diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py
index f03c7b03a4e3e083d4fc4f9187acf40e4a223287..c66c17b2461f1f96fea446744f51e3de7a41d8a2 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/backend/src/tmss/tmssapp/viewsets/specification.py
@@ -1201,7 +1201,8 @@ class SchedulingUnitBlueprintViewSet(LOFARViewSet):
         scheduling_unit_blueprint = get_object_or_404(models.SchedulingUnitBlueprint, pk=pk)
 
         # update the task graph via the draft with copies of the failed tasks
-        update_task_graph_from_specifications_doc(scheduling_unit_blueprint.draft, scheduling_unit_blueprint.specifications_doc_including_copies_for_failed_tasks)
+        scheduling_unit_draft = scheduling_unit_blueprint.draft
+        update_task_graph_from_specifications_doc(scheduling_unit_draft, scheduling_unit_blueprint.specifications_doc_including_copies_for_failed_tasks)
 
         # and then reflect the new draft graph in this blueprint
         scheduling_unit_blueprint = update_task_blueprints_and_subtasks_graph_from_draft(scheduling_unit_blueprint)
@@ -1210,6 +1211,22 @@ class SchedulingUnitBlueprintViewSet(LOFARViewSet):
         return RestResponse(serializer.data)
 
 
+    @swagger_auto_schema(responses={201: "This blueprint's SchedulingUnitDraft including new editable TaskDrafts copies for the failed TaskBlueprints",
+                                    403: 'forbidden'},
+                         operation_description="Create editable TaskDraft copies of failed tasks in the original SchedulingUnitDraft.")
+    @action(methods=['post'], detail=True, url_name="create_copies_of_failed_tasks_in_draft", name="Create editable TaskDraft copies of failed tasks in the original SchedulingUnitDraft")
+    def create_copies_of_failed_tasks_in_draft(self, request, pk=None):
+        scheduling_unit_blueprint = get_object_or_404(models.SchedulingUnitBlueprint, pk=pk)
+
+        # update the task graph in the draft with copies of the failed tasks
+        scheduling_unit_draft = scheduling_unit_blueprint.draft
+        scheduling_unit_draft = update_task_graph_from_specifications_doc(scheduling_unit_draft, scheduling_unit_blueprint.specifications_doc_including_copies_for_failed_tasks)
+
+        # return the updated draft
+        return Response(serializers.SchedulingUnitDraftSerializer(scheduling_unit_draft, context={'request':request}).data,
+                        status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+
     @swagger_auto_schema(responses={201: 'The newly copied SchedulingUnitDraft',
                                     403: 'forbidden'},
                          operation_description="Copy this blueprint into a new SchedulingUnitDraft instance")
diff --git a/SAS/TMSS/client/lib/tmss_http_rest_client.py b/SAS/TMSS/client/lib/tmss_http_rest_client.py
index 6e2a05343d1b69f6ae0b81b95e5c19ff65a5da8e..968fc748865d969647efdf483d66bd9c2991ee7e 100644
--- a/SAS/TMSS/client/lib/tmss_http_rest_client.py
+++ b/SAS/TMSS/client/lib/tmss_http_rest_client.py
@@ -653,6 +653,12 @@ class TMSSsession(object):
         return self.post_to_path_and_get_result_as_json_object('scheduling_unit_blueprint/%s/create_copies_of_failed_tasks_via_draft' % (scheduling_unit_blueprint_id, ), retry_count=retry_count)
 
 
+    def create_copies_of_failed_tasks_in_draft(self, scheduling_unit_blueprint_id: int, retry_count: int=0) -> {}:
+        """Create editable TaskDraft copies of failed tasks in the original SchedulingUnitDraft.
+        returns the scheduling_unit_draft (which contains link(s) to new task_draft copies, or raises."""
+        return self.post_to_path_and_get_result_as_json_object('scheduling_unit_blueprint/%s/create_copies_of_failed_tasks_in_draft' % (scheduling_unit_blueprint_id, ), retry_count=retry_count)
+
+
     def copy_scheduling_unit_draft(self, scheduling_unit_draft_id: int, retry_count: int=0) -> {}:
         """Create a copy of the given scheduling_unit_draft including copies of all its task_drafts and relations.
         returns the copied scheduling_unit_draft, or raises."""