---
id: DFMOD-C4-POS-004
title: "Duplicated form follows the same validation and save behavior as new creation"
product: web
module: digital-form
type: functional
priority: P1
risk: medium
status: draft
automationStatus: planned
sourceRefs:
  tsd: PK141
  tsdSection: C4
  tsdScenario: C4.4
  prd: PK141
  jira: null
automationRef: null
lifecycleStatus: active
lifecycleReason: "AI-generated draft from PK141 TSD C4.4; pending QA review."
lastReviewedAt: null
reviewedBy: null
supersededBy: null
duplicateOf: null
blockedBy: null
preconditionRefs:
  - PRE-DF-form-exists
tags:
  - web
  - digital-form
  - duplicate-form
  - validation
  - client-portal
  - pk141
  - staging
---
## Objective
Verify a duplicated form runs the same validation/save rules as creating a new form.

## Preconditions
- See [[PRE-DF-form-exists]]
- And a duplicated form is prefilled from the source

## Steps
1. Change some configuration, then save
2. In a separate run, save an untouched duplicate

## Expected Result
- Then the same validation rules as new-form creation run
- And save succeeds only when all steps are valid
- And the result is a new entity that does not change the source form
- And an untouched duplicate still saves as a valid new entity

## Source Traceability
- TSD: PK141
- Section: C4 - Duplicate Form
- Scenario: C4.4 - Same validation and save behavior
- Acceptance Criteria: PRD C.15 Scenario 3-7

## Evidence Required
- Validation parity vs new-form flow; new entity created.

## Notes / Gaps
- Validation-failure isolation from the original is covered by DFMOD-C4-NEG-005.