diff --git a/libs/langchain/langchain/callbacks/manager.py b/libs/langchain/langchain/callbacks/manager.py
index 43e6317ac1..09e3250118 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/langchain/callbacks/manager.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/langchain/callbacks/manager.py
@@ -1891,13 +1891,13 @@ def _configure(
             )
         else:
             callback_manager = callback_manager_cls(
-                handlers=inheritable_callbacks.handlers,
-                inheritable_handlers=inheritable_callbacks.inheritable_handlers,
+                handlers=inheritable_callbacks.handlers.copy(),
+                inheritable_handlers=inheritable_callbacks.inheritable_handlers.copy(),
                 parent_run_id=inheritable_callbacks.parent_run_id,
-                tags=inheritable_callbacks.tags,
-                inheritable_tags=inheritable_callbacks.inheritable_tags,
-                metadata=inheritable_callbacks.metadata,
-                inheritable_metadata=inheritable_callbacks.inheritable_metadata,
+                tags=inheritable_callbacks.tags.copy(),
+                inheritable_tags=inheritable_callbacks.inheritable_tags.copy(),
+                metadata=inheritable_callbacks.metadata.copy(),
+                inheritable_metadata=inheritable_callbacks.inheritable_metadata.copy(),
             )
         local_handlers_ = (
             local_callbacks
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ def _configure(
                         e,
                     )
         if open_ai is not None and not any(
-            isinstance(handler, OpenAICallbackHandler)
+            handler is open_ai  # direct pointer comparison
             for handler in callback_manager.handlers
         ):
             callback_manager.add_handler(open_ai, True)
diff --git a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/callbacks/test_callback_manager.py b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/callbacks/test_callback_manager.py
index c25b9b3c77..fdbea1e912 100644
--- a/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/callbacks/test_callback_manager.py
+++ b/libs/langchain/tests/unit_tests/callbacks/test_callback_manager.py
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ from typing import List, Tuple
 import pytest
 
 from langchain.callbacks.base import BaseCallbackHandler
-from langchain.callbacks.manager import AsyncCallbackManager, CallbackManager
+from langchain.callbacks.manager import (
+    AsyncCallbackManager,
+    CallbackManager,
+    get_openai_callback,
+    trace_as_chain_group,
+)
 from langchain.callbacks.stdout import StdOutCallbackHandler
+from langchain.callbacks.tracers.langchain import LangChainTracer
+from langchain.llms.openai import BaseOpenAI
 from langchain.schema import AgentAction, AgentFinish, LLMResult
 from tests.unit_tests.callbacks.fake_callback_handler import (
     BaseFakeCallbackHandler,
@@ -291,3 +298,75 @@ def test_callback_manager_configure(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
         handler4,
     ]
     assert isinstance(async_configured_manager, AsyncCallbackManager)
+
+
+def test_callback_manager_configure_context_vars(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    monkeypatch.setenv("LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2", "false")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("LANGCHAIN_TRACING", "false")
+
+    with trace_as_chain_group("test") as group_manager:
+        assert len(group_manager.handlers) == 1
+        tracer = group_manager.handlers[0]
+        assert isinstance(tracer, LangChainTracer)
+
+        with get_openai_callback() as cb:
+            # This is a new empty callback handler
+            assert cb.successful_requests == 0
+            assert cb.total_tokens == 0
+
+            # configure adds this openai cb but doesn't modify the group manager
+            mngr = CallbackManager.configure(group_manager)
+            assert mngr.handlers == [tracer, cb]
+            assert group_manager.handlers == [tracer]
+
+            response = LLMResult(
+                generations=[],
+                llm_output={
+                    "token_usage": {
+                        "prompt_tokens": 2,
+                        "completion_tokens": 1,
+                        "total_tokens": 3,
+                    },
+                    "model_name": BaseOpenAI.__fields__["model_name"].default,
+                },
+            )
+            mngr.on_llm_start({}, ["prompt"])[0].on_llm_end(response)
+
+            # The callback handler has been updated
+            assert cb.successful_requests == 1
+            assert cb.total_tokens == 3
+            assert cb.prompt_tokens == 2
+            assert cb.completion_tokens == 1
+            assert cb.total_cost > 0
+
+        with get_openai_callback() as cb:
+            # This is a new empty callback handler
+            assert cb.successful_requests == 0
+            assert cb.total_tokens == 0
+
+            # configure adds this openai cb but doesn't modify the group manager
+            mngr = CallbackManager.configure(group_manager)
+            assert mngr.handlers == [tracer, cb]
+            assert group_manager.handlers == [tracer]
+
+            response = LLMResult(
+                generations=[],
+                llm_output={
+                    "token_usage": {
+                        "prompt_tokens": 2,
+                        "completion_tokens": 1,
+                        "total_tokens": 3,
+                    },
+                    "model_name": BaseOpenAI.__fields__["model_name"].default,
+                },
+            )
+            mngr.on_llm_start({}, ["prompt"])[0].on_llm_end(response)
+
+            # The callback handler has been updated
+            assert cb.successful_requests == 1
+            assert cb.total_tokens == 3
+            assert cb.prompt_tokens == 2
+            assert cb.completion_tokens == 1
+            assert cb.total_cost > 0