From 468ecf2141da995592bc2e25fa07b94351e1df77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bashar-R <rasrasbr@mail.uc.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:56:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix editable children state when duplicating instantiated
 nodes
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Co-Authored-By: Pedro J. Estébanez <RandomShaper@users.noreply.github.com>
(cherry picked from commit c0706bb71d1ae85a17e3b25a463ab6c192fe213c)
---
 scene/main/node.cpp | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scene/main/node.cpp b/scene/main/node.cpp
index 7218287e23..d723df7718 100644
--- a/scene/main/node.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/node.cpp
@@ -2866,6 +2866,19 @@ Node *Node::_duplicate(int p_flags, HashMap<const Node *, Node *> *r_duplimap) c
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
+		for (List<const Node *>::Element *N = node_tree.front(); N; N = N->next()) {
+			const Node *source_node = N->get();
+			if (source_node->get_scene_file_path().is_empty()) {
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			NodePath relative_path = get_path_to(source_node);
+			Node *duplicated_node = node->get_node_or_null(relative_path);
+			ERR_CONTINUE(!duplicated_node);
+
+			duplicated_node->data.editable_instance = source_node->data.editable_instance;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (get_name() != String()) {