diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/MetadataUtil.test.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/MetadataUtil.test.ts
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+import { isModelIdentifier } from 'features/nodes/types/common';
+import { Graph } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/Graph';
+import { MetadataUtil } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/MetadataUtil';
+import { pick } from 'lodash-es';
+import type { AnyModelConfig } from 'services/api/types';
+import { AssertionError } from 'tsafe';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+describe('MetadataUtil', () => {
+  describe('getNode', () => {
+    it('should return the metadata node if one exists', () => {
+      const g = new Graph();
+      const metadataNode = g.addNode({ id: MetadataUtil.metadataNodeId, type: 'core_metadata' });
+      expect(MetadataUtil.getNode(g)).toEqual(metadataNode);
+    });
+    it('should raise an error if the metadata node does not exist', () => {
+      const g = new Graph();
+      expect(() => MetadataUtil.getNode(g)).toThrowError(AssertionError);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('add', () => {
+    const g = new Graph();
+    it("should add metadata, creating the node if it doesn't exist", () => {
+      MetadataUtil.add(g, { foo: 'bar' });
+      const metadataNode = MetadataUtil.getNode(g);
+      expect(metadataNode['type']).toBe('core_metadata');
+      expect(metadataNode['foo']).toBe('bar');
+    });
+    it('should update existing metadata keys', () => {
+      const updatedMetadataNode = MetadataUtil.add(g, { foo: 'bananas', baz: 'qux' });
+      expect(updatedMetadataNode['foo']).toBe('bananas');
+      expect(updatedMetadataNode['baz']).toBe('qux');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('remove', () => {
+    it('should remove a single key', () => {
+      const g = new Graph();
+      MetadataUtil.add(g, { foo: 'bar', baz: 'qux' });
+      const updatedMetadataNode = MetadataUtil.remove(g, 'foo');
+      expect(updatedMetadataNode['foo']).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(updatedMetadataNode['baz']).toBe('qux');
+    });
+    it('should remove multiple keys', () => {
+      const g = new Graph();
+      MetadataUtil.add(g, { foo: 'bar', baz: 'qux' });
+      const updatedMetadataNode = MetadataUtil.remove(g, ['foo', 'baz']);
+      expect(updatedMetadataNode['foo']).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(updatedMetadataNode['baz']).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('setMetadataReceivingNode', () => {
+    const g = new Graph();
+    it('should add an edge from from metadata to the receiving node', () => {
+      const n = g.addNode({ id: 'my-node', type: 'img_resize' });
+      MetadataUtil.add(g, { foo: 'bar' });
+      MetadataUtil.setMetadataReceivingNode(g, n.id);
+      expect(g.hasEdge(MetadataUtil.metadataNodeId, 'metadata', n.id, 'metadata')).toBe(true);
+    });
+    it('should remove existing metadata edges', () => {
+      const n2 = g.addNode({ id: 'my-other-node', type: 'img_resize' });
+      MetadataUtil.setMetadataReceivingNode(g, n2.id);
+      expect(g.getIncomers(n2.id).length).toBe(1);
+      expect(g.hasEdge(MetadataUtil.metadataNodeId, 'metadata', n2.id, 'metadata')).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('getModelMetadataField', () => {
+    it('should return a ModelIdentifierField', () => {
+      const model: AnyModelConfig = {
+        key: 'model_key',
+        type: 'main',
+        hash: 'model_hash',
+        base: 'sd-1',
+        format: 'diffusers',
+        name: 'my model',
+        path: '/some/path',
+        source: 'www.models.com',
+        source_type: 'url',
+      };
+      const metadataField = MetadataUtil.getModelMetadataField(model);
+      expect(isModelIdentifier(metadataField)).toBe(true);
+      expect(pick(model, ['key', 'hash', 'name', 'base', 'type'])).toEqual(metadataField);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/MetadataUtil.ts b/invokeai/frontend/web/src/features/nodes/util/graph/MetadataUtil.ts
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+import type { ModelIdentifierField } from 'features/nodes/types/common';
+import { METADATA } from 'features/nodes/util/graph/constants';
+import { isString, unset } from 'lodash-es';
+import type { AnyModelConfig, Invocation } from 'services/api/types';
+
+import type { Graph } from './Graph';
+
+export class MetadataUtil {
+  static metadataNodeId = METADATA;
+
+  static getNode(graph: Graph): Invocation<'core_metadata'> {
+    return graph.getNode(this.metadataNodeId, 'core_metadata');
+  }
+
+  static add(graph: Graph, metadata: Partial<Invocation<'core_metadata'>>): Invocation<'core_metadata'> {
+    const metadataNode = graph.getNodeSafe(this.metadataNodeId, 'core_metadata');
+    if (!metadataNode) {
+      return graph.addNode({
+        id: this.metadataNodeId,
+        type: 'core_metadata',
+        ...metadata,
+      });
+    } else {
+      return graph.updateNode(this.metadataNodeId, 'core_metadata', metadata);
+    }
+  }
+
+  static remove(graph: Graph, key: string): Invocation<'core_metadata'>;
+  static remove(graph: Graph, keys: string[]): Invocation<'core_metadata'>;
+  static remove(graph: Graph, keyOrKeys: string | string[]): Invocation<'core_metadata'> {
+    const metadataNode = this.getNode(graph);
+    if (isString(keyOrKeys)) {
+      unset(metadataNode, keyOrKeys);
+    } else {
+      for (const key of keyOrKeys) {
+        unset(metadataNode, key);
+      }
+    }
+    return metadataNode;
+  }
+
+  static setMetadataReceivingNode(graph: Graph, nodeId: string): void {
+    // We need to break the rules to update metadata - `addEdge` doesn't allow `core_metadata` as a node type
+    graph._graph.edges = graph._graph.edges.filter((edge) => edge.source.node_id !== this.metadataNodeId);
+    graph.addEdge(this.metadataNodeId, 'metadata', nodeId, 'metadata');
+  }
+
+  static getModelMetadataField({ key, hash, name, base, type }: AnyModelConfig): ModelIdentifierField {
+    return {
+      key,
+      hash,
+      name,
+      base,
+      type,
+    };
+  }
+}