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+# pyright:reportPrivateUsage=false
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Iterable
+
+import pytest
+from blake3 import blake3
+
+from invokeai.backend.model_manager.hash import ALGORITHM, ModelHash
+
+test_cases: list[tuple[ALGORITHM, str]] = [
+    ("md5", "a0cd925fc063f98dbf029eee315060c3"),
+    ("sha1", "9e362940e5603fdc60566ea100a288ba2fe48b8c"),
+    ("sha256", "6dbdb6a147ad4d808455652bf5a10120161678395f6bfbd21eb6fe4e731aceeb"),
+    (
+        "sha512",
+        "c4a10476b21e00042f638ad5755c561d91f2bb599d3504d25409495e1c7eda94543332a1a90fbb4efdaf9ee462c33e0336b5eae4acfb1fa0b186af452dd67dc6",
+    ),
+    ("blake3", "ce3f0c5f3c05d119f4a5dcaf209b50d3149046a0d3a9adee9fed4c83cad6b4d0"),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("algorithm,expected_hash", test_cases)
+def test_model_hash_hashes_file(tmp_path: Path, algorithm: ALGORITHM, expected_hash: str):
+    file = Path(tmp_path / "test")
+    file.write_text("model data")
+    md5 = ModelHash(algorithm).hash(file)
+    assert md5 == expected_hash
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("algorithm", ["md5", "sha1", "sha256", "sha512", "blake3"])
+def test_model_hash_hashes_dir(tmp_path: Path, algorithm: ALGORITHM):
+    model_hash = ModelHash(algorithm)
+    files = [Path(tmp_path, f"{i}.bin") for i in range(5)]
+
+    for f in files:
+        f.write_text("data")
+
+    md5 = model_hash.hash(tmp_path)
+
+    # Manual implementation of composite hash - always uses BLAKE3
+    composite_hasher = blake3()
+    for f in files:
+        h = model_hash.hash(f)
+        composite_hasher.update(h.encode("utf-8"))
+
+    assert md5 == composite_hasher.hexdigest()
+
+
+def test_model_hash_raises_error_on_invalid_algorithm():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Algorithm invalid_algorithm not available"):
+        ModelHash("invalid_algorithm")  # pyright: ignore [reportArgumentType]
+
+
+def paths_to_str_set(paths: Iterable[Path]) -> set[str]:
+    return {str(p) for p in paths}
+
+
+def test_model_hash_filters_out_non_model_files(tmp_path: Path):
+    model_files = {
+        Path(tmp_path, f"{i}.{ext}") for i, ext in enumerate([".ckpt", ".safetensors", ".bin", ".pt", ".pth"])
+    }
+
+    for i, f in enumerate(model_files):
+        f.write_text(f"data{i}")
+
+    assert paths_to_str_set(ModelHash._get_file_paths(tmp_path)) == paths_to_str_set(model_files)
+
+    # Add file that should be ignored - hash should not change
+    file = tmp_path / "test.icecream"
+    file.write_text("data")
+
+    assert paths_to_str_set(ModelHash._get_file_paths(tmp_path)) == paths_to_str_set(model_files)
+
+    # Add file that should not be ignored - hash should change
+    file = tmp_path / "test.bin"
+    file.write_text("more data")
+    model_files.add(file)
+
+    assert paths_to_str_set(ModelHash._get_file_paths(tmp_path)) == paths_to_str_set(model_files)