diff --git a/browser_tests/assets/group_node_identical_nodes_hidden_inputs.json b/browser_tests/assets/group_node_identical_nodes_hidden_inputs.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db6b85c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/browser_tests/assets/group_node_identical_nodes_hidden_inputs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+{
+  "last_node_id": 19,
+  "last_link_id": 14,
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "id": 19,
+      "type": "workflow>two_VAE_decode",
+      "pos": [
+        1368.800048828125,
+        768.7999877929688
+      ],
+      "size": [
+        418.1999816894531,
+        86
+      ],
+      "flags": {},
+      "order": 0,
+      "mode": 0,
+      "inputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "samples",
+          "type": "LATENT",
+          "link": null
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "vae",
+          "type": "VAE",
+          "link": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "outputs": [
+        {
+          "name": "IMAGE",
+          "type": "IMAGE",
+          "links": null
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "VAEDecode IMAGE",
+          "type": "IMAGE",
+          "links": null
+        }
+      ],
+      "properties": {}
+    }
+  ],
+  "links": [],
+  "groups": [],
+  "config": {},
+  "extra": {
+    "ds": {
+      "scale": 1,
+      "offset": [
+        0,
+        0
+      ]
+    },
+    "node_versions": {},
+    "ue_links": [],
+    "groupNodes": {
+      "two_VAE_decode": {
+        "nodes": [
+          {
+            "id": -1,
+            "type": "VAEDecode",
+            "pos": [
+              1368.800048828125,
+              768.7999877929688
+            ],
+            "size": [
+              210,
+              46
+            ],
+            "flags": {},
+            "order": 0,
+            "mode": 0,
+            "inputs": [
+              {
+                "name": "samples",
+                "type": "LATENT",
+                "link": null,
+                "localized_name": "samples"
+              },
+              {
+                "name": "vae",
+                "type": "VAE",
+                "link": null,
+                "localized_name": "vae"
+              }
+            ],
+            "outputs": [
+              {
+                "name": "IMAGE",
+                "type": "IMAGE",
+                "links": null,
+                "localized_name": "IMAGE"
+              }
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "Node name for S&R": "VAEDecode"
+            },
+            "index": 0
+          },
+          {
+            "id": -1,
+            "type": "VAEDecode",
+            "pos": [
+              1368.800048828125,
+              873.7999877929688
+            ],
+            "size": [
+              210,
+              46
+            ],
+            "flags": {},
+            "order": 1,
+            "mode": 0,
+            "inputs": [
+              {
+                "name": "samples",
+                "type": "LATENT",
+                "link": null,
+                "localized_name": "samples"
+              },
+              {
+                "name": "vae",
+                "type": "VAE",
+                "link": null,
+                "localized_name": "vae"
+              }
+            ],
+            "outputs": [
+              {
+                "name": "IMAGE",
+                "type": "IMAGE",
+                "links": null,
+                "localized_name": "IMAGE"
+              }
+            ],
+            "properties": {
+              "Node name for S&R": "VAEDecode"
+            },
+            "index": 1
+          }
+        ],
+        "links": [],
+        "external": [],
+        "config": {
+          "1": {
+            "input": {
+              "samples": {
+                "visible": false
+              },
+              "vae": {
+                "visible": false
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "version": 0.4
+}
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diff --git a/browser_tests/groupNode.spec.ts b/browser_tests/groupNode.spec.ts
index 7e44ec7ab..0d9ed140f 100644
--- a/browser_tests/groupNode.spec.ts
+++ b/browser_tests/groupNode.spec.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,37 @@ test.describe('Group Node', () => {
     expect(await manage2.getSelectedNodeType()).toBe('g2')
   })
 
+  test('Preserves hidden input configuration when containing duplicate node types', async ({
+    comfyPage
+  }) => {
+    await comfyPage.loadWorkflow('group_node_identical_nodes_hidden_inputs')
+    await comfyPage.nextFrame()
+
+    const groupNodeId = 19
+    const groupNodeName = 'two_VAE_decode'
+
+    const totalInputCount = await comfyPage.page.evaluate((nodeName) => {
+      const {
+        extra: { groupNodes }
+      } = window['app'].graph
+      const { nodes } = groupNodes[nodeName]
+      return nodes.reduce((acc: number, node) => {
+        return acc + node.inputs.length
+      }, 0)
+    }, groupNodeName)
+
+    const visibleInputCount = await comfyPage.page.evaluate((id) => {
+      const node = window['app'].graph.getNodeById(id)
+      return node.inputs.length
+    }, groupNodeId)
+
+    // Verify there are 4 total inputs (2 VAE decode nodes with 2 inputs each)
+    expect(totalInputCount).toBe(4)
+
+    // Verify there are 2 visible inputs (2 have been hidden in config)
+    expect(visibleInputCount).toBe(2)
+  })
+
   test('Reconnects inputs after configuration changed via manage dialog save', async ({
     comfyPage
   }) => {