diff --git a/.claude/skills/adding-a-trigger/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/adding-a-trigger/SKILL.md
index c38cc1516d..51b93c19c3 100644
--- a/.claude/skills/adding-a-trigger/SKILL.md
+++ b/.claude/skills/adding-a-trigger/SKILL.md
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ Regenerate frontend client: `npm run generate-backend-client` from `frontend/`.
 
 **`backend/windmill-api-workspaces/src/workspaces.rs`** — add `{kind}_used: bool` to the `UsedTriggers` struct and add an `EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM {kind}_trigger …)` to the `get_used_triggers` query.
 
-**`backend/windmill-api/src/workspaces_export.rs`** — add export block mirroring gcp's (export lists all triggers, serializes them to YAML/JSON).
+**`backend/windmill-api/src/workspaces_export.rs`** — add export block mirroring gcp's (export lists all triggers, serializes them to YAML/JSON). The block re-uses the `trigger_ignore_keys` variable so the new kind automatically participates in fork-export stripping (`mode` field is omitted when the source workspace is a fork — keeps fork→parent merges from flipping the parent's enabled state).
+
+**Fork cloning (`clone_triggers_and_schedules` in workspaces.rs)** — add an `INSERT INTO {kind}_trigger ... SELECT ...` block that copies all rows from the parent workspace, forcing `mode = 'disabled'::TRIGGER_MODE`. This runs only when the user opts in via `fork_triggers=true` at fork creation. Forgetting this means users can't carry `{kind}` triggers into their forks.
 
 ## 6.5 Hardcoded trigger-kind arrays (silent-failure hotspots)
 
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/workspace/fork.ts b/cli/src/commands/workspace/fork.ts
index bc6cf57fe1..1156dabb15 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/workspace/fork.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/workspace/fork.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ async function createWorkspaceFork(
     createWorkspaceName: string | undefined;
     color: string | undefined;
     datatableBehavior: string | undefined;
+    forkTriggers: boolean | undefined;
     yes: boolean | undefined;
   },
   workspaceName: string | undefined,
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ async function createWorkspaceFork(
         name: opts.createWorkspaceName ?? trueWorkspaceId,
         color: forkColor,
         forked_datatables: forkedDatatables,
+        fork_triggers: opts.forkTriggers ?? false,
       },
     });
 
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/workspace/workspace.ts b/cli/src/commands/workspace/workspace.ts
index 280f844fa3..ce578022d4 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/workspace/workspace.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/workspace/workspace.ts
@@ -772,6 +772,10 @@ const command = new Command()
     "--datatable-behavior <behavior:string>",
     "How to handle datatables: skip, schema_only, or schema_and_data (default: interactive prompt)"
   )
+  .option(
+    "--fork-triggers",
+    "Clone every trigger and schedule from the parent into the fork (always disabled). Defaults to off."
+  )
   .option("-y --yes", "Skip interactive prompts (defaults datatable behavior to 'skip')")
   .action(createWorkspaceFork as any)
   .command("delete-fork")
diff --git a/docs/fork-triggers.md b/docs/fork-triggers.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d79467ae7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/fork-triggers.md
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Triggers and schedules in workspace forks
+
+A workspace fork is a developer-controlled copy of a parent workspace, used to
+test changes before merging back via git sync. Triggers and schedules in a
+fork need special handling for two reasons:
+
+1. **Listener take-over**: most trigger kinds (Kafka, Postgres, MQTT, NATS,
+   SQS, GCP, Azure) attach to a stateful upstream resource. Two listeners
+   sharing the same identifier compete for events.
+2. **Merge round-trip**: every change made in a fork can flow back to the
+   parent through git sync. If the fork sets a trigger to `disabled`, that
+   value would otherwise overwrite the parent's `enabled` state on merge.
+
+## Default behavior — `fork_triggers = false`
+
+Forks created without opting in start trigger-empty. The fork has no rows in
+any `*_trigger` table or in `schedule`. This is the safest default: nothing
+in the fork can compete with the parent or alter the parent's state on merge.
+
+## Opt-in cloning — `fork_triggers = true`
+
+When the user ticks "Clone triggers and schedules" (UI) or passes
+`--fork-triggers` (CLI), fork creation also runs `clone_triggers_and_schedules`
+which copies every row from each `*_trigger` table and from `schedule` into
+the fork. Two invariants apply:
+
+- **Always disabled.** The clone forces `mode='disabled'::TRIGGER_MODE` on
+  triggers and `enabled=false` on schedules, regardless of the parent's
+  state. The user re-enables manually in the fork.
+- **Listener identifiers copied verbatim.** Stored values for
+  `group_id`, `replication_slot_name`, `subscription_name`, `client_id`,
+  `consumer_name`, etc. are copied 1:1. Until the runtime-suffix work
+  ships (see below), this means enabling a cloned listener in the fork
+  would compete with the parent.
+
+`native_trigger` (Nextcloud, Google Drive, GitHub) is intentionally **not
+cloned**. Those triggers manage external webhook state we don't want
+duplicated.
+
+## Merge-direction filter (always on)
+
+Whenever the source workspace ID matches `wm-fork-*`, the tarball export at
+`/api/w/{workspace}/workspaces/tarball` strips fork-local fields:
+
+- `mode` from every `*_trigger` row
+- `enabled` from every `schedule` row
+
+The trigger update handler complements this: when an incoming `update_trigger`
+request omits both `mode` and `enabled`, the existing DB value is preserved
+instead of falling back to the BaseTriggerData default of `Enabled`. This
+means the fork→parent merge cannot flip the parent's operational state, even
+if the fork has an explicit (locally-disabled) state for that path.
+
+The schedule `EditSchedule` payload already lacks an `enabled` field, so its
+update path is naturally safe.
+
+## Conflict warning on enable
+
+The `set_*_trigger_mode` and `set_schedule_enabled` endpoints check whether
+the parent workspace has the same path enabled. If so, they reject the
+request with an error string of the shape:
+
+```
+fork-conflict:<kind>:<parent_workspace_id>
+```
+
+The frontend's `withForkConflictRetry` helper detects this prefix, asks the
+user to confirm via a dialog, and re-issues the call with `force: true` if
+the user agrees. The CLI sees the raw error.
+
+This warning is the *durable* solution for trigger kinds where the conflict
+cannot be eliminated:
+
+- **SQS** — the queue *is* the event source; two consumers will compete for
+  messages no matter what.
+- **GCP-Existing subscription** — same as SQS.
+- **Schedule** — both crons fire on the same wall-clock; deduplication has
+  to happen in the script logic.
+
+For the kinds that *can* be auto-namespaced (see below), the warning is the
+short-term placeholder until that work lands.
+
+## Future work — runtime listener suffix (Phase 3)
+
+A follow-up PR will append a fork-specific suffix to the upstream identifier
+at runtime for the kinds that support it:
+
+| Kind | Identifier | Notes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Kafka | `group_id` | Two consumer groups never share messages. |
+| MQTT | `client_id` | Brokers reject duplicate client_ids; suffix avoids that. |
+| NATS | durable consumer name | Fork consumes independently. |
+| Postgres | `replication_slot_name` + `publication_name` | Fork auto-creates its own publication on enable, drops on disable / fork delete. |
+| Azure Event Grid | `subscription_name` | `manage_azure_subscription` creates the suffixed sub in Azure. |
+| GCP Pub/Sub (CreateNew) | `subscription_id` | `manage_google_subscription` creates the suffixed sub. |
+
+The suffix is invisible in the stored row and never reaches the parent on
+merge — the merge-direction filter strips identifier columns too.
+
+`Phase 3` also adds cleanup-on-fork-delete hooks for the upstream resources
+(Azure / GCP / Postgres publication) so deleted forks don't leak external
+state.