diff --git a/tests/browser/full-inspector.spec.mjs b/tests/browser/full-inspector.spec.mjs
index 5909afd..421e291 100644
--- a/tests/browser/full-inspector.spec.mjs
+++ b/tests/browser/full-inspector.spec.mjs
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ test('inspection facts survive actual API to browser transport', async ({ page,
     const complete = result.complete;
     expect(Object.values(complete.generation).map(fact => fact.value)).toEqual(['9007199254740993', '28', '6.5', 'dpmpp_2m', 'karras', 'fixture-model.safetensors']);
     expect(Object.values(complete.generation).every(fact => fact.source === 'api-graph' && fact.evidence === 'configuration')).toBe(true);
-    // Ambiguous branches merge per field: the differing seed is ambiguous, the shared fields known.
+    // Differing branches show what the legacy parser shows: the first sampler's seed.
     expect(Object.values(result.ambiguous.generation).map(fact => [fact.status, fact.value])).toEqual([
-        ['ambiguous', null], ['known', '28'], ['known', '6.5'], ['known', 'dpmpp_2m'], ['known', 'karras'], ['known', 'fixture-model.safetensors']]);
+        ['known', '9007199254740993'], ['known', '28'], ['known', '6.5'], ['known', 'dpmpp_2m'], ['known', 'karras'], ['known', 'fixture-model.safetensors']]);
     expect(Object.values(result.ambiguous.generation).every(fact => fact.sampler_id === null)).toBe(true);
     expect(result['workflow-only'].generation.seed).toMatchObject({ status: 'known', value: '9007199254740993', source: 'workflow', evidence: 'configuration' });
     expect(result['workflow-only'].prompts.positive.source).toBe('saved-association');
diff --git a/tests/js/workspace-inspection-state.test.js b/tests/js/workspace-inspection-state.test.js
index fcb8e4d..a1bf464 100644
--- a/tests/js/workspace-inspection-state.test.js
+++ b/tests/js/workspace-inspection-state.test.js
@@ -464,3 +464,94 @@ test('rooted controller keeps legacy descriptors with ignored noncloneable field
     let pending;assert.doesNotThrow(()=>{pending=controller.select(selected);});
     requests[0].resolve(envelope());await pending;assert.equal(controller.state.record.identity.key,'0:folder/a #%.png');controller.dispose();
 });
+
+// The maintainer's standard pipeline: one PromptManager pair feeds a base pass, an
+// upscale pass and a FaceDetailer, saved by a custom saver. Text and seeds are invented.
+function detailerPipelineGraph() {
+    return {
+        1: { class_type: 'CheckpointLoaderSimple', inputs: { ckpt_name: 'Base/example_model.safetensors' } },
+        5: { class_type: 'KSampler', inputs: { seed: 111, steps: 4, cfg: 1.0, sampler_name: 'lcm', scheduler: 'normal', denoise: 1.0, model: ['47', 0], positive: ['25', 0], negative: ['26', 0], latent_image: ['20', 0] } },
+        6: { class_type: 'VAEDecode', inputs: { samples: ['5', 0], vae: ['1', 2] } },
+        7: { class_type: 'PreviewImage', inputs: { images: ['6', 0] } },
+        8: { class_type: 'UpscaleModelLoader', inputs: { model_name: 'upscaler.pth' } },
+        9: { class_type: 'ImageUpscaleWithModel', inputs: { upscale_model: ['8', 0], image: ['6', 0] } },
+        10: { class_type: 'ImageScaleBy', inputs: { upscale_method: 'lanczos', scale_by: 0.75, image: ['9', 0] } },
+        11: { class_type: 'VAEEncode', inputs: { pixels: ['10', 0], vae: ['1', 2] } },
+        12: { class_type: 'KSampler', inputs: { seed: 222, steps: 6, cfg: 1.0, sampler_name: 'lcm', scheduler: 'normal', denoise: 0.45, model: ['47', 0], positive: ['25', 0], negative: ['26', 0], latent_image: ['11', 0] } },
+        13: { class_type: 'VAEDecode', inputs: { samples: ['12', 0], vae: ['1', 2] } },
+        17: { class_type: 'FaceDetailer', inputs: { seed: 333, steps: 4, cfg: 1.0, sampler_name: 'lcm', scheduler: 'normal', denoise: 0.4, image: ['13', 0], model: ['47', 0], clip: ['47', 1], vae: ['1', 2], positive: ['25', 0], negative: ['26', 0] } },
+        20: { class_type: 'EmptyLatentBatch', inputs: { width: 640, height: 1536, batch_size: 1 } },
+        25: { class_type: 'PromptManager', inputs: { text: 'a lighthouse at dusk, oil painting', category: '', tags: '', search_text: '', prepend_text: '', append_text: '', clip: ['47', 1] } },
+        26: { class_type: 'PromptManager', inputs: { text: 'blurry, watermark', category: '', tags: '', search_text: '', prepend_text: '', append_text: '', clip: ['47', 1] } },
+        47: { class_type: 'Lora Loader (LoraManager)', inputs: { text: '', model: ['1', 0], clip: ['1', 1] } },
+        48: { class_type: 'KikoSaveImage', inputs: { filename_prefix: ['49', 0], format: 'PNG', images: ['17', 0] } },
+        49: { class_type: 'KikoProjectFilePath', inputs: { project_name: 'example', filename: 'image' } },
+    };
+}
+
+test('workflow prompts and settings match the legacy parser when the server cannot decide', t => {
+    const parser = require('../../web/js/comfy-metadata.js'), { extractGenerationParams } = parser;
+    globalThis.ComfyMetadata = parser;
+    t.after(() => { delete globalThis.ComfyMetadata; });
+    const entry = image(), data = envelope(entry);
+    data.prompts = { positive: { status: 'ambiguous', text: null, source: null }, negative: { status: 'ambiguous', text: null, source: null } };
+    data.metadata.prompt_graph = { status: 'parsed', value: detailerPipelineGraph() };
+    data.resolution = { state: 'ambiguous', sampler_id: null, reason: 'Multiple sampler branches' };
+    const record = contract('toInspectionRecord')(data, entry, extractGenerationFacts);
+    const legacy = extractGenerationParams({ prompt: detailerPipelineGraph() });
+    assert.deepEqual(record.prompts.positive, { status: 'resolved', text: legacy.positivePrompt, source: 'graph-inferred' });
+    assert.deepEqual(record.prompts.negative, { status: 'resolved', text: legacy.negativePrompt, source: 'graph-inferred' });
+    assert.equal(record.prompts.positive.text, 'a lighthouse at dusk, oil painting');
+    assert.equal(record.prompts.negative.text, 'blurry, watermark');
+    for (const [field, key] of [['seed', 'seed'], ['steps', 'steps'], ['cfg', 'cfgScale'], ['sampler', 'sampler'], ['model', 'checkpoint']]) {
+        assert.equal(record.generation[field].status, 'known', field);
+        assert.equal(record.generation[field].value, String(legacy[key]), field);
+    }
+});
+
+test('recorded and saved prompts are never replaced by the workflow parse', t => {
+    globalThis.ComfyMetadata = require('../../web/js/comfy-metadata.js');
+    t.after(() => { delete globalThis.ComfyMetadata; });
+    const entry = image(), data = envelope(entry);
+    data.metadata.prompt_graph = { status: 'parsed', value: detailerPipelineGraph() };
+    const record = contract('toInspectionRecord')(data, entry, extractGenerationFacts);
+    assert.deepEqual(record.prompts.positive, { status: 'resolved', text: 'exact\npositive', source: 'execution' });
+    assert.equal(record.prompts.negative.text, 'blurry, watermark');
+});
+
+test('a definite server prompt is kept even when the legacy parser reads it differently', t => {
+    globalThis.ComfyMetadata = require('../../web/js/comfy-metadata.js');
+    t.after(() => { delete globalThis.ComfyMetadata; });
+    const entry = image(), data = envelope(entry);
+    // The legacy parser follows ConditioningZeroOut back to the positive text node.
+    const graph = detailerPipelineGraph();
+    graph[30] = { class_type: 'ConditioningZeroOut', inputs: { conditioning: ['25', 0] } };
+    graph[5].inputs.negative = ['30', 0];
+    data.metadata.prompt_graph = { status: 'parsed', value: graph };
+    data.prompts = { positive: { status: 'ambiguous', text: null, source: null }, negative: { status: 'resolved', text: '', source: 'zeroed-conditioning' } };
+    const record = contract('toInspectionRecord')(data, entry, extractGenerationFacts);
+    assert.deepEqual(record.prompts.negative, { status: 'resolved', text: '', source: 'zeroed-conditioning' });
+    assert.equal(record.prompts.positive.text, 'a lighthouse at dusk, oil painting');
+});
+
+test('callers without the browser global pass the legacy parser explicitly', () => {
+    const parser = require('../../web/js/comfy-metadata.js');
+    const entry = image(), data = envelope(entry);
+    data.prompts = { positive: { status: 'ambiguous', text: null, source: null }, negative: { status: 'ambiguous', text: null, source: null } };
+    data.metadata.prompt_graph = { status: 'parsed', value: detailerPipelineGraph() };
+    const identity = { kind: 'rooted-file', key: '0:x', root_index: 0, path: entry.path, root_scope: scopeA };
+    const record = contract('projectInspectionPayload')(data, identity, null, extractGenerationFacts, false, parser);
+    assert.equal(record.prompts.positive.text, 'a lighthouse at dusk, oil painting');
+    assert.equal(record.prompts.negative.text, 'blurry, watermark');
+});
+
+test('a setting the file does not record is never filled from the legacy parse', t => {
+    globalThis.ComfyMetadata = require('../../web/js/comfy-metadata.js');
+    t.after(() => { delete globalThis.ComfyMetadata; });
+    const entry = image(), data = envelope(entry);
+    data.metadata.prompt_graph = { status: 'parsed', value: detailerPipelineGraph() };
+    const extract = input => ({ ...extractGenerationFacts(input), cfg: { status: 'not-recorded', value: null, source: null, evidence: null, reason: null, sampler_id: null } });
+    const record = contract('toInspectionRecord')(data, entry, extract);
+    assert.equal(record.generation.cfg.status, 'not-recorded');
+    assert.equal(record.generation.cfg.value, null);
+});
diff --git a/tests/js/workspace-media-viewer.test.js b/tests/js/workspace-media-viewer.test.js
index e69187e..d4e9994 100644
--- a/tests/js/workspace-media-viewer.test.js
+++ b/tests/js/workspace-media-viewer.test.js
@@ -158,3 +158,34 @@ test('real inspection navigation preserves slideshow across two advances and def
         assert.equal(f.container.children.length,0);assert.equal(controller.state.record.identity.occurrence.output_node_id,'3');
     } finally {view.dispose();controller.dispose();parentScope.dispose();globalThis.setTimeout=oldSetTimeout;globalThis.clearTimeout=oldClearTimeout;f.restore();}
 });
+
+test('an inline Viewer still loading its image is destroyed only after it has viewed it', async () => {
+    const {reportedLocationAdapter:adapter} = await import('../../web/js/workspace/history-media.mjs');
+    const f = mountedDom(), parentScope = createScope(), controller = borrowedController(), items = [occurrenceMedia('1',1,'c')];
+    const instances = [];
+    // Viewer.js's inline destroy() leaves an in-flight view running; its callback then needs a live instance.
+    f.win.Viewer = class { constructor(node,options) { this.node = node; this.options = options; this.destroyed = 0; this.viewed = false; instances.push(this); }
+        destroy() { this.destroyed++; } resize() {} };
+    const globals = {ResizeObserver:globalThis.ResizeObserver, requestAnimationFrame:globalThis.requestAnimationFrame, cancelAnimationFrame:globalThis.cancelAnimationFrame};
+    Object.assign(globalThis, {ResizeObserver:class { observe() {} disconnect() {} }, requestAnimationFrame:() => 1, cancelAnimationFrame() {}});
+    const view = module.createMediaViewer({container:f.container,parentScope,inspectionController:controller,adapter,sender:{open(){}}});
+    try {
+        view.open({items,selectedKey:'c'.repeat(64)});
+        const [loading] = instances, image = loading.node, removed = [];
+        image.removeAttribute = key => removed.push(key);
+        f.walk(f.container,n => n.attributes['aria-label'] === 'Close preview')[0].fire('click');
+        assert.equal(loading.destroyed, 0, 'not destroyed while its image view is pending');
+        // Viewer.js lists only images that still have a src; the pending view needs it.
+        assert.deepEqual(removed, [], 'the image keeps its src while the view is pending');
+        loading.viewed = true; loading.options.viewed.call(loading);
+        assert.equal(loading.destroyed, 1, 'destroyed once its pending view settles');
+        assert.deepEqual(removed, ['src'], 'the src is released after the viewer');
+        loading.options.viewed.call(loading);
+        assert.equal(loading.destroyed, 1, 'never destroyed twice');
+
+        view.open({items,selectedKey:'c'.repeat(64)});
+        const shown = instances[1]; shown.viewed = true; shown.options.viewed.call(shown);
+        f.walk(f.container,n => n.attributes['aria-label'] === 'Close preview')[0].fire('click');
+        assert.equal(shown.destroyed, 1, 'a viewed image is destroyed at once');
+    } finally { view.dispose(); parentScope.dispose(); f.restore(); Object.assign(globalThis, globals); }
+});
diff --git a/web/js/workspace/inspection-state.mjs b/web/js/workspace/inspection-state.mjs
index 9b7fb6b..da553ed 100644
--- a/web/js/workspace/inspection-state.mjs
+++ b/web/js/workspace/inspection-state.mjs
@@ -163,11 +163,41 @@ function libraryFor(value) {
     return library;
 }
 
+// The legacy workflow parse (comfy-metadata.js, as of #170) also feeds the gallery and
+// admin pages; it fills any prompt or setting the server could not decide, so this page
+// never shows less than they do. A definite server answer is never replaced.
+const LEGACY_FACTS = [['seed', 'seed'], ['steps', 'steps'], ['cfg', 'cfgScale'], ['sampler', 'sampler'], ['model', 'checkpoint']];
+
+function comfyMetadata() {
+    return globalThis.ComfyMetadata || globalThis.window?.ComfyMetadata;
+}
+
+function withWorkflowParams(record, parser = comfyMetadata()) {
+    const graph = record.metadata.prompt_graph.status === 'parsed' ? record.metadata.prompt_graph.value : null;
+    const workflow = record.metadata.workflow_graph.status === 'parsed' ? record.metadata.workflow_graph.value : null;
+    if (typeof parser?.extractGenerationParams !== 'function' || (!graph && !workflow)) return;
+    const params = parser.extractGenerationParams({ prompt: graph, workflow });
+    const found = key => typeof params[key] === 'string' || typeof params[key] === 'number' ?
+        String(params[key]) !== '' && params[key] !== parser.PLACEHOLDERS?.[key] : false;
+    const prompts = { ...record.prompts };
+    for (const [role, key] of [['positive', 'positivePrompt'], ['negative', 'negativePrompt']]) {
+        const current = prompts[role];
+        if (!found(key) || current?.status === 'resolved') continue;
+        prompts[role] = { status: 'resolved', text: params[key], source: 'graph-inferred' };
+    }
+    record.prompts = prompts;
+    for (const [field, key] of LEGACY_FACTS) {
+        // Only open answers are filled: a known value or a definite "not recorded" stays.
+        if (!found(key) || !['unresolved', 'ambiguous'].includes(record.generation[field]?.status)) continue;
+        record.generation[field] = { status: 'known', value: String(params[key]), source: graph ? 'api-graph' : 'workflow', evidence: 'configuration', reason: null, sampler_id: null };
+    }
+}
+
 function unavailableFacts() {
     return Object.fromEntries(FACT_FIELDS.map(key => [key, { status: 'unresolved', value: null, source: null, evidence: null, reason: null, sampler_id: null }]));
 }
 
-export function toInspectionRecord(result, image, extractFacts = globalThis.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts || globalThis.window?.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts) {
+export function toInspectionRecord(result, image, extractFacts = globalThis.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts || globalThis.window?.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts, parser = comfyMetadata()) {
     const scope = validateIdentity(image);
     if (scope !== null && (!object(result) || result.root_scope !== scope)) throw new InspectionSourceChangedError();
     if (!object(result) || result.success === false) throw new TypeError('Invalid inspection response');
@@ -177,11 +207,11 @@ export function toInspectionRecord(result, image, extractFacts = globalThis.Comf
     if ((!legacy || result.image !== undefined) && (!object(result.image) || result.image.root_index !== image.root_index || result.image.path !== image.path || result.image.filename !== image.path.split('/').at(-1))) throw new TypeError('Mismatched inspection identity');
     return projectInspectionPayload(result,
         { kind: 'rooted-file', key: imageKey(image), root_index: image.root_index, path: image.path, root_scope: scope },
-        downloadFor(image, !legacy || scope !== null), extractFacts, legacy);
+        downloadFor(image, !legacy || scope !== null), extractFacts, legacy, parser);
 }
 
 /** Shared bounded payload projection; adapters validate identity before entering here. */
-export function projectInspectionPayload(result, identity, download, extractFacts = globalThis.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts || globalThis.window?.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts, legacy = false) {
+export function projectInspectionPayload(result, identity, download, extractFacts = globalThis.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts || globalThis.window?.ComfyMetadata?.extractGenerationFacts, legacy = false, parser = comfyMetadata()) {
     const record = {
         identity, file: null, prompts: promptsFor(result.prompts), library: null, metadata: null,
         generation: unavailableFacts(), historyTarget: null, download,
@@ -194,6 +224,7 @@ export function projectInspectionPayload(result, identity, download, extractFact
     if (typeof extractFacts !== 'function') throw new TypeError('Inspection facts parser unavailable');
     record.generation = extractFacts({ prompt_graph: record.metadata.prompt_graph, workflow_graph: record.metadata.workflow_graph,
         parameters: record.metadata.parameters, recordFormats: record.metadata.record_formats, metadataStatus: record.metadata.status, resolution });
+    withWorkflowParams(record, parser);
     if (record.library.status === 'linked' && record.library.positive_id !== null) record.historyTarget = `#/library/${record.library.positive_id}`;
     return record;
 }
diff --git a/web/js/workspace/media-viewer.mjs b/web/js/workspace/media-viewer.mjs
index a3437a4..5f10bf0 100644
--- a/web/js/workspace/media-viewer.mjs
+++ b/web/js/workspace/media-viewer.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import {rootedFileAdapter} from './inspection-state.mjs';
 import {mountFileInspector} from './file-inspector.mjs';
 
 let viewerId = 0;
+// Upper bound on waiting for a closed Viewer's in-flight image view before destroying it.
+const PENDING_VIEW_DESTROY_MS = 10000;
 export function readViewerPreferences(getStorage = () => window.localStorage, normalize = globalThis.GallerySettings.normalizeGallerySettings) {
     let stored;
     try { stored = JSON.parse(getStorage().getItem('gallerySettings')); } catch { stored = null; }
@@ -127,12 +129,19 @@ export function createMediaViewer({container,parentScope,inspectionController,se
             } else {
                 node.alt = selected.filename;node.decoding = 'async';
                 node.hidden = !!window.Viewer;
-                if (!window.Viewer) mediaLocal.listen(node,'load',() => {if (current()) session.ready(key);});
-                mediaLocal.cleanup(() => node.removeAttribute('src'));
+                // With Viewer.js the src is released after the viewer (see release below).
+                if (!window.Viewer) {
+                    mediaLocal.listen(node,'load',() => {if (current()) session.ready(key);});
+                    mediaLocal.cleanup(() => node.removeAttribute('src'));
+                }
             }
             node.src = url.href;media.append(node);
             if (!selected.is_video && window.Viewer) {
-                let fitFrame = 0, fitWidth, fitHeight;
+                let fitFrame = 0, fitWidth, fitHeight, viewSettled = false, released = false, fallback = 0;
+                const release = () => {
+                    if (released) return;
+                    released = true;clearTimeout(fallback);instance.destroy();node.removeAttribute('src');
+                };
                 const scheduleFit = () => {
                     if (!current() || fitFrame) return;
                     fitFrame = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
@@ -145,11 +154,21 @@ export function createMediaViewer({container,parentScope,inspectionController,se
                 };
                 const instance = new window.Viewer(node,{inline:true,container:media,toolbar:false,navbar:false,title:false,button:false,
                     keyboard:false,fullscreen:false,transition:false,viewed() {
+                        viewSettled = true;
+                        if (mediaLocal.signal.aborted) { release(); return; }
                         if (!current()) return;
                         session.ready(key);scheduleFit();
                     }});
                 const observer = new ResizeObserver(scheduleFit);observer.observe(stage);
-                viewer = instance;mediaLocal.cleanup(() => {observer.disconnect();cancelAnimationFrame(fitFrame);instance.destroy();});
+                viewer = instance;mediaLocal.cleanup(() => {
+                    observer.disconnect();cancelAnimationFrame(fitFrame);
+                    // Inline Viewer.js keeps viewing a still-loading image after destroy(), and that view
+                    // rebuilds its list from images that still have a src; keep both until the view
+                    // settles, fails or times out.
+                    if (viewSettled) { release(); return; }
+                    node.addEventListener('error',release,{once:true});
+                    fallback = setTimeout(release,PENDING_VIEW_DESTROY_MS);
+                });
             }
             updateControls(session.state);
         }