diff --git a/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion.py b/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion.py
index a04d3825f6..e3cfd692f6 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion.py
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ _TRUSTED_NON_GGUF_REPOS = frozenset(
         # Lumina Image 2.0: standard diffusers layout (Gemma2-2B encoder), safetensors-only,
         # loads through the generic from_pretrained pipeline path.
         "alpha-vllm/lumina-image-2.0",
+        # HunyuanImage 2.1: the community diffusers mirror (open, tencent-hunyuan-community
+        # license), safetensors-only, including the diffusers-native guider components.
+        "hunyuanvideo-community/hunyuanimage-2.1-diffusers",
         # Ideogram 4: no bf16 ships. -fp8 stores the two DiTs as raw float8 (the family base);
         # the two nf4 repos are identical bnb-4bit exports (both listed so either id loads).
         "ideogram-ai/ideogram-4-fp8",
diff --git a/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_auto_policy.py b/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_auto_policy.py
index 00dd981953..851ea65115 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_auto_policy.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_auto_policy.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ _FAMILY_BF16_GB: dict[str, tuple[float, float, float]] = {
     "krea-2": (26.3, 8.9, 0.5),
     # Ships fp32 (10.4 + 10.5 + 0.3 GB of shards); bf16-resident is half.
     "lumina-2": (5.2, 5.2, 0.2),
+    # 17B dual-stream DiT (32.5 GB bf16 on disk) + Qwen2.5-VL 15.5 GB + ByT5 0.8 GB.
+    "hunyuanimage-2.1": (32.5, 16.3, 0.8),
     # Two ~9.3B DiTs (conditional + unconditional_transformer for Ideogram's dual-branch CFG),
     # both resident, plus a Qwen3-VL encoder. The vendor stores them as raw float8; these are the
     # bf16-resident sizes after the dtype cast, so each doubles (37.2 = 2 x 18.6, encoder 16.3).
diff --git a/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_families.py b/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_families.py
index 5df50fcc58..b6da203163 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_families.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/inference/diffusion_families.py
@@ -329,6 +329,24 @@ _FAMILIES: tuple[DiffusionFamily, ...] = (
         # Published and validated bf16-only upstream; keep the fp16 fallback off like z-image.
         fp16_incompatible = True,
     ),
+    # HunyuanImage 2.1 (diffusers >= 0.39): a 17B dual-stream DiT with a Qwen2.5-VL text
+    # encoder, a ByT5 glyph encoder, and the 32x-compression HunyuanImage VAE. The community
+    # mirror also ships guider/ocr_guider components (AdaptiveProjectedMixGuidance), which
+    # 0.39 loads natively, so the generic from_pretrained pipeline path covers the whole
+    # stack. 2K-native (the card recipe renders 2048x2048); classifier-free guidance runs
+    # inside the repo's guider at its baked scale, and the call's own guidance knob is
+    # distilled_guidance_scale (there is no guidance_scale kwarg). Distinct from
+    # HunyuanImage-3.0, which stays excluded above: 2.1 has a real diffusers pipeline.
+    DiffusionFamily(
+        name = "hunyuanimage-2.1",
+        pipeline_class = "HunyuanImagePipeline",
+        transformer_class = "HunyuanImageTransformer2DModel",
+        base_repo = "hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanImage-2.1-Diffusers",
+        cfg_kwarg = "distilled_guidance_scale",
+        aliases = ("hunyuanimage-2.1-diffusers", "hunyuanimage2.1"),
+        # Exported bf16-only; keep the fp16 fallback off like z-image / krea-2.
+        fp16_incompatible = True,
+    ),
     # Ideogram 4 (diffusers >= 0.39): a 34-layer DiT PAIR (conditional + unconditional_transformer
     # for dual-branch CFG, both ~9B, so memory planning counts two DiTs) with a Qwen3-VL encoder.
     # No bf16 checkpoint: ideogram-4-fp8 (raw float8, upcast on load) is the highest-precision
@@ -511,6 +529,9 @@ _GENERATION_DEFAULTS: tuple[tuple[str, int, float], ...] = (
     # Lumina Image 2.0 model-card: 50 steps, guidance 4 (plus cfg_trunc_ratio 0.25, which the
     # loader passes itself; see LUMINA2_FAMILY_NAME).
     ("lumina", 50, 4.0),
+    # HunyuanImage 2.1 model-card: 50 steps; the guidance value feeds the call's
+    # distilled_guidance_scale (default 3.25), while real CFG runs inside the repo guiders.
+    ("hunyuanimage", 50, 3.25),
     # Ideogram 4 model-card: 48 steps, guidance 7 (its schedule tapers the last 3 steps to 3.0;
     # the loader keeps that taper when the request matches these defaults exactly).
     ("ideogram", 48, 7.0),
diff --git a/studio/backend/tests/test_diffusion_more_families.py b/studio/backend/tests/test_diffusion_more_families.py
index a65b06c1c5..f59988b7ac 100644
--- a/studio/backend/tests/test_diffusion_more_families.py
+++ b/studio/backend/tests/test_diffusion_more_families.py
@@ -144,6 +144,64 @@ def test_lumina2_bf16_component_table_present():
     assert vae_gb <= 0.5
 
 
+# ── hunyuanimage-2.1 family ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "repo_id",
+    [
+        "hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanImage-2.1-Diffusers",
+        "QuantStack/HunyuanImage-2.1-GGUF",
+        # A local GGUF pick where the family keyword lives in the filename (QuantStack's
+        # actual naming drops the dash: the hunyuanimage2.1 alias covers it).
+        "QuantStack/HunyuanImage-2.1-GGUF/HunyuanImage2.1-Q4_K_M.gguf",
+    ],
+)
+def test_detect_family_hunyuanimage21_repos(repo_id):
+    fam = detect_family(repo_id)
+    assert fam is not None and fam.name == "hunyuanimage-2.1"
+    assert fam.pipeline_class == "HunyuanImagePipeline"
+    assert fam.transformer_class == "HunyuanImageTransformer2DModel"
+    assert fam.base_repo == "hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanImage-2.1-Diffusers"
+    # The call's guidance knob is distilled_guidance_scale; there is no guidance_scale kwarg.
+    assert fam.cfg_kwarg == "distilled_guidance_scale"
+    # Published bf16-only upstream; the fp16 fallback stays off.
+    assert fam.fp16_incompatible is True
+
+
+def test_detect_family_hunyuanimage21_override_and_30_still_excluded():
+    assert detect_family("x", override = "hunyuanimage-2.1").name == "hunyuanimage-2.1"
+    assert detect_family("x", override = "hunyuanimage2.1").name == "hunyuanimage-2.1"
+    # The HunyuanImage-3.0 structured exclusion must survive the 2.1 family: 3.0 has
+    # no diffusers pipeline and must stay unknown with its stated reason.
+    assert detect_family("tencent/HunyuanImage-3.0") is None
+    assert excluded_model_reason("tencent/HunyuanImage-3.0") is not None
+    assert excluded_model_reason("hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanImage-2.1-Diffusers") is None
+
+
+def test_hunyuanimage21_is_trusted_non_gguf():
+    # The mirror pipeline loads via from_pretrained -> needs the allowlist.
+    assert _is_trusted_diffusion_repo("hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanImage-2.1-Diffusers")
+    assert not _is_trusted_diffusion_repo("hunyuanvideo-community/some-future-repo")
+
+
+def test_hunyuanimage21_generation_defaults():
+    # Card recipe: 50 steps; guidance feeds the call's distilled_guidance_scale (3.25
+    # default), while classifier-free guidance runs inside the repo's guider components.
+    assert default_generation_params(
+        "hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanImage-2.1-Diffusers"
+    ) == (50, 3.25)
+
+
+def test_hunyuanimage21_bf16_component_table_present():
+    fam = detect_family("hunyuanvideo-community/HunyuanImage-2.1-Diffusers")
+    sizes = family_bf16_components_gb(fam)
+    assert sizes is not None
+    transformer_gb, encoders_gb, vae_gb = sizes
+    # 17B DiT (32.5 GB bf16 on disk) + Qwen2.5-VL 15.5 GB + ByT5 0.8 GB.
+    assert 30.0 <= transformer_gb <= 35.0
+    assert 15.0 <= encoders_gb <= 18.0
+    assert vae_gb <= 1.0
+
+
 def test_ideogram4_generation_defaults():
     # Model-card settings: 48 steps, guidance 7 (the backend keeps the pipeline's
     # recommended tapered schedule when the request matches exactly).