Add "Copy form" button to duplicate a form with its fields and options - #2258
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Admins rebuild near-identical forms by hand today. A one-click copy
seeds a new editable form ("COPY of [Name]") from an existing one so
they can tweak rather than start over.
The copy leaves slug nil and published false (a published form requires
a unique slug); event links, submissions, and reports are intentionally
not carried over. AnswerOptions are shared records, so the join rows are
re-pointed at them rather than duplicated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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August 18, 2026 14:44
Surfaces the new copy-form capability on /features so facilitators and admins can discover it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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🤖 suggested review level: 3 Read 📖 small additive feature — one service, one action, two view links; core risk is what the deep-copy includes/omits
Why
Admins rebuild near-identical forms by hand. A one-click Copy seeds a new editable form (
COPY of [Name]) from an existing one so they can tweak rather than start from scratch.What
FormCopyService— transactional deep-copy of aForm.form_field(order preserved) and each field'sform_field_answer_options, re-pointed at the sharedAnswerOptionrecords (not duplicated).slugnil andpublishedfalse — a published form requires a unique slug.user_forms, or reports.role— nothing selects a standalone form by role expecting uniqueness (event-level lookups go throughevent_forms), and role stays editable in the form editor.POST /forms/:id/copy→FormsController#copy(admin-gated), redirects to the new form's editor.Copy a formentry inconfig/features.yml.Tests
FormCopyServicespec — naming, field/option copy, shared AnswerOption reuse, slug/published reset, submissions/event links excluded, original untouched.POST /forms/:id/copyrequest spec — admin success + redirect, non-admin denied.