diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/imageMetadataReceived.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/imageMetadataReceived.ts
index 63aeecb95e..7d7e92ff61 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/imageMetadataReceived.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/app/store/middleware/listenerMiddleware/listeners/imageMetadataReceived.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { log } from 'app/logging/useLogger';
 import { startAppListening } from '..';
-import { imageMetadataReceived } from 'services/thunks/image';
+import { imageMetadataReceived, imageUpdated } from 'services/thunks/image';
 import { imageUpserted } from 'features/gallery/store/imagesSlice';
 
 const moduleLog = log.child({ namespace: 'image' });
@@ -10,10 +10,25 @@ export const addImageMetadataReceivedFulfilledListener = () => {
     actionCreator: imageMetadataReceived.fulfilled,
     effect: (action, { getState, dispatch }) => {
       const image = action.payload;
-      if (image.is_intermediate) {
+
+      const state = getState();
+
+      if (
+        image.session_id === state.canvas.layerState.stagingArea.sessionId &&
+        state.canvas.shouldAutoSave
+      ) {
+        dispatch(
+          imageUpdated({
+            imageName: image.image_name,
+            imageOrigin: image.image_origin,
+            requestBody: { is_intermediate: false },
+          })
+        );
+      } else if (image.is_intermediate) {
         // No further actions needed for intermediate images
         return;
       }
+
       moduleLog.debug({ data: { image } }, 'Image metadata received');
       dispatch(imageUpserted(image));
     },