diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/local_multi_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/local_multi_copy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60eaef3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/local_multi_copy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * local_multi_copy.c
+ *    Commands for running a copy locally
+ *
+ * For each local placement, we have a buffer. When we receive a slot
+ * from a copy, the slot will be put to the corresponding buffer based
+ * on the shard id. When the buffer size exceeds the threshold a local
+ * copy will be done. Also If we reach to the end of copy, we will send
+ * the current buffer for local copy.
+ *
+ * The existing logic from multi_copy.c and format are used, therefore
+ * even if user did not do a copy with binary format, it is possible that
+ * we are going to be using binary format internally.
+ *
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Citus Data, Inc.
+ *
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#include "postgres.h"
+#include "commands/copy.h"
+#include "catalog/namespace.h"
+#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
+#include "utils/lsyscache.h"
+#include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
+#include "safe_lib.h"
+#include <netinet/in.h> /* for htons */
+
+#include "distributed/transmit.h"
+#include "distributed/commands/multi_copy.h"
+#include "distributed/multi_partitioning_utils.h"
+#include "distributed/local_executor.h"
+#include "distributed/local_multi_copy.h"
+#include "distributed/shard_utils.h"
+
+static int ReadFromLocalBufferCallback(void *outBuf, int minRead, int maxRead);
+static void AddSlotToBuffer(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest,
+							CopyOutState localCopyOutState);
+
+static bool ShouldSendCopyNow(StringInfo buffer);
+static void DoLocalCopy(StringInfo buffer, Oid relationId, int64 shardId,
+						CopyStmt *copyStatement, bool isEndOfCopy);
+static bool ShouldAddBinaryHeaders(StringInfo buffer, bool isBinary);
+
+/*
+ * LocalCopyBuffer is used in copy callback to return the copied rows.
+ * The reason this is a global variable is that we cannot pass an additional
+ * argument to the copy callback.
+ */
+static StringInfo LocalCopyBuffer;
+
+/*
+ * WriteTupleToLocalShard adds the given slot and does a local copy if
+ * this is the end of copy, or the buffer size exceeds the threshold.
+ */
+void
+WriteTupleToLocalShard(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, int64
+					   shardId,
+					   CopyOutState localCopyOutState)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Since we are doing a local copy, the following statements should
+	 * use local execution to see the changes
+	 */
+	TransactionAccessedLocalPlacement = true;
+
+	bool isBinaryCopy = localCopyOutState->binary;
+	if (ShouldAddBinaryHeaders(localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf, isBinaryCopy))
+	{
+		AppendCopyBinaryHeaders(localCopyOutState);
+	}
+
+	AddSlotToBuffer(slot, copyDest, localCopyOutState);
+
+	if (ShouldSendCopyNow(localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf))
+	{
+		if (isBinaryCopy)
+		{
+			/*
+			 * We're going to flush the buffer to disk by effectively doing a full
+			 * COPY command. Hence we also need to add footers to the current buffer.
+			 */
+			AppendCopyBinaryFooters(localCopyOutState);
+		}
+		bool isEndOfCopy = false;
+		DoLocalCopy(localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf, copyDest->distributedRelationId,
+					shardId,
+					copyDest->copyStatement, isEndOfCopy);
+		resetStringInfo(localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf);
+	}
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * FinishLocalCopyToShard finishes local copy for the given shard with the shard id.
+ */
+void
+FinishLocalCopyToShard(CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, int64 shardId,
+					   CopyOutState localCopyOutState)
+{
+	bool isBinaryCopy = localCopyOutState->binary;
+	if (isBinaryCopy)
+	{
+		AppendCopyBinaryFooters(localCopyOutState);
+	}
+	bool isEndOfCopy = true;
+	DoLocalCopy(localCopyOutState->fe_msgbuf, copyDest->distributedRelationId, shardId,
+				copyDest->copyStatement, isEndOfCopy);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * AddSlotToBuffer serializes the given slot and adds it to
+ * the buffer in localCopyOutState.
+ */
+static void
+AddSlotToBuffer(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, CopyOutState
+				localCopyOutState)
+{
+	Datum *columnValues = slot->tts_values;
+	bool *columnNulls = slot->tts_isnull;
+	FmgrInfo *columnOutputFunctions = copyDest->columnOutputFunctions;
+	CopyCoercionData *columnCoercionPaths = copyDest->columnCoercionPaths;
+
+	AppendCopyRowData(columnValues, columnNulls, copyDest->tupleDescriptor,
+					  localCopyOutState, columnOutputFunctions,
+					  columnCoercionPaths);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * ShouldSendCopyNow returns true if the given buffer size exceeds the
+ * local copy buffer size threshold.
+ */
+static bool
+ShouldSendCopyNow(StringInfo buffer)
+{
+	return buffer->len > LOCAL_COPY_FLUSH_THRESHOLD;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * DoLocalCopy finds the shard table from the distributed relation id, and copies the given
+ * buffer into the shard.
+ * CopyFrom calls ReadFromLocalBufferCallback to read bytes from the buffer
+ * as though it was reading from stdin. It then parses the tuples and
+ * writes them to the shardOid table.
+ */
+static void
+DoLocalCopy(StringInfo buffer, Oid relationId, int64 shardId, CopyStmt *copyStatement,
+			bool isEndOfCopy)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Set the buffer as a global variable to allow ReadFromLocalBufferCallback
+	 * to read from it. We cannot pass additional arguments to
+	 * ReadFromLocalBufferCallback.
+	 */
+	LocalCopyBuffer = buffer;
+
+	Oid shardOid = GetShardLocalTableOid(relationId, shardId);
+	Relation shard = heap_open(shardOid, RowExclusiveLock);
+	ParseState *pState = make_parsestate(NULL);
+
+	/* p_rtable of pState is set so that we can check constraints. */
+	pState->p_rtable = CreateRangeTable(shard, ACL_INSERT);
+
+	CopyState cstate = BeginCopyFrom(pState, shard, NULL, false,
+									 ReadFromLocalBufferCallback,
+									 copyStatement->attlist, copyStatement->options);
+	CopyFrom(cstate);
+	EndCopyFrom(cstate);
+
+	heap_close(shard, NoLock);
+	free_parsestate(pState);
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * ShouldAddBinaryHeaders returns true if the given buffer
+ * is empty and the format is binary.
+ */
+static bool
+ShouldAddBinaryHeaders(StringInfo buffer, bool isBinary)
+{
+	if (!isBinary)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+	return buffer->len == 0;
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * ReadFromLocalBufferCallback is the copy callback.
+ * It always tries to copy maxRead bytes.
+ */
+static int
+ReadFromLocalBufferCallback(void *outBuf, int minRead, int maxRead)
+{
+	int bytesRead = 0;
+	int avail = LocalCopyBuffer->len - LocalCopyBuffer->cursor;
+	int bytesToRead = Min(avail, maxRead);
+	if (bytesToRead > 0)
+	{
+		memcpy_s(outBuf, bytesToRead,
+				 &LocalCopyBuffer->data[LocalCopyBuffer->cursor], bytesToRead);
+	}
+	bytesRead += bytesToRead;
+	LocalCopyBuffer->cursor += bytesToRead;
+
+	return bytesRead;
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
index 0c5d52d0e..0c17a32e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/commands/multi_copy.c
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
 #include "distributed/shard_pruning.h"
 #include "distributed/version_compat.h"
 #include "distributed/worker_protocol.h"
+#include "distributed/local_multi_copy.h"
+#include "distributed/hash_helpers.h"
 #include "executor/executor.h"
 #include "foreign/foreign.h"
 #include "libpq/libpq.h"
@@ -162,6 +164,9 @@ struct CopyPlacementState
 	/* State of shard to which the placement belongs to. */
 	CopyShardState *shardState;
 
+	/* node group ID of the placement */
+	int32 groupId;
+
 	/*
 	 * Buffered COPY data. When the placement is activePlacementState of
 	 * some connection, this is empty. Because in that case we directly
@@ -178,6 +183,12 @@ struct CopyShardState
 	/* Used as hash key. */
 	uint64 shardId;
 
+	/* used for doing local copy */
+	CopyOutState copyOutState;
+
+	/* containsLocalPlacement is true if we have a local placement for the shard id of this state */
+	bool containsLocalPlacement;
+
 	/* List of CopyPlacementStates for all active placements of the shard. */
 	List *placementStateList;
 };
@@ -232,13 +243,16 @@ static CopyConnectionState * GetConnectionState(HTAB *connectionStateHash,
 												MultiConnection *connection);
 static CopyShardState * GetShardState(uint64 shardId, HTAB *shardStateHash,
 									  HTAB *connectionStateHash, bool stopOnFailure,
-									  bool *found);
+									  bool *found, bool shouldUseLocalCopy, CopyOutState
+									  copyOutState);
 static MultiConnection * CopyGetPlacementConnection(ShardPlacement *placement,
 													bool stopOnFailure);
 static List * ConnectionStateList(HTAB *connectionStateHash);
 static void InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 									 HTAB *connectionStateHash,
-									 uint64 shardId, bool stopOnFailure);
+									 uint64 shardId, bool stopOnFailure, bool
+									 canUseLocalCopy,
+									 CopyOutState copyOutState);
 static void StartPlacementStateCopyCommand(CopyPlacementState *placementState,
 										   CopyStmt *copyStatement,
 										   CopyOutState copyOutState);
@@ -274,6 +288,11 @@ static bool CitusCopyDestReceiverReceive(TupleTableSlot *slot,
 										 DestReceiver *copyDest);
 static void CitusCopyDestReceiverShutdown(DestReceiver *destReceiver);
 static void CitusCopyDestReceiverDestroy(DestReceiver *destReceiver);
+static bool ContainsLocalPlacement(int64 shardId);
+static void FinishLocalCopy(CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest);
+static void CloneCopyOutStateForLocalCopy(CopyOutState from, CopyOutState to);
+static bool ShouldExecuteCopyLocally(bool isIntermediateResult);
+static void LogLocalCopyExecution(uint64 shardId);
 
 
 /* exports for SQL callable functions */
@@ -1985,6 +2004,55 @@ CreateCitusCopyDestReceiver(Oid tableId, List *columnNameList, int partitionColu
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * ShouldExecuteCopyLocally returns true if the current copy
+ * operation should be done locally for local placements.
+ */
+static bool
+ShouldExecuteCopyLocally(bool isIntermediateResult)
+{
+	if (!EnableLocalExecution)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Intermediate files are written to a file, and files are visible to all
+	 * transactions, and we use a custom copy format for copy therefore we will
+	 * use the existing logic for that.
+	 */
+	if (isIntermediateResult)
+	{
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if (TransactionAccessedLocalPlacement)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * For various reasons, including the transaction visibility
+		 * rules (e.g., read-your-own-writes), we have to use local
+		 * execution again if it has already happened within this
+		 * transaction block.
+		 *
+		 * We might error out later in the execution if it is not suitable
+		 * to execute the tasks locally.
+		 */
+		Assert(IsMultiStatementTransaction() || InCoordinatedTransaction());
+
+		/*
+		 * TODO: A future improvement could be to keep track of which placements
+		 * have been locally executed. At this point, only use local execution for
+		 * those placements. That'd help to benefit more from parallelism.
+		 */
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/* if we connected to the localhost via a connection, we might not be able to see some previous changes that are done via the connection */
+	return !TransactionConnectedToLocalGroup && IsMultiStatementTransaction();
+}
+
+
 /*
  * CitusCopyDestReceiverStartup implements the rStartup interface of
  * CitusCopyDestReceiver. It opens the relation, acquires necessary
@@ -1996,6 +2064,8 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverStartup(DestReceiver *dest, int operation,
 {
 	CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest = (CitusCopyDestReceiver *) dest;
 
+	bool isIntermediateResult = copyDest->intermediateResultIdPrefix != NULL;
+	copyDest->shouldUseLocalCopy = ShouldExecuteCopyLocally(isIntermediateResult);
 	Oid tableId = copyDest->distributedRelationId;
 
 	char *relationName = get_rel_name(tableId);
@@ -2013,9 +2083,6 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverStartup(DestReceiver *dest, int operation,
 	const char *delimiterCharacter = "\t";
 	const char *nullPrintCharacter = "\\N";
 
-	/* Citus currently doesn't know how to handle COPY command locally */
-	ErrorIfTransactionAccessedPlacementsLocally();
-
 	/* look up table properties */
 	Relation distributedRelation = heap_open(tableId, RowExclusiveLock);
 	CitusTableCacheEntry *cacheEntry = GetCitusTableCacheEntry(tableId);
@@ -2145,6 +2212,7 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverStartup(DestReceiver *dest, int operation,
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	copyStatement->query = NULL;
 	copyStatement->attlist = attributeList;
 	copyStatement->is_from = true;
@@ -2228,7 +2296,9 @@ CitusSendTupleToPlacements(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest
 	CopyShardState *shardState = GetShardState(shardId, copyDest->shardStateHash,
 											   copyDest->connectionStateHash,
 											   stopOnFailure,
-											   &cachedShardStateFound);
+											   &cachedShardStateFound,
+											   copyDest->shouldUseLocalCopy,
+											   copyDest->copyOutState);
 	if (!cachedShardStateFound)
 	{
 		firstTupleInShard = true;
@@ -2249,6 +2319,12 @@ CitusSendTupleToPlacements(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (copyDest->shouldUseLocalCopy && shardState->containsLocalPlacement)
+	{
+		WriteTupleToLocalShard(slot, copyDest, shardId, shardState->copyOutState);
+	}
+
+
 	foreach(placementStateCell, shardState->placementStateList)
 	{
 		CopyPlacementState *currentPlacementState = lfirst(placementStateCell);
@@ -2276,6 +2352,7 @@ CitusSendTupleToPlacements(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest
 		{
 			StartPlacementStateCopyCommand(currentPlacementState, copyStatement,
 										   copyOutState);
+
 			dlist_delete(&currentPlacementState->bufferedPlacementNode);
 			connectionState->activePlacementState = currentPlacementState;
 
@@ -2330,6 +2407,30 @@ CitusSendTupleToPlacements(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * ContainsLocalPlacement returns true if the current node has
+ * a local placement for the given shard id.
+ */
+static bool
+ContainsLocalPlacement(int64 shardId)
+{
+	ListCell *placementCell = NULL;
+	List *activePlacementList = ActiveShardPlacementList(shardId);
+	int32 localGroupId = GetLocalGroupId();
+
+	foreach(placementCell, activePlacementList)
+	{
+		ShardPlacement *placement = (ShardPlacement *) lfirst(placementCell);
+
+		if (placement->groupId == localGroupId)
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * ShardIdForTuple returns id of the shard to which the given tuple belongs to.
  */
@@ -2407,6 +2508,7 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverShutdown(DestReceiver *destReceiver)
 	Relation distributedRelation = copyDest->distributedRelation;
 
 	List *connectionStateList = ConnectionStateList(connectionStateHash);
+	FinishLocalCopy(copyDest);
 
 	PG_TRY();
 	{
@@ -2434,6 +2536,28 @@ CitusCopyDestReceiverShutdown(DestReceiver *destReceiver)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * FinishLocalCopy sends the remaining copies for local placements.
+ */
+static void
+FinishLocalCopy(CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest)
+{
+	HTAB *shardStateHash = copyDest->shardStateHash;
+	HASH_SEQ_STATUS status;
+	CopyShardState *copyShardState;
+
+	foreach_htab(copyShardState, &status, shardStateHash)
+	{
+		if (copyShardState->copyOutState != NULL &&
+			copyShardState->copyOutState->fe_msgbuf->len > 0)
+		{
+			FinishLocalCopyToShard(copyDest, copyShardState->shardId,
+								   copyShardState->copyOutState);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
 /*
  * ShutdownCopyConnectionState ends the copy command for the current active
  * placement on connection, and then sends the rest of the buffers over the
@@ -2864,7 +2988,6 @@ CheckCopyPermissions(CopyStmt *copyStatement)
 	/* *INDENT-OFF* */
 	bool		is_from = copyStatement->is_from;
 	Relation	rel;
-	Oid			relid;
 	List	   *range_table = NIL;
 	TupleDesc	tupDesc;
 	AclMode		required_access = (is_from ? ACL_INSERT : ACL_SELECT);
@@ -2874,15 +2997,8 @@ CheckCopyPermissions(CopyStmt *copyStatement)
 	rel = heap_openrv(copyStatement->relation,
 	                  is_from ? RowExclusiveLock : AccessShareLock);
 
-	relid = RelationGetRelid(rel);
-
-	RangeTblEntry *rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
-	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
-	rte->relid = relid;
-	rte->relkind = rel->rd_rel->relkind;
-	rte->requiredPerms = required_access;
-	range_table = list_make1(rte);
-
+	range_table = CreateRangeTable(rel, required_access);
+	RangeTblEntry *rte = (RangeTblEntry*) linitial(range_table);
 	tupDesc = RelationGetDescr(rel);
 
 	attnums = CopyGetAttnums(tupDesc, rel, copyStatement->attlist);
@@ -2909,6 +3025,21 @@ CheckCopyPermissions(CopyStmt *copyStatement)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * CreateRangeTable creates a range table with the given relation.
+ */
+List *
+CreateRangeTable(Relation rel, AclMode requiredAccess)
+{
+	RangeTblEntry *rte = makeNode(RangeTblEntry);
+	rte->rtekind = RTE_RELATION;
+	rte->relid = rel->rd_id;
+	rte->relkind = rel->rd_rel->relkind;
+	rte->requiredPerms = requiredAccess;
+	return list_make1(rte);
+}
+
+
 /* Helper for CheckCopyPermissions(), copied from postgres */
 static List *
 CopyGetAttnums(TupleDesc tupDesc, Relation rel, List *attnamelist)
@@ -3087,14 +3218,16 @@ ConnectionStateList(HTAB *connectionStateHash)
  */
 static CopyShardState *
 GetShardState(uint64 shardId, HTAB *shardStateHash,
-			  HTAB *connectionStateHash, bool stopOnFailure, bool *found)
+			  HTAB *connectionStateHash, bool stopOnFailure, bool *found, bool
+			  shouldUseLocalCopy, CopyOutState copyOutState)
 {
 	CopyShardState *shardState = (CopyShardState *) hash_search(shardStateHash, &shardId,
 																HASH_ENTER, found);
 	if (!*found)
 	{
 		InitializeCopyShardState(shardState, connectionStateHash,
-								 shardId, stopOnFailure);
+								 shardId, stopOnFailure, shouldUseLocalCopy,
+								 copyOutState);
 	}
 
 	return shardState;
@@ -3109,7 +3242,8 @@ GetShardState(uint64 shardId, HTAB *shardStateHash,
 static void
 InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 						 HTAB *connectionStateHash, uint64 shardId,
-						 bool stopOnFailure)
+						 bool stopOnFailure, bool shouldUseLocalCopy, CopyOutState
+						 copyOutState)
 {
 	ListCell *placementCell = NULL;
 	int failedPlacementCount = 0;
@@ -3121,6 +3255,7 @@ InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 									  ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_INITSIZE,
 									  ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_MAXSIZE);
 
+
 	/* release active placement list at the end of this function */
 	MemoryContext oldContext = MemoryContextSwitchTo(localContext);
 
@@ -3130,11 +3265,22 @@ InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 
 	shardState->shardId = shardId;
 	shardState->placementStateList = NIL;
+	shardState->copyOutState = NULL;
+	shardState->containsLocalPlacement = ContainsLocalPlacement(shardId);
+
 
 	foreach(placementCell, activePlacementList)
 	{
 		ShardPlacement *placement = (ShardPlacement *) lfirst(placementCell);
 
+		if (shouldUseLocalCopy && placement->groupId == GetLocalGroupId())
+		{
+			shardState->copyOutState = (CopyOutState) palloc0(sizeof(*copyOutState));
+			CloneCopyOutStateForLocalCopy(copyOutState, shardState->copyOutState);
+			LogLocalCopyExecution(shardId);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		MultiConnection *connection =
 			CopyGetPlacementConnection(placement, stopOnFailure);
 		if (connection == NULL)
@@ -3158,6 +3304,7 @@ InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 		CopyPlacementState *placementState = palloc0(sizeof(CopyPlacementState));
 		placementState->shardState = shardState;
 		placementState->data = makeStringInfo();
+		placementState->groupId = placement->groupId;
 		placementState->connectionState = connectionState;
 
 		/*
@@ -3188,6 +3335,43 @@ InitializeCopyShardState(CopyShardState *shardState,
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * CloneCopyOutStateForLocalCopy creates a shallow copy of the CopyOutState with a new
+ * fe_msgbuf. We keep a separate CopyOutState for every local shard placement, because
+ * in case of local copy we serialize and buffer incoming tuples into fe_msgbuf for each
+ * placement and the serialization functions take a CopyOutState as a parameter.
+ */
+static void
+CloneCopyOutStateForLocalCopy(CopyOutState from, CopyOutState to)
+{
+	to->attnumlist = from->attnumlist;
+	to->binary = from->binary;
+	to->copy_dest = from->copy_dest;
+	to->delim = from->delim;
+	to->file_encoding = from->file_encoding;
+	to->need_transcoding = from->need_transcoding;
+	to->null_print = from->null_print;
+	to->null_print_client = from->null_print_client;
+	to->rowcontext = from->rowcontext;
+	to->fe_msgbuf = makeStringInfo();
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * LogLocalCopyExecution logs that the copy will be done locally for
+ * the given shard.
+ */
+static void
+LogLocalCopyExecution(uint64 shardId)
+{
+	if (!(LogRemoteCommands || LogLocalCommands))
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+	ereport(NOTICE, (errmsg("executing the copy locally for shard %lu", shardId)));
+}
+
+
 /*
  * CopyGetPlacementConnection assigns a connection to the given placement. If
  * a connection has already been assigned the placement in the current transaction
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/citus_custom_scan.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/citus_custom_scan.c
index c0de40978..c9a02fb50 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/citus_custom_scan.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/citus_custom_scan.c
@@ -553,6 +553,10 @@ CacheLocalPlanForShardQuery(Task *task, DistributedPlan *originalDistributedPlan
 PlannedStmt *
 GetCachedLocalPlan(Task *task, DistributedPlan *distributedPlan)
 {
+	if (distributedPlan->workerJob == NULL)
+	{
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	List *cachedPlanList = distributedPlan->workerJob->localPlannedStatements;
 	LocalPlannedStatement *localPlannedStatement = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
index 6663acc49..4b7c7cc32 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/insert_select_executor.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include "distributed/listutils.h"
 #include "distributed/metadata_cache.h"
 #include "distributed/multi_router_planner.h"
+#include "distributed/local_executor.h"
 #include "distributed/distributed_planner.h"
 #include "distributed/recursive_planning.h"
 #include "distributed/relation_access_tracking.h"
@@ -135,15 +136,6 @@ CoordinatorInsertSelectExecScanInternal(CustomScanState *node)
 		bool hasReturning = distributedPlan->hasReturning;
 		HTAB *shardStateHash = NULL;
 
-		/*
-		 * INSERT .. SELECT via coordinator consists of two steps, a SELECT is
-		 * followd by a COPY. If the SELECT is executed locally, then the COPY
-		 * would fail since Citus currently doesn't know how to handle COPY
-		 * locally. So, to prevent the command fail, we simply disable local
-		 * execution.
-		 */
-		DisableLocalExecution();
-
 		/* select query to execute */
 		Query *selectQuery = BuildSelectForInsertSelect(insertSelectQuery);
 
@@ -198,7 +190,6 @@ CoordinatorInsertSelectExecScanInternal(CustomScanState *node)
 				GetDistributedPlan((CustomScan *) selectPlan->planTree);
 			Job *distSelectJob = distSelectPlan->workerJob;
 			List *distSelectTaskList = distSelectJob->taskList;
-			TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = ScanStateGetTupleDescriptor(scanState);
 			bool randomAccess = true;
 			bool interTransactions = false;
 			bool binaryFormat =
@@ -280,11 +271,10 @@ CoordinatorInsertSelectExecScanInternal(CustomScanState *node)
 			scanState->tuplestorestate =
 				tuplestore_begin_heap(randomAccess, interTransactions, work_mem);
 
-			uint64 rowsInserted = ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE,
-																taskList,
-																tupleDescriptor,
-																scanState->tuplestorestate,
-																hasReturning);
+			uint64 rowsInserted = ExtractAndExecuteLocalAndRemoteTasks(scanState,
+																	   taskList,
+																	   ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE,
+																	   hasReturning);
 
 			executorState->es_processed = rowsInserted;
 		}
@@ -335,17 +325,15 @@ CoordinatorInsertSelectExecScanInternal(CustomScanState *node)
 
 			if (prunedTaskList != NIL)
 			{
-				TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = ScanStateGetTupleDescriptor(scanState);
 				bool randomAccess = true;
 				bool interTransactions = false;
 
 				Assert(scanState->tuplestorestate == NULL);
 				scanState->tuplestorestate =
 					tuplestore_begin_heap(randomAccess, interTransactions, work_mem);
-
-				ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE, prunedTaskList,
-											  tupleDescriptor, scanState->tuplestorestate,
-											  hasReturning);
+				ExtractAndExecuteLocalAndRemoteTasks(scanState, prunedTaskList,
+													 ROW_MODIFY_COMMUTATIVE,
+													 hasReturning);
 
 				if (SortReturning && hasReturning)
 				{
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c b/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c
index 7003ea0b3..4930ad7af 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/executor/local_executor.c
@@ -231,6 +231,48 @@ ExecuteLocalTaskList(CitusScanState *scanState, List *taskList)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * ExtractAndExecuteLocalAndRemoteTasks extracts local and remote tasks
+ * if local execution can be used and executes them.
+ */
+uint64
+ExtractAndExecuteLocalAndRemoteTasks(CitusScanState *scanState,
+									 List *taskList, RowModifyLevel rowModifyLevel, bool
+									 hasReturning)
+{
+	uint64 processedRows = 0;
+	List *localTaskList = NIL;
+	List *remoteTaskList = NIL;
+	TupleDesc tupleDescriptor = ScanStateGetTupleDescriptor(scanState);
+
+	if (ShouldExecuteTasksLocally(taskList))
+	{
+		bool readOnlyPlan = false;
+
+		/* set local (if any) & remote tasks */
+		ExtractLocalAndRemoteTasks(readOnlyPlan, taskList, &localTaskList,
+								   &remoteTaskList);
+		processedRows += ExecuteLocalTaskList(scanState, localTaskList);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		/* all tasks should be executed via remote connections */
+		remoteTaskList = taskList;
+	}
+
+	/* execute remote tasks if any */
+	if (list_length(remoteTaskList) > 0)
+	{
+		processedRows += ExecuteTaskListIntoTupleStore(rowModifyLevel, remoteTaskList,
+													   tupleDescriptor,
+													   scanState->tuplestorestate,
+													   hasReturning);
+	}
+
+	return processedRows;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * ExtractParametersForLocalExecution extracts parameter types and values
  * from the given ParamListInfo structure, and fills parameter type and
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
index 5187e5094..3d76f25c0 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/deparse_shard_query.c
@@ -335,7 +335,8 @@ UpdateRelationsToLocalShardTables(Node *node, List *relationShardList)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	Oid shardOid = GetShardOid(relationShard->relationId, relationShard->shardId);
+	Oid shardOid = GetShardLocalTableOid(relationShard->relationId,
+										 relationShard->shardId);
 
 	newRte->relid = shardOid;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/utils/shard_utils.c b/src/backend/distributed/utils/shard_utils.c
index ad3acac67..aa0a17921 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/utils/shard_utils.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/utils/shard_utils.c
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 #include "distributed/shard_utils.h"
 
 /*
- * GetShardOid returns the oid of the shard from the given distributed relation
+ * GetShardLocalTableOid returns the oid of the shard from the given distributed relation
  * with the shardid.
  */
 Oid
-GetShardOid(Oid distRelId, uint64 shardId)
+GetShardLocalTableOid(Oid distRelId, uint64 shardId)
 {
 	char *relationName = get_rel_name(distRelId);
 	AppendShardIdToName(&relationName, shardId);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/commands/multi_copy.h b/src/include/distributed/commands/multi_copy.h
index d91358839..9ec8f280b 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/commands/multi_copy.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/commands/multi_copy.h
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ typedef struct CitusCopyDestReceiver
 	/* useful for tracking multi shard accesses */
 	bool multiShardCopy;
 
+	/* if true, should copy to local placements in the current session */
+	bool shouldUseLocalCopy;
+
 	/* copy into intermediate result */
 	char *intermediateResultIdPrefix;
 } CitusCopyDestReceiver;
@@ -154,6 +157,7 @@ extern void AppendCopyRowData(Datum *valueArray, bool *isNullArray,
 extern void AppendCopyBinaryHeaders(CopyOutState headerOutputState);
 extern void AppendCopyBinaryFooters(CopyOutState footerOutputState);
 extern void EndRemoteCopy(int64 shardId, List *connectionList);
+extern List * CreateRangeTable(Relation rel, AclMode requiredAccess);
 extern Node * ProcessCopyStmt(CopyStmt *copyStatement, char *completionTag,
 							  const char *queryString);
 extern void CheckCopyPermissions(CopyStmt *copyStatement);
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/local_executor.h b/src/include/distributed/local_executor.h
index 8b11e096c..265434b89 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/local_executor.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/local_executor.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ extern bool TransactionAccessedLocalPlacement;
 extern bool TransactionConnectedToLocalGroup;
 
 /* extern function declarations */
+extern uint64 ExtractAndExecuteLocalAndRemoteTasks(CitusScanState *scanState,
+												   List *taskList, RowModifyLevel
+												   rowModifyLevel, bool hasReturning);
 extern uint64 ExecuteLocalTaskList(CitusScanState *scanState, List *taskList);
 extern void ExecuteLocalUtilityTaskList(List *localTaskList);
 extern void ExtractLocalAndRemoteTasks(bool readOnlyPlan, List *taskList,
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/local_multi_copy.h b/src/include/distributed/local_multi_copy.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4e46f015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/distributed/local_multi_copy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+#ifndef LOCAL_MULTI_COPY
+#define LOCAL_MULTI_COPY
+
+/*
+ * LOCAL_COPY_FLUSH_THRESHOLD is the threshold for local copy to be flushed.
+ * There will be one buffer for each local placement, when the buffer size
+ * exceeds this threshold, it will be flushed.
+ */
+#define LOCAL_COPY_FLUSH_THRESHOLD (1 * 512 * 1024)
+
+extern void WriteTupleToLocalShard(TupleTableSlot *slot, CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest,
+								   int64
+								   shardId,
+								   CopyOutState localCopyOutState);
+extern void FinishLocalCopyToShard(CitusCopyDestReceiver *copyDest, int64 shardId,
+								   CopyOutState localCopyOutState);
+
+#endif /* LOCAL_MULTI_COPY */
diff --git a/src/include/distributed/shard_utils.h b/src/include/distributed/shard_utils.h
index e4fd9a2f2..28addce15 100644
--- a/src/include/distributed/shard_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/distributed/shard_utils.h
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
-extern Oid GetShardOid(Oid distRelId, uint64 shardId);
+extern Oid GetShardLocalTableOid(Oid distRelId, uint64 shardId);
 
 #endif /* SHARD_UTILS_H */
diff --git a/src/test/regress/data/orders.2.data b/src/test/regress/data/orders.2.data
index 264c368df..43dbde8de 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/data/orders.2.data
+++ b/src/test/regress/data/orders.2.data
@@ -1484,4 +1484,4 @@
 14944|535|O|119586.69|1997-10-14|2-HIGH|Clerk#000000962|0|lly. even instructions against
 14945|68|O|210519.05|1996-03-30|1-URGENT|Clerk#000000467|0|nts? fluffily bold grouches after
 14946|580|O|100402.47|1996-11-12|1-URGENT|Clerk#000000116|0|ffily bold dependencies wake. furiously regular instructions aro
-14947|580|O|100402.47|1996-11-12|1-URGENT|Clerk#000000116|0|ffily bold dependencies wake. furiously regular instructions aro
+14947|580|O|100402.47|1996-11-12|1-URGENT|Clerk#000000116|0|ffily bold dependencies wake. furiously regular instructions aro 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out b/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out
index 0af6f175a..023f58720 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/coordinator_shouldhaveshards.out
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ SET client_min_messages TO LOG;
 SET citus.log_local_commands TO ON;
 -- INSERT..SELECT with COPY under the covers
 INSERT INTO test SELECT s,s FROM generate_series(2,100) s;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 -- router queries execute locally
 INSERT INTO test VALUES (1, 1);
 NOTICE:  executing the command locally: INSERT INTO coordinator_shouldhaveshards.test_1503000 (x, y) VALUES (1, 1)
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/local_shard_copy.out b/src/test/regress/expected/local_shard_copy.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..375f4200a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/local_shard_copy.out
@@ -0,0 +1,494 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA local_shard_copy;
+SET search_path TO local_shard_copy;
+SET client_min_messages TO DEBUG;
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 1570000;
+SELECT * FROM master_add_node('localhost', :master_port, groupid := 0);
+DEBUG:  schema "public" already exists, skipping
+DETAIL:  NOTICE from localhost:xxxxx
+DEBUG:  extension "plpgsql" already exists, skipping
+DETAIL:  NOTICE from localhost:xxxxx
+DEBUG:  schema "citus_mx_test_schema" already exists, skipping
+DETAIL:  NOTICE from localhost:xxxxx
+DEBUG:  schema "citus_mx_test_schema_join_1" already exists, skipping
+DETAIL:  NOTICE from localhost:xxxxx
+DEBUG:  schema "citus_mx_test_schema_join_2" already exists, skipping
+DETAIL:  NOTICE from localhost:xxxxx
+DEBUG:  schema "citus_mx_schema_for_xacts" already exists, skipping
+DETAIL:  NOTICE from localhost:xxxxx
+NOTICE:  Replicating reference table "customer_mx" to the node localhost:xxxxx
+NOTICE:  Replicating reference table "nation_mx" to the node localhost:xxxxx
+NOTICE:  Replicating reference table "part_mx" to the node localhost:xxxxx
+NOTICE:  Replicating reference table "supplier_mx" to the node localhost:xxxxx
+ master_add_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+              32
+(1 row)
+
+SET citus.shard_count TO 4;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
+SET citus.replication_model TO 'streaming';
+CREATE TABLE reference_table (key int PRIMARY KEY);
+DEBUG:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "reference_table_pkey" for table "reference_table"
+DEBUG:  building index "reference_table_pkey" on table "reference_table" serially
+SELECT create_reference_table('reference_table');
+ create_reference_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE TABLE distributed_table (key int PRIMARY KEY, age bigint CHECK (age >= 10));
+DEBUG:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "distributed_table_pkey" for table "distributed_table"
+DEBUG:  building index "distributed_table_pkey" on table "distributed_table" serially
+SELECT create_distributed_table('distributed_table','key');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT *,* FROM generate_series(20, 40);
+DEBUG:  distributed INSERT ... SELECT can only select from distributed tables
+DEBUG:  Collecting INSERT ... SELECT results on coordinator
+INSERT INTO reference_table SELECT * FROM generate_series(1, 10);
+DEBUG:  distributed INSERT ... SELECT can only select from distributed tables
+DEBUG:  Collecting INSERT ... SELECT results on coordinator
+CREATE TABLE local_table (key int PRIMARY KEY);
+DEBUG:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "local_table_pkey" for table "local_table"
+DEBUG:  building index "local_table_pkey" on table "local_table" serially
+INSERT INTO local_table SELECT * from generate_series(1, 10);
+-- partitioned table
+CREATE TABLE collections_list (
+	key bigserial,
+	collection_id integer
+) PARTITION BY LIST (collection_id );
+DEBUG:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "collections_list_key_seq" for serial column "collections_list.key"
+SELECT create_distributed_table('collections_list', 'key');
+ create_distributed_table
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
+CREATE TABLE collections_list_0
+	PARTITION OF collections_list (key, collection_id)
+	FOR VALUES IN ( 0 );
+CREATE TABLE collections_list_1
+	PARTITION OF collections_list (key, collection_id)
+	FOR VALUES IN ( 1 );
+-- connection worker and get ready for the tests
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+SET search_path TO local_shard_copy;
+SET citus.log_local_commands TO ON;
+-- returns true of the distribution key filter
+-- on the distributed tables (e.g., WHERE key = 1), we'll hit a shard
+-- placement which is local to this not
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(dist_key int) RETURNS bool AS $$
+
+		DECLARE shard_is_local BOOLEAN := FALSE;
+
+		BEGIN
+
+		  	WITH  local_shard_ids 			  AS (SELECT get_shard_id_for_distribution_column('local_shard_copy.distributed_table', dist_key)),
+				  all_local_shard_ids_on_node AS (SELECT shardid FROM pg_dist_placement WHERE groupid IN (SELECT groupid FROM pg_dist_local_group))
+		SELECT
+			true INTO shard_is_local
+		FROM
+			local_shard_ids
+		WHERE
+			get_shard_id_for_distribution_column IN (SELECT * FROM all_local_shard_ids_on_node);
+
+		IF shard_is_local IS NULL THEN
+			shard_is_local = FALSE;
+		END IF;
+
+		RETURN shard_is_local;
+        END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+-- pick some example values that reside on the shards locally and remote
+-- distribution key values of 1,6, 500 and 701 are LOCAL to shards,
+-- we'll use these values in the tests
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(1);
+ shard_of_distribution_column_is_local
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(6);
+ shard_of_distribution_column_is_local
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(500);
+ shard_of_distribution_column_is_local
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(701);
+ shard_of_distribution_column_is_local
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ t
+(1 row)
+
+-- distribution key values of 11 and 12 are REMOTE to shards
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(11);
+ shard_of_distribution_column_is_local
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(12);
+ shard_of_distribution_column_is_local
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ f
+(1 row)
+
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    21
+(1 row)
+
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1, 100"
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    26
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    21
+(1 row)
+
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1, 100"
+    -- verify the put ages.
+    SELECT * FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT key, age FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT key, age FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ key | age
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+  20 |  20
+  24 |  24
+  25 |  25
+  26 |  26
+  31 |  31
+  33 |  33
+  35 |  35
+   1 | 100
+   5 | 500
+  21 |  21
+  28 |  28
+  34 |  34
+  38 |  38
+  39 |  39
+  36 |  36
+  37 |  37
+  40 |  40
+   3 | 300
+   4 | 400
+  22 |  22
+  23 |  23
+  27 |  27
+  29 |  29
+  30 |  30
+  32 |  32
+   2 | 200
+(26 rows)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    21
+(1 row)
+
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1, 100"
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    26
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT age FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT age FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ age
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM collections_list;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.collections_list_1570005 collections_list WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.collections_list_1570007 collections_list WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY collections_list FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY collections_list, line 1: "1, 0"
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM collections_list;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.collections_list_1570005 collections_list WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.collections_list_1570007 collections_list WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     5
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT age FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT age FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ age
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+(0 rows)
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    21
+(1 row)
+
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1, 100"
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+    26
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+-- Since we are in a transaction, the copy should be locally executed.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1, 100"
+ROLLBACK;
+-- Since we are not in a transaction, the copy should not be locally executed.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+BEGIN;
+-- Since we are in a transaction, the copy should be locally executed. But
+-- we are putting duplicate key, so it should error.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1, 100"
+ERROR:  duplicate key value violates unique constraint "distributed_table_pkey_1570001"
+DETAIL:  Key (key)=(1) already exists.
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table_1570001, line 1
+ROLLBACK;
+TRUNCATE distributed_table;
+BEGIN;
+-- insert a lot of data ( around 8MB),
+-- this should use local copy and it will exceed the LOCAL_COPY_FLUSH_THRESHOLD (512KB)
+INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT * , * FROM generate_series(20, 1000000);
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+ROLLBACK;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+ERROR:  new row for relation "distributed_table_1570001" violates check constraint "distributed_table_age_check"
+DETAIL:  Failing row contains (1, 9).
+BEGIN;
+-- Since we are in a transaction, the execution will be local, however we are putting invalid age.
+-- The constaints should give an error
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1,9"
+ERROR:  new row for relation "distributed_table_1570001" violates check constraint "distributed_table_age_check"
+DETAIL:  Failing row contains (1, 9).
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table_1570001, line 1
+ROLLBACK;
+TRUNCATE distributed_table;
+-- different delimiters
+BEGIN;
+-- run select with local execution
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+-- initial size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter '|';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1|10"
+-- new size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     3
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+BEGIN;
+-- run select with local execution
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+-- initial size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter '[';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1[10"
+-- new size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE true
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570003 distributed_table WHERE true
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     3
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+-- multiple local copies
+BEGIN;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1,15"
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "10,15"
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "100,15"
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 2: "200,20"
+ROLLBACK;
+-- local copy followed by local copy should see the changes
+-- and error since it is a duplicate primary key.
+BEGIN;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1,15"
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1,16"
+ERROR:  duplicate key value violates unique constraint "distributed_table_pkey_1570001"
+DETAIL:  Key (key)=(1) already exists.
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table_1570001, line 1
+ROLLBACK;
+-- local copy followed by local copy should see the changes
+BEGIN;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY distributed_table, line 1: "1,15"
+-- select should see the change
+SELECT key FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT key FROM local_shard_copy.distributed_table_1570001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
+ key
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+   1
+(1 row)
+
+ROLLBACK;
+\c - - - :master_port
+SET search_path TO local_shard_copy;
+SET citus.log_local_commands TO ON;
+TRUNCATE TABLE reference_table;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: TRUNCATE TABLE local_shard_copy.reference_table_xxxxx CASCADE
+TRUNCATE TABLE local_table;
+SELECT count(*) FROM reference_table, local_table WHERE reference_table.key = local_table.key;
+ count
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+     0
+(1 row)
+
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'on';
+BEGIN;
+-- copy should be executed locally
+COPY reference_table FROM STDIN;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+CONTEXT:  COPY reference_table, line 1: "1"
+ROLLBACK;
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'off';
+BEGIN;
+-- copy should not be executed locally as citus.enable_local_execution = off
+COPY reference_table FROM STDIN;
+ROLLBACK;
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'on';
+SET client_min_messages TO ERROR;
+SET search_path TO public;
+DROP SCHEMA local_shard_copy CASCADE;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/local_shard_execution.out b/src/test/regress/expected/local_shard_execution.out
index e926dd31e..9dbf9975a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/local_shard_execution.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/local_shard_execution.out
@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ RETURNING *;
 -- that's why it is disallowed to use local execution even if the SELECT
 -- can be executed locally
 INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT * FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1 OFFSET 0 ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT key, value, age FROM local_shard_execution.distributed_table_1470001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1) OFFSET 0
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: INSERT INTO local_shard_execution.distributed_table_1470001 AS citus_table_alias (key, value, age) SELECT key, value, age FROM read_intermediate_result('insert_select_XXX_1470001'::text, 'binary'::citus_copy_format) intermediate_result(key integer, value text, age bigint) ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING
 INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT 1, '1',15 FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 2 LIMIT 1 ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
 -- sanity check: multi-shard INSERT..SELECT pushdown goes through distributed execution
 INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT * FROM distributed_table ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
@@ -507,28 +509,7 @@ NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "second_distributed_table"
 ROLLBACK;
 -- load some data so that foreign keys won't complain with the next tests
 INSERT INTO reference_table SELECT i FROM generate_series(500, 600) i;
--- a very similar set of operation, but this time use
--- COPY as the first command
-BEGIN;
-	INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT i, i::text, i % 10 + 25 FROM generate_series(500, 600) i;
-	-- this could go through local execution, but doesn't because we've already
-	-- done distributed execution
-	SELECT * FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 500 ORDER BY 1,2,3;
- key | value | age
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 500 | 500   |  25
-(1 row)
-
-	-- utility commands could still use distributed execution
-	TRUNCATE distributed_table CASCADE;
-NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "second_distributed_table"
-	-- ensure that TRUNCATE made it
-	SELECT * FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 500 ORDER BY 1,2,3;
- key | value | age
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-(0 rows)
-
-ROLLBACK;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 -- show that cascading foreign keys just works fine with local execution
 BEGIN;
 	INSERT INTO reference_table VALUES (701);
@@ -618,25 +599,8 @@ NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shar
      0
 (1 row)
 
-	-- even no need to supply any data
-	COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH CSV;
-ERROR:  cannot execute command because a local execution has accessed a placement in the transaction
-DETAIL:  Some parallel commands cannot be executed if a previous command has already been executed locally
-HINT:  Try re-running the transaction with "SET LOCAL citus.enable_local_execution TO OFF;"
-ROLLBACK;
--- a local query is followed by a command that cannot be executed locally
-BEGIN;
-	SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
-NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM local_shard_execution.distributed_table_1470001 distributed_table WHERE (key OPERATOR(pg_catalog.=) 1)
- count
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-     0
-(1 row)
-
-	INSERT INTO distributed_table (key) SELECT i FROM generate_series(1,10)i;
-ERROR:  cannot execute command because a local execution has accessed a placement in the transaction
-DETAIL:  Some parallel commands cannot be executed if a previous command has already been executed locally
-HINT:  Try re-running the transaction with "SET LOCAL citus.enable_local_execution TO OFF;"
+	INSERT INTO distributed_table (key) SELECT i FROM generate_series(1,1) i;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 ROLLBACK;
 -- a local query is followed by a command that cannot be executed locally
 BEGIN;
@@ -1349,7 +1313,10 @@ NOTICE:  truncate cascades to table "second_distributed_table_xxxxx"
 NOTICE:  executing the command locally: TRUNCATE TABLE local_shard_execution.second_distributed_table_xxxxx CASCADE
 NOTICE:  executing the command locally: TRUNCATE TABLE local_shard_execution.second_distributed_table_xxxxx CASCADE
 INSERT INTO reference_table SELECT i FROM generate_series(500, 600) i;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT i, i::text, i % 10 + 25 FROM generate_series(500, 600) i;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 -- show that both local, and mixed local-distributed executions
 -- calculate rows processed correctly
 BEGIN;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/locally_execute_intermediate_results.out b/src/test/regress/expected/locally_execute_intermediate_results.out
index d245c324b..c235ed8ef 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/locally_execute_intermediate_results.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/locally_execute_intermediate_results.out
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ SELECT create_reference_table('ref_table');
 INSERT INTO table_1    VALUES (1, '1'), (2, '2'), (3, '3'), (4, '4');
 INSERT INTO table_2    VALUES                     (3, '3'), (4, '4'), (5, '5'), (6, '6');
 INSERT INTO ref_table  VALUES (1, '1'), (2, '2'), (3, '3'), (4, '4'), (5, '5'), (6, '6');
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: INSERT INTO locally_execute_intermediate_results.ref_table_1580008 AS citus_table_alias (key, value) VALUES (1,'1'::text), (2,'2'::text), (3,'3'::text), (4,'4'::text), (5,'5'::text), (6,'6'::text)
 -- prevent PG 11 - PG 12 outputs to diverge
 -- and have a lot more CTEs recursively planned for the
 -- sake of increasing the test coverage
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ key
 FROM a JOIN ref_table USING (key)
 GROUP BY key
 HAVING (max(ref_table.value) <= (SELECT value FROM a));
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: WITH a AS (SELECT max(ref_table_1.key) AS key, max(ref_table_1.value) AS value FROM locally_execute_intermediate_results.ref_table_1580008 ref_table_1) SELECT count(*) AS count, a.key FROM (a JOIN locally_execute_intermediate_results.ref_table_1580008 ref_table(key, value) USING (key)) GROUP BY a.key HAVING (max(ref_table.value) OPERATOR(pg_catalog.<=) (SELECT a_1.value FROM a a_1))
  count | key
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
      1 |   6
@@ -328,7 +330,9 @@ DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_2 will be written to local file
 NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT key, value FROM (SELECT intermediate_result.key, intermediate_result.value FROM read_intermediate_result('XXX_1'::text, 'binary'::citus_copy_format) intermediate_result(key integer, value text)) cte_1
 DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_3 will be sent to localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_3 will be sent to localhost:xxxxx
+DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_3 will be sent to localhost:xxxxx
 NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT max(key) AS key FROM (SELECT intermediate_result.key, intermediate_result.value FROM read_intermediate_result('XXX_2'::text, 'binary'::citus_copy_format) intermediate_result(key integer, value text)) cte_2
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT cte_3.key, ref_table.value FROM ((SELECT intermediate_result.key FROM read_intermediate_result('XXX_3'::text, 'binary'::citus_copy_format) intermediate_result(key integer)) cte_3 JOIN locally_execute_intermediate_results.ref_table_1580008 ref_table(key, value) USING (key))
  key | value
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    4 | 4
@@ -767,6 +771,7 @@ DEBUG:  Plan XXX query after replacing subqueries and CTEs: SELECT cte_3.key, re
 DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_1 will be written to local file
 DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_2 will be written to local file
 DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_3 will be sent to localhost:xxxxx
+DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_3 will be sent to localhost:xxxxx
 DEBUG:  Subplan XXX_3 will be sent to localhost:xxxxx
  key | value
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/master_evaluation_modify.out b/src/test/regress/expected/master_evaluation_modify.out
index a8123b94c..5571bce2e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/master_evaluation_modify.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/master_evaluation_modify.out
@@ -951,6 +951,7 @@ NOTICE:  executing the command locally: DELETE FROM master_evaluation_combinatio
 (1 row)
 
 INSERT INTO user_info_data SELECT 3, ('test', get_local_node_id_stable() > 0)::user_data, i FROM generate_series(0,7)i;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 PREPARE fast_path_router_with_param_and_func_on_non_dist_key(int) AS
 	DELETE FROM user_info_data WHERE user_id = 3 AND user_index = $1 AND u_data = ('test', (get_local_node_id_stable() > 0)::int)::user_data RETURNING user_id, user_index;
 EXECUTE fast_path_router_with_param_and_func_on_non_dist_key(0);
@@ -1438,6 +1439,7 @@ NOTICE:  executing the command locally: DELETE FROM master_evaluation_combinatio
 (1 row)
 
 INSERT INTO user_info_data SELECT 3, ('test', get_local_node_id_stable() > 0)::user_data, i FROM generate_series(0,7)i;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 PREPARE router_with_param_and_func_on_non_dist_key(int) AS
 	DELETE FROM user_info_data WHERE user_id = 3 AND user_id = 3 AND user_index = $1 AND u_data = ('test', (get_local_node_id_stable() > 0)::int)::user_data RETURNING user_id, user_index;
 EXECUTE router_with_param_and_func_on_non_dist_key(0);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_insert_select_repartition.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_insert_select_repartition.out
index d61e046f2..469b08b3a 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_insert_select_repartition.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_insert_select_repartition.out
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM multi_mx_i
 (1 row)
 
     insert into target_table SELECT a FROM source_table LIMIT 10;
-ERROR:  cannot execute command because a local execution has accessed a placement in the transaction
-DETAIL:  Some parallel commands cannot be executed if a previous command has already been executed locally
-HINT:  Try re-running the transaction with "SET LOCAL citus.enable_local_execution TO OFF;"
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT a FROM multi_mx_insert_select_repartition.source_table_4213581 source_table WHERE true LIMIT '10'::bigint
+NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT a FROM multi_mx_insert_select_repartition.source_table_4213583 source_table WHERE true LIMIT '10'::bigint
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 ROLLBACK;
 \c - - - :master_port
 SET search_path TO multi_mx_insert_select_repartition;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_transaction_recovery.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_transaction_recovery.out
index 6ef2ba445..d108c61ec 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_transaction_recovery.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_transaction_recovery.out
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ INSERT INTO test_recovery (x) SELECT 'hello-'||s FROM generate_series(1,100) s;
 SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_transaction;
  count
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-     4
+     2
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT recover_prepared_transactions();
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.out
index abb59b761..9825cd69b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.out
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ INSERT INTO "refer'ence_table" SELECT i FROM generate_series(0, 100) i;
 SET search_path TO 'truncate_from_workers';
 -- make sure that DMLs-SELECTs works along with TRUNCATE worker fine
 BEGIN;
+	-- we can enable local execution when truncate can be executed locally.
+	SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'off';
 	INSERT INTO on_update_fkey_table SELECT i, i % 100  FROM generate_series(0, 1000) i;
 	SELECT count(*) FROM on_update_fkey_table;
  count
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
index 714e8353e..e23342e00 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
@@ -499,11 +499,13 @@ SELECT create_reference_table('replicate_reference_table_copy');
 
 (1 row)
 
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'off';
 BEGIN;
 COPY replicate_reference_table_copy FROM STDIN;
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 ERROR:  cannot open new connections after the first modification command within a transaction
 ROLLBACK;
+RESET citus.enable_local_execution;
 DROP TABLE replicate_reference_table_copy;
 -- test executing DDL command then adding a new node in a transaction
 CREATE TABLE replicate_reference_table_ddl(column1 int);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/replicate_reference_tables_to_coordinator.out b/src/test/regress/expected/replicate_reference_tables_to_coordinator.out
index c0292606c..f0fb28056 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/replicate_reference_tables_to_coordinator.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/replicate_reference_tables_to_coordinator.out
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ SELECT create_reference_table('squares');
 (1 row)
 
 INSERT INTO squares SELECT i, i * i FROM generate_series(1, 10) i;
+NOTICE:  executing the copy locally for shard xxxxx
 -- should be executed locally
 SELECT count(*) FROM squares;
 NOTICE:  executing the command locally: SELECT count(*) AS count FROM replicate_ref_to_coordinator.squares_8000000 squares
diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_mx_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_mx_schedule
index d3083367f..6c9a6c01b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_mx_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_mx_schedule
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test: multi_mx_metadata
 test: master_evaluation master_evaluation_modify master_evaluation_select
 test: multi_mx_call
 test: multi_mx_function_call_delegation
-test: multi_mx_modifications local_shard_execution
+test: multi_mx_modifications local_shard_execution local_shard_copy
 test: multi_mx_transaction_recovery
 test: multi_mx_modifying_xacts
 test: multi_mx_explain
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/local_shard_copy.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/local_shard_copy.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28bdffd40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/local_shard_copy.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,346 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA local_shard_copy;
+SET search_path TO local_shard_copy;
+
+SET client_min_messages TO DEBUG;
+SET citus.next_shard_id TO 1570000;
+
+SELECT * FROM master_add_node('localhost', :master_port, groupid := 0);
+
+SET citus.shard_count TO 4;
+SET citus.shard_replication_factor TO 1;
+SET citus.replication_model TO 'streaming';
+
+
+CREATE TABLE reference_table (key int PRIMARY KEY);
+SELECT create_reference_table('reference_table');
+
+CREATE TABLE distributed_table (key int PRIMARY KEY, age bigint CHECK (age >= 10));
+SELECT create_distributed_table('distributed_table','key');
+
+INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT *,* FROM generate_series(20, 40);
+INSERT INTO reference_table SELECT * FROM generate_series(1, 10);
+
+CREATE TABLE local_table (key int PRIMARY KEY);
+INSERT INTO local_table SELECT * from generate_series(1, 10);
+
+-- partitioned table
+CREATE TABLE collections_list (
+	key bigserial,
+	collection_id integer
+) PARTITION BY LIST (collection_id );
+
+SELECT create_distributed_table('collections_list', 'key');
+
+CREATE TABLE collections_list_0
+	PARTITION OF collections_list (key, collection_id)
+	FOR VALUES IN ( 0 );
+
+CREATE TABLE collections_list_1
+	PARTITION OF collections_list (key, collection_id)
+	FOR VALUES IN ( 1 );
+
+
+-- connection worker and get ready for the tests
+\c - - - :worker_1_port
+
+SET search_path TO local_shard_copy;
+SET citus.log_local_commands TO ON;
+
+-- returns true of the distribution key filter
+-- on the distributed tables (e.g., WHERE key = 1), we'll hit a shard
+-- placement which is local to this not
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(dist_key int) RETURNS bool AS $$
+
+		DECLARE shard_is_local BOOLEAN := FALSE;
+
+		BEGIN
+
+		  	WITH  local_shard_ids 			  AS (SELECT get_shard_id_for_distribution_column('local_shard_copy.distributed_table', dist_key)),
+				  all_local_shard_ids_on_node AS (SELECT shardid FROM pg_dist_placement WHERE groupid IN (SELECT groupid FROM pg_dist_local_group))
+		SELECT
+			true INTO shard_is_local
+		FROM
+			local_shard_ids
+		WHERE
+			get_shard_id_for_distribution_column IN (SELECT * FROM all_local_shard_ids_on_node);
+
+		IF shard_is_local IS NULL THEN
+			shard_is_local = FALSE;
+		END IF;
+
+		RETURN shard_is_local;
+        END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+-- pick some example values that reside on the shards locally and remote
+
+-- distribution key values of 1,6, 500 and 701 are LOCAL to shards,
+-- we'll use these values in the tests
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(1);
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(6);
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(500);
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(701);
+
+-- distribution key values of 11 and 12 are REMOTE to shards
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(11);
+SELECT shard_of_distribution_column_is_local(12);
+
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 100
+2, 200
+3, 300
+4, 400
+5, 500
+\.
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 100
+2, 200
+3, 300
+4, 400
+5, 500
+\.
+    -- verify the put ages.
+    SELECT * FROM distributed_table;
+
+ROLLBACK;
+
+
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 100
+2, 200
+3, 300
+4, 400
+5, 500
+\.
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT age FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM collections_list;
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY collections_list FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 0
+2, 0
+3, 0
+4, 1
+5, 1
+\.
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM collections_list;
+
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+    -- run select with local execution
+    SELECT age FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+    -- the local placements should be executed locally
+    COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 100
+2, 200
+3, 300
+4, 400
+5, 500
+\.
+
+
+    -- verify that the copy is successful.
+    SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+-- Since we are in a transaction, the copy should be locally executed.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 100
+2, 200
+3, 300
+4, 400
+5, 500
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
+-- Since we are not in a transaction, the copy should not be locally executed.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 100
+2, 200
+3, 300
+4, 400
+5, 500
+\.
+
+BEGIN;
+-- Since we are in a transaction, the copy should be locally executed. But
+-- we are putting duplicate key, so it should error.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 100
+2, 200
+3, 300
+4, 400
+5, 500
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
+TRUNCATE distributed_table;
+
+BEGIN;
+
+-- insert a lot of data ( around 8MB),
+-- this should use local copy and it will exceed the LOCAL_COPY_FLUSH_THRESHOLD (512KB)
+INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT * , * FROM generate_series(20, 1000000);
+
+ROLLBACK;
+
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1, 9
+\.
+
+BEGIN;
+-- Since we are in a transaction, the execution will be local, however we are putting invalid age.
+-- The constaints should give an error
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1,9
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
+TRUNCATE distributed_table;
+
+
+-- different delimiters
+BEGIN;
+-- run select with local execution
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+-- initial size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter '|';
+1|10
+2|30
+3|40
+\.
+-- new size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+BEGIN;
+-- run select with local execution
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+-- initial size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter '[';
+1[10
+2[30
+3[40
+\.
+-- new size
+SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+
+-- multiple local copies
+BEGIN;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1,15
+2,20
+3,30
+\.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+10,15
+20,20
+30,30
+\.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+100,15
+200,20
+300,30
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
+-- local copy followed by local copy should see the changes
+-- and error since it is a duplicate primary key.
+BEGIN;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1,15
+\.
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1,16
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
+
+-- local copy followed by local copy should see the changes
+BEGIN;
+COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH delimiter ',';
+1,15
+\.
+-- select should see the change
+SELECT key FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
+ROLLBACK;
+
+\c - - - :master_port
+
+SET search_path TO local_shard_copy;
+SET citus.log_local_commands TO ON;
+
+TRUNCATE TABLE reference_table;
+TRUNCATE TABLE local_table;
+
+SELECT count(*) FROM reference_table, local_table WHERE reference_table.key = local_table.key;
+
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'on';
+
+BEGIN;
+-- copy should be executed locally
+COPY reference_table FROM STDIN;
+1
+2
+3
+4
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'off';
+
+BEGIN;
+-- copy should not be executed locally as citus.enable_local_execution = off
+COPY reference_table FROM STDIN;
+1
+2
+3
+4
+\.
+ROLLBACK;
+
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'on';
+
+SET client_min_messages TO ERROR;
+SET search_path TO public;
+DROP SCHEMA local_shard_copy CASCADE;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/local_shard_execution.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/local_shard_execution.sql
index b5ba49caa..22b46abed 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/local_shard_execution.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/local_shard_execution.sql
@@ -305,22 +305,6 @@ ROLLBACK;
 -- load some data so that foreign keys won't complain with the next tests
 INSERT INTO reference_table SELECT i FROM generate_series(500, 600) i;
 
--- a very similar set of operation, but this time use
--- COPY as the first command
-BEGIN;
-	INSERT INTO distributed_table SELECT i, i::text, i % 10 + 25 FROM generate_series(500, 600) i;
-
-	-- this could go through local execution, but doesn't because we've already
-	-- done distributed execution
-	SELECT * FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 500 ORDER BY 1,2,3;
-
-	-- utility commands could still use distributed execution
-	TRUNCATE distributed_table CASCADE;
-
-	-- ensure that TRUNCATE made it
-	SELECT * FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 500 ORDER BY 1,2,3;
-ROLLBACK;
-
 -- show that cascading foreign keys just works fine with local execution
 BEGIN;
 	INSERT INTO reference_table VALUES (701);
@@ -356,15 +340,7 @@ ROLLBACK;
 BEGIN;
 	SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
 
-	-- even no need to supply any data
-	COPY distributed_table FROM STDIN WITH CSV;
-ROLLBACK;
-
--- a local query is followed by a command that cannot be executed locally
-BEGIN;
-	SELECT count(*) FROM distributed_table WHERE key = 1;
-
-	INSERT INTO distributed_table (key) SELECT i FROM generate_series(1,10)i;
+	INSERT INTO distributed_table (key) SELECT i FROM generate_series(1,1) i;
 ROLLBACK;
 
 -- a local query is followed by a command that cannot be executed locally
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.sql
index aa05aa02a..00492246b 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_mx_truncate_from_worker.sql
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ SET search_path TO 'truncate_from_workers';
 
 -- make sure that DMLs-SELECTs works along with TRUNCATE worker fine
 BEGIN;
+	-- we can enable local execution when truncate can be executed locally.
+	SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'off';
 	INSERT INTO on_update_fkey_table SELECT i, i % 100  FROM generate_series(0, 1000) i;
 	SELECT count(*) FROM on_update_fkey_table;
 	TRUNCATE on_update_fkey_table;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
index ec476e706..8edfa40b7 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_replicate_reference_table.sql
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ DROP TABLE replicate_reference_table_insert;
 CREATE TABLE replicate_reference_table_copy(column1 int);
 SELECT create_reference_table('replicate_reference_table_copy');
 
+SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'off';
 BEGIN;
 COPY replicate_reference_table_copy FROM STDIN;
 1
@@ -334,6 +335,8 @@ COPY replicate_reference_table_copy FROM STDIN;
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 ROLLBACK;
 
+RESET citus.enable_local_execution;
+
 DROP TABLE replicate_reference_table_copy;