diff --git a/static/js/components/shared/showcase/ShowcaseView.js b/static/js/components/shared/showcase/ShowcaseView.js
index 3406cc12..f8f4c794 100644
--- a/static/js/components/shared/showcase/ShowcaseView.js
+++ b/static/js/components/shared/showcase/ShowcaseView.js
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ export async function loadExampleImages(images, modelHash, previewUrl = '') {
         const showcaseTab = document.getElementById('showcase-tab');
         if (!showcaseTab) return;
 
+        // Fresh load of a model's examples: reset the gallery position so a
+        // previously viewed model's active index / expansion state never leaks
+        // into this one (the modal is a singleton, state is module-level)
+        galleryState.activeIndex = 0;
+        galleryState.expanded = false;
+        lastNavDirection = 1;
+
         // First fetch local example files
         let localFiles = [];
 
diff --git a/tests/frontend/components/showcase.gallery.test.js b/tests/frontend/components/showcase.gallery.test.js
index 57883c3d..79e19c58 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/components/showcase.gallery.test.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/components/showcase.gallery.test.js
@@ -288,6 +288,35 @@ describe('Showcase gallery', () => {
     vi.unstubAllGlobals();
   });
 
+  it('resets the gallery position when a new model is loaded', async () => {
+    const { renderShowcaseContent, loadExampleImages, updateMainDisplay } = await import(SHOWCASE_MODULE);
+
+    // Model A: expand and navigate to the third example
+    document.body.innerHTML = `<div id="showcase-tab">${renderShowcaseContent(IMAGES, [], PREVIEW_URL, true)}</div>`;
+    updateMainDisplay(2);
+    expect(document.querySelector('.gallery-thumb.active')?.dataset.index).toBe('2');
+
+    // Model B opens: loadExampleImages is the per-model entry point
+    const modelBImages = [0, 1, 2, 3].map(i => ({
+      url: `https://image.civitai.com/reset/${i}.jpeg`, width: 100, height: 100, nsfwLevel: 0,
+    }));
+    vi.stubGlobal('fetch', vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+      json: () => Promise.resolve({ success: true, files: [] }),
+    }));
+    await loadExampleImages(modelBImages, 'model-b-hash', '');
+    vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+
+    // The leaked index (2) must not carry over: model B starts at example 1
+    const gallery = document.querySelector('.showcase-gallery');
+    expect(gallery).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(document.querySelector('.gallery-indicator-bar')).toBeTruthy();
+    // Expand model B's gallery: it renders from index 0, not the leaked 2
+    // (loadExampleImages already bound the controls via initShowcaseContent)
+    document.querySelector('#galleryShowBtn').click();
+    expect(document.querySelector('.gallery-thumb.active')?.dataset.index).toBe('0');
+    expect(document.querySelector('#galleryPosition')?.textContent).toBe('1 / 4');
+  });
+
   it('defers video thumbnail metadata fetches until the strip shows them', async () => {
     const { renderShowcaseContent, initShowcaseContent } = await import(SHOWCASE_MODULE);