diff --git a/docs/changelog/87123.yaml b/docs/changelog/87123.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2d04b908bfd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/87123.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 87123
+summary: Don't run `include_in_parent` when in `copy_to` context
+area: Mapping
+type: bug
+issues:
+ - 87036
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentParser.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentParser.java
index 4cfdb38bbc09..3a485c60ad55 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentParser.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/DocumentParser.java
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ static void parseObjectOrNested(DocumentParserContext context, ObjectMapper mapp
         innerParseObject(context, mapper);
         // restore the enable path flag
         if (mapper.isNested()) {
-            nested(context, (NestedObjectMapper) mapper);
+            copyNestedFields(context, (NestedObjectMapper) mapper);
         }
     }
 
@@ -344,7 +344,14 @@ private static void throwEOF(ObjectMapper mapper, String currentFieldName) {
         );
     }
 
-    private static void nested(DocumentParserContext context, NestedObjectMapper nested) {
+    private static void copyNestedFields(DocumentParserContext context, NestedObjectMapper nested) {
+        if (context.isWithinCopyTo()) {
+            // Only process the nested document after we've finished parsing the actual
+            // doc; we can't copy_to outside of the current nested context, so if we are
+            // in a copy_to context then we're adding data within the doc and we haven't
+            // finished parsing yet.
+            return;
+        }
         LuceneDocument nestedDoc = context.doc();
         LuceneDocument parentDoc = nestedDoc.getParent();
         Version indexVersion = context.indexSettings().getIndexVersionCreated();
@@ -363,7 +370,7 @@ private static void nested(DocumentParserContext context, NestedObjectMapper nes
     private static void addFields(Version indexCreatedVersion, LuceneDocument nestedDoc, LuceneDocument rootDoc) {
         String nestedPathFieldName = NestedPathFieldMapper.name(indexCreatedVersion);
         for (IndexableField field : nestedDoc.getFields()) {
-            if (field.name().equals(nestedPathFieldName) == false) {
+            if (field.name().equals(nestedPathFieldName) == false && field.name().equals(IdFieldMapper.NAME) == false) {
                 rootDoc.add(field);
             }
         }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java
index 53fe6b1228ad..70156768d63f 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/CopyToMapperTests.java
@@ -744,4 +744,52 @@ public void testCopyToGeoPoint() throws Exception {
             );
         }
     }
+
+    public void testCopyToMultipleNested() throws IOException {
+
+        // Don't copy values beyond a single step
+
+        DocumentMapper documentMapper = createDocumentMapper("""
+            { "_doc" : { "properties" : {
+                "_all" : { "type" : "text" },
+                "du" : {
+                    "type" : "nested",
+                    "include_in_root" : "true",
+                    "properties" : {
+                        "_all" : { "type" : "text" },
+                        "bc" : {
+                            "type" : "nested",
+                            "include_in_parent" : "true",
+                            "properties" : {
+                                "_all" : { "type" : "text" },
+                                "bc4" : {
+                                    "type" : "nested",
+                                    "include_in_parent" : "true",
+                                    "properties" : {
+                                        "_all" : { "type" : "text" },
+                                        "area" : {
+                                            "type" : "text",
+                                            "copy_to" : [
+                                                "_all",
+                                                "du._all",
+                                                "du.bc._all",
+                                                "du.bc.bc4._all"
+                                            ]
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }}}""");
+
+        ParsedDocument doc = documentMapper.parse(source("""
+            { "du" : { "bc" : [ { "bc4": { "area" : "foo" } }, { "bc4" : { "area" : "bar" } } ] } }
+            """));
+
+        assertEquals(1, doc.rootDoc().getFields("_id").length);
+        assertEquals(2, doc.rootDoc().getFields("du._all").length);
+
+    }
 }