diff --git a/lyra/web/static/index.html b/lyra/web/static/index.html
index 06f58d1..a77a5d6 100644
--- a/lyra/web/static/index.html
+++ b/lyra/web/static/index.html
@@ -499,7 +499,10 @@
 	// iOS over plain-HTTP LAN (where navigator.clipboard is undefined).
 	function copyToClipboard(text) {
 	  text = text == null ? "" : String(text);
-	  if (navigator.clipboard && navigator.clipboard.writeText) {
+	  // Only trust the async Clipboard API in a secure context; on the LAN PWA
+	  // (plain HTTP) it's either absent or resolves without actually copying, so
+	  // we go straight to the iOS-tuned execCommand path there.
+	  if (window.isSecureContext && navigator.clipboard && navigator.clipboard.writeText) {
 	    return navigator.clipboard.writeText(text).catch(() => legacyCopy(text));
 	  }
 	  return legacyCopy(text);
@@ -508,19 +511,24 @@
 	  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 	    const ta = document.createElement("textarea");
 	    ta.value = text;
+	    // iOS will only copy from a readOnly + contentEditable field with a real
+	    // Range selection; readOnly also stops the keyboard from popping.
+	    ta.readOnly = true;
 	    ta.contentEditable = "true";
-	    ta.readOnly = false;
 	    ta.style.position = "fixed";
 	    ta.style.top = "0";
 	    ta.style.left = "0";
-	    ta.style.opacity = "0";
+	    ta.style.width = "1px";
+	    ta.style.height = "1px";
+	    ta.style.fontSize = "16px";  // avoid iOS zoom side-effects
 	    document.body.appendChild(ta);
+	    ta.focus();
 	    const range = document.createRange();
 	    range.selectNodeContents(ta);
 	    const sel = window.getSelection();
 	    sel.removeAllRanges();
 	    sel.addRange(range);
-	    ta.setSelectionRange(0, text.length);  // iOS needs an explicit range
+	    ta.setSelectionRange(0, text.length);  // the bit iOS actually needs
 	    let ok = false;
 	    try { ok = document.execCommand("copy"); } catch (e) { ok = false; }
 	    sel.removeAllRanges();
@@ -537,14 +545,17 @@
 	  b.title = "Copy message";
 	  b.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
 	    e.stopPropagation();
-	    copyToClipboard(typeof getText === "function" ? getText() : getText)
+	    const text = typeof getText === "function" ? getText() : getText;
+	    copyToClipboard(text)
 	      .then(() => {
 	        b.textContent = "✓"; b.classList.add("copied");
 	        setTimeout(() => { b.textContent = "⧉"; b.classList.remove("copied"); }, 1200);
 	      })
 	      .catch(() => {
-	        b.textContent = "✗";
-	        setTimeout(() => { b.textContent = "⧉"; }, 1200);
+	        // Last resort (some iOS configs block programmatic copy): surface the
+	        // text in a prompt so it can be selected + copied by hand.
+	        window.prompt("Copy this message:", text);
+	        b.textContent = "⧉";
 	      });
 	  });
 	  return b;