When a workflow has missing models, the "Download" button in the Workflow Overview errors panel triggers a browser download (saving to the OS downloads folder) instead of a server-side download to the paths configured in extra_model_paths.yaml.
Expected behavior
Clicking "Download" should have the ComfyUI server fetch the file and save it directly to the correct configured model folder (e.g. diffusion_models/, loras/) on the server, respecting extra_model_paths.yaml and is_default: true.
Actual behavior
The browser downloads the file to the user's default downloads folder, ignoring any server-side path configuration. Users on remote setups (NAS, network storage, headless servers) are forced to manually move files after downloading.
Workaround
Use "Copy URL" and run wget -P <model_folder> <url> in a terminal.
When a workflow has missing models, the "Download" button in the Workflow Overview errors panel triggers a browser download (saving to the OS downloads folder) instead of a server-side download to the paths configured in
extra_model_paths.yaml.Expected behavior
Clicking "Download" should have the ComfyUI server fetch the file and save it directly to the correct configured model folder (e.g.
diffusion_models/,loras/) on the server, respectingextra_model_paths.yamlandis_default: true.Actual behavior
The browser downloads the file to the user's default downloads folder, ignoring any server-side path configuration. Users on remote setups (NAS, network storage, headless servers) are forced to manually move files after downloading.
Workaround
Use "Copy URL" and run
wget -P <model_folder> <url>in a terminal.