Copying a cell and pasting in another app pastes the formula not the value

Question

Excel-online is copying the cell formula, not the cell value to the computers clipboard, e.g.

Given that I copy a cell showing a value in Excel online

When I paste, the formula is pasted instead of the value.

I was expecting the number "2" to be pasted.  This is what used to happen.

This suddenly started happening today on a spreadsheet that we have been using for weeks.  The same thing happens when I create a new spreadsheet.

If I open the spreadsheet in Excel desktop, the value is pasted as expected.

Andy Joiner · Answer

A day later and my excel-online spreadsheets are pasting as expected.  Feels like A/B test.

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