diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e74ba6e4d..08b5a96b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 ### Highlights for 2026-09-11
 
 *What's New*? Well, code-wise, this is a big one...  
-First, a-lot-of-optimizations: 
+First, a-lot-of-optimizations:
+- updated core packages
 - improved **LoRA** performance and quality, especially with quantized models
 - newly structured **attention** mechanisms
 - modular pipelines with new **guidance** methods
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ Plus inevitable bug-fixes...
     LLaDA-Image is a 6.5B transformer with massive 16.3B fully-custom MoE text-encoder and optional 1.3B SigVQ conditioning model  
     with support for text-to-image, vq-conditioned text-to-image and image-editing workflows  
     *note* model is extremely quantization sensitive so minimum allowed quant type is `uint8`  
+  - [MiniMax-H3](https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3) update with pre-quantized `sdnq-uint8` *pruned* variants  
 - **LoRA**
   - see [LoRA docs](https://vladmandic.github.io/sdnext-docs/LoRA) for all of the improvements and usage instructions  
     *note*: lora now has its own settings section in *settings -> lora*
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ Plus inevitable bug-fixes...
   - option to skip triton autotune and use default config for all triton kernels  
     in *settings -> compute settings*  
     *note*: this may improve initial generate time, but may also reduce performance on some models  
+  - rocm: update `rocm` script and add detailed `miopen` logging, thanks @resonantsky  
   - new optional transformer hooks  
     in *settings -> compute add-ons*  
     *PAG: Perturbed attention guidance, PAB: Pyramid attention broadcast, FBC: First Block Cache, FC: Faster Cache, LS: Layer Skip, MC: Mag Cache, TS: TaylorSeer*  
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ Plus inevitable bug-fixes...
   - lucida: handle requirements
   - lumina-dimoo: attention-kwargs, thanks @Anai-Guo
   - minimax: crop image to video aspect ratio
+  - modular: handle module with remote-code
   - network: improve type/version lookup
   - offline: honor offline mode for more models, thanks @ryanmeador
   - openvino: optimize recompile checks and lora loading
diff --git a/modules/gr_hijack.py b/modules/gr_hijack.py
index 8b6ac3e08..9b3d3cbee 100644
--- a/modules/gr_hijack.py
+++ b/modules/gr_hijack.py
@@ -208,13 +208,13 @@ def patch_gradio():
                 return {"is_generating": False, "data": [], "error": "empty response"}
             return response
         except GeneratorExit as e:
-            log.error(f"Gradio queue: events={len(events)} batch={batch} error: {e}")
+            log.error(f"Gradio queue: events={len(events)} batch={batch} reason=GeneratorExit {e}")
             return {"is_generating": False, "data": [None, None, None, None, "cancelled", ""], "error": None}
         except Exception as e:
-            log.error(f"Gradio queue: events={len(events)} batch={batch} error: {e}")
+            log.error(f"Gradio queue: events={len(events)} batch={batch} reason=Exception {e}")
             raise
         except BaseException as e:
-            log.error(f"Gradio queue: events={len(events)} batch={batch} error: {e}")
+            log.error(f"Gradio queue: events={len(events)} batch={batch} reason=BaseException {e}")
             raise
 
     def wrap_blocks_preprocess_data(self, fn_index: int, inputs: list, state: dict):
diff --git a/modules/minimax/minimax_ui.py b/modules/minimax/minimax_ui.py
index 56dbf0e65..a101f521a 100644
--- a/modules/minimax/minimax_ui.py
+++ b/modules/minimax/minimax_ui.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def create_ui(prompt, _negative, styles, overrides, script_inputs, mp4_fps, mp4_
             with gr.Accordion(open=True, label='Parameters', elem_id='minimax_param_accordion') as _param_accordion:
                 with gr.Row():
                     width, height = ui_sections.create_resolution_inputs('minimax', default_width=1024, default_height=576, step=32)
+                    btn_detect_image_size = ToolButton(value=ui_symbols.detect, elem_id="minimax_resize_detect_size")
                 with gr.Row():
                     steps = gr.Slider(minimum=2, maximum=100, step=1, label="MiniMax steps", elem_id='minimax_steps', value=30)
                     frames = gr.Slider(label='MiniMax frames', minimum=22, maximum=362, step=17, value=124, elem_id='minimax_frames')
@@ -57,19 +58,29 @@ def create_ui(prompt, _negative, styles, overrides, script_inputs, mp4_fps, mp4_
         model_info = next((m for m in models['MiniMax'] if m.name == model_name), None)
         if model_info is None or model_info.name is None or model_info.name == '' or model_info.name == 'None':
             return gr.update(value='none'), gr.update(visible=False), gr.update(visible=False)
-        log.debug(f'Selected: name="{model_info.name}" repo="{model_info.repo}" cls={model_info.repo_cls}')
         if model_info.workflow == 'fl2va':
             workflow = 'fl2va' if init_image is not None else 't2va'
         else:
             workflow = model_info.workflow
+        log.debug(f'Video: workflow={workflow} name="{model_info.name}" repo="{model_info.repo}" cls={model_info.repo_cls} image={init_image} selected')
         return gr.update(value=f'Workflow: {workflow}'), gr.update(visible=workflow != 'ref2va'), gr.update(visible=workflow == 'ref2va')
 
     def on_load(model_name: str):
         model_info = next((m for m in models['MiniMax'] if m.name == model_name), None)
         minimax_video.load_model(model_info.name if model_info is not None else None)
 
+    def on_image_size(init_image):
+        if init_image is not None:
+            try:
+                width, height = init_image.size
+                return gr.update(value=width), gr.update(value=height)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        return gr.update(), gr.update()
+
     model.change(fn=on_change, inputs=[model, init_image], outputs=[workflow, input_accordion, reference_accordion], show_progress='hidden')
     init_image.change(fn=on_change, inputs=[model, init_image], outputs=[workflow, input_accordion, reference_accordion], show_progress='hidden')
+    btn_detect_image_size.click(fn=on_image_size, inputs=[init_image], outputs=[width, height])
     btn_load.click(fn=on_load, inputs=[model], outputs=[])
 
     task_id = gr.Textbox(visible=False, value='')
diff --git a/modules/modular_load.py b/modules/modular_load.py
index 06245934e..3579b6f72 100644
--- a/modules/modular_load.py
+++ b/modules/modular_load.py
@@ -59,18 +59,21 @@ def preload_components(pipe, workflow: str | None, load_config: dict | None = No
         if spec is None or getattr(spec, 'default_creation_method', None) != 'from_pretrained':
             continue
         repo = getattr(spec, 'pretrained_model_name_or_path', None)
-        cls = getattr(spec, 'type_hint', None)
+        cls = getattr(spec, 'type_hint', None) or {}
         if not repo or cls is None:
             continue
         origin = getattr(cls, '__module__', '') or ''
-        cls_name = getattr(cls, '__name__', '') or '' # TODO preload: components with remote code resolve to cls none
+        cls_name = getattr(cls, '__name__', '') or ''
         subfolder = getattr(spec, 'subfolder', None) or name
         component = None
         if origin.startswith('diffusers') and ('Transformer' in cls_name or 'UNet' in cls_name):
             component = generic.load_transformer(repo, cls_name=cls, load_config=load_config, subfolder=subfolder, trust_remote_code=True)
-        elif origin.startswith('transformers') and 'text_encoder' in name:
+        elif origin.startswith('transformers') and ('text_encoder' in name):
             # shared substitution is on: the map matches class plus a substring of the repo name, so its entries have to run narrow before broad
             component = generic.load_text_encoder(repo, cls_name=cls, load_config=load_config, subfolder=subfolder)
+        if 'transformer' in name:
+            # fallback for component with remote-code as it does not have resolvable cls
+            component = generic.load_transformer(repo, cls_name=None, load_config=load_config, subfolder=subfolder, trust_remote_code=True)
         if component is not None:
             loaded[name] = component
     return loaded
diff --git a/modules/sd_offload_utils.py b/modules/sd_offload_utils.py
index eb43dc781..3ff2f4173 100644
--- a/modules/sd_offload_utils.py
+++ b/modules/sd_offload_utils.py
@@ -174,7 +174,11 @@ def report_model_stats(module_name, module):
             size, _params = get_module_size(module)
         quant = getattr(module, "quantization_method", None)
         params = sum(p.numel() for p in module.parameters(recurse=True))
+        try:
+            dtype = next(module.parameters(), torch.tensor([])).dtype
+        except Exception:
+            dtype = None
         logical = get_logical_param_count(module)
-        log.debug(f'Module: name={module_name} cls={module.__class__.__name__} size={size:.3f} params={params} logical={logical} quant={quant}')
+        log.debug(f'Module: name={module_name} cls={module.__class__.__name__} size={size:.3f} params={params} logical={logical} quant={quant} dtype={dtype}')
     except Exception as e:
         log.error(f'Module stats: name={module_name} {e}')
diff --git a/modules/shared.py b/modules/shared.py
index 246105c8d..9df752130 100644
--- a/modules/shared.py
+++ b/modules/shared.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def restart_server(restart=True):
             demo.server.should_exit = True
             demo.server.force_exit = True
             demo.close(verbose=False)
-            demo.server.close()
+            # demo.server.close()
             demo.fns = []
         time.sleep(1)
         sys.tracebacklimit = 100
diff --git a/modules/video_models/models_def.py b/modules/video_models/models_def.py
index 370f1af82..801adced0 100644
--- a/modules/video_models/models_def.py
+++ b/modules/video_models/models_def.py
@@ -723,6 +723,30 @@ try:
                 image_hijack=False,
                 vae_hijack=False,
                 vae_remote=False),
+            Model(name='MiniMax H3 Pruned SDNQ uint8',
+                url='https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3',
+                repo='OzzyGT/MiniMax_H3_sdnq_8bit_pruned',
+                repo_cls='MiniMaxH3ModularPipeline',
+                workflow='fl2va',
+                base=True,
+                te_cls=None,
+                dit_cls=None,
+                te_hijack=False,
+                image_hijack=False,
+                vae_hijack=False,
+                vae_remote=False),
+            Model(name='MiniMax H3 Pruned SDNQ uint8 Ref2VA',
+                url='https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3',
+                repo='OzzyGT/MiniMax_H3_sdnq_8bit_pruned',
+                repo_cls='MiniMaxH3ModularPipeline',
+                workflow='ref2va',
+                base=True,
+                te_cls=None,
+                dit_cls=None,
+                te_hijack=False,
+                image_hijack=False,
+                vae_hijack=False,
+                vae_remote=False),
             Model(name='MiniMax H3',
                 url='https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3',
                 repo='MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3',
diff --git a/pipelines/generic_transformer.py b/pipelines/generic_transformer.py
index 7b1900eaf..801431e15 100644
--- a/pipelines/generic_transformer.py
+++ b/pipelines/generic_transformer.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ def load_transformer(
         modules_to_not_convert = []
     if modules_dtype_dict is None:
         modules_dtype_dict = {}
+    if cls_name is None:
+        from diffusers import AutoModel
+        cls_name = AutoModel
     offline_args = {'local_files_only': True} if shared.opts.offline_mode else {}
     jobid = shared.state.begin('Load DiT')
     try:
@@ -75,11 +78,14 @@ def load_transformer(
             if trust_remote_code:
                 load_args['trust_remote_code'] = True
             load_kwargs = {**load_args, **quant_args, **offline_args, **kwargs}
-            return cls_name.from_pretrained(
+            module = cls_name.from_pretrained(
                 repo_id,
                 cache_dir=shared.opts.hfcache_dir,
                 **load_kwargs,
             )
+            if cls_name.__name__ == 'AutoModel':
+                log.debug(f'Load model: transformer="{repo_id}" cls={module.__class__.__name__}')
+            return module
 
         local_file = None
         override_name = None
@@ -158,13 +164,11 @@ def load_transformer(
                 **load_kwargs,
             )
 
-        # 4. default loading from diffusers repo (also the fallback when an
-        # incompatible override is dropped above)
+        # 4. default loading from local file (also the fallback when an incompatible override is dropped above)        # 5. default loading from diffusers repo (also the fallback when an incompatible override is dropped above)
         else:
             transformer = load_from_repo()
 
-        # mark the dropdown selection as loaded so the slot's onchange callback
-        # does not force a redundant full reload for an already-consumed override
+        # mark the dropdown selection as loaded so the slot's onchange callback, does not force a redundant full reload for an already-consumed override
         if transformer is not None and override_name is not None and getattr(shared.opts, override_opt, None) == override_name:
             setattr(sd_unet, tracker_attr, override_name)
 
@@ -192,8 +196,7 @@ def load_transformer(
         log.debug(f'Load model: transformer="{repo_id}" quant="{quant_type}" size={module_size:.3f} params={param_num:.3f} memory={module_memory}')
 
     try:
-        # quantized models legitimately report the storage dtype (e.g. fp8 comfy_quant
-        # adopted via SDNQ); the compute dtype lives in the dequantizers, not the params
+        # quantized models legitimately report the storage dtype (e.g. fp8 comfy_quant adopted via SDNQ); the compute dtype lives in the dequantizers, not the params
         if getattr(transformer, 'quantization_config', None) is None:
             actual_dtype = transformer.dtype
             if isinstance(actual_dtype, torch.dtype) and isinstance(dtype, torch.dtype) and actual_dtype != dtype:
diff --git a/pipelines/minimax/minimax_latents.py b/pipelines/minimax/minimax_latents.py
index 576befc37..fe146fa90 100644
--- a/pipelines/minimax/minimax_latents.py
+++ b/pipelines/minimax/minimax_latents.py
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import diffusers
+from modules.logger import log
+
+
+warned = False
 
 
 def unpack_latents(latents, components: diffusers.modular_pipelines.ModularPipeline, state: diffusers.modular_pipelines.BlockState):
+    global warned # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    if warned:
+        return latents
     from diffusers.modular_pipelines.minimax_h3.modular_pipeline import align_num_frames, video_latent_num_frames
     from modules import processing_callbacks
     frames = getattr(processing_callbacks.p, 'frames', 1)
@@ -9,29 +16,35 @@ def unpack_latents(latents, components: diffusers.modular_pipelines.ModularPipel
     height = getattr(processing_callbacks.p, 'height', 1024)
     if frames <= 0 or width <= 0 or height <= 0:
         return latents
-    num_frames = align_num_frames(frames, components.vae_frames_per_chunk, components.vae_latents_per_chunk)
-    num_latent_frames = video_latent_num_frames(num_frames, components.vae_frames_per_chunk, components.vae_latents_per_chunk)
-    latent_height = height // components.vae_spatial_compression_ratio
-    latent_width = width // components.vae_spatial_compression_ratio
-    patch_t, patch_h, patch_w = components.patch_size
-    channels = components.vae_latent_channels
-    rows = state.latents[state.num_condition_video_rows :]
-    rows = rows.reshape(
-        -1,
-        num_latent_frames // patch_t,
-        latent_height // patch_h,
-        latent_width // patch_w,
-        channels,
-        patch_t,
-        patch_h,
-        patch_w,
-    )
-    rows = rows.permute(0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7)
-    latents = rows.reshape(
-        -1,
-        channels,
-        num_latent_frames,
-        latent_height,
-        latent_width,
-    ).contiguous()
+    try:
+        num_frames = align_num_frames(frames, components.vae_frames_per_chunk, components.vae_latents_per_chunk)
+        num_latent_frames = video_latent_num_frames(num_frames, components.vae_frames_per_chunk, components.vae_latents_per_chunk)
+        latent_height = height // components.vae_spatial_compression_ratio
+        latent_width = width // components.vae_spatial_compression_ratio
+        patch_t, patch_h, patch_w = components.patch_size
+        channels = components.vae_latent_channels
+        rows = state.latents[state.num_condition_video_rows :]
+        rows = rows.reshape(
+            -1,
+            num_latent_frames // patch_t,
+            latent_height // patch_h,
+            latent_width // patch_w,
+            channels,
+            patch_t,
+            patch_h,
+            patch_w,
+        )
+        rows = rows.permute(0, 4, 1, 5, 2, 6, 3, 7)
+        latents = rows.reshape(
+            -1,
+            channels,
+            num_latent_frames,
+            latent_height,
+            latent_width,
+        ).contiguous()
+    except Exception as e:
+        # fails with sliced attention due to shape mismatch as state.latents only contains a subset of the full video latents
+        if not warned:
+            warned = True
+            log.warning(f'Video unpack latents: {e}')
     return latents
diff --git a/scripts/dlss_ext.py b/scripts/dlss_ext.py
index fc0a96053..404c81b88 100644
--- a/scripts/dlss_ext.py
+++ b/scripts/dlss_ext.py
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ def verify(pkg_path):
         return { 'error': 'package path not found' }
     if not c.controller.get_python(pkg_path):
         return { 'error': 'python not found in package path' }
-    shared.opts.dlss_pkg_path = pkg_path
     response = c.controller.call(pkg_path, 'verify', { 'gpu_uuid': 'auto', 'options': { 'level': 'deep' } })
     if response.get('status') != 'ok':
         error = response.get('error') or {}
@@ -121,6 +120,8 @@ def verify(pkg_path):
         else:
             checks['failed'] += 1
             log.error(f'DLSS : {check}')
+    shared.opts.dlss_pkg_path = pkg_path
+    shared.opts.save()
     log.debug(f'DLSS: gpu={report.get("gpu", "unknown")} checks={checks}')
     return report
 
@@ -281,12 +282,18 @@ def dlss(p: processing.StableDiffusionProcessing | None, pp: processing.Processe
     ss_scale_factor = float(getattr(p, 'ss_scale_factor', ss_scale_factor))
     fg_source_fps = str(getattr(p, 'fg_source_fps', fg_source_fps))
     fg_target_fps = str(getattr(p, 'fg_target_fps', fg_target_fps))
+    if (p is not None) and ('video' in p.ops): # should not add video frames
+        nr_append = False
+        ss_append = False
 
     images = []
     originals = []
     current_images = inputs
     t = timer.Timer()
 
+    jobid = shared.state.begin('DLSS')
+    t_start = time.time()
+
     if ss_enabled:
         t0 = time.time()
         if p:
@@ -332,6 +339,9 @@ def dlss(p: processing.StableDiffusionProcessing | None, pp: processing.Processe
             current_images = output
         t.ts('framegen', t0)
 
+    shared.state.end(jobid)
+    timer.process.ts('dlss', t_start)
+
     log.debug(f'DLSS: frames={len(images)} {t.summary(min_time=0)}')
     if update == 'images':
         pp.images = images