diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/MessageBrowser.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/MessageBrowser.vue
index 6b0733a0d8..95905291dd 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/MessageBrowser.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/MessageBrowser.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { computed, ref, watch } from "vue";
 import { useI18n } from "vue-i18n";
+import { Copy } from "@lucide/vue";
 import type { MqSystemKind, PeekedMessage, PeekMessagesOptions, TopicRef } from "@/types/mq";
 import { mqPeekMessages } from "@/lib/backend/api";
 import { formatError } from "@/lib/backend/errorUtils";
+import { copyToClipboard } from "@/lib/common/clipboard";
 import { parseNonNegativeSafeInteger } from "@/lib/mq/mqPeekFilters";
+import { useToast } from "@/composables/useToast";
+import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Select, SelectContent, SelectItem, SelectTrigger, SelectValue } from "@/components/ui/select";
 
 type MessageBrowserAppearance = "form" | "monitoring";
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {
   appearance: "form",
 });
 const { t } = useI18n();
+const { toast } = useToast();
 
 const loading = ref(false);
 const error = ref<string>();
@@ -115,6 +120,23 @@ function messagePayload(message: PeekedMessage): string {
   return message.payloadText ?? message.payloadBase64;
 }
 
+async function copyMessagePayload(message: PeekedMessage) {
+  await copyMessageText(messagePayload(message));
+}
+
+async function copyMessageHeaders(message: PeekedMessage) {
+  await copyMessageText(JSON.stringify(message.headers, null, 2));
+}
+
+async function copyMessageText(text: string) {
+  try {
+    await copyToClipboard(text);
+    toast(t("grid.copied"));
+  } catch (cause: unknown) {
+    toast(t("grid.copyFailed", { message: formatError(cause) }), 5000);
+  }
+}
+
 function formatMessageTimestamp(value?: string): string {
   if (!value) return "-";
   const numeric = Number(value);
@@ -215,9 +237,27 @@ watch(kafkaStartPosition, () => {
           <span v-if="message.key">{{ t("mqMessages.metaKey", { key: message.key }) }}</span>
           <span>{{ formatMessageTimestamp(message.publishTime) }}</span>
         </div>
-        <pre class="message-payload">{{ messagePayload(message) }}</pre>
+        <div class="message-payload-section">
+          <div class="message-payload-heading">
+            <span>{{ t("mqMessages.messageContent") }}</span>
+            <Button type="button" variant="outline" size="sm" class="message-copy-action h-7 gap-1.5 px-2 text-xs" :aria-label="`${t('grid.copy')} ${t('mqMessages.messageContent')}`" data-testid="copy-message-payload" @click="copyMessagePayload(message)">
+              <Copy :size="14" aria-hidden="true" />
+              {{ t("grid.copy") }}
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+          <pre data-native-clipboard class="message-payload">{{ messagePayload(message) }}</pre>
+        </div>
         <div v-if="Object.keys(message.headers || {}).length" class="message-headers">
-          <span v-for="(value, key) in message.headers" :key="key">{{ key }}: {{ value }}</span>
+          <div class="message-headers-heading">
+            <span>{{ t("mqMessages.messageHeaders") }}</span>
+            <Button type="button" variant="outline" size="sm" class="message-copy-action h-7 gap-1.5 px-2 text-xs" :aria-label="`${t('grid.copy')} ${t('mqMessages.messageHeaders')}`" data-testid="copy-message-headers" @click="copyMessageHeaders(message)">
+              <Copy :size="14" aria-hidden="true" />
+              {{ t("grid.copy") }}
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+          <div class="message-headers-values">
+            <span v-for="(value, key) in message.headers" :key="key">{{ key }}: {{ value }}</span>
+          </div>
         </div>
       </article>
     </div>
@@ -411,8 +451,38 @@ watch(kafkaStartPosition, () => {
   font-weight: 700;
 }
 
+.message-copy-action {
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+
+.message-payload-section,
+.message-headers {
+  margin-top: 8px;
+}
+
+.message-payload-heading,
+.message-headers-heading,
+.message-headers-values {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+}
+
+.message-payload-heading,
+.message-headers-heading {
+  color: var(--color-text-secondary);
+  font-size: 12px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.message-payload-heading .message-copy-action,
+.message-headers-heading .message-copy-action {
+  margin-left: auto;
+}
+
 .message-payload {
-  margin: 8px 0 0;
+  margin: 6px 0 0;
   padding: 10px;
   max-height: 160px;
   overflow: auto;
@@ -426,14 +496,11 @@ watch(kafkaStartPosition, () => {
   word-break: break-word;
 }
 
-.message-headers {
-  display: flex;
-  flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 6px;
-  margin-top: 8px;
+.message-headers-heading {
+  margin-bottom: 6px;
 }
 
-.message-headers span {
+.message-headers-values span {
   padding: 2px 6px;
   border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
   border-radius: var(--dbx-radius-fixed-4);
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MessageBrowser.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MessageBrowser.spec.ts
index 007361f26f..cee25f65b6 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MessageBrowser.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MessageBrowser.spec.ts
@@ -8,14 +8,30 @@ const backend = vi.hoisted(() => ({
   mqPeekMessages: vi.fn(),
 }));
 
+const clipboard = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  copyToClipboard: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const toast = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  toast: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
 vi.mock("vue-i18n", () => ({
-  useI18n: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }),
+  useI18n: () => ({ t: (key: string, params?: Record<string, unknown>) => (params ? `${key}:${JSON.stringify(params)}` : key) }),
 }));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/backend/api", () => ({
   mqPeekMessages: backend.mqPeekMessages,
 }));
 
+vi.mock("@/lib/common/clipboard", () => ({
+  copyToClipboard: clipboard.copyToClipboard,
+}));
+
+vi.mock("@/composables/useToast", () => ({
+  useToast: () => toast,
+}));
+
 vi.mock("@/components/ui/select", async () => (await import("./selectStub")).createSelectStub());
 
 import MessageBrowser from "@/components/mq/MessageBrowser.vue";
@@ -107,6 +123,9 @@ async function loadMessages(container: ParentNode) {
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   backend.mqPeekMessages.mockReset();
+  clipboard.copyToClipboard.mockReset();
+  clipboard.copyToClipboard.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  toast.toast.mockReset();
   backend.mqPeekMessages.mockResolvedValue([
     {
       position: 1,
@@ -127,6 +146,81 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("MessageBrowser", () => {
+  it("copies a message's displayed payload", async () => {
+    const browser = await mountBrowser();
+
+    await loadMessages(browser);
+    const copyButton = browser.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="copy-message-payload"]');
+    if (!copyButton) throw new Error("Message payload copy button not found");
+    copyButton.click();
+    await flushUi();
+
+    expect(clipboard.copyToClipboard).toHaveBeenCalledWith("existing message");
+    expect(copyButton.dataset.variant).toBe("outline");
+    expect(copyButton.dataset.size).toBe("sm");
+    expect(copyButton.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("grid.copy mqMessages.messageContent");
+    expect(toast.toast).toHaveBeenCalledWith("grid.copied");
+    expect(browser.querySelector('[data-testid="copy-message-headers"]')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("copies the base64 payload when no text payload is available", async () => {
+    backend.mqPeekMessages.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      {
+        position: 1,
+        messageId: "binary",
+        payloadBase64: "AAE=",
+        properties: { partition: "0" },
+        headers: {},
+      },
+    ]);
+    const browser = await mountBrowser();
+
+    await loadMessages(browser);
+    const copyButton = browser.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="copy-message-payload"]');
+    if (!copyButton) throw new Error("Message payload copy button not found");
+    copyButton.click();
+    await flushUi();
+
+    expect(clipboard.copyToClipboard).toHaveBeenCalledWith("AAE=");
+  });
+
+  it("copies message headers as formatted JSON", async () => {
+    backend.mqPeekMessages.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+      {
+        position: 1,
+        messageId: "17",
+        payloadBase64: "",
+        payloadText: "existing message",
+        properties: { partition: "0" },
+        headers: { source: "billing", traceId: "abc-123" },
+      },
+    ]);
+    const browser = await mountBrowser();
+
+    await loadMessages(browser);
+    const copyButton = browser.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="copy-message-headers"]');
+    if (!copyButton) throw new Error("Message headers copy button not found");
+    copyButton.click();
+    await flushUi();
+
+    expect(clipboard.copyToClipboard).toHaveBeenCalledWith('{\n  "source": "billing",\n  "traceId": "abc-123"\n}');
+    expect(copyButton.getAttribute("aria-label")).toBe("grid.copy mqMessages.messageHeaders");
+  });
+
+  it("shows a copy failure toast without breaking the message browser", async () => {
+    clipboard.copyToClipboard.mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error("Clipboard unavailable"));
+    const browser = await mountBrowser();
+
+    await loadMessages(browser);
+    const copyButton = browser.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('[data-testid="copy-message-payload"]');
+    if (!copyButton) throw new Error("Message payload copy button not found");
+    copyButton.click();
+    await flushUi();
+
+    expect(toast.toast).toHaveBeenCalledWith('grid.copyFailed:{"message":"Clipboard unavailable"}', 5000);
+    expect(browser.textContent).toContain("existing message");
+  });
+
   it("loads Kafka's latest messages by default", async () => {
     const browser = await mountBrowser();
 
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MonitoringPanel.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MonitoringPanel.spec.ts
index 578aaec149..62bc2a9617 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MonitoringPanel.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/mq/__tests__/MonitoringPanel.spec.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ vi.mock("@lucide/vue", async () => {
     BarChart3: Icon,
     Boxes: Icon,
     CheckCircle2: Icon,
+    Copy: Icon,
     Database: Icon,
     Download: Icon,
     Gauge: Icon,