diff --git a/src/platform/assets/composables/media/assetMappers.test.ts b/src/platform/assets/composables/media/assetMappers.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4667a234e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/assets/composables/media/assetMappers.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+
+import { mapInputFileToAssetItem } from './assetMappers'
+
+vi.mock('@/scripts/api', () => ({
+  api: {
+    apiURL: (path: string) => `/api${path}`
+  }
+}))
+
+vi.mock('@/platform/distribution/cloudPreviewUtil', () => ({
+  appendCloudResParam: vi.fn()
+}))
+
+describe('mapInputFileToAssetItem', () => {
+  it('preserves a clean filename', () => {
+    const asset = mapInputFileToAssetItem('photo.png', 0, 'input')
+
+    expect(asset.name).toBe('photo.png')
+    expect(asset.id).toBe('input-0-photo.png')
+    expect(asset.preview_url).toBe('/api/view?filename=photo.png&type=input')
+  })
+
+  it.each([
+    ['photo.png [input]', 'photo.png'],
+    ['photo.png [output]', 'photo.png'],
+    ['photo.png [temp]', 'photo.png'],
+    ['clip.mp4[input]', 'clip.mp4'],
+    ['MyFile.WEBP [Input]', 'MyFile.WEBP']
+  ])('strips ComfyUI directory annotation: %s -> %s', (input, expectedName) => {
+    const asset = mapInputFileToAssetItem(input, 1, 'input')
+
+    expect(asset.name).toBe(expectedName)
+    expect(asset.id).toBe(`input-1-${expectedName}`)
+    expect(asset.preview_url).toBe(
+      `/api/view?filename=${encodeURIComponent(expectedName)}&type=input`
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('leaves non-annotation brackets in the filename intact', () => {
+    const asset = mapInputFileToAssetItem('my [draft] image.png', 0, 'input')
+
+    expect(asset.name).toBe('my [draft] image.png')
+  })
+
+  it('uses the directory passed in for the type query param', () => {
+    const asset = mapInputFileToAssetItem('clip.mp4 [output]', 0, 'output')
+
+    expect(asset.preview_url).toBe('/api/view?filename=clip.mp4&type=output')
+    expect(asset.tags).toEqual(['output'])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/platform/assets/composables/media/assetMappers.ts b/src/platform/assets/composables/media/assetMappers.ts
index da468ca9b3..67544a0e87 100644
--- a/src/platform/assets/composables/media/assetMappers.ts
+++ b/src/platform/assets/composables/media/assetMappers.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,17 @@ export function mapTaskOutputToAssetItem(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Strips ComfyUI's trailing directory-type annotation (e.g. ` [input]`,
+ * ` [output]`, `[temp]`) from a filename returned by the OSS internal
+ * `/internal/files/{type}` endpoint. The annotation is part of the wire
+ * format LoadImage-style widgets expect, but for the assets sidebar we
+ * want the canonical on-disk filename so type detection / titles work.
+ */
+function stripDirectoryAnnotation(filename: string): string {
+  return filename.replace(/\s*\[(?:input|output|temp)\]\s*$/i, '')
+}
+
 /**
  * Maps input directory file to AssetItem format
  * @param filename The filename
@@ -63,13 +74,14 @@ export function mapInputFileToAssetItem(
   index: number,
   directory: 'input' | 'output' = 'input'
 ): AssetItem {
-  const params = new URLSearchParams({ filename, type: directory })
+  const cleanName = stripDirectoryAnnotation(filename)
+  const params = new URLSearchParams({ filename: cleanName, type: directory })
   const preview_url = api.apiURL(`/view?${params}`)
-  appendCloudResParam(params, filename)
+  appendCloudResParam(params, cleanName)
 
   return {
-    id: `${directory}-${index}-${filename}`,
-    name: filename,
+    id: `${directory}-${index}-${cleanName}`,
+    name: cleanName,
     size: 0,
     created_at: new Date().toISOString(),
     tags: [directory],