From 6c0fdbbaaa83594175bcf6a7f0415873a9f6d21e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrod Flesch <jarrodmflesch@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:18:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: duplicate should duplicate as draft by default

---
 .../src/collections/operations/create.ts      |  1 -
 .../payload/src/duplicateDocument/index.ts    |  7 ------
 .../src/elements/DuplicateDocument/index.tsx  |  2 +-
 test/versions/int.spec.ts                     | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/create.ts b/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/create.ts
index dbb0fd2bf8c..98b6ed550af 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/create.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/collections/operations/create.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ export const createOperation = async <
         id: duplicateFromID,
         collectionConfig,
         draftArg: isSavingDraft,
-        isSavingDraft,
         overrideAccess,
         req,
         selectedLocales,
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/duplicateDocument/index.ts b/packages/payload/src/duplicateDocument/index.ts
index 3c7da8d59e8..b21f846a525 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/duplicateDocument/index.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/duplicateDocument/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ type GetDuplicateDocumentArgs = {
   collectionConfig: SanitizedCollectionConfig
   draftArg?: boolean
   id: number | string
-  isSavingDraft?: boolean
   overrideAccess?: boolean
   req: PayloadRequest
   selectedLocales?: string[]
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ export const getDuplicateDocumentData = async ({
   id,
   collectionConfig,
   draftArg,
-  isSavingDraft,
   overrideAccess,
   req,
   selectedLocales,
@@ -96,11 +94,6 @@ export const getDuplicateDocumentData = async ({
     req,
   })
 
-  // for version enabled collections, override the current status with draft, unless draft is explicitly set to false
-  if (isSavingDraft) {
-    duplicatedFromDocWithLocales._status = 'draft'
-  }
-
   const duplicatedFromDoc = await afterRead({
     collection: collectionConfig,
     context: req.context,
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/DuplicateDocument/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/elements/DuplicateDocument/index.tsx
index 95bf4aca0b3..b66b480a6ae 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/DuplicateDocument/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/DuplicateDocument/index.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export const DuplicateDocument: React.FC<Props> = ({
             addQueryPrefix: true,
           })}`,
           {
-            body: JSON.stringify({}),
+            body: JSON.stringify(collectionConfig.versions?.drafts ? { _status: 'draft' } : {}),
             headers,
           },
         )
diff --git a/test/versions/int.spec.ts b/test/versions/int.spec.ts
index 25a573fd4d0..dfb9560f576 100644
--- a/test/versions/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/versions/int.spec.ts
@@ -431,6 +431,31 @@ describe('Versions', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    describe('Duplicate', () => {
+      it('should duplicate a versioned document as a draft', async () => {
+        const originalDoc = await payload.create({
+          collection: draftCollectionSlug,
+          data: {
+            description: 'Original description',
+            title: 'Original Title',
+            _status: 'published',
+          },
+          draft: false,
+        })
+
+        const duplicatedDoc = await payload.create({
+          duplicateFromID: originalDoc.id,
+          collection: draftCollectionSlug,
+          data: {
+            _status: 'draft',
+          },
+          draft: true,
+        })
+
+        expect(duplicatedDoc._status).toBe('draft')
+      })
+    })
+
     describe('Query operations', () => {
       beforeAll(async () => {
         // Create test data for query-only tests (pagination, sorting)