diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataActions.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataActions.tsx
index 5907ba0700..7eec7e1875 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataActions.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataActions.tsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { isModelIdentifier } from 'features/nodes/types/common';
 import type {
   ControlNetMetadataItem,
   CoreMetadata,
@@ -6,15 +7,10 @@ import type {
   T2IAdapterMetadataItem,
 } from 'features/nodes/types/metadata';
 import { useRecallParameters } from 'features/parameters/hooks/useRecallParameters';
-import {
-  isParameterControlNetModel,
-  isParameterLoRAModel,
-  isParameterT2IAdapterModel,
-} from 'features/parameters/types/parameterSchemas';
 import { memo, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 
-import ImageMetadataItem from './ImageMetadataItem';
+import ImageMetadataItem, { ModelMetadataItem, VAEMetadataItem } from './ImageMetadataItem';
 
 type Props = {
   metadata?: CoreMetadata;
@@ -147,19 +143,19 @@ const ImageMetadataActions = (props: Props) => {
 
   const validControlNets: ControlNetMetadataItem[] = useMemo(() => {
     return metadata?.controlnets
-      ? metadata.controlnets.filter((controlnet) => isParameterControlNetModel(controlnet.control_model))
+      ? metadata.controlnets.filter((controlnet) => isModelIdentifier(controlnet.control_model))
       : [];
   }, [metadata?.controlnets]);
 
   const validIPAdapters: IPAdapterMetadataItem[] = useMemo(() => {
     return metadata?.ipAdapters
-      ? metadata.ipAdapters.filter((ipAdapter) => isParameterControlNetModel(ipAdapter.ip_adapter_model))
+      ? metadata.ipAdapters.filter((ipAdapter) => isModelIdentifier(ipAdapter.ip_adapter_model))
       : [];
   }, [metadata?.ipAdapters]);
 
   const validT2IAdapters: T2IAdapterMetadataItem[] = useMemo(() => {
     return metadata?.t2iAdapters
-      ? metadata.t2iAdapters.filter((t2iAdapter) => isParameterT2IAdapterModel(t2iAdapter.t2i_adapter_model))
+      ? metadata.t2iAdapters.filter((t2iAdapter) => isModelIdentifier(t2iAdapter.t2i_adapter_model))
       : [];
   }, [metadata?.t2iAdapters]);
 
@@ -209,7 +205,7 @@ const ImageMetadataActions = (props: Props) => {
         <ImageMetadataItem label={t('metadata.seed')} value={metadata.seed} onClick={handleRecallSeed} />
       )}
       {metadata.model !== undefined && metadata.model !== null && metadata.model.key && (
-        <ImageMetadataItem label={t('metadata.model')} value={metadata.model.key} onClick={handleRecallModel} />
+        <ModelMetadataItem label={t('metadata.model')} modelKey={metadata.model.key} onClick={handleRecallModel} />
       )}
       {metadata.width && (
         <ImageMetadataItem label={t('metadata.width')} value={metadata.width} onClick={handleRecallWidth} />
@@ -220,11 +216,7 @@ const ImageMetadataActions = (props: Props) => {
       {metadata.scheduler && (
         <ImageMetadataItem label={t('metadata.scheduler')} value={metadata.scheduler} onClick={handleRecallScheduler} />
       )}
-      <ImageMetadataItem
-        label={t('metadata.vae')}
-        value={metadata.vae?.key ?? 'Default'}
-        onClick={handleRecallVaeModel}
-      />
+      <VAEMetadataItem label={t('metadata.vae')} modelKey={metadata.vae?.key} onClick={handleRecallVaeModel} />
       {metadata.steps && (
         <ImageMetadataItem label={t('metadata.steps')} value={metadata.steps} onClick={handleRecallSteps} />
       )}
@@ -264,38 +256,42 @@ const ImageMetadataActions = (props: Props) => {
       )}
       {metadata.loras &&
         metadata.loras.map((lora, index) => {
-          if (isParameterLoRAModel(lora.lora)) {
+          if (isModelIdentifier(lora.lora)) {
             return (
-              <ImageMetadataItem
+              <ModelMetadataItem
                 key={index}
                 label="LoRA"
-                value={`${lora.lora.key} - ${lora.weight}`}
+                modelKey={lora.lora.key}
+                extra={` - ${lora.weight}`}
                 onClick={handleRecallLoRA.bind(null, lora)}
               />
             );
           }
         })}
       {validControlNets.map((controlnet, index) => (
-        <ImageMetadataItem
+        <ModelMetadataItem
           key={index}
           label="ControlNet"
-          value={`${controlnet.control_model?.key} - ${controlnet.control_weight}`}
+          modelKey={controlnet.control_model?.key}
+          extra={` - ${controlnet.control_weight}`}
           onClick={handleRecallControlNet.bind(null, controlnet)}
         />
       ))}
       {validIPAdapters.map((ipAdapter, index) => (
-        <ImageMetadataItem
+        <ModelMetadataItem
           key={index}
           label="IP Adapter"
-          value={`${ipAdapter.ip_adapter_model?.key} - ${ipAdapter.weight}`}
+          modelKey={ipAdapter.ip_adapter_model?.key}
+          extra={` - ${ipAdapter.weight}`}
           onClick={handleRecallIPAdapter.bind(null, ipAdapter)}
         />
       ))}
       {validT2IAdapters.map((t2iAdapter, index) => (
-        <ImageMetadataItem
+        <ModelMetadataItem
           key={index}
           label="T2I Adapter"
-          value={`${t2iAdapter.t2i_adapter_model?.key} - ${t2iAdapter.weight}`}
+          modelKey={t2iAdapter.t2i_adapter_model?.key}
+          extra={` - ${t2iAdapter.weight}`}
           onClick={handleRecallT2IAdapter.bind(null, t2iAdapter)}
         />
       ))}
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataItem.tsx b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataItem.tsx
index c6dbd16269..7d17a2ad3d 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataItem.tsx
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/gallery/components/ImageMetadataViewer/ImageMetadataItem.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { ExternalLink, Flex, IconButton, Text, Tooltip } from '@invoke-ai/ui-library';
-import { memo, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { skipToken } from '@reduxjs/toolkit/query';
+import { memo, useCallback, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { IoArrowUndoCircleOutline } from 'react-icons/io5';
 import { PiCopyBold } from 'react-icons/pi';
+import { useGetModelConfigQuery } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
 
 type MetadataItemProps = {
   isLink?: boolean;
@@ -18,8 +20,9 @@ type MetadataItemProps = {
  */
 const ImageMetadataItem = ({ label, value, onClick, isLink, labelPosition, withCopy = false }: MetadataItemProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-
-  const handleCopy = useCallback(() => navigator.clipboard.writeText(value.toString()), [value]);
+  const handleCopy = useCallback(() => {
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(value?.toString());
+  }, [value]);
 
   if (!value) {
     return null;
@@ -68,3 +71,40 @@ const ImageMetadataItem = ({ label, value, onClick, isLink, labelPosition, withC
 };
 
 export default memo(ImageMetadataItem);
+
+type VAEMetadataItemProps = {
+  label: string;
+  modelKey?: string;
+  onClick: () => void;
+};
+
+export const VAEMetadataItem = memo(({ label, modelKey, onClick }: VAEMetadataItemProps) => {
+  const { data: modelConfig } = useGetModelConfigQuery(modelKey ?? skipToken);
+
+  return (
+    <ImageMetadataItem label={label} value={modelKey ? modelConfig?.name ?? modelKey : 'Default'} onClick={onClick} />
+  );
+});
+
+VAEMetadataItem.displayName = 'VAEMetadataItem';
+
+type ModelMetadataItemProps = {
+  label: string;
+  modelKey?: string;
+  
+  extra?: string;
+  onClick: () => void;
+};
+
+export const ModelMetadataItem = memo(({ label, modelKey, extra, onClick }: ModelMetadataItemProps) => {
+  const { data: modelConfig } = useGetModelConfigQuery(modelKey ?? skipToken);
+  const value = useMemo(() => {
+    if (modelConfig) {
+      return `${modelConfig.name}${extra ?? ''}`;
+    }
+    return `${modelKey}${extra ?? ''}`;
+  }, [extra, modelConfig, modelKey]);
+  return <ImageMetadataItem label={label} value={value} onClick={onClick} />;
+});
+
+ModelMetadataItem.displayName = 'ModelMetadataItem';
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/metadata.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/metadata.ts
index 0cc30499e3..493a0464b3 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/metadata.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/types/metadata.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import {
   zControlField,
   zIPAdapterField,
-  zLoRAModelField,
   zMainModelField,
+  zModelFieldBase,
   zSDXLRefinerModelField,
   zT2IAdapterField,
   zVAEModelField,
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
 // - https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/issues/2106
 // - https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/issues/2854
 export const zLoRAMetadataItem = z.object({
-  lora: zLoRAModelField.deepPartial(),
+  lora: zModelFieldBase.deepPartial(),
   weight: z.number(),
 });
 const zControlNetMetadataItem = zControlField.deepPartial();
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/hooks/useRecallParameters.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/hooks/useRecallParameters.ts
index c8b17816bb..0d464cd9b9 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/hooks/useRecallParameters.ts
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/parameters/hooks/useRecallParameters.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from 'features/controlAdapters/util/buildControlAdapter';
 import { setHrfEnabled, setHrfMethod, setHrfStrength } from 'features/hrf/store/hrfSlice';
 import { loraRecalled, lorasCleared } from 'features/lora/store/loraSlice';
+import type { ModelIdentifier } from 'features/nodes/types/common';
+import { isModelIdentifier } from 'features/nodes/types/common';
 import type {
   ControlNetMetadataItem,
   CoreMetadata,
@@ -37,13 +39,9 @@ import type { ParameterModel } from 'features/parameters/types/parameterSchemas'
 import {
   isParameterCFGRescaleMultiplier,
   isParameterCFGScale,
-  isParameterControlNetModel,
   isParameterHeight,
   isParameterHRFEnabled,
   isParameterHRFMethod,
-  isParameterIPAdapterModel,
-  isParameterLoRAModel,
-  isParameterModel,
   isParameterNegativePrompt,
   isParameterNegativeStylePromptSDXL,
   isParameterPositivePrompt,
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ import {
   isParameterSeed,
   isParameterSteps,
   isParameterStrength,
-  isParameterVAEModel,
   isParameterWidth,
 } from 'features/parameters/types/parameterSchemas';
 import {
@@ -73,15 +70,20 @@ import {
 import { isNil } from 'lodash-es';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+import { ALL_BASE_MODELS } from 'services/api/constants';
 import {
   controlNetModelsAdapterSelectors,
   ipAdapterModelsAdapterSelectors,
   loraModelsAdapterSelectors,
+  mainModelsAdapterSelectors,
   t2iAdapterModelsAdapterSelectors,
   useGetControlNetModelsQuery,
   useGetIPAdapterModelsQuery,
   useGetLoRAModelsQuery,
+  useGetMainModelsQuery,
   useGetT2IAdapterModelsQuery,
+  useGetVaeModelsQuery,
+  vaeModelsAdapterSelectors,
 } from 'services/api/endpoints/models';
 import type { ImageDTO } from 'services/api/types';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
@@ -278,21 +280,6 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
     [dispatch, parameterSetToast, parameterNotSetToast]
   );
 
-  /**
-   * Recall model with toast
-   */
-  const recallModel = useCallback(
-    (model: unknown) => {
-      if (!isParameterModel(model)) {
-        parameterNotSetToast();
-        return;
-      }
-      dispatch(modelSelected(model));
-      parameterSetToast();
-    },
-    [dispatch, parameterSetToast, parameterNotSetToast]
-  );
-
   /**
    * Recall scheduler with toast
    */
@@ -308,25 +295,6 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
     [dispatch, parameterSetToast, parameterNotSetToast]
   );
 
-  /**
-   * Recall vae model
-   */
-  const recallVaeModel = useCallback(
-    (vae: unknown) => {
-      if (!isParameterVAEModel(vae) && !isNil(vae)) {
-        parameterNotSetToast();
-        return;
-      }
-      if (isNil(vae)) {
-        dispatch(vaeSelected(null));
-      } else {
-        dispatch(vaeSelected(vae));
-      }
-      parameterSetToast();
-    },
-    [dispatch, parameterSetToast, parameterNotSetToast]
-  );
-
   /**
    * Recall steps with toast
    */
@@ -452,6 +420,95 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
     [dispatch, parameterSetToast, parameterNotSetToast]
   );
 
+  const { data: mainModels } = useGetMainModelsQuery(ALL_BASE_MODELS);
+
+  const prepareMainModelMetadataItem = useCallback(
+    (model: ModelIdentifier) => {
+      const matchingModel = mainModels ? mainModelsAdapterSelectors.selectById(mainModels, model.key) : undefined;
+
+      if (!matchingModel) {
+        return { model: null, error: 'Model is not installed' };
+      }
+
+      return { model: matchingModel, error: null };
+    },
+    [mainModels]
+  );
+
+  /**
+   * Recall model with toast
+   */
+  const recallModel = useCallback(
+    (model: unknown) => {
+      if (!isModelIdentifier(model)) {
+        parameterNotSetToast();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const result = prepareMainModelMetadataItem(model);
+
+      if (!result.model) {
+        parameterNotSetToast(result.error);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      dispatch(modelSelected(result.model));
+      parameterSetToast();
+    },
+    [prepareMainModelMetadataItem, dispatch, parameterSetToast, parameterNotSetToast]
+  );
+
+  const { data: vaeModels } = useGetVaeModelsQuery();
+
+  const prepareVAEMetadataItem = useCallback(
+    (vae: ModelIdentifier, newModel?: ParameterModel) => {
+      const matchingModel = vaeModels ? vaeModelsAdapterSelectors.selectById(vaeModels, vae.key) : undefined;
+      if (!matchingModel) {
+        return { vae: null, error: 'VAE model is not installed' };
+      }
+      const isCompatibleBaseModel = matchingModel?.base === (newModel ?? model)?.base;
+
+      if (!isCompatibleBaseModel) {
+        return {
+          vae: null,
+          error: 'VAE incompatible with currently-selected model',
+        };
+      }
+
+      return { vae: matchingModel, error: null };
+    },
+    [model, vaeModels]
+  );
+
+  /**
+   * Recall vae model
+   */
+  const recallVaeModel = useCallback(
+    (vae: unknown) => {
+      if (!isModelIdentifier(vae) && !isNil(vae)) {
+        parameterNotSetToast();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (isNil(vae)) {
+        dispatch(vaeSelected(null));
+        parameterSetToast();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const result = prepareVAEMetadataItem(vae);
+
+      if (!result.vae) {
+        parameterNotSetToast(result.error);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      dispatch(vaeSelected(result.vae));
+      parameterSetToast();
+    },
+    [prepareVAEMetadataItem, dispatch, parameterSetToast, parameterNotSetToast]
+  );
+
   /**
    * Recall LoRA with toast
    */
@@ -460,7 +517,7 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
 
   const prepareLoRAMetadataItem = useCallback(
     (loraMetadataItem: LoRAMetadataItem, newModel?: ParameterModel) => {
-      if (!isParameterLoRAModel(loraMetadataItem.lora)) {
+      if (!isModelIdentifier(loraMetadataItem.lora)) {
         return { lora: null, error: 'Invalid LoRA model' };
       }
 
@@ -510,7 +567,7 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
 
   const prepareControlNetMetadataItem = useCallback(
     (controlnetMetadataItem: ControlNetMetadataItem, newModel?: ParameterModel) => {
-      if (!isParameterControlNetModel(controlnetMetadataItem.control_model)) {
+      if (!isModelIdentifier(controlnetMetadataItem.control_model)) {
         return { controlnet: null, error: 'Invalid ControlNet model' };
       }
 
@@ -584,7 +641,7 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
 
   const prepareT2IAdapterMetadataItem = useCallback(
     (t2iAdapterMetadataItem: T2IAdapterMetadataItem, newModel?: ParameterModel) => {
-      if (!isParameterControlNetModel(t2iAdapterMetadataItem.t2i_adapter_model)) {
+      if (!isModelIdentifier(t2iAdapterMetadataItem.t2i_adapter_model)) {
         return { controlnet: null, error: 'Invalid ControlNet model' };
       }
 
@@ -657,7 +714,7 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
 
   const prepareIPAdapterMetadataItem = useCallback(
     (ipAdapterMetadataItem: IPAdapterMetadataItem, newModel?: ParameterModel) => {
-      if (!isParameterIPAdapterModel(ipAdapterMetadataItem?.ip_adapter_model)) {
+      if (!isModelIdentifier(ipAdapterMetadataItem?.ip_adapter_model)) {
         return { ipAdapter: null, error: 'Invalid IP Adapter model' };
       }
 
@@ -762,9 +819,12 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
 
       let newModel: ParameterModel | undefined = undefined;
 
-      if (isParameterModel(model)) {
-        newModel = model;
-        dispatch(modelSelected(model));
+      if (isModelIdentifier(model)) {
+        const result = prepareMainModelMetadataItem(model);
+        if (result.model) {
+          dispatch(modelSelected(result.model));
+          newModel = result.model;
+        }
       }
 
       if (isParameterCFGScale(cfg_scale)) {
@@ -786,11 +846,14 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
       if (isParameterScheduler(scheduler)) {
         dispatch(setScheduler(scheduler));
       }
-      if (isParameterVAEModel(vae) || isNil(vae)) {
+      if (isModelIdentifier(vae) || isNil(vae)) {
         if (isNil(vae)) {
           dispatch(vaeSelected(null));
         } else {
-          dispatch(vaeSelected(vae));
+          const result = prepareVAEMetadataItem(vae, newModel);
+          if (result.vae) {
+            dispatch(vaeSelected(result.vae));
+          }
         }
       }
 
@@ -898,6 +961,8 @@ export const useRecallParameters = () => {
       dispatch,
       allParameterSetToast,
       allParameterNotSetToast,
+      prepareMainModelMetadataItem,
+      prepareVAEMetadataItem,
       prepareLoRAMetadataItem,
       prepareControlNetMetadataItem,
       prepareIPAdapterMetadataItem,