BUG / CoW: ensure ser[...] returns new object

pandas/core/series.py

@@ -1065,6 +1065,8 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
         key = com.apply_if_callable(key, self)
 
         if key is Ellipsis:
+            if using_copy_on_write() or warn_copy_on_write():
+                return self.copy(deep=False)
             return self
 
         key_is_scalar = is_scalar(key)

pandas/tests/copy_view/test_indexing.py

@@ -845,6 +845,31 @@ def test_series_getitem_slice(backend, using_copy_on_write, warn_copy_on_write):
         assert s.iloc[0] == 0
 
 
+def test_series_getitem_ellipsis(using_copy_on_write, warn_copy_on_write):
+    # Case: taking a view of a Series using Ellipsis + afterwards modifying the subset
+    s = Series([1, 2, 3])
+    s_orig = s.copy()
+
+    subset = s[...]
+    assert np.shares_memory(get_array(subset), get_array(s))
+
+    with tm.assert_cow_warning(warn_copy_on_write):
+        subset.iloc[0] = 0
+
+    if using_copy_on_write:
+        assert not np.shares_memory(get_array(subset), get_array(s))
+
+    expected = Series([0, 2, 3])
+    tm.assert_series_equal(subset, expected)
+
+    if using_copy_on_write:
+        # original parent series is not modified (CoW)
+        tm.assert_series_equal(s, s_orig)
+    else:
+        # original parent series is actually updated
+        assert s.iloc[0] == 0
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "indexer",
     [slice(0, 2), np.array([True, True, False]), np.array([0, 1])],