diff --git a/src/features/debugger/__tests__/valueText.test.ts b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/valueText.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e27584c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/debugger/__tests__/valueText.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import type { Variable } from "@/platform/ipc";
+import { valueText } from "../valueText";
+
+const v = (name: string, value: string, variablesReference = 0): Variable =>
+  ({ name, value, variablesReference, typeName: null, evaluateName: null }) as Variable;
+
+const fetcher = (tree: Record<number, Variable[]>) => async (ref: number) => tree[ref] ?? [];
+
+describe("valueText", () => {
+  it("returns a scalar as is", async () => {
+    expect(await valueText({ value: "42", reference: 0 }, fetcher({}))).toBe("42");
+  });
+
+  it("copies a PHP array with its nested elements", async () => {
+    const tree = {
+      1: [v("name", '"Ann"'), v("tags", "array(2)", 2)],
+      2: [v("0", '"a"'), v("1", '"b"')],
+    };
+    expect(await valueText({ value: "array(2)", reference: 1 }, fetcher(tree))).toBe(
+      ["array(2)", '  name: "Ann"', "  tags: array(2)", '    0: "a"', '    1: "b"'].join("\n"),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("stops at a cycle", async () => {
+    const tree = { 1: [v("self", "Node", 1)] };
+    expect(await valueText({ value: "Node", reference: 1 }, fetcher(tree))).toBe("Node\n  self: Node");
+  });
+
+  it("truncates past the entry limit", async () => {
+    const tree = { 1: [v("0", "a"), v("1", "b"), v("2", "c")] };
+    const text = await valueText({ value: "arr", reference: 1 }, fetcher(tree), { depth: 8, entries: 2 });
+    expect(text).toBe("arr\n  0: a\n  1: b\n  …");
+  });
+
+  it("truncates past the depth limit", async () => {
+    const tree = { 1: [v("a", "x", 2)], 2: [v("b", "y", 3)], 3: [v("c", "z")] };
+    const text = await valueText({ value: "r", reference: 1 }, fetcher(tree), { depth: 2, entries: 100 });
+    expect(text).toBe("r\n  a: x\n    b: y\n      …");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/ui/VariablesView.tsx b/src/features/debugger/ui/VariablesView.tsx
index af82bf4e5..5aef503b1 100644
--- a/src/features/debugger/ui/VariablesView.tsx
+++ b/src/features/debugger/ui/VariablesView.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { methodAt } from "../breakpoints/symbols";
 import { activeSession, addWatch, removeWatch, revealFrame, sessionSupports, setVariableValue } from "../state";
 import { blurDebugView, focusDebugView } from "./focusedView";
 import { classifyValue, oneLine, sortVariables } from "../values";
+import { valueText } from "../valueText";
 import { workflowSettings } from "@/platform/workflowSettings";
 import styles from "./VariablesView.module.css";
 
@@ -270,6 +271,25 @@ export function VariablesView({
   const canWatch = (n: VarNode) =>
     session != null && n.kind === "var" && n.container > 0 && sessionSupports("dataBreakpoints");
 
+  const copyValue = async (node: VarNode) => {
+    let text = node.value;
+    if (session != null && node.reference > 0) {
+      try {
+        text = await valueText(node, (ref) => call(commands.debugVariables(session, ref)));
+      } catch (e) {
+        notifications().notify({
+          group: "run",
+          level: "error",
+          key: "debug.copyValue",
+          title: "Cannot copy the value",
+          body: e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e),
+        });
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    await navigator.clipboard?.writeText(text);
+  };
+
   const onContextMenu = (node: VarNode | null, _sel: Set<string>, e: React.MouseEvent) => {
     if (!node || node.kind === "message") return;
     e.preventDefault();
@@ -281,7 +301,7 @@ export function VariablesView({
       );
     if (node.kind === "watch") items.push({ label: "Remove Watch", icon: "minus", run: () => removeWatch(node.name) });
     if (node.kind !== "scope") {
-      items.push({ label: "Copy Value", icon: "copy", run: () => void navigator.clipboard?.writeText(node.value) });
+      items.push({ label: "Copy Value", icon: "copy", run: () => void copyValue(node) });
       items.push({ label: "Copy Name", run: () => void navigator.clipboard?.writeText(node.name) });
       if (node.kind === "var" && node.evaluateName)
         items.push({ label: "Add to Watches", icon: "eye", run: () => addWatch(node.evaluateName!) });
diff --git a/src/features/debugger/valueText.ts b/src/features/debugger/valueText.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43bfc9672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/debugger/valueText.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/** Text for "Copy Value": a structured value (array, object, map) is copied with its contents, not its summary. */
+import type { Variable } from "@/platform/ipc";
+
+export interface ValueTextRoot {
+  value: string;
+  reference: number;
+}
+
+export interface ValueTextLimits {
+  depth: number;
+  entries: number;
+}
+
+export const VALUE_TEXT_LIMITS: ValueTextLimits = { depth: 8, entries: 2000 };
+
+/**
+ * `value` alone for a scalar; for an expandable value the summary line followed by its children,
+ * one per line and indented by depth. Cycles and anything past the limits end in an ellipsis line.
+ */
+export async function valueText(
+  root: ValueTextRoot,
+  fetchChildren: (reference: number) => Promise<Variable[]>,
+  limits: ValueTextLimits = VALUE_TEXT_LIMITS,
+): Promise<string> {
+  if (root.reference <= 0) return root.value;
+  const lines = [root.value];
+  let budget = limits.entries;
+  const path = new Set<number>([root.reference]);
+
+  const walk = async (reference: number, depth: number): Promise<void> => {
+    const pad = "  ".repeat(depth);
+    if (depth > limits.depth) {
+      lines.push(`${pad}…`);
+      return;
+    }
+    for (const child of await fetchChildren(reference)) {
+      if (budget-- <= 0) {
+        lines.push(`${pad}…`);
+        return;
+      }
+      lines.push(`${pad}${child.name}: ${child.value}`);
+      const ref = child.variablesReference;
+      if (ref > 0 && !path.has(ref)) {
+        path.add(ref);
+        await walk(ref, depth + 1);
+        path.delete(ref);
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  await walk(root.reference, 1);
+  return lines.join("\n");
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/en.json b/src/platform/locales/text/en.json
index 4d3ee08db..8d1a6b985 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/en.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/en.json
@@ -65,5 +65,6 @@
   "Branch Conversation from Here": "Branch Conversation from Here",
   "Couldn't regenerate the response": "Couldn't regenerate the response",
   "Reasoning": "Reasoning",
-  "Branch '{name}'": "Branch '{name}'"
+  "Branch '{name}'": "Branch '{name}'",
+  "Cannot copy the value": "Cannot copy the value"
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
index 663bef61f..b1d785488 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
@@ -6441,5 +6441,6 @@
   "Regenerate Response": "重新生成回复",
   "Branch Conversation from Here": "从此处创建分支对话",
   "Couldn't regenerate the response": "无法重新生成回复",
-  "Reasoning": "思考过程"
+  "Reasoning": "思考过程",
+  "Cannot copy the value": "无法复制该值"
 }