteBasename, (char) =>
+    char.charCodeAt(0) < 32 || LOCAL_FILENAME_REPLACEMENT_CHARS.has(char) ? '_' : char
+  )
+    .join('')
+    .replace(/[. ]+$/g, '')
+  if (!sanitized || WINDOWS_RESERVED_LOCAL_BASENAME.test(sanitized)) {
+    return 'download'
+  }
+  return sanitized
+}
+
+function scheduleRemoteClipboardFileCleanup(tempDir: string): void {
+  const timer = setTimeout(() => {
+    void rm(tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true }).catch(() => undefined)
+  }, REMOTE_CLIPBOARD_FILE_TTL_MS)
+  if (typeof timer === 'object' && 'unref' in timer) {
+    timer.unref()
+  }
+}

src/preload/api-types.ts

@@ -2479,7 +2479,14 @@ export type PreloadApi = {
     writeSelectionClipboardText: (text: string) => Promise<void>
     writeClipboardImage: (dataUrl: string) => Promise<void>
     performNativePaste: (options?: { mode?: 'paste' | 'paste-and-match-style' }) => void
-    writeClipboardFile: (filePath: string) => Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }>
+    writeClipboardFile: (
+      args:
+        | {
+            filePath: string
+            connectionId?: string | null
+          }
+        | string
+    ) => Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }>
     onFileDrop: (callback: (data: NativeFileDropPayload) => void) => () => void
     getZoomLevel: () => number
     setZoomLevel: (level: number) => void

src/preload/index.ts

@@ -3270,8 +3270,14 @@ const api = {
         mode: options?.mode === 'paste-and-match-style' ? 'paste-and-match-style' : 'paste'
       })
     },
-    writeClipboardFile: (filePath: string): Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }> =>
-      ipcRenderer.invoke('clipboard:writeFile', filePath),
+    writeClipboardFile: (
+      args:
+        | {
+            filePath: string
+            connectionId?: string | null
+          }
+        | string
+    ): Promise<{ ok: boolean; reason?: string }> => ipcRenderer.invoke('clipboard:writeFile', args),
     onFileDrop: (callback: (data: NativeFileDropPayload) => void): (() => void) =>
       subscribeNativeFileDrop(callback),
     getZoomLevel: (): number => webFrame.getZoomLevel(),

src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/FileExplorer.test.tsx

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   getNextNameFilterCollapsedPaths
 } from './file-explorer-name-filter-projection'
 import {
+  copyFileToOsClipboard,
   downloadRemoteFile,
   FileExplorerRow,
   shouldShowCollapseFolderAction,
@@ -575,14 +576,66 @@ describe('FileExplorerRow collapse folder action', () => {
     expect(shouldShowRemoteDownloadAction(fileNode, 'ssh-1')).toBe(false)
   })
 
-  it('shows OS file copy only for single local desktop selections', () => {
-    expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(null, 1)).toBe(true)
-    expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(undefined, 2)).toBe(false)
-    expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction('ssh-1', 1)).toBe(false)
+  it('shows OS file copy for single local rows and SSH file rows on desktop', () => {
+    const previous = (globalThis as { __ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__?: boolean }).__ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__
+    try {
+      expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(fileNode, null, 1)).toBe(true)
+      expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(directoryNode, null, 1)).toBe(true)
+      expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(fileNode, undefined, 2)).toBe(false)
+      expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(fileNode, 'ssh-1', 1)).toBe(true)
+      expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(directoryNode, 'ssh-1', 1)).toBe(false)
 
-    ;(globalThis as { __ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__?: boolean }).__ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__ = true
+      ;(globalThis as { __ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__?: boolean }).__ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__ = true
 
-    expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(null, 1)).toBe(false)
+      expect(shouldShowCopyFileAction(fileNode, null, 1)).toBe(false)
+    } finally {
+      ;(globalThis as { __ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__?: boolean }).__ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__ = previous
+    }
+  })
+
+  it('copies local and SSH file rows through the clipboard file API', async () => {
+    const writeClipboardFile = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ok: true })
+    ;(
+      globalThis as unknown as {
+        window: { api: { ui: { writeClipboardFile: typeof writeClipboardFile } } }
+      }
+    ).window = { api: { ui: { writeClipboardFile } } }
+
+    await copyFileToOsClipboard(fileNode)
+    await copyFileToOsClipboard(fileNode, 'ssh-1')
+
+    expect(writeClipboardFile).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, '/repo/src/index.ts')
+    expect(writeClipboardFile).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, {
+      filePath: '/repo/src/index.ts',
+      connectionId: 'ssh-1'
+    })
+    expect(toastErrorMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('shows a failure toast when OS file copy fails', async () => {
+    const writeClipboardFile = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ ok: false, reason: 'invalid-path' })
+    ;(
+      globalThis as unknown as {
+        window: { api: { ui: { writeClipboardFile: typeof writeClipboardFile } } }
+      }
+    ).window = { api: { ui: { writeClipboardFile } } }
+
+    await copyFileToOsClipboard(fileNode)
+
+    expect(toastErrorMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Could not copy the file to the clipboard')
+  })
+
+  it('shows the remote copy rejection message when SSH materialization fails', async () => {
+    const writeClipboardFile = vi.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('Remote connection dropped'))
+    ;(
+      globalThis as unknown as {
+        window: { api: { ui: { writeClipboardFile: typeof writeClipboardFile } } }
+      }
+    ).window = { api: { ui: { writeClipboardFile } } }
+
+    await copyFileToOsClipboard(fileNode, 'ssh-1')
+
+    expect(toastErrorMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Remote connection dropped')
   })
 
   it('calls the preload download API and shows success only when not canceled', async () => {

src/renderer/src/components/right-sidebar/FileExplorerRow.tsx

@@ -314,11 +314,15 @@ export function shouldShowRemoteDownloadAction(
   )
 }
 
-export function shouldShowCopyFileAction(connectionId?: string | null, selectionSize = 1): boolean {
-  // Why: the OS file clipboard only holds local files — remote (SSH) files
-  // don't exist on this machine, and the web client has no native clipboard.
+export function shouldShowCopyFileAction(
+  node: TreeNode,
+  connectionId?: string | null,
+  selectionSize = 1
+): boolean {
+  // Why: remote directories would require recursive materialization semantics;
+  // keep this to a single concrete file reference until multi-file copy exists.
   return (
-    !connectionId &&
+    (!connectionId || !node.isDirectory) &&
     selectionSize === 1 &&
     (globalThis as { __ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__?: boolean }).__ORCA_WEB_CLIENT__ !== true
   )
@@ -360,6 +364,26 @@ export async function downloadRemoteFile(node: TreeNode, connectionId: string):
   }
 }
 
+export async function copyFileToOsClipboard(
+  node: TreeNode,
+  connectionId?: string | null
+): Promise<void> {
+  const failureMessage = translate(
+    'auto.components.right.sidebar.FileExplorerRow.b234ab25b4',
+    'Could not copy the file to the clipboard'
+  )
+  try {
+    const result = await window.api.ui.writeClipboardFile(
+      connectionId ? { filePath: node.path, connectionId } : node.path
+    )
+    if (!result.ok) {
+      toast.error(failureMessage)
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    toast.error(extractIpcErrorMessage(error, failureMessage))
+  }
+}
+
 export function FileExplorerRow({
   node,
   isExpanded,
@@ -403,7 +427,7 @@ export function FileExplorerRow({
   const FileIcon = getFileTypeIcon(node.relativePath || node.name)
   const rowDropDir = node.isDirectory ? node.path : targetDir
   const showRemoteDownloadAction = shouldShowRemoteDownloadAction(node, connectionId)
-  const showCopyFileAction = shouldShowCopyFileAction(connectionId, selectionSize)
+  const showCopyFileAction = shouldShowCopyFileAction(node, connectionId, selectionSize)
   const { setRowDragNode, handleDragOver, handleDragEnter, handleDragLeave, handleDrop } =
     useFileExplorerRowDrag({
       rowDropDir,
@@ -432,23 +456,8 @@ export function FileExplorerRow({
     void downloadRemoteFile(node, connectionId)
   }, [connectionId, node])
   const handleCopyFile = useCallback(() => {
-    const failureMessage = translate(
-      'auto.components.right.sidebar.FileExplorerRow.b234ab25b4',
-      'Could not copy the file to the clipboard'
-    )
-    void window.api.ui
-      .writeClipboardFile(node.path)
-      .then((result) => {
-        if (!result.ok) {
-          toast.error(failureMessage)
-        }
-      })
-      // A failure in the main process rejects the IPC promise; surface the same
-      // toast instead of leaving an unhandled rejection with no feedback.
-      .catch(() => {
-        toast.error(failureMessage)
-      })
-  }, [node.path])
+    void copyFileToOsClipboard(node, connectionId)
+  }, [connectionId, node])
 
   return (
     <ContextMenu