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Version 1.26.2 (532) is now in the Google Play Store for all to download.

I can replicate, I’ll file a bug report this week. For what it’s worth, the Duplicate functionality is designed primarily for making two observations using the same photo(s) - eg a bee on a flower. If you have a bunch of photos from a session like this, I’d recommend transferring them to a computer…

Thank you for the response. So what has worked in the past is I have a photo of the landscape for trap location where the insects were captured, and usually an easily identified plant is the point of that observation (example https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/100519629 ). Previously, I would d…

The issue also occurs when no changes are made to the duplicate. In my case, one additional observation has been created: [IMG_20220109_230007] whereas when exchanging photos in the duplicated observation before saving, two additional observations were created: [IMG_20220109_230032] Android; 1…

This has been fixed in the latest beta version (at least it’s working for me when I test it). Version 1.26.2 (532).

Seems to work. I chose an observation with multiple photos to be duplicated. Before saving, removed one photo, and added a new one - all looks fine.

Duplicating Observation copies multiple observation

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Duplicating Observation copies multiple observation

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