diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 263d6f1..693b4f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ encrypted file. There is no account and no service behind it: it works
 entirely offline, and if you want two PCs in step you run the sync server
 yourself, on your own hardware.
 
-**Version 0.3.0 — early.** It installs from a `.deb` on Ubuntu 22.04 or
+**Version 0.6.0 — early.** It installs from a `.deb` on Ubuntu 22.04 or
 newer, or runs from source. It has so far been tested in CI only, on a
 virtual display, not yet on a real desktop.
 
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ virtual display, not yet on a real desktop.
 | [PassMan-Server-Linux](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Server-Linux) | the sync server for Linux, run by systemd |
 
 **Same vaults as on Windows.** The vault file, the sync protocol and the
-features are those of PassMan for Windows 2.4.0, which this was ported from.
+features match PassMan for Windows 2.8.0, except the 2.7.0 redesign, which is
+not ported yet (see *What is different from Windows*).
 A vault moves between a Windows PC and a Linux PC unchanged, and both sync
 with either server.
 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ screen if you sync.
 - **Clipboard.** PassMan uses Tk's own clipboard, so nothing like `xclip`
   needs installing. It works on X11 and, through XWayland, on Wayland. On
   X11 what PassMan copied disappears when PassMan closes. As on Windows,
+  locking leaves a copied password pasteable, closing clears it at once, and
   copied passwords are cleared after 30 seconds — but a clipboard manager
   (GNOME or KDE clipboard history, CopyQ, …) may keep its own copy, which
   no application can reach.
@@ -130,6 +132,8 @@ Where that README names a Windows version, read the Linux one beside it:
 | 2.4.0 | 0.3.0 | deleting archived entries after N days |
 | 2.5.0 | 0.4.0 | switching servers no longer removes entries silently |
 | 2.6.0 | 0.5.0 | a copy that is not installed says LAB in its title |
+| 2.7.0 | not yet | the redesigned window |
+| 2.8.0 | 0.6.0 | locking no longer clears a copied password |
 
 (0.2.0 added the `.deb` package, which has no Windows counterpart.)
 
diff --git a/sourceFiles/gui.py b/sourceFiles/gui.py
index 914e652..37f76ff 100644
--- a/sourceFiles/gui.py
+++ b/sourceFiles/gui.py
@@ -846,10 +846,8 @@ def lock_vault(self, auto=False):
         self._cancel_idle_timer()
         if self.master_password and self.current_user:
             self._save()
-        if self._clip_text is not None:
-            if self._clip_job:
-                self.root.after_cancel(self._clip_job)
-            self._clear_clipboard(self._clip_text, quiet=True)
+        # A copied password outlives the lock: the usual auto-clear timer
+        # keeps running, so it can still be pasted until that fires.
         self.vault = self.master_password = self.current_user = None
         self._history_open.clear()
         self.search_query = ""
diff --git a/sourceFiles/tests/test_clipboard_lock.py b/sourceFiles/tests/test_clipboard_lock.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a9b706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sourceFiles/tests/test_clipboard_lock.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""
+Locking the vault leaves a copied password on the clipboard.
+
+The auto-clear timer started by the copy keeps running, so the password can
+still be pasted after a lock until that timer fires.
+"""
+
+import pytest
+
+gui = pytest.importorskip("gui", reason="needs tkinter (bundled with Python)")
+
+
+class FakeRoot:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.cancelled = []
+
+    def after_cancel(self, job):
+        self.cancelled.append(job)
+
+
+class FakeApp:
+    """Just enough of PasswordManagerGUI for lock_vault to run."""
+
+    lock_vault = gui.PasswordManagerGUI.lock_vault
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.root = FakeRoot()
+        self.master_password = None     # nothing unlocked → no save
+        self.current_user = None
+        self.vault = {}
+        self._clip_text = "s3cret"
+        self._clip_job = "clear-job"
+        self.cleared = []
+        self._history_open = set()
+
+    def _cancel_idle_timer(self):
+        pass
+
+    def show_login_screen(self):
+        pass
+
+    def toast(self, message, kind="info"):
+        pass
+
+    def _clear_clipboard(self, expected, quiet=False):
+        self.cleared.append(expected)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("auto", [False, True])
+def test_lock_keeps_the_copied_password_and_its_timer(auto):
+    app = FakeApp()
+
+    app.lock_vault(auto=auto)
+
+    assert app.cleared == []
+    assert app.root.cancelled == []
+    assert app._clip_job == "clear-job"
+    assert app._clip_text == "s3cret"
diff --git a/sourceFiles/version.py b/sourceFiles/version.py
index 7affa5b..e8e8c7c 100644
--- a/sourceFiles/version.py
+++ b/sourceFiles/version.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 format changes.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.5.0"
+__version__ = "0.6.0"
 
 #: Container version PassMan writes today (see crypto_utils.MAGIC).
 VAULT_FORMAT = "PMV2"