diff --git a/studio/backend/core/inference/video.py b/studio/backend/core/inference/video.py
index 11605d0d8a..8a34aaa0ff 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/inference/video.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/inference/video.py
@@ -132,10 +132,24 @@ def _picked_gguf_arch(repo_id: str, gguf_filename: str) -> Optional[str]:
         path = Path(repo_id).expanduser() / gguf_filename
         if not path.is_file():
             # Not a local dir: resolve a cached HUB blob from the HF cache (no network). The
-            # cached-gguf picker only offers already-downloaded repos, so the blob is on disk.
+            # cached-gguf picker only offers already-downloaded repos, so the blob is on disk --
+            # but that listing scans the active, legacy, AND default cache roots, so probe all
+            # three here or a GGUF cached in a non-active root would be offered yet 400 on load.
             from huggingface_hub import try_to_load_from_cache
 
             cached = try_to_load_from_cache(repo_id, gguf_filename)
+            if not isinstance(cached, str):
+                from hub.utils.paths import hf_default_cache_dir, legacy_hf_cache_dir
+
+                for root_fn in (legacy_hf_cache_dir, hf_default_cache_dir):
+                    try:
+                        cached = try_to_load_from_cache(
+                            repo_id, gguf_filename, cache_dir = str(root_fn())
+                        )
+                    except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 -- a bad/absent root just falls through
+                        cached = None
+                    if isinstance(cached, str):
+                        break
             if not isinstance(cached, str):
                 return None
             path = Path(cached)
diff --git a/studio/backend/tests/test_video_backend.py b/studio/backend/tests/test_video_backend.py
index e0426b2cee..82a8242057 100644
--- a/studio/backend/tests/test_video_backend.py
+++ b/studio/backend/tests/test_video_backend.py
@@ -278,6 +278,26 @@ def test_detect_load_family_cached_hub_arch_fallback(monkeypatch):
     )
     assert _detect_load_family("someorg/opaque-quants", "model.gguf", None) is None
 
+    # The blob lives in a NON-active cache root (legacy / default): the active probe (no cache_dir)
+    # misses, but the per-root probe finds it, so a GGUF the picker offered from any root resolves.
+    import hub.utils.paths as hub_paths
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hub_paths, "legacy_hf_cache_dir", lambda: "/fake/legacy")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(hub_paths, "hf_default_cache_dir", lambda: "/fake/default")
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        gguf_meta, "read_gguf_general_metadata", lambda path: {"general.architecture": "ltxv"}
+    )
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        huggingface_hub,
+        "try_to_load_from_cache",
+        # Active root (cache_dir absent) misses; only the legacy/default roots have the blob.
+        lambda repo_id, filename, cache_dir = None: (
+            "/fake/legacy/blobs/model.gguf" if cache_dir else None
+        ),
+    )
+    fam = _detect_load_family("someorg/opaque-quants", "model.gguf", None)
+    assert fam is not None and fam.name == "ltx-2"
+
 
 def test_loading_repo_ids_guards_in_flight_delete():
     # During a background load status()["loaded"] is still False, but the target repo (+ its
diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/video/video-page.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/video/video-page.tsx
index f2092aa9ba..d1523d7002 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/video/video-page.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/video/video-page.tsx
@@ -507,6 +507,10 @@ export function VideoPage({ active = true }: { active?: boolean }) {
   const lastLoad = useRef<{ repoId: string; kind: "gguf" | "single_file" | "pipeline"; filename?: string } | null>(
     null,
   );
+  // Whether this session holds a reapply descriptor (set only by our own loads). On a mount/refresh
+  // with a model already resident, status.loaded is true but lastLoad is null, so Reapply would
+  // silently do nothing -- hide the button in that case rather than offer a dead control.
+  const [canReapply, setCanReapply] = useState(false);
 
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState<Busy>(null);
   // Live per-step progress (phase / step / total + ETA) polled during generation.
@@ -873,6 +877,7 @@ export function VideoPage({ active = true }: { active?: boolean }) {
       lastLoadSig.current = null;
       loadToastId.current = toast(null, loadToastArgs(IDLE_PROGRESS));
       lastLoad.current = { repoId, kind: opts.kind, filename: opts.filename };
+      setCanReapply(true);
       try {
         // Returns immediately -- the load runs in the background; we poll for it. The backend
         // infers the family + base diffusers repo from the repo id. Advanced options map
@@ -992,6 +997,8 @@ export function VideoPage({ active = true }: { active?: boolean }) {
     pollTimer.current = null;
     dismissLoadToast();
     lastLoadSig.current = null;
+    lastLoad.current = null;
+    setCanReapply(false);
     setBusy("unloading");
     try {
       setStatus(await unloadVideoModel());
@@ -1153,7 +1160,7 @@ export function VideoPage({ active = true }: { active?: boolean }) {
           ["fbcache", "First-Block-Cache"],
         ]}
       />
-      {status?.loaded && (
+      {status?.loaded && canReapply && (
         <Button
           variant="secondary"
           size="sm"