diff --git a/packages/doenetml/src/Core/Core.js b/packages/doenetml/src/Core/Core.js
index 6f1b26670..b1d708526 100644
--- a/packages/doenetml/src/Core/Core.js
+++ b/packages/doenetml/src/Core/Core.js
@@ -10697,22 +10697,20 @@ export default class Core {
                 actionsToChain.push(...this.actionsChangedToActions[id]);
             }
 
-            if (comp?.shadows) {
-                if (
-                    ["focus", "click"].includes(triggeringAction) &&
-                    cName.substring(0, 3) !== "/__"
-                ) {
-                    // for focus and click, we propagate to shadows only if
-                    // the copied component doesn't have a name.
-                    // In this way, if we include $P in a graph,
-                    // then triggerWhenObjectsClicked="P" and triggerWhenObjectsFocused="P"
-                    // will be triggered by that copy,
-                    // but these actions will not be triggered if that copy has a name.
-                    // TODO: if <point copySource="P" /> no longer has a name like "_point1",
-                    // should triggerWhenObjectsClicked="P" be triggered from that point?
-                    // Currently, it is not triggered.
-                    break;
-                }
+            if (
+                comp?.shadows &&
+                ["focus", "click"].includes(triggeringAction) &&
+                cName.substring(0, 3) === "/__"
+            ) {
+                // for focus and click, we propagate to shadows only if
+                // the copied component doesn't have a name.
+                // In this way, if we include $P in a graph,
+                // then triggerWhenObjectsClicked="P" and triggerWhenObjectsFocused="P"
+                // will be triggered by that copy,
+                // but these actions will not be triggered if that copy has a name.
+                // TODO: if <point copySource="P" /> no longer has a name like "_point1",
+                // should triggerWhenObjectsClicked="P" be triggered from that point?
+                // Currently, it is not triggered.
                 cName = comp.shadows.componentName;
             } else {
                 break;
diff --git a/packages/test-cypress/cypress/e2e/tagSpecific/updatevalue.cy.js b/packages/test-cypress/cypress/e2e/tagSpecific/updatevalue.cy.js
index 36f0fc380..c5a137fa7 100644
--- a/packages/test-cypress/cypress/e2e/tagSpecific/updatevalue.cy.js
+++ b/packages/test-cypress/cypress/e2e/tagSpecific/updatevalue.cy.js
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ describe("UpdateValue Tag Tests", function () {
             });
     });
 
-    it("chained updates, copies copy triggers", () => {
+    it("chained updates, copies don't copy triggers", () => {
         cy.window().then(async (win) => {
             win.postMessage(
                 {
@@ -1240,17 +1240,17 @@ describe("UpdateValue Tag Tests", function () {
 
         cy.get(cesc2("#/uv2")).click();
         cy.get(cesc2("#/n")).should("have.text", "3");
-        cy.get(cesc2("#/m1")).should("have.text", "3");
+        cy.get(cesc2("#/m1")).should("have.text", "2");
         cy.get(cesc2("#/m2")).should("have.text", "2");
 
         cy.get(cesc2("#/uv3")).click();
         cy.get(cesc2("#/n")).should("have.text", "4");
-        cy.get(cesc2("#/m1")).should("have.text", "4");
+        cy.get(cesc2("#/m1")).should("have.text", "2");
         cy.get(cesc2("#/m2")).should("have.text", "2");
 
         cy.get(cesc2("#/pmacro") + " button").click();
         cy.get(cesc2("#/n")).should("have.text", "5");
-        cy.get(cesc2("#/m1")).should("have.text", "5");
+        cy.get(cesc2("#/m1")).should("have.text", "2");
         cy.get(cesc2("#/m2")).should("have.text", "2");
     });