From a715bca52f201a545da489c27992319bc77c8c89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Tannous <115670425+rolandtannous@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 11:24:32 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] Write export metadata for GGUF exports to fix Unknown base
 model

---
 studio/backend/core/export/export.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/studio/backend/core/export/export.py b/studio/backend/core/export/export.py
index 079ea0277d..39e956eb6f 100644
--- a/studio/backend/core/export/export.py
+++ b/studio/backend/core/export/export.py
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ class ExportBackend:
                     shutil.rmtree(model_save_path, ignore_errors=True)
                     logger.info("Cleaned up intermediate HF model files")
 
+                # Write export metadata so the Chat page can identify the base model
+                self._write_export_metadata(abs_save_dir)
+
                 logger.info(f"GGUF model saved successfully in {abs_save_dir}")
 
             # Push to hub if requested