When is Apple going to fix copy/paste on the iPhone?

You are making the assumption that because you have an issue, everyone does and copy/paste is broken. It's not for me at all. And I have 2 iPhones and 2 iPads, neither of which are having any issues with Copy Paste on iOS 26.2. Plus, asking when Apple is going to fix anything here, on a user to user only forum, which Apple neither participates nor reads for user feedback will not give you anything. Likely, Apple isn't working on

You left out some important information. What model iPhone do you own? What is the current iOS version on your iPhone?

Available User Name Peter wrote:

It’s an iPhone 15 Pro running IOS 26.1 but this has been an issue over several past IOS versions, well over a year.

I occasionally have a problem. It always turns out to be user error.

Available User Name Peter wrote:

It’s an iPhone 15 Pro running IOS 26.1 but this has been an issue over several past IOS versions, well over a year.

I've never had any issues on any of the iOS versions, including the current iOS 26.2. Since you, however, seem to have issues, maybe schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar and let Apple test your phone --> Genius Bar Reservation and Apple Support Options - Apple

If there is an error, (yes user error normally) it is because the clipboard has been cleared by doing some unrelated task between the copy and the paste actions.

If paste authority has not been granted in advance, permission is always sought in my experience.

I think you will have to give a specific example for us to try, because I am 99% satisfied with copy/cut and paste.

Continued problems over multiple iOS versions point to possible corruption.

Make sure you back up your phone!

Then, Erase it and set it up from scratch. Do NOT restore your backup.

If the problem persists, make an appointment at the genius bar.

If the problem goes away when set up from scratch without restoring a backup, you can try erasing it again and restoring from the backup. If it then returns, you can be confident the problem is corruption or something that's managed to work its way into your backups.

Erase and start from scratch again.

KiltedTim wrote:

Continued problems over multiple iOS versions point to possible corruption.

Excellent observation.