Microsoft Teams Loop Component pasting issues

Question

I use the loop components on a daily basis, as an indicator to see if I need to have a standing meeting with my account team or not. I always have 4 columns: Account Person, a label column which gives a yes or no option to pick, details on what the account person wants to talk about, and then who the client would be. Then there are 8 rows for each account person's name.

Last week, and all previous weeks before, I was able to copy all the names from the previous day's loop and paste them into the current day's loop. This week, that is not the case. I am having to paste the name of each person in after creating 8 rows. I have tried to add the 8 rows, and then do one big paste of names, but it still won't paste the 8 names.

Was something updated recently to not allow for mass pasting?

I also tried to use the feature of "copy table" from the previous day, but after copying the table it won't past into the current day's loop.

Answer 1

Hi Kris,

Thank you for the update and thank you again for taking the time to perform all of these additional tests.

I truly appreciate the effort you've put into investigating this issue and the level of detail you've provided throughout the discussion. Your willingness to test different scenarios, share recordings, involve a colleague, and follow up on the results has been extremely helpful.

Your latest findings are particularly valuable because they help rule out several possibilities. Since:

• the behavior occurs in both Teams Desktop and Teams Web,
• another user in your organization is experiencing the same issue,
• the behavior affects all Loop tables you've tested,
• and the issue is not limited to Loop-to-Loop pasting but also occurs when copying from Loop into applications such as Excel, Word, and Notepad,

The issue now appears broader than a problem with a single Loop component, browser session, or individual user profile.

On my side, I have continued testing this behavior in multiple environments, including personal environments, work environments, test environments, and additional tests with colleagues' accounts. At this time, I have not been able to reproduce the issue. In my testing, Loop continues to copy and paste multiple rows and table content as expected.

Because of the difference between your results and mine and given that the issue is occurring across multiple users and clients in your organization, I am concerned that further investigation may be required beyond what we can reasonably verify from the user side.

At this stage**, I recommend contacting your Microsoft 365 administrator and asking them to open a support ticket with Microsoft.** The support engineers have access to diagnostic and backend tools that are not available to either you or me through the community. They may be able to determine whether this is related to a tenant-specific issue, a service-side behavior, or another underlying condition that cannot be identified through normal client-side troubleshooting.

You can raise support ticket from Microsoft 365 Admin Center>Support>Help & Support.  

For reference:  Get support | Microsoft Docs   

Thank you again for your patience, cooperation, and all the testing you've done so far. I hope you're able to get this in front of the appropriate support team quickly and that your Loop workflows return to normal as soon as possible.

Please feel free to continue updating this thread if you learn anything new. I'd be very interested to hear what Microsoft Support finds, as it may help other community members who encounter similar behavior in the future.

Wishing you all the best and thank you again for working through this with me.

Kind regards,

Liora

Answer 2

Dear @Kris VanWinkle,

I hope you’re having a good day.

Thank you for sharing the details.

From your description, I understand that you regularly use Loop tables in Teams and that, until recently, you were able to copy an entire list of names (or even an entire table) from a previous day's Loop and paste it into a new one. However, this week that workflow no longer behaves as expected, requiring you to enter the names one at a time.

To better understand the issue and avoid making assumptions, I tried to reproduce a similar scenario in my own environment using both Teams Desktop and Teams Web. I tested several variations, including:

• Copying multiple rows from one Loop table and pasting them into another Loop table.
• Copying an entire Loop table using the available copy options and pasting it into a new Loop component.
• Copying multiple rows from another source and pasting them into a Loop table.

In my testing, these scenarios continued to work as expected. I was able to paste multiple rows at once and copy table content into a new Loop component without any issues.

Because of that, I'm not currently seeing evidence that the functionality has been removed generally, and I'd like to understand a little more about your specific scenario.

Could you please let me know:

1. Does the issue occur in both Teams Desktop and Teams Web?
2. When you paste, does nothing happen, or is only part of the content pasted?
3. Are you copying from another Loop table, or from a specific Loop component that has been reused for some time?
4. Does the problem occur with all Loop tables, or only with a particular one?

In addition, could you try creating a brand-new Loop table and test the same workflow:

1. Create a new Loop table in the same chat.

• Add several rows of sample data.
• Create a second new Loop table.
• Try copying and pasting the rows or the entire table.

2. If possible, please also repeat the test in a new chat and let me know whether the behavior is the same there.

A screenshot or short screen recording of what happens during the paste operation would also be very helpful.

Please understand that our initial response does not always resolve the issue immediately. However, with your help and more detailed information, we can work together to find a solution.  

I look forward to your update.

Warm regards, 

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