"You are not allowed to copy this file" but I own the file?

Same issue browser and Desktop app

I am getting this problem just now too. Seems like a bug that a lot of people using Figma are affected by. 

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Same, fix the bug please figma!

Any idea if it's just a me issue or is there something else happening?

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Same issue!! I’m admin, and cannot copy, cut, etc - BUG, please fix asap!

Duplicate isn’t working for me all of a sudden too :/ wth!

Was this based on anything you did?

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This was happening to me for the past 20 minutes. But looks like the Figma team just pushed an update and fixed it. All good now on my end!

Estou com o mesmo problema. Me parece bug

Same bug please fix it, I need to workkk!!!

I am suddenly NOT allowed to copy and paste anymore…

But as someone wrote above, we still can DUPLICATE.

Figma, please fix asap

FWIW, I experienced this also after not using Figma for a week.  No clue what caused this because after an hour of trying to fix the issue, it just worked again.  Only mentioning this because I’ve seen others comment that it happened after a week of no use.

Hello ​@Yan Bogdanov ​@Carolyne Gardener ​@Fiona Murray ​@Caseyevergoods ​@Grady Harwood ​@SD_Red — Tom here with the Figma Community team. Thanks for flagging this issue and sorry for the disruption.

Our Engineering team was able to resolve this issue. I’ve merged your posts to a single thread to that we can track reports in one place. Please check the best answer here and let us know if anything else comes up.

We are continuing to monitor closely for further reports.

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Hi ​@hhartsoe — thanks for flagging this. Sorry for the disruption today. Our Engineering team was able to resolve this issue, and I’ve merged your post into a thread where we’re tracking reports. Please have a look at the update marked as best answer for more details.

This happen to me today.
Somehow it fixed by logout and then login again.
I can copy/cut my frame after login again.

Hope the dev fix this though.

Hi ​@Wira Darmawan, thanks for letting us know! 

The team already pushed out the fix on July 27th. If you hadn’t refreshed your tabs before then, the fix may have not hit your account yet. Since things seem to be working as expected now, you should be all set, but please do let us know if you run into any further issues. 

Still running into this issue. “You are not allowed to copy this file”.
I am working in the Browser version. I can leave a file then go back to a file and it will fix but it is quite annoying.

Hey ​@Corrine_Morita — thanks for flagging this, and sorry for the annoyance. The specific incident from that day was resolved, so what you're seeing now may be a separate case. The best way for us to tell is to take a fresh look at your setup.

Could you open a ticket so we can investigate directly? Head to the Support Hub → Start a chat → type "Report a bug", and share the impacted file with support-share@figma.com with Can View access. If you can grab screenshot or brief recording of the error as it appears, that helps us dig into what's happening.

A couple of quick details would also speed things up: roughly when this started and how often it's happening. Once we have the file and a ticket open, we can confirm whether this is a new issue or a return of the earlier one and take it from there.

Same issue.On my web browser (Chrome), when this happens, I can work around it by disabling and then re-enabling the clipboard (while still on my document page). The browser usually asks me to reload the page, and then it works again.The setting is located to the left of the URL by clicking on the icon:

I hope this helps!

Talking to Figma support. The issue only happening with Chrome browser, not the desktop app. So it might be a Chrome permissions thing.
I did try your little trick above. It only works if I refresh the page. 
Alternatively, if I leave the file then go back into the file, this also works.

Hey ​@no_regrets and ​@Corrine_Morita, thanks for adding these findings to the thread.

​@no_regrets, the clipboard-permission reset is a good one to have on record — I’ll keep watch for other related reports. ​@Corrine_Morita, the detail that it's Chrome-only is really useful as well — it points toward a browser behavior rather than the file itself.

If you see the same thing crop up in another browser, please do flag it here or to the Technical Quality team directly. That would be new signal worth a closer look. 🙏🏻