diff --git a/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx b/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx
index eacfea5c15..b8d676df3d 100644
--- a/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx
+++ b/studio/frontend/src/features/images/images-page.tsx
@@ -985,18 +985,30 @@ export function ImagesPage({ active = true }: { active?: boolean }) {
   }, [images, hasMore, selectedId, quant]);
 
   // Refresh the LoRA picker's suggestions when the loaded model (family) changes. A LoRA is
-  // trained for a specific base family, so a model swap invalidates the current selection --
-  // clear it (the user re-adds a suggestion or types a Hub repo id for the new family). We do
+  // trained for a specific base family, so a real model SWAP invalidates the current selection
+  // -- clear it then (the user re-adds a suggestion or types a Hub repo id for the new family).
+  // But do NOT clear on the first load or an unload: a user can restore a saved recipe (which
+  // sets loras) BEFORE the model finishes loading, and clearing on that load->capable
+  // transition would silently drop the restored adapters. We track the previously-loaded
+  // family in a ref and clear only when it changes to a different loaded family. We also do
   // NOT filter the selection against the discovered catalog: a valid pick can be a free-text
   // Hugging Face repo id that is not in the (often empty) curated list.
   const loraCapable = Boolean(status?.loaded && status?.supports_lora);
+  const prevLoraFamilyRef = useRef<string | null | undefined>(undefined);
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!loraCapable) {
+      // Options are gone with the model, but keep the selection: it may have just been
+      // restored while the model is (re)loading. It is only SENT when loraCapable, and a
+      // real family swap below clears it.
       setAvailableLoras([]);
-      setLoras([]);
       return;
     }
-    setLoras([]);
+    const fam = status?.family ?? null;
+    const prev = prevLoraFamilyRef.current;
+    if (prev != null && prev !== fam) {
+      setLoras([]);
+    }
+    prevLoraFamilyRef.current = fam;
     let cancelled = false;
     listDiffusionLoras(status?.family ?? undefined)
       .then((list) => {
@@ -1564,7 +1576,11 @@ export function ImagesPage({ active = true }: { active?: boolean }) {
           reference_images: condRefImages,
           // Drop empty (no id typed yet) and zero-weight rows, and trim hand-typed repo ids,
           // so the recipe records only adapters that actually applied. Empty -> omit entirely.
+          // Gate on loraCapable: a restore can leave adapters in state while the loaded model
+          // does not support LoRA (picker hidden), and sending them would fail generation with
+          // no visible row to remove.
           loras: (() => {
+            if (!loraCapable) return undefined;
             const active = loras
               .map((l) => ({ id: l.id.trim(), weight: l.weight }))
               .filter((l) => l.id && l.weight > 0);