Other Models management is opt-in and its folders come from
folder_paths.get_folder_paths(). In plugin mode ComfyUI registers vae,
upscale_models, text_encoders, clip_vision and controlnet out of the box, so
enabling the feature works immediately. Standalone only knows the keys present
in settings.json.folder_paths, and that file is edited by hand - there is no UI
for those keys - so a standalone user who followed the announcement banner
reached "Enable Other Models" and then an empty page.
Gate the announcement on the capability instead of on how the process was
started:
- Config.get_other_models_availability() probes every canonical other key
(legacy clip collapses into text_encoders where the host exposes
map_legacy) and reports which sub_types resolve to a folder that exists on
disk. It deliberately ignores enable_other_models: the question is "could
this work here at all?". An empty folder counts, because CivitAI downloads
can target it.
- /api/lm/settings exposes it as the derived, non-persisted
other_models_paths_available flag; a probe failure yields null and the
banner fails open.
- BannerService only registers the announcement when the flag is not false.
`=== false` (not falsy) keeps a cached/older payload working, and nothing is
written to dismissed_banners, so the banner can return once folders exist.
- The Other page grows an "enabled but nothing to scan" empty state driven by
config.other_roots, showing the settings.json snippet for standalone and a
pointer to ComfyUI model paths otherwise, plus an Open Settings action. It
also covers the corner where only a non-default sub_type has a folder.
Translate the six other.noPaths.* keys into all nine locales and record the
new "folder key" / "on disk" terminology in the i18n guidelines.
Backend tests and pytest tests/i18n could not run in this environment (no
pytest/platformdirs); the probe was exercised against a stubbed folder_paths.
Frontend: 120 files / 1101 JS tests passed.
- The Other nav entry is hidden while the feature is off
(nav-item--hidden, toggled client-side after enabling) and now uses the
fa-shapes icon.
- Shared utils/otherModels.js helpers (enable through the settings API,
open the settings Library section) are reused by the disabled page, the
announcement banner and the download modal.
- BannerService registers a one-time dismissible "other-models-announcement"
banner while the feature is off; SettingsManager drops the banner and
updates the nav when the master switch flips.
- A disabled download routing answer now surfaces a showActionToast with an
"Enable Other Models" action.
- Settings UI: master toggle + five sub_type checkboxes whose default-root
selects are disabled when unchecked; i18n keys added to en.json and synced
(other locales keep TODO placeholders).
Will Miao