diff --git a/src/apps/chat/AppChat.tsx b/src/apps/chat/AppChat.tsx
index 8fa53cf78..84b48287d 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/AppChat.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/AppChat.tsx
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ export function AppChat() {
       });
   }, []);
 
-  const handleConversationBranch = React.useCallback((srcConversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null): DConversationId | null => {
+  const handleConversationBranch = React.useCallback((srcConversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null, addSplitPane: boolean): DConversationId | null => {
     // clone data
     const branchedConversationId = branchConversation(srcConversationId, messageId);
 
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ export function AppChat() {
 
     // replace/open a new pane with this
     showNextTitleChange.current = true;
-    if (!isMultiAddable)
+    if (addSplitPane && !isMultiAddable)
       handleOpenConversationInFocusedPane(branchedConversationId);
     else
       handleOpenConversationInSplitPane(branchedConversationId);
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/ChatMessageList.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/ChatMessageList.tsx
index ae2350be7..8dc7d0498 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/ChatMessageList.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/ChatMessageList.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function ChatMessageList(props: {
   fitScreen: boolean,
   isMobile: boolean,
   isMessageSelectionMode: boolean,
-  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string) => void,
+  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string, addSplitPane: boolean) => void,
   onConversationExecuteHistory: (conversationId: DConversationId) => Promise<void>,
   onTextDiagram: (diagramConfig: DiagramConfig | null) => void,
   onTextImagine: (conversationId: DConversationId, selectedText: string) => Promise<void>,
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export function ChatMessageList(props: {
   }, [conversationId, props.conversationHandler]);
 
   const handleMessageBranch = React.useCallback((messageId: DMessageId) => {
-    conversationId && onConversationBranch(conversationId, messageId);
+    conversationId && onConversationBranch(conversationId, messageId, true);
   }, [conversationId, onConversationBranch]);
 
   const handleMessageTruncate = React.useCallback((messageId: DMessageId) => {
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawer.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawer.tsx
index 66e753ed6..8e1888399 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawer.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawer.tsx
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function ChatDrawer(props: {
   chatPanesConversationIds: DConversationId[],
   disableNewButton: boolean,
   onConversationActivate: (conversationId: DConversationId) => void,
-  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null) => void,
+  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null, addSplitPane: boolean) => void,
   onConversationNew: (forceNoRecycle: boolean) => void,
   onConversationsDelete: (conversationIds: DConversationId[], bypassConfirmation: boolean) => void,
   onConversationsExportDialog: (conversationId: DConversationId | null, exportAll: boolean) => void,
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawerItem.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawerItem.tsx
index ab72e16e7..4ba43e6da 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawerItem.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/layout-drawer/ChatDrawerItem.tsx
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import { Avatar, Box, IconButton, ListItem, ListItemButton, ListItemDecorator, Sheet, styled, Tooltip, Typography } from '@mui/joy';
 import AutoFixHighIcon from '@mui/icons-material/AutoFixHigh';
 import CloseRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/CloseRounded';
+import CopyAllIcon from '@mui/icons-material/CopyAll';
 import DeleteForeverIcon from '@mui/icons-material/DeleteForever';
 import DeleteOutlineIcon from '@mui/icons-material/DeleteOutline';
 import EditRoundedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/EditRounded';
 import FileUploadOutlinedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/FileUploadOutlined';
 import FolderIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Folder';
 import FolderOutlinedIcon from '@mui/icons-material/FolderOutlined';
-import ForkRightIcon from '@mui/icons-material/ForkRight';
 import TelegramIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Telegram';
 
 import { SystemPurposeId, SystemPurposes } from '../../../../data';
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function ChatDrawerItem(props: {
   showSymbols: boolean | 'gif',
   bottomBarBasis: number,
   onConversationActivate: (conversationId: DConversationId, closeMenu: boolean) => void,
-  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null) => void,
+  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null, addSplitPane: boolean) => void,
   onConversationDeleteNoConfirmation: (conversationId: DConversationId) => void,
   onConversationExport: (conversationId: DConversationId, exportAll: boolean) => void,
   onConversationFolderChange: (folderChangeRequest: FolderChangeRequest) => void,
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ function ChatDrawerItem(props: {
 
   const handleConversationBranch = React.useCallback((event: React.MouseEvent) => {
     event.stopPropagation();
-    conversationId && onConversationBranch(conversationId, null);
+    conversationId && onConversationBranch(conversationId, null, false /* no pane from Drawer duplicate */);
   }, [conversationId, onConversationBranch]);
 
 
@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@ function ChatDrawerItem(props: {
                   </FadeInButton>
                 </Tooltip>
 
-                <Tooltip disableInteractive title='Duplicate (Branch)'>
+                <Tooltip disableInteractive title='Duplicate'>
                   <FadeInButton size='sm' onClick={handleConversationBranch}>
-                    <ForkRightIcon />
+                    <CopyAllIcon />
                   </FadeInButton>
                 </Tooltip>
 
diff --git a/src/apps/chat/components/layout-menu/ChatAppMenuItems.tsx b/src/apps/chat/components/layout-menu/ChatAppMenuItems.tsx
index e1f8f2c7b..2599481fe 100644
--- a/src/apps/chat/components/layout-menu/ChatAppMenuItems.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/chat/components/layout-menu/ChatAppMenuItems.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function ChatAppMenuItems(props: {
   disableItems: boolean,
   hasConversations: boolean,
   isMessageSelectionMode: boolean,
-  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null) => void,
+  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null, addSplitPane: boolean) => void,
   onConversationClear: (conversationId: DConversationId) => void,
   onConversationFlatten: (conversationId: DConversationId) => void,
   // onConversationNew: (forceNoRecycle: boolean) => void,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function ChatAppMenuItems(props: {
 
   const handleConversationBranch = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
     closeMenu(event);
-    props.conversationId && props.onConversationBranch(props.conversationId, null);
+    props.conversationId && props.onConversationBranch(props.conversationId, null, true);
   };
 
   const handleConversationFlatten = (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
diff --git a/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx b/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx
index ee0b15e9d..a9f9c6fcf 100644
--- a/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/aifn/flatten/FlattenerModal.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function encodeConversationAsUserMessage(userPrompt: string, messages: DMessage[
 
 export function FlattenerModal(props: {
   conversationId: string | null,
-  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null) => DConversationId | null,
+  onConversationBranch: (conversationId: DConversationId, messageId: string | null, addSplitPane: boolean) => DConversationId | null,
   onClose: () => void,
 }) {
 
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export function FlattenerModal(props: {
     if (!props.conversationId || !selectedStyle || !flattenedText) return;
     let newConversationId: string | null = props.conversationId;
     if (branch)
-      newConversationId = props.onConversationBranch(props.conversationId, null);
+      newConversationId = props.onConversationBranch(props.conversationId, null, false /* no pane from Flatter new */);
     if (newConversationId) {
       const ncHandler = ConversationsManager.getHandler(newConversationId);
       const newRootMessage = createDMessageTextContent('user', flattenedText);// [new chat] user:former chat summary