diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 6c0d06fc..7d5e9798 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ where
 
                             // Release server back to the pool if we are in transaction mode.
                             // If we are in session mode, we keep the server until the client disconnects.
-                            if self.transaction_mode {
+                            if self.transaction_mode && !server.in_copy_mode() {
                                 self.stats.idle();
 
                                 break;
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ where
 
                             // Release server back to the pool if we are in transaction mode.
                             // If we are in session mode, we keep the server until the client disconnects.
-                            if self.transaction_mode {
+                            if self.transaction_mode && !server.in_copy_mode() {
                                 break;
                             }
                         }
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index fa68b678..55444fba 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ pub struct Server {
     /// Is there more data for the client to read.
     data_available: bool,
 
+    /// Is the server in copy-in or copy-out modes
+    in_copy_mode: bool,
+
     /// Is the server broken? We'll remote it from the pool if so.
     bad: bool,
 
@@ -677,6 +680,7 @@ impl Server {
                         process_id,
                         secret_key,
                         in_transaction: false,
+                        in_copy_mode: false,
                         data_available: false,
                         bad: false,
                         cleanup_state: CleanupState::new(),
@@ -828,8 +832,19 @@ impl Server {
                     break;
                 }
 
+                // ErrorResponse
+                'E' => {
+                    if self.in_copy_mode {
+                        self.in_copy_mode = false;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 // CommandComplete
                 'C' => {
+                    if self.in_copy_mode {
+                        self.in_copy_mode = false;
+                    }
+
                     let mut command_tag = String::new();
                     match message.reader().read_to_string(&mut command_tag) {
                         Ok(_) => {
@@ -873,10 +888,14 @@ impl Server {
                 }
 
                 // CopyInResponse: copy is starting from client to server.
-                'G' => break,
+                'G' => {
+                    self.in_copy_mode = true;
+                    break;
+                }
 
                 // CopyOutResponse: copy is starting from the server to the client.
                 'H' => {
+                    self.in_copy_mode = true;
                     self.data_available = true;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -1030,6 +1049,10 @@ impl Server {
         self.in_transaction
     }
 
+    pub fn in_copy_mode(&self) -> bool {
+        self.in_copy_mode
+    }
+
     /// We don't buffer all of server responses, e.g. COPY OUT produces too much data.
     /// The client is responsible to call `self.recv()` while this method returns true.
     pub fn is_data_available(&self) -> bool {
@@ -1129,6 +1152,10 @@ impl Server {
             self.cleanup_state.reset();
         }
 
+        if self.in_copy_mode() {
+            warn!("Server returned while still in copy-mode");
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/ruby/copy_spec.rb b/tests/ruby/copy_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d3f2c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ruby/copy_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+
+describe "COPY Handling" do
+  let(:processes) { Helpers::Pgcat.single_instance_setup("sharded_db", 5) }
+  before do
+    new_configs = processes.pgcat.current_config
+
+    # Allow connections in the pool to expire faster
+    new_configs["general"]["idle_timeout"] = 5
+    processes.pgcat.update_config(new_configs)
+    # We need to kill the old process that was using the default configs
+    processes.pgcat.stop
+    processes.pgcat.start
+    processes.pgcat.wait_until_ready
+  end
+
+  before do
+    processes.all_databases.first.with_connection do |conn|
+      conn.async_exec "CREATE TABLE copy_test_table (a TEXT,b TEXT,c TEXT,d TEXT)"
+    end
+  end
+
+  after do
+    processes.all_databases.first.with_connection do |conn|
+      conn.async_exec "DROP TABLE copy_test_table;"
+    end
+  end
+
+  after do
+    processes.all_databases.map(&:reset)
+    processes.pgcat.shutdown
+  end
+
+  describe "COPY FROM" do
+    context "within transaction" do
+      it "finishes within alloted time" do
+        conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
+        Timeout.timeout(3) do
+          conn.async_exec("BEGIN")
+          conn.copy_data "COPY copy_test_table FROM STDIN CSV" do
+            sleep 0.5
+            conn.put_copy_data "some,data,to,copy\n"
+            conn.put_copy_data "more,data,to,copy\n"
+          end
+          conn.async_exec("COMMIT")
+        end
+
+        res = conn.async_exec("SELECT * FROM copy_test_table").to_a
+        expect(res).to eq([
+          {"a"=>"some", "b"=>"data", "c"=>"to", "d"=>"copy"},
+          {"a"=>"more", "b"=>"data", "c"=>"to", "d"=>"copy"}
+        ])
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "outside transaction" do
+      it "finishes within alloted time" do
+        conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
+        Timeout.timeout(3) do
+          conn.copy_data "COPY copy_test_table FROM STDIN CSV" do
+            sleep 0.5
+            conn.put_copy_data "some,data,to,copy\n"
+            conn.put_copy_data "more,data,to,copy\n"
+          end
+        end
+
+        res = conn.async_exec("SELECT * FROM copy_test_table").to_a
+        expect(res).to eq([
+          {"a"=>"some", "b"=>"data", "c"=>"to", "d"=>"copy"},
+          {"a"=>"more", "b"=>"data", "c"=>"to", "d"=>"copy"}
+        ])
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "COPY TO" do
+    before do
+      conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
+      conn.async_exec("BEGIN")
+      conn.copy_data "COPY copy_test_table FROM STDIN CSV" do
+        conn.put_copy_data "some,data,to,copy\n"
+        conn.put_copy_data "more,data,to,copy\n"
+      end
+      conn.async_exec("COMMIT")
+      conn.close
+    end
+
+    it "works" do
+      res = []
+      conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
+      conn.copy_data "COPY copy_test_table TO STDOUT CSV" do
+        while row=conn.get_copy_data
+          res << row
+        end
+      end
+      expect(res).to eq(["some,data,to,copy\n", "more,data,to,copy\n"])
+    end
+  end
+
+end