diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/browser/assistant-selection-copy.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/browser/assistant-selection-copy.spec.ts
index e2d9e3c02b..323b2b0c15 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/browser/assistant-selection-copy.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/browser/assistant-selection-copy.spec.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,19 @@ async function selectAssistantElementFromEndOf(
   );
 }
 
+/** A drag over an image alone selects it inside its rendered frame. */
+async function selectAssistantImage(page: Page): Promise<void> {
+  await assistantMessageBlocks(page)
+    .locator("img")
+    .evaluate((element) => {
+      const range = document.createRange();
+      range.selectNode(element);
+      const selection = window.getSelection();
+      selection?.removeAllRanges();
+      selection?.addRange(range);
+    });
+}
+
 async function selectAssistantText(page: Page, text: string): Promise<void> {
   await selectAssistantTextRange(page, text, text);
 }
@@ -649,3 +662,50 @@ test("copying an assistant selection preserves Markdown structure and links", as
     await agent.cleanup();
   }
 });
+
+test("copying a selection across an assistant image keeps its Markdown source and alt text", async ({
+  context,
+  page,
+}) => {
+  const image =
+    "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+M9QDwADhgGAWjR9awAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==";
+  const agent = await seedMockAgentWorkspace({
+    repoPrefix: "assistant-selection-copy-image-",
+    title: "Assistant selection copy image",
+    initialPrompt: "Render the image fixture.",
+    featureValues: {
+      mockAssistantResponse: [
+        "Before the image.",
+        "",
+        `![chart](${image})`,
+        "",
+        "After the image.",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    },
+  });
+
+  try {
+    await allowRichClipboard(context);
+    await agent.client.waitForAgentUpsert(
+      agent.agentId,
+      (snapshot) => snapshot.status === "idle",
+      30_000,
+    );
+    await openAgentRoute(page, agent);
+    await expect(assistantMessageBlocks(page).locator("img")).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    await selectAssistantTextRange(page, "Before the image.", "After the image.");
+    await copySelection(page);
+
+    expect((await readRichClipboard(page)).plainText).toBe(
+      `Before the image.\n\n![chart](${image})\n\nAfter the image.`,
+    );
+
+    await selectAssistantImage(page);
+    await copySelection(page);
+
+    expect((await readRichClipboard(page)).plainText).toBe(`![chart](${image})`);
+  } finally {
+    await agent.cleanup();
+  }
+});
diff --git a/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.browser.test.ts b/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.browser.test.ts
index 995927f106..5fe8e0fddc 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.browser.test.ts
@@ -411,6 +411,20 @@ describe("assistant selection copy ranges", () => {
     expect(content?.html).not.toContain("<pre>");
   });
 
+  it("copies an image as its Markdown when the selection stays inside the rendered image", () => {
+    const message = mountFixture();
+    const frame = document.createElement("div");
+    frame.setAttribute("data-paseo-markdown-tag", "img");
+    frame.setAttribute("data-paseo-markdown-src", "https://example.test/chart.png");
+    frame.setAttribute("data-paseo-markdown-alt", "chart");
+    frame.innerHTML = '<div><div><img src="blob:https://example.test/preview" alt=""></div></div>';
+    message.prepend(frame);
+
+    expect(copiedMarkdown(selectNodeContents(fixtureElement(frame, "img").parentElement!))).toBe(
+      "![chart](https://example.test/chart.png)",
+    );
+  });
+
   it("copies code without a fence when every character is selected inside the block", () => {
     const message = mountFixture();
     const blockCode = fixtureElement(
@@ -674,7 +688,9 @@ describe("assistant selection copy inside highlighted code", () => {
     const message = mountHighlighted();
     const image = document.createElement("div");
     image.setAttribute("data-paseo-markdown-tag", "p");
-    image.innerHTML = '<div><img src="https://example.test/chart.png" alt="chart"></div>';
+    // The rendered `img` shows a preview URL with no alt text; the frame carries the Markdown.
+    image.innerHTML =
+      '<div data-paseo-markdown-tag="img" data-paseo-markdown-src="https://example.test/chart.png" data-paseo-markdown-alt="chart"><img src="blob:https://example.test/preview" alt=""></div>';
     message.querySelector('[data-paseo-markdown-tag="pre"]')!.before(image);
     const before = tokenText(message, "Before the block.");
 
diff --git a/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.web.ts b/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.web.ts
index ac4643b2ff..60ff6d2165 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.web.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/content.web.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import {
 } from "@/utils/rich-clipboard";
 import {
   MARKDOWN_COPY_ALIGN_ATTRIBUTE,
+  MARKDOWN_COPY_ALT_ATTRIBUTE,
   MARKDOWN_COPY_IGNORE_ATTRIBUTE,
   MARKDOWN_COPY_LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE,
   MARKDOWN_COPY_LIST_MARKER_ATTRIBUTE,
   MARKDOWN_COPY_LIST_START_ATTRIBUTE,
+  MARKDOWN_COPY_SRC_ATTRIBUTE,
   MARKDOWN_COPY_TAG_ATTRIBUTE,
   MARKDOWN_COPY_UNWRAP_ATTRIBUTE,
   TRAILING_CODE_LINE_BREAKS,
@@ -293,7 +295,8 @@ function shouldPreserveSemanticElement(range: Range, element: Element): boolean
     return false;
   }
   const tag = element.getAttribute(MARKDOWN_COPY_TAG_ATTRIBUTE);
-  if (tag === "p" || isTableStructure(tag)) {
+  // An image has no part to select, so touching it selects all of it.
+  if (tag === "p" || tag === "img" || isTableStructure(tag)) {
     return true;
   }
   const isSelectableSemantic = tag !== null && tag !== "li" && tag !== "ol" && tag !== "ul";
@@ -430,7 +433,7 @@ function hasMarkdownContent(fragment: DocumentFragment, includeIgnored: boolean)
   if (fragment.textContent) {
     return true;
   }
-  const visibleVoidSelector = ["br", "hr"]
+  const visibleVoidSelector = ["br", "hr", "img"]
     .map((tag) => `[${MARKDOWN_COPY_TAG_ATTRIBUTE}="${tag}"]`)
     .concat("img")
     .join(",");
@@ -526,9 +529,13 @@ function restoreMarkdownElements(container: HTMLElement): void {
       continue;
     }
     const semanticElement = document.createElement(tagName);
-    if (tagName !== "br") {
+    if (tagName !== "br" && tagName !== "img") {
       semanticElement.append(...element.childNodes);
     }
+    if (tagName === "img") {
+      semanticElement.setAttribute("src", element.getAttribute(MARKDOWN_COPY_SRC_ATTRIBUTE) ?? "");
+      semanticElement.setAttribute("alt", element.getAttribute(MARKDOWN_COPY_ALT_ATTRIBUTE) ?? "");
+    }
     if (tagName === "ol") {
       const start = element.getAttribute(MARKDOWN_COPY_LIST_START_ATTRIBUTE);
       if (start) {
diff --git a/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/markup.ts b/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/markup.ts
index 8f220043ce..91c6c1618a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/markup.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/assistant-selection-copy/markup.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ export const MARKDOWN_COPY_UNWRAP_ATTRIBUTE = "data-paseo-markdown-unwrap";
 export const MARKDOWN_COPY_LIST_START_ATTRIBUTE = "data-paseo-markdown-list-start";
 export const MARKDOWN_COPY_LANGUAGE_ATTRIBUTE = "data-paseo-markdown-language";
 export const MARKDOWN_COPY_ALIGN_ATTRIBUTE = "data-paseo-markdown-align";
+export const MARKDOWN_COPY_SRC_ATTRIBUTE = "data-paseo-markdown-src";
+export const MARKDOWN_COPY_ALT_ATTRIBUTE = "data-paseo-markdown-alt";
 
 /**
  * Trailing line breaks, with any indentation that followed the last one.
@@ -63,6 +65,18 @@ export function markdownCopyCodeBlockDataSet(language: string | null | undefined
   } as const;
 }
 
+/**
+ * An image copies as the Markdown it came from. The rendered `img` points at a preview
+ * URL for data and workspace images, and carries no alt text of its own.
+ */
+export function markdownCopyImageDataSet(source: string, alt: string | undefined) {
+  return {
+    paseoMarkdownTag: "img",
+    paseoMarkdownSrc: source,
+    ...(alt ? { paseoMarkdownAlt: alt } : {}),
+  } as const;
+}
+
 export function markdownCopyTableCellDataSet(tag: "td" | "th", style: unknown) {
   const alignment =
     typeof style === "string"
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/message.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/message.tsx
index 8d93f4588b..1bbeca891f 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/message.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/message.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ import { AssistantForkMenu, type AssistantForkTarget } from "@/components/assist
 import { useRetainedPanelActive } from "@/components/retained-panel";
 import {
   markdownCopyDataSet,
+  markdownCopyImageDataSet,
   markdownCopyOrderedListDataSet,
   markdownCopyTableCellDataSet,
   type MarkdownCopyInlineTag,
@@ -884,10 +885,11 @@ function AssistantMarkdownImage({
     ],
     [containerStyle, imageSizeStyle],
   );
+  const copyDataSet = useMemo(() => markdownCopyImageDataSet(source, alt), [source, alt]);
 
   if (image.status === "failed") {
     return (
-      <View style={stateFrameStyle}>
+      <View style={stateFrameStyle} dataSet={copyDataSet}>
         <Text style={assistantMessageStylesheet.imageErrorText}>{image.message}</Text>
       </View>
     );
@@ -895,14 +897,14 @@ function AssistantMarkdownImage({
 
   if (!binding) {
     return (
-      <View style={stateFrameStyle}>
+      <View style={stateFrameStyle} dataSet={copyDataSet}>
         <ThemedLoadingSpinner size="small" uniProps={foregroundMutedColorMapping} />
       </View>
     );
   }
 
   return (
-    <View style={frameStyle}>
+    <View style={frameStyle} dataSet={copyDataSet}>
       <Pressable
         accessibilityLabel={t("composer.attachments.openImage")}
         accessibilityRole="button"