diff --git a/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/FlowCanvas.tsx b/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/FlowCanvas.tsx
index ab4c75e54..b8bafcd66 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/FlowCanvas.tsx
+++ b/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/FlowCanvas.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   type ComponentSpec,
   type InputSpec,
   isNotMaterializedComponentReference,
+  type TaskOutputArgument,
   type TaskSpec,
 } from "@/utils/componentSpec";
 import { loadComponentAsRefFromText } from "@/utils/componentStore";
@@ -866,14 +867,47 @@ const FlowCanvas = ({
   const onCopy = useCallback(() => {
     // Copy selected nodes to clipboard
     if (selectedNodes.length > 0) {
-      const selectedNodesJson = JSON.stringify(selectedNodes);
-      navigator.clipboard.writeText(selectedNodesJson).catch((err) => {
+      const outputNodes = selectedNodes.filter(
+        (node) => node.type === "output",
+      );
+
+      const relevantOutputValues: Record<string, TaskOutputArgument> = {};
+
+      if (outputNodes.length > 0 && currentGraphSpec.outputValues) {
+        outputNodes.forEach((node) => {
+          const outputName = nodeManager.getRefId(node.id);
+
+          if (outputName && currentGraphSpec.outputValues?.[outputName]) {
+            const outputValue = currentGraphSpec.outputValues[outputName];
+
+            // Only copy the output value if its task is also being copied -- otherwise the connection is not needed
+            if (
+              selectedNodes.some(
+                (node) => node.data.taskId === outputValue.taskOutput.taskId,
+              )
+            ) {
+              relevantOutputValues[outputName] = outputValue;
+            }
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
+      const clipboardData = {
+        nodes: selectedNodes,
+        graphOutputValues: relevantOutputValues,
+        version: "1.0",
+      };
+
+      const clipboardJson = JSON.stringify(clipboardData);
+
+      navigator.clipboard.writeText(clipboardJson).catch((err) => {
         console.error("Failed to copy nodes to clipboard:", err);
       });
+
       const message = `Copied ${selectedNodes.length} nodes to clipboard`;
       notify(message, "success");
     }
-  }, [selectedNodes]);
+  }, [selectedNodes, nodeManager, currentGraphSpec, notify]);
 
   const onPaste = useCallback(() => {
     if (readOnly) return;
@@ -889,7 +923,9 @@ const FlowCanvas = ({
           return;
         }
 
-        const nodesToPaste: Node[] = parsedData;
+        const nodesToPaste: Node[] = parsedData.nodes;
+        const graphOutputValues: Record<string, TaskOutputArgument> =
+          parsedData.graphOutputValues || {};
 
         // Get the center of the canvas
         const { domNode } = store.getState();
@@ -910,7 +946,11 @@ const FlowCanvas = ({
             componentSpec,
             nodesToPaste,
             nodeManager,
-            { position: reactFlowCenter, connection: "internal" },
+            {
+              position: reactFlowCenter,
+              connection: "internal",
+              originGraphOutputValues: graphOutputValues,
+            },
           );
 
           // Deselect all existing nodes
diff --git a/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/duplicateNodes.ts b/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/duplicateNodes.ts
index fc160146b..2717b6f7d 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/duplicateNodes.ts
+++ b/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/duplicateNodes.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export const duplicateNodes = (
     position?: XYPosition;
     connection?: ConnectionMode;
     status?: boolean;
+    originGraphOutputValues?: Record<string, TaskOutputArgument>;
   },
 ) => {
   if (!isGraphImplementation(componentSpec.implementation)) {
@@ -223,13 +224,11 @@ export const duplicateNodes = (
 
       const oldOutputName = originalOutputNode.data.spec.name;
 
-      const originalOutputValue = graphSpec.outputValues?.[oldOutputName];
+      const originalOutputValue =
+        graphSpec.outputValues?.[oldOutputName] ??
+        config?.originGraphOutputValues?.[oldOutputName];
 
       if (!originalOutputValue) {
-        // Todo: Handle cross-instance copy + paste for output nodes (we don't have the original graphSpec available so we can't look up the output value)
-        console.warn(
-          `No output value found for output ${oldOutputName} in graph spec.`,
-        );
         return;
       }
 
@@ -243,11 +242,20 @@ export const duplicateNodes = (
       const connectedTaskId = originalOutputValue.taskOutput.taskId;
       const connectedOutputName = originalOutputValue.taskOutput.outputName;
 
-      const originalNodeId = nodeManager.getNodeId(connectedTaskId, "task");
+      const connectedTaskNode = nodesToDuplicate.find(
+        (node) => isTaskNode(node) && node.data.taskId === connectedTaskId,
+      );
+
+      if (!connectedTaskNode) {
+        console.warn(
+          `Connected task ${connectedTaskId} not found in duplicated nodes`,
+        );
+        return;
+      }
 
-      const newTaskNodeId = nodeIdMap[originalNodeId];
+      const newTaskNodeId = nodeIdMap[connectedTaskNode.id];
       if (!newTaskNodeId) {
-        console.warn(`No mapping found for task node ${originalNodeId}`);
+        console.warn(`No mapping found for task node ${connectedTaskNode.id}`);
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/handleConnection.test.ts b/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/handleConnection.test.ts
index 8933b6eb3..6d44f85e0 100644
--- a/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/handleConnection.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/shared/ReactFlow/FlowCanvas/utils/handleConnection.test.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe("handleConnection", () => {
       handleId === "target-handle"
         ? {
             handleName: "taskInput",
-            handleType: "handle_in",
+            handleType: "handle-in",
             parentRefId: "task-1",
           }
         : undefined,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ describe("handleConnection", () => {
     );
     vi.mocked(mockNodeManager.getHandleInfo).mockReturnValue({
       handleName: "",
-      handleType: "handle_in",
+      handleType: "handle-in",
       parentRefId: "task-1",
     });
 
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ describe("handleConnection", () => {
       if (handleId === "source-handle") {
         return {
           handleName: "output1",
-          handleType: "handle_out",
+          handleType: "handle-out",
           parentRefId: "task-1",
         };
       }
       if (handleId === "target-handle") {
         return {
           handleName: "input1",
-          handleType: "handle_in",
+          handleType: "handle-in",
           parentRefId: "task-2",
         };
       }
@@ -294,14 +294,14 @@ describe("handleConnection", () => {
       if (handleId === "source-handle") {
         return {
           handleName: "",
-          handleType: "handle_out",
+          handleType: "handle-out",
           parentRefId: "task-1",
         };
       }
       if (handleId === "target-handle") {
         return {
           handleName: "input1",
-          handleType: "handle_in",
+          handleType: "handle-in",
           parentRefId: "task-2",
         };
       }
@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ describe("handleConnection", () => {
       if (handleId === "source-handle") {
         return {
           handleName: "output1",
-          handleType: "handle_out",
+          handleType: "handle-out",
           parentRefId: "task-1",
         };
       }
       if (handleId === "target-handle") {
         return {
           handleName: "",
-          handleType: "handle_in",
+          handleType: "handle-in",
           parentRefId: "task-2",
         };
       }
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ describe("handleConnection", () => {
       handleId === "source-handle"
         ? {
             handleName: "taskOutput",
-            handleType: "handle_out",
+            handleType: "handle-out",
             parentRefId: "task-1",
           }
         : undefined,
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ describe("handleConnection", () => {
     );
     vi.mocked(mockNodeManager.getHandleInfo).mockReturnValue({
       handleName: "", // Empty handle name
-      handleType: "handle_out",
+      handleType: "handle-out",
       parentRefId: "task-1",
     });