diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/clipboard_text.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/clipboard_text.rs
index ec8a7b112db..019cbdba13c 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/clipboard_text.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/clipboard_text.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,215 @@
+//! Clipboard text copy support for `/copy` in the TUI.
+//!
+//! This module owns the policy for getting plain text from the running Codex
+//! process into the user's system clipboard. It prefers the direct native
+//! clipboard path when the current machine is also the user's desktop, but it
+//! intentionally changes strategy in environments where a "local" clipboard
+//! would be the wrong one: SSH sessions use OSC 52 so the user's terminal can
+//! proxy the copy back to the client, and WSL shells fall back to
+//! `powershell.exe` because Linux-side clipboard providers often cannot reach
+//! the Windows clipboard reliably.
+//!
+//! The module is deliberately narrow. It only handles text copy, returns
+//! user-facing error strings for the chat UI, and does not try to expose a
+//! reusable clipboard abstraction for the rest of the application. Image paste
+//! and WSL environment detection live in neighboring modules.
+//!
+//! The main operational contract is that callers get one best-effort copy
+//! attempt and a readable failure message. The selection between native copy,
+//! OSC 52, and WSL fallback is centralized here so `/copy` does not have to
+//! understand platform-specific clipboard behavior.
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+use base64::Engine as _;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "android"), unix))]
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+use std::io::Write;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "android"), windows))]
+use std::io::stdout;
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "android"), target_os = "linux"))]
+use std::process::Stdio;
+
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "android"), target_os = "linux"))]
+use crate::clipboard_paste::is_probably_wsl;
+
+/// Copies user-visible text into the most appropriate clipboard for the
+/// current environment.
+///
+/// In a normal desktop session this targets the host clipboard through
+/// `arboard`. In SSH sessions it emits an OSC 52 sequence instead, because the
+/// process-local clipboard would belong to the remote machine rather than the
+/// user's terminal. On Linux under WSL, a failed native copy falls back to
+/// `powershell.exe` so the Windows clipboard still works when Linux clipboard
+/// integrations are unavailable.
+///
+/// The returned error is intended for display in the TUI rather than for
+/// programmatic branching. Callers should treat it as user-facing text. A
+/// caller that assumes a specific substring means a stable failure category
+/// will be brittle if the fallback policy or wording changes later.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// Returns a descriptive error string when the selected clipboard mechanism is
+/// unavailable or the fallback path also fails.
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
 pub fn copy_text_to_clipboard(text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
-    let mut cb = arboard::Clipboard::new().map_err(|e| format!("clipboard unavailable: {e}"))?;
-    cb.set_text(text.to_string())
-        .map_err(|e| format!("clipboard unavailable: {e}"))
+    if std::env::var_os("SSH_CONNECTION").is_some() || std::env::var_os("SSH_TTY").is_some() {
+        return copy_via_osc52(text);
+    }
+
+    let error = match arboard::Clipboard::new() {
+        Ok(mut clipboard) => match clipboard.set_text(text.to_string()) {
+            Ok(()) => return Ok(()),
+            Err(err) => format!("clipboard unavailable: {err}"),
+        },
+        Err(err) => format!("clipboard unavailable: {err}"),
+    };
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    let error = if is_probably_wsl() {
+        match copy_via_wsl_clipboard(text) {
+            Ok(()) => return Ok(()),
+            Err(wsl_err) => format!("{error}; WSL fallback failed: {wsl_err}"),
+        }
+    } else {
+        error
+    };
+
+    Err(error)
+}
+
+/// Writes text through OSC 52 so the controlling terminal can own the copy.
+///
+/// This path exists for remote sessions where the process-local clipboard is
+/// not the clipboard the user actually wants. On Unix it writes directly to the
+/// controlling TTY so the escape sequence reaches the terminal even if stdout
+/// is redirected; on Windows it writes to stdout because the console is the
+/// transport.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+fn copy_via_osc52(text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let sequence = osc52_sequence(text, std::env::var_os("TMUX").is_some());
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    let mut tty = OpenOptions::new()
+        .write(true)
+        .open("/dev/tty")
+        .map_err(|e| {
+            format!("clipboard unavailable: failed to open /dev/tty for OSC 52 copy: {e}")
+        })?;
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    tty.write_all(sequence.as_bytes()).map_err(|e| {
+        format!("clipboard unavailable: failed to write OSC 52 escape sequence: {e}")
+    })?;
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    tty.flush().map_err(|e| {
+        format!("clipboard unavailable: failed to flush OSC 52 escape sequence: {e}")
+    })?;
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    stdout().write_all(sequence.as_bytes()).map_err(|e| {
+        format!("clipboard unavailable: failed to write OSC 52 escape sequence: {e}")
+    })?;
+    #[cfg(windows)]
+    stdout().flush().map_err(|e| {
+        format!("clipboard unavailable: failed to flush OSC 52 escape sequence: {e}")
+    })?;
+    Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Copies text into the Windows clipboard from a WSL process.
+///
+/// This is a Linux-only fallback for the case where `arboard` cannot talk to
+/// the Windows clipboard from inside WSL. It shells out to `powershell.exe`,
+/// streams the text over stdin as UTF-8, and waits for the process to report
+/// success before returning to the caller.
+#[cfg(all(not(target_os = "android"), target_os = "linux"))]
+fn copy_via_wsl_clipboard(text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
+    let mut child = std::process::Command::new("powershell.exe")
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stdout(Stdio::null())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .args([
+            "-NoProfile",
+            "-Command",
+            "[Console]::InputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8; $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $text = [Console]::In.ReadToEnd(); Set-Clipboard -Value $text",
+        ])
+        .spawn()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("clipboard unavailable: failed to spawn powershell.exe: {e}"))?;
+
+    let Some(mut stdin) = child.stdin.take() else {
+        let _ = child.kill();
+        let _ = child.wait();
+        return Err("clipboard unavailable: failed to open powershell.exe stdin".to_string());
+    };
+
+    if let Err(err) = stdin.write_all(text.as_bytes()) {
+        let _ = child.kill();
+        let _ = child.wait();
+        return Err(format!(
+            "clipboard unavailable: failed to write to powershell.exe: {err}"
+        ));
+    }
+
+    drop(stdin);
+
+    let output = child
+        .wait_with_output()
+        .map_err(|e| format!("clipboard unavailable: failed to wait for powershell.exe: {e}"))?;
+
+    if output.status.success() {
+        Ok(())
+    } else {
+        let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).trim().to_string();
+        if stderr.is_empty() {
+            let status = output.status;
+            Err(format!(
+                "clipboard unavailable: powershell.exe exited with status {status}"
+            ))
+        } else {
+            Err(format!(
+                "clipboard unavailable: powershell.exe failed: {stderr}"
+            ))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Encodes text as an OSC 52 clipboard sequence.
+///
+/// When `tmux` is true the sequence is wrapped in the tmux passthrough form so
+/// nested terminals still receive the clipboard escape.
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
+fn osc52_sequence(text: &str, tmux: bool) -> String {
+    let payload = base64::engine::general_purpose::STANDARD.encode(text);
+    if tmux {
+        format!("\x1bPtmux;\x1b\x1b]52;c;{payload}\x07\x1b\\")
+    } else {
+        format!("\x1b]52;c;{payload}\x07")
+    }
+}
+
+/// Reports that clipboard text copy is unavailable on Android builds.
+///
+/// The TUI's clipboard implementation depends on host integrations that are not
+/// available in the supported Android/Termux environment.
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
 pub fn copy_text_to_clipboard(_text: &str) -> Result<(), String> {
     Err("clipboard text copy is unsupported on Android".into())
 }
+
+#[cfg(all(test, not(target_os = "android")))]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn osc52_sequence_encodes_text_for_terminal_clipboard() {
+        assert_eq!(osc52_sequence("hello", false), "\u{1b}]52;c;aGVsbG8=\u{7}");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn osc52_sequence_wraps_tmux_passthrough() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            osc52_sequence("hello", true),
+            "\u{1b}Ptmux;\u{1b}\u{1b}]52;c;aGVsbG8=\u{7}\u{1b}\\"
+        );
+    }
+}