diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/routers/images.py b/invokeai/app/api/routers/images.py
index f462437700..625fb3c43b 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/routers/images.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/routers/images.py
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ from fastapi.routing import APIRouter
 from PIL import Image
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field, ValidationError
 
-from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import MetadataField, type_adapter_MetadataField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import (
+    MetadataField,
+    type_adapter_MetadataField,
+    type_adapter_WorkflowField,
+)
 from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import ImageCategory, ImageRecordChanges, ResourceOrigin
 from invokeai.app.services.images.images_common import ImageDTO, ImageUrlsDTO
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.pagination import OffsetPaginatedResults
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import type_adapter_WorkflowField
 
 from ..dependencies import ApiDependencies
 
diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/routers/workflows.py b/invokeai/app/api/routers/workflows.py
index 57a33fe73f..36de31fb51 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/routers/workflows.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/routers/workflows.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Path
 
 from invokeai.app.api.dependencies import ApiDependencies
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import WorkflowField
 
 workflows_router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1/workflows", tags=["workflows"])
 
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py
index 162b22b28d..50ce8de7d3 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/baseinvocation.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from pydantic.fields import _Unset
 from pydantic_core import PydanticUndefined
 
 from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import InvokeAIAppConfig
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowField
 from invokeai.app.util.misc import uuid_string
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -813,22 +812,29 @@ def invocation_output(
     return wrapper
 
 
+class WorkflowField(RootModel):
+    """
+    Pydantic model for workflows with custom root of type dict[str, Any].
+    Workflows are stored without a strict schema.
+    """
+
+    root: dict[str, Any] = Field(description="The workflow")
+
+
+type_adapter_WorkflowField = TypeAdapter(WorkflowField)
+
+
 class WithWorkflow(BaseModel):
     workflow: Optional[WorkflowField] = InputField(default=None, description=FieldDescriptions.workflow)
 
 
-class MetadataItemField(BaseModel):
-    label: str = Field(description=FieldDescriptions.metadata_item_label)
-    value: Any = Field(description=FieldDescriptions.metadata_item_value)
-
-
 class MetadataField(RootModel):
     """
     Pydantic model for metadata with custom root of type dict[str, Any].
     Metadata is stored without a strict schema.
     """
 
-    root: dict[str, Any] = Field(description="A dictionary of metadata, shape of which is arbitrary")
+    root: dict[str, Any] = Field(description="The metadata")
 
 
 type_adapter_MetadataField = TypeAdapter(MetadataField)
diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py
index 205dbef814..98f5f0e830 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/metadata.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import (
     InputField,
     InvocationContext,
     MetadataField,
-    MetadataItemField,
     OutputField,
     UIType,
     invocation,
@@ -24,6 +23,11 @@ from invokeai.app.invocations.t2i_adapter import T2IAdapterField
 from ...version import __version__
 
 
+class MetadataItemField(BaseModel):
+    label: str = Field(description=FieldDescriptions.metadata_item_label)
+    value: Any = Field(description=FieldDescriptions.metadata_item_value)
+
+
 class LoRAMetadataField(BaseModel):
     """LoRA Metadata Field"""
 
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_base.py
index 3f6e797225..91e18f30fc 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_base.py
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from PIL.Image import Image as PILImageType
 
-from invokeai.app.invocations.metadata import MetadataField
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import MetadataField, WorkflowField
 
 
 class ImageFileStorageBase(ABC):
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_disk.py b/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_disk.py
index 57c05562d5..e8a733d619 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_disk.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/image_files/image_files_disk.py
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ from PIL import Image, PngImagePlugin
 from PIL.Image import Image as PILImageType
 from send2trash import send2trash
 
-from invokeai.app.invocations.metadata import MetadataField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import MetadataField, WorkflowField
 from invokeai.app.services.invoker import Invoker
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowField
 from invokeai.app.util.thumbnails import get_thumbnail_name, make_thumbnail
 
 from .image_files_base import ImageFileStorageBase
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/images/images_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/images/images_base.py
index ebb40424bc..50a3a5fb82 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/images/images_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/images/images_base.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from typing import Callable, Optional
 
 from PIL.Image import Image as PILImageType
 
-from invokeai.app.invocations.metadata import MetadataField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import MetadataField, WorkflowField
 from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import (
     ImageCategory,
     ImageRecord,
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from invokeai.app.services.image_records.image_records_common import (
 )
 from invokeai.app.services.images.images_common import ImageDTO
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.pagination import OffsetPaginatedResults
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowField
 
 
 class ImageServiceABC(ABC):
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/images/images_default.py b/invokeai/app/services/images/images_default.py
index e466e809b1..a0d59470fc 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/images/images_default.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/images/images_default.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ from typing import Optional
 
 from PIL.Image import Image as PILImageType
 
-from invokeai.app.invocations.metadata import MetadataField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import MetadataField, WorkflowField
 from invokeai.app.services.invoker import Invoker
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.pagination import OffsetPaginatedResults
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowField
 
 from ..image_files.image_files_common import (
     ImageFileDeleteException,
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_base.py
index 97f7cfe3c0..d5a4b25ce4 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_base.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowField
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import WorkflowField
 
 
 class WorkflowRecordsStorageBase(ABC):
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_common.py b/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_common.py
index 32046328bb..3a2b13f565 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_common.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_common.py
@@ -1,19 +1,2 @@
-from typing import Any
-
-from pydantic import Field, RootModel, TypeAdapter
-
-
 class WorkflowNotFoundError(Exception):
     """Raised when a workflow is not found"""
-
-
-class WorkflowField(RootModel):
-    """
-    Pydantic model for workflows with custom root of type dict[str, Any].
-    Workflows are stored without a strict schema.
-    """
-
-    root: dict[str, Any] = Field(description="Workflow dict")
-
-
-type_adapter_WorkflowField = TypeAdapter(WorkflowField)
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_sqlite.py b/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_sqlite.py
index 2b284ac03f..e3c11cfa4b 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_sqlite.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/workflow_records/workflow_records_sqlite.py
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import sqlite3
 import threading
 
+from invokeai.app.invocations.baseinvocation import WorkflowField, type_adapter_WorkflowField
 from invokeai.app.services.invoker import Invoker
 from invokeai.app.services.shared.sqlite import SqliteDatabase
 from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_base import WorkflowRecordsStorageBase
-from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import (
-    WorkflowField,
-    WorkflowNotFoundError,
-    type_adapter_WorkflowField,
-)
+from invokeai.app.services.workflow_records.workflow_records_common import WorkflowNotFoundError
 from invokeai.app.util.misc import uuid_string