Index: app/models/issue.rb
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--- app/models/issue.rb	(revision 2864)
+++ app/models/issue.rb	(working copy)
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     issue = arg.is_a?(Issue) ? arg : Issue.find(arg)
     self.attributes = issue.attributes.dup
     self.custom_values = issue.custom_values.collect {|v| v.clone}
+    self.status = issue.status
     self
   end