diff --git a/src/core/CCByte_buffer.ml b/src/core/CCByte_buffer.ml
index 14795f83..943128a2 100644
--- a/src/core/CCByte_buffer.ml
+++ b/src/core/CCByte_buffer.ml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ let fold_left f acc self =
 
   (* capture current content *)
   let acc = ref acc in
-  for i = 0 to len do
+  for i = 0 to len - 1 do
     acc := f !acc (Bytes.unsafe_get bs i)
   done;
   !acc
@@ -104,16 +104,20 @@ let fold_left f acc self =
 let[@inline] iter f self =
   (* capture current content *)
   let { bs; len } = self in
-  for i = 0 to len do
+  for i = 0 to len - 1 do
     f (Bytes.unsafe_get bs i)
   done
 
 let[@inline] iteri f self =
   let { bs; len } = self in
-  for i = 0 to len do
+  for i = 0 to len - 1 do
     f i (Bytes.unsafe_get bs i)
   done
 
+let copy self =
+  let bs = Bytes.copy self.bs in
+  { bs; len = self.len }
+
 let of_seq seq =
   let self = create ~cap:32 () in
   append_seq self seq;
diff --git a/src/core/CCByte_buffer.mli b/src/core/CCByte_buffer.mli
index a67f277c..c54c1abd 100644
--- a/src/core/CCByte_buffer.mli
+++ b/src/core/CCByte_buffer.mli
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ val to_slice : t -> CCByte_slice.t
     The slice shares the same byte array as [buf] (until [buf] is resized).
     @since 3.13.1 *)
 
+val copy : t -> t
+(** [copy buf] returns an independent copy of [buf]. *)
+
 val contents : t -> string
 (** Copy the internal data to a string. Allocates. *)