This ONLY happens when the automation item & media item are present on 2 different tracks but both are being selected at once.
Here's a licecap
For instance
My Routing
10 audio tracks (Unchecked master send) routed to a buss track which is in turn routed to a return track; all of which are contained inside a folder.
Automation items are from the buss track.
When I make a time selection & marque select, it shows that the
automation items are selected
Then when I use action: Item: Copy Selected Area of item or even Ctrl+drag the media items, the automation items never get pasted. I've to do them manually after the fact.
Move Envelope Points with media items & Follow Envelope points with time selection is toggled on.
Maybe Similar behaviour should be added for automation items