diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22a498102ecd..31bf6aac5337 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 Release notes for OpenCode V2, newest first.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### App
+
+- Copy a review file's full current text from its header without selecting diff lines or opening a comment. Deleted files copy their complete old text when available; binary or unreadable files leave the clipboard unchanged.
+
 ## v2.2.0 — 2026-10-27
 
 ### Highlights
diff --git a/packages/app/e2e/regression/review.spec.ts b/packages/app/e2e/regression/review.spec.ts
index b6002a3ea4d8..f7d5deac6317 100644
--- a/packages/app/e2e/regression/review.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/app/e2e/regression/review.spec.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,87 @@ import { expectSessionTitle } from "../utils/waits"
 
 test.use({ viewport: { width: 1440, height: 900 } })
 
+test("copies the current whole review file rather than its bounded diff", async ({ page, context }) => {
+  await context.grantPermissions(["clipboard-read", "clipboard-write"])
+
+  const content = {
+    text: "export const value = 'after'\n" + "// unchanged outside the hunk\n".repeat(20) + "export const last = true\n",
+  }
+
+  await openSession(page, {
+    name: "ReviewCopyContent",
+    vcsDiff: [fileDiff("src/example.ts")],
+    fileContent: () => content.text,
+  })
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle review", exact: true }).click()
+  const panel = page.locator("#review-panel")
+  await openReviewLauncher(panel)
+  const copy = panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy file contents", exact: true })
+  await copy.focus()
+  await copy.press("Enter")
+  await expect.poll(() => page.evaluate(() => navigator.clipboard.readText())).toBe(content.text)
+  await expect(page.getByText("File contents copied", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(panel.getByRole("textbox")).toHaveCount(0)
+
+  content.text += "// edited after the diff was loaded\n"
+  await copy.click()
+  await expect.poll(() => page.evaluate(() => navigator.clipboard.readText())).toBe(content.text)
+})
+
+test("copies a deleted review file's complete old text without reading its missing path", async ({ page, context }) => {
+  await context.grantPermissions(["clipboard-read", "clipboard-write"])
+  const reads: string[] = []
+  await openSession(page, {
+    name: "ReviewCopyDeleted",
+    vcsDiff: [
+      {
+        file: "deleted.txt",
+        status: "deleted",
+        additions: 0,
+        deletions: 3,
+        patch: "diff --git a/deleted.txt b/deleted.txt\n--- a/deleted.txt\n+++ /dev/null\n@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@\n-first\n-second\n-last\n\\ No newline at end of file\n",
+      },
+    ],
+    fileContent: (path) => {
+      reads.push(path)
+
+      return ""
+    },
+  })
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle review", exact: true }).click()
+  const panel = page.locator("#review-panel")
+  await openReviewLauncher(panel)
+  await panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy file contents", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect.poll(() => page.evaluate(() => navigator.clipboard.readText())).toBe("first\nsecond\nlast")
+  await expect(page.getByText("File contents copied", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  expect(reads).toEqual([])
+})
+
+test("does not replace the clipboard with binary or unavailable review content", async ({ page, context }) => {
+  await context.grantPermissions(["clipboard-read", "clipboard-write"])
+  await openSession(page, {
+    name: "ReviewCopyUnavailable",
+    vcsDiff: [fileDiff("unknown.dat")],
+    fileContent: () => "\0binary bytes",
+  })
+  await page.evaluate(() => navigator.clipboard.writeText("keep this clipboard"))
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Toggle review", exact: true }).click()
+  const panel = page.locator("#review-panel")
+  await openReviewLauncher(panel)
+  const copy = panel.getByRole("button", { name: "Copy file contents", exact: true })
+  await copy.click()
+  await expect(page.getByText("Full text content is unavailable", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  expect(await page.evaluate(() => navigator.clipboard.readText())).toBe("keep this clipboard")
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Dismiss", exact: true }).click()
+  await expect(page.getByText("Full text content is unavailable", { exact: true })).toHaveCount(0)
+
+  await page.route("**/api/fs/read/unknown.dat*", (route) => route.abort())
+  await copy.click()
+  await expect(page.getByText("Full text content is unavailable", { exact: true })).toBeVisible()
+  await expect(copy).toBeEnabled()
+  expect(await page.evaluate(() => navigator.clipboard.readText())).toBe("keep this clipboard")
+})
+
 for (const view of ["desktop", "mobile"] as const) {
   test(`offers Git initialization for a project without VCS (${view})`, async ({ page }) => {
     if (view === "mobile") await page.setViewportSize({ width: 390, height: 844 })
diff --git a/packages/gui-plugins/src/review/model.ts b/packages/gui-plugins/src/review/model.ts
index 1e6fad1ab879..874a1cd52c98 100644
--- a/packages/gui-plugins/src/review/model.ts
+++ b/packages/gui-plugins/src/review/model.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { FileDiffInfo } from "@opencode/client/promise"
 import type { SessionReviewLineComment } from "@opencode/session-ui/session-review"
 import { previewSelectedLines } from "@opencode/session-ui/pierre/selection-bridge"
-import { artifactMime } from "@opencode/util/artifact"
+import { artifactKind, artifactMime } from "@opencode/util/artifact"
 import { bytesToBase64 } from "@opencode/util/base64"
 import { checksum } from "@opencode/util/encode"
 import { showToast } from "@opencode/ui/toast"
@@ -460,16 +460,27 @@ export function createReviewModel(input: {
     })
   }
 
-  // Previews read files only to show images and audio, which need the raw bytes and their MIME type.
+  // Read the current whole file, independently of the bounded diff used by the preview.
   const readFile = (path: string) =>
     view()
       .server.client.file.read({ path, location: { directory: directory() } })
-      .then((bytes) => ({
-        type: "binary" as const,
-        content: bytesToBase64(bytes),
-        encoding: "base64" as const,
-        mimeType: artifactMime(path),
-      }))
+      .then((bytes) => {
+        const kind = artifactKind(path)
+
+        if (
+          ["text", "svg", "html", "markdown", "mermaid", "table"].includes(kind) &&
+          !bytes.subarray(0, 8192).includes(0)
+        ) {
+          return { type: "text" as const, content: new TextDecoder().decode(bytes) }
+        }
+
+        return {
+          type: "binary" as const,
+          content: bytesToBase64(bytes),
+          encoding: "base64" as const,
+          mimeType: artifactMime(path),
+        }
+      })
       .catch((error) => {
         console.debug("[session-review] failed to read file", { path, error })
 
diff --git a/packages/session-ui/src/v2/components/session-review-file-preview-v2.tsx b/packages/session-ui/src/v2/components/session-review-file-preview-v2.tsx
index ddc7e2cf8dd6..8bd9f0870df5 100644
--- a/packages/session-ui/src/v2/components/session-review-file-preview-v2.tsx
+++ b/packages/session-ui/src/v2/components/session-review-file-preview-v2.tsx
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ import { DiffChanges } from "@opencode/ui/diff-changes"
 import { FileIcon } from "@opencode/ui/file-icon"
 import { useFileComponent } from "@opencode/ui/context/file"
 import { useI18n } from "@opencode/ui/context/i18n"
+import { Icon } from "@opencode/ui/icon"
+import { IconButton } from "@opencode/ui/icon-button"
+import { Tooltip } from "@opencode/ui/tooltip"
+import { showToast } from "@opencode/ui/toast"
 import { mediaKindFromPath } from "../../pierre/media"
 import { cloneSelectedLineRange, previewSelectedLines } from "../../pierre/selection-bridge"
 import type { FileDiffInfo } from "@opencode/client/promise"
 import type { PresentationFileContent, PresentationFileDiff } from "../../file-presentation"
-import { createEffect, createMemo, onCleanup, Show, untrack } from "solid-js"
+import { createEffect, createMemo, createSignal, onCleanup, Show, untrack } from "solid-js"
 import { createStore } from "solid-js/store"
 import { Dynamic } from "solid-js/web"
 import { normalize, text, type ViewDiff } from "../../components/session-diff"
@@ -107,10 +111,14 @@ export function SessionReviewFilePreviewV2(props: SessionReviewFilePreviewV2Prop
   let scrollRef: HTMLDivElement | undefined
   let focusToken = 0
 
-  const [store, setStore] = createStore({
-    selection: null as SelectedLineRange | null,
-    commenting: null as SelectedLineRange | null,
-    opened: null as string | null,
+  const [store, setStore] = createStore<{
+    selection: SelectedLineRange | null
+    commenting: SelectedLineRange | null
+    opened: string | null
+  }>({
+    selection: null,
+    commenting: null,
+    opened: null,
   })
 
   const view = createMemo(() => ({
@@ -124,6 +132,45 @@ export function SessionReviewFilePreviewV2(props: SessionReviewFilePreviewV2Prop
   const commentedLines = createMemo(() => comments().map((comment) => comment.selection))
   const lineCommentsEnabled = () => props.onLineComment != null
 
+  const [copying, setCopying] = createSignal(false)
+
+  const deletedContent = createMemo(() => {
+    if (view().status !== "deleted") return undefined
+
+    if ("before" in props.diff && props.diff.before !== undefined) return props.diff.before
+
+    if (view().fileDiff.isPartial || view().deletions === 0) return undefined
+
+    return text(view(), "deletions")
+  })
+
+  const canCopy = () => (view().status === "deleted" ? deletedContent() !== undefined : !!props.readFile)
+
+  const copyContents = async () => {
+    if (copying()) return
+    setCopying(true)
+
+    try {
+      const content =
+        view().status === "deleted"
+          ? { type: "text", content: deletedContent() }
+          : await props.readFile?.(props.file)
+
+      if (content?.type !== "text" || content.content === undefined || content.content.includes("\0")) {
+        showToast({ variant: "error", title: i18n.t("ui.sessionReviewV2.copyUnavailable") })
+
+        return
+      }
+
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(content.content)
+      showToast({ variant: "success", title: i18n.t("ui.sessionReviewV2.copiedFileContents") })
+    } catch {
+      showToast({ variant: "error", title: i18n.t("ui.sessionReviewV2.copyFailed") })
+    } finally {
+      setCopying(false)
+    }
+  }
+
   const commentsUi = createLineCommentControllerV2<SessionReviewComment>({
     comments,
     label: i18n.t("ui.lineComment.submit"),
@@ -283,6 +330,16 @@ export function SessionReviewFilePreviewV2(props: SessionReviewFilePreviewV2Prop
         <div data-slot="session-review-v2-file-diff">
           <DiffChanges changes={view()} />
         </div>
+        <Tooltip value={i18n.t(canCopy() ? "ui.sessionReviewV2.copyFileContents" : "ui.sessionReviewV2.copyUnavailable")}>
+          <IconButton
+            icon={<Icon name="copy" />}
+            variant="ghost"
+            size="small"
+            aria-label={i18n.t("ui.sessionReviewV2.copyFileContents")}
+            disabled={!canCopy() || copying()}
+            onClick={() => void copyContents()}
+          />
+        </Tooltip>
       </div>
       <div
         ref={(el) => {
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts b/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts
index a96904931276..da4e89dc58d8 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/i18n/en.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ const source = {
   "ui.sessionReviewV2.previousFile": "Previous file",
   "ui.sessionReviewV2.nextFile": "Next file",
   "ui.sessionReviewV2.diffView": "Diff view",
+  "ui.sessionReviewV2.copyFileContents": "Copy file contents",
+  "ui.sessionReviewV2.copiedFileContents": "File contents copied",
+  "ui.sessionReviewV2.copyUnavailable": "Full text content is unavailable",
+  "ui.sessionReviewV2.copyFailed": "Couldn't copy file contents",
   "ui.sessionReviewV2.empty.noGit.title": "No tracked changes",
   "ui.sessionReviewV2.empty.noGit.description": "Track, review, and undo changes in this project",
   "ui.sessionReviewV2.empty.noGit.action": "Create Git repository",