Create a copy of an existing inspection, including its answers, metadata, and structure. The cloned inspection is set to Incomplete status so it can be reviewed and re-submitted. The cloned inspection is a new, independent inspection linked to the same template as the source.

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Administrators can turn off inspection duplication for their entire organization. When this setting is turned off, all clone requests fail, regardless of your permissions or access level.

Requirements

SafetyCulture Premium Plan or Enterprise Plan
Full seat
"View" inspection access level at a minimum

Cloning behavior by field

Data	Behavior	Detail
Title	🔄 Reset	Regenerated from the template's title rules, not copied from the source.
Answers and responses	✅ Copied	All answers are copied, including text, selection, and date/time responses. Date/time answers retain their original values and are not updated to the clone timestamp.
Flagged items	✅ Copied
Score	✅ Copied	Derived from the copied answers.
Media and attachments	✅ Copied	File attachments (such as PDFs and images) linked to answers are copied and appear in the media summary.
Site	✅ Copied
Location (GPS)	✅ Copied
Asset	✅ Copied
Template link	✅ Copied	The clone is linked to the same template as the source.
Completion status	🔄 Reset	Always reset to `Incomplete`, even if the source was completed.
Inspection date	🔄 Reset	Set to the time of the clone request.
Assigned inspector	🔄 Reset	Set to the API caller.
AI Summary	🔄 Reset	Regenerated for the clone based on the new date and inspector.
Inspection access	🔄 Reset	The source inspection's access list is not copied. The clone's access is set based on the API caller and the template's auto-sharing rules (e.g., groups or users configured to receive access automatically). To adjust access after cloning, use Set inspection access.
Approvals	🔄 Reset	If the source has an approval section, the approval state is reset to `Not requested' and all approval question responses are cleared.
Linked actions	❌ Dropped	Actions are not carried over. The clone's action count is 0 even if the source had actions. The answer structure that references actions is preserved.
Linked schedule	❌ Dropped	If the source was created by a scheduled inspection, the clone is not linked to that schedule.

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If your workflow depends on actions, you will need to recreate them on the cloned inspection using the Create an action endpoint separately.

200A successful response.

defaultAn unexpected error response.