Add regression test for issue #752 and fix stale ForwardDiff dependency

- Add regression test for copy(StatefulJacobianOperator) with Tuple and
  NamedTuple parameters to prevent future regressions
- Test the _safe_copy helper functions for Tuple, NamedTuple, Number,
  and Array types
- Remove ForwardDiff from main deps (it's only needed for tests, already
  in extras)

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <[email protected]>

Author: ChrisRackauckas

lib/SciMLJacobianOperators/Project.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "SciMLJacobianOperators"
 uuid = "19f34311-ddf3-4b8b-af20-060888a46c0e"
-authors = ["Avik Pal <[email protected]> and contributors"]
 version = "0.1.12"
+authors = ["Avik Pal <[email protected]> and contributors"]
 
 [deps]
 ADTypes = "47edcb42-4c32-4615-8424-f2b9edc5f35b"

lib/SciMLJacobianOperators/test/core_tests.jl

@@ -311,3 +311,95 @@ end
     @test check_no_stale_explicit_imports(SciMLJacobianOperators) === nothing
     @test check_all_qualified_accesses_via_owners(SciMLJacobianOperators) === nothing
 end
+
+@testitem "Copy with Tuple parameters (Issue #752)" begin
+    using ADTypes, SciMLBase, ForwardDiff, FiniteDiff
+    using SciMLJacobianOperators
+    using SciMLJacobianOperators: _safe_copy
+
+    # Test _safe_copy helper functions
+    @testset "_safe_copy helpers" begin
+        # Tuples should be returned as-is (immutable)
+        t = (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0)
+        @test _safe_copy(t) === t
+
+        # NamedTuples should be returned as-is (immutable)
+        nt = (a = 1.0, b = 2.0)
+        @test _safe_copy(nt) === nt
+
+        # Numbers should be returned as-is (immutable)
+        @test _safe_copy(42.0) === 42.0
+        @test _safe_copy(42) === 42
+
+        # Arrays should be copied
+        arr = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0]
+        arr_copy = _safe_copy(arr)
+        @test arr_copy == arr
+        @test arr_copy !== arr  # Different object
+    end
+
+    # Test copy(StatefulJacobianOperator) with Tuple parameter
+    # This is a regression test for issue #752 where JFNK failed with:
+    # MethodError: no method matching copy(::NTuple{4, Float64})
+    @testset "copy(StatefulJacobianOperator) with Tuple p" begin
+        # Brusselator-like problem setup with Tuple parameters
+        function brusselator_f(du, u, p)
+            α, β, γ, δ = p
+            du[1] = α + u[1]^2 * u[2] - (β + 1) * u[1]
+            du[2] = β * u[1] - u[1]^2 * u[2]
+            return nothing
+        end
+
+        # Parameters as a Tuple (this is what caused issue #752)
+        p_tuple = (1.0, 3.0, 1.0, 1.0)
+        u0 = [1.0, 1.0]
+        fu0 = similar(u0)
+        brusselator_f(fu0, u0, p_tuple)
+
+        prob = NonlinearProblem(
+            NonlinearFunction{true}(brusselator_f), u0, p_tuple)
+
+        jac_op = JacobianOperator(
+            prob, fu0, u0; jvp_autodiff = AutoForwardDiff(), vjp_autodiff = AutoFiniteDiff())
+        sop = StatefulJacobianOperator(jac_op, u0, p_tuple)
+
+        # This should not throw MethodError: no method matching copy(::NTuple{4, Float64})
+        sop_copy = copy(sop)
+
+        @test sop_copy.p === p_tuple  # Same tuple (immutable, no copy needed)
+        @test sop_copy.u == u0
+        @test sop_copy.u !== sop.u  # Different array object (copied)
+
+        # Verify the copied operator still works
+        v = [1.0, 0.0]
+        result_original = sop * v
+        result_copy = sop_copy * v
+        @test result_original ≈ result_copy
+    end
+
+    # Test copy(StatefulJacobianOperator) with NamedTuple parameter
+    @testset "copy(StatefulJacobianOperator) with NamedTuple p" begin
+        function simple_f(du, u, p)
+            du[1] = p.a * u[1] + p.b * u[2]
+            du[2] = p.c * u[1] + p.d * u[2]
+            return nothing
+        end
+
+        p_namedtuple = (a = 1.0, b = 2.0, c = 3.0, d = 4.0)
+        u0 = [1.0, 1.0]
+        fu0 = similar(u0)
+        simple_f(fu0, u0, p_namedtuple)
+
+        prob = NonlinearProblem(
+            NonlinearFunction{true}(simple_f), u0, p_namedtuple)
+
+        jac_op = JacobianOperator(
+            prob, fu0, u0; jvp_autodiff = AutoForwardDiff(), vjp_autodiff = AutoFiniteDiff())
+        sop = StatefulJacobianOperator(jac_op, u0, p_namedtuple)
+
+        # This should not throw
+        sop_copy = copy(sop)
+
+        @test sop_copy.p === p_namedtuple  # Same NamedTuple (immutable)
+    end
+end