diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 76a3ee0d3..969b5393f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   - cleanup alt offload codepaths
   - hf progress bars
   - processing stats reporting
+  - image metadata handle correct image index
 
 ## Update for 2026-08-07
 
diff --git a/modules/processing_info.py b/modules/processing_info.py
index 8e6ce4f97..ad87e6177 100644
--- a/modules/processing_info.py
+++ b/modules/processing_info.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ def create_infotext(p: StableDiffusionProcessing, all_prompts=None, all_seeds=No
     if not hasattr(shared.sd_model, 'sd_checkpoint_info'):
         return ''
 
+    job_size = p.n_iter * p.batch_size
     if index is None:
         index = position_in_batch + iteration * p.batch_size
     if all_prompts is None:
@@ -209,7 +210,13 @@ def create_infotext(p: StableDiffusionProcessing, all_prompts=None, all_seeds=No
     if shared.sd_model_type == 'h1':
         args['LLM'] =  None if shared.opts.model_h1_llama_repo == 'Default' else shared.opts.model_h1_llama_repo
 
-    args.update(p.extra_generation_params)
+    # args.update(p.extra_generation_params)
+    for k, v in p.extra_generation_params.items():
+        if isinstance(v, (list, tuple)) and (job_size > index) and (len(v) > 1) and (len(v) == job_size): # likely a per-job param
+            args[k] = v[index]
+        else:
+            args[k] = v
+
     for k, v in args.copy().items():
         if v is None:
             del args[k]
diff --git a/modules/shared_defaults.py b/modules/shared_defaults.py
index c18a59e24..0530fb6a3 100644
--- a/modules/shared_defaults.py
+++ b/modules/shared_defaults.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def get_default_modes(cmd_opts, mem_stat):
         default_sdp_override_options = ['Dynamic attention']
 
     if devices.get_optimal_device_name() != "cpu":
-        os.environ.setdefault('SDNQ_USE_OPENVINO_MM', '0')
+        os.environ.setdefault('SDNQ_USE_OPENVINO_MM', '0') # TODO sdnq openvino: this is too late as sdnq already initialized it
 
     return (
         default_offload_mode,
diff --git a/modules/styles.py b/modules/styles.py
index 9fd1e77cf..05837c4cd 100644
--- a/modules/styles.py
+++ b/modules/styles.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced = None, not_found = None, recursion=0,
         not_found = []
     if replaced is None:
         replaced = []
+
     def check_wildcard_files(prompt, wildcard, files, file_only=True):
         trimmed = wildcard.replace('\\', os.path.sep).replace('/', os.path.sep).strip().lower()
         for file in files:
@@ -144,8 +145,6 @@ def apply_file_wildcards(prompt, replaced = None, not_found = None, recursion=0,
                             prompt = prompt.replace(f"__{wildcard}__", choice, 1)
                             log.debug(f'Apply wildcard: select="{wildcard}" choice="{choice}" file="{file}" choices={len(lines)}')
                             replaced.append(wildcard)
-                            if p is not None:
-                                p.extra_generation_params['Wildcards'] = p.extra_generation_params.get('Wildcards', []) + [trimmed]
                             return prompt, True
                 except Exception as e:
                     log.error(f'Wildcards: wildcard={wildcard} file={file} {e}')
@@ -206,6 +205,8 @@ def apply_wildcards_to_prompt(prompt, all_wildcards, seed=-1, silent=False, p: S
         log.debug(f'Apply wildcards: {replaced} path="{shared.opts.wildcards_dir}" type=style time={t1-t0:.2f}')
     if (len(replaced_file) > 0 or len(not_found) > 0) and not silent:
         log.debug(f'Apply wildcards: found={replaced_file} missing={not_found} path="{shared.opts.wildcards_dir}" type=file seed={seed} time={t2-t2:.2f}')
+        if p is not None:
+            p.extra_generation_params['Wildcards'] = p.extra_generation_params.get('Wildcards', []) + [replaced_file]
     if old_state is not None:
         random.setstate(old_state)
     return prompt