diff --git a/src/composables/node/useNodeCanvasImagePreview.ts b/src/composables/node/useNodeCanvasImagePreview.ts
index e0e4ded564..dccfc7f430 100644
--- a/src/composables/node/useNodeCanvasImagePreview.ts
+++ b/src/composables/node/useNodeCanvasImagePreview.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ import type { LGraphNode } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/litegraph'
 import { useImagePreviewWidget } from '@/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useImagePreviewWidget'
 
 export const CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_WIDGET = '$$canvas-image-preview'
-const CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_NODE_TYPES = new Set(['PreviewImage', 'SaveImage'])
+const CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_NODE_TYPES = new Set([
+  'PreviewImage',
+  'SaveImage',
+  'GLSLShader'
+])
 
 export function supportsVirtualCanvasImagePreview(node: LGraphNode): boolean {
   return CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_NODE_TYPES.has(node.type)
diff --git a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.ts b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.ts
index 5ec6077849..aae35d5b0a 100644
--- a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.ts
+++ b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotedWidgetView.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ class PromotedWidgetView implements IPromotedWidgetView {
     projected.drawWidget(ctx, {
       width: widgetWidth,
       showText: !lowQuality,
-      suppressPromotedOutline: true
+      suppressPromotedOutline: true,
+      previewImages: resolved.node.imgs
     })
 
     projected.y = originalY
diff --git a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.test.ts b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.test.ts
index 9b321de895..ff96cc98bc 100644
--- a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.test.ts
+++ b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.test.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,17 @@ describe('getPromotableWidgets', () => {
     ).toBe(true)
   })
 
+  it('adds virtual canvas preview widget for GLSLShader nodes', () => {
+    const node = new LGraphNode('GLSLShader')
+    node.type = 'GLSLShader'
+
+    const widgets = getPromotableWidgets(node)
+
+    expect(
+      widgets.some((widget) => widget.name === CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_WIDGET)
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+
   it('does not add virtual canvas preview widget for non-image nodes', () => {
     const node = new LGraphNode('TextNode')
     node.addOutput('TEXT', 'STRING')
@@ -232,4 +243,25 @@ describe('promoteRecommendedWidgets', () => {
 
     expect(updatePreviewsMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it('eagerly promotes virtual preview widget for CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW nodes', () => {
+    const subgraph = createTestSubgraph()
+    const subgraphNode = createTestSubgraphNode(subgraph)
+    const glslNode = new LGraphNode('GLSLShader')
+    glslNode.type = 'GLSLShader'
+    subgraph.add(glslNode)
+
+    promoteRecommendedWidgets(subgraphNode)
+
+    const store = usePromotionStore()
+    expect(
+      store.isPromoted(
+        subgraphNode.rootGraph.id,
+        subgraphNode.id,
+        String(glslNode.id),
+        CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_WIDGET
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(updatePreviewsMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.ts b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.ts
index 8fa048b2e1..532c49920b 100644
--- a/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.ts
+++ b/src/core/graph/subgraph/promotionUtils.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,29 @@ export function promoteRecommendedWidgets(subgraphNode: SubgraphNode) {
     // defer. Core $$ preview widgets are the lazy path that needs updatePreviews.
     if (hasPreviewWidget()) continue
 
+    // Nodes in CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_NODE_TYPES support a virtual $$
+    // preview widget. Eagerly promote it so getPseudoWidgetPreviewTargets
+    // includes this node and onDrawBackground can call updatePreviews on it
+    // once execution outputs arrive.
+    if (supportsVirtualCanvasImagePreview(node)) {
+      if (
+        !store.isPromoted(
+          subgraphNode.rootGraph.id,
+          subgraphNode.id,
+          String(node.id),
+          CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_WIDGET
+        )
+      ) {
+        store.promote(
+          subgraphNode.rootGraph.id,
+          subgraphNode.id,
+          String(node.id),
+          CANVAS_IMAGE_PREVIEW_WIDGET
+        )
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+
     // Also schedule a deferred check: core $$ widgets are created lazily by
     // updatePreviews when node outputs are first loaded.
     requestAnimationFrame(() => updatePreviews(node, promotePreviewWidget))
diff --git a/src/lib/litegraph/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts b/src/lib/litegraph/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts
index 973e7976da..b8138af707 100644
--- a/src/lib/litegraph/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts
+++ b/src/lib/litegraph/src/widgets/BaseWidget.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ export interface DrawWidgetOptions {
   showText?: boolean
   /** When true, suppresses the promoted outline color (e.g. for projected copies on SubgraphNode). */
   suppressPromotedOutline?: boolean
+  /** Transient image source for preview widgets rendered on behalf of another node (e.g. subgraph promotion). */
+  previewImages?: HTMLImageElement[]
 }
 
 interface DrawTruncatingTextOptions extends DrawWidgetOptions {
diff --git a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useImagePreviewWidget.ts b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useImagePreviewWidget.ts
index a76a3cb0f6..bf7fd1064a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useImagePreviewWidget.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/extensions/vueNodes/widgets/composables/useImagePreviewWidget.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type {
   IBaseWidget,
   IWidgetOptions
 } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/types/widgets'
+import type { DrawWidgetOptions } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/widgets/BaseWidget'
 import { useSettingStore } from '@/platform/settings/settingStore'
 import { useCanvasStore } from '@/renderer/core/canvas/canvasStore'
 import type { InputSpec } from '@/schemas/nodeDef/nodeDefSchemaV2'
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@ const renderPreview = (
   ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
   node: LGraphNode,
   shiftY: number,
-  computedHeight: number | undefined
+  computedHeight: number | undefined,
+  imgs: HTMLImageElement[],
+  width: number
 ) => {
   if (!node.size) return
 
@@ -99,7 +102,6 @@ const renderPreview = (
     node.pointerDown = null
   }
 
-  const imgs = node.imgs ?? []
   if (imgs.length === 0) return
 
   let { imageIndex } = node
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ const renderPreview = (
   const settingStore = useSettingStore()
   const allowImageSizeDraw = settingStore.get('Comfy.Node.AllowImageSizeDraw')
   const IMAGE_TEXT_SIZE_TEXT_HEIGHT = allowImageSizeDraw ? 15 : 0
-  const dw = node.size[0]
+  const dw = width
   const dh = computedHeight ? computedHeight - IMAGE_TEXT_SIZE_TEXT_HEIGHT : 0
 
   if (imageIndex == null) {
@@ -358,8 +360,29 @@ class ImagePreviewWidget extends BaseWidget {
     this.serialize = false
   }
 
-  override drawWidget(ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D): void {
-    renderPreview(ctx, this.node, this.y, this.computedHeight)
+  override drawWidget(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    options: DrawWidgetOptions
+  ): void {
+    const imgs = options.previewImages ?? this.node.imgs ?? []
+    renderPreview(
+      ctx,
+      this.node,
+      this.y,
+      this.computedHeight,
+      imgs,
+      options.width
+    )
+  }
+
+  override createCopyForNode(node: LGraphNode): this {
+    const copy = new ImagePreviewWidget(
+      node,
+      this.name,
+      this.options as IWidgetOptions<string | object>
+    ) as this
+    copy.value = this.value
+    return copy
   }
 
   override onPointerDown(pointer: CanvasPointer, node: LGraphNode): boolean {