diff --git a/api/app/clients/AnthropicClient.js b/api/app/clients/AnthropicClient.js
index ebd94ca9b1..60b9c64d1e 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/AnthropicClient.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/AnthropicClient.js
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ class AnthropicClient extends BaseClient {
             this.contextHandlers?.processFile(file);
             continue;
           }
+          if (file.metadata?.fileIdentifier) {
+            continue;
+          }
 
           orderedMessages[i].tokenCount += this.calculateImageTokenCost({
             width: file.width,
diff --git a/api/app/clients/GoogleClient.js b/api/app/clients/GoogleClient.js
index 575065d879..4a919876af 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/GoogleClient.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/GoogleClient.js
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ class GoogleClient extends BaseClient {
           this.contextHandlers?.processFile(file);
           continue;
         }
+        if (file.metadata?.fileIdentifier) {
+          continue;
+        }
       }
 
       this.augmentedPrompt = await this.contextHandlers.createContext();
diff --git a/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js b/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
index dd437f0b9e..c6a6bcc68e 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/OpenAIClient.js
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ class OpenAIClient extends BaseClient {
             this.contextHandlers?.processFile(file);
             continue;
           }
+          if (file.metadata?.fileIdentifier) {
+            continue;
+          }
 
           orderedMessages[i].tokenCount += this.calculateImageTokenCost({
             width: file.width,
diff --git a/api/server/controllers/agents/client.js b/api/server/controllers/agents/client.js
index b462a8a0c8..cb4a9347cb 100644
--- a/api/server/controllers/agents/client.js
+++ b/api/server/controllers/agents/client.js
@@ -364,7 +364,9 @@ class AgentClient extends BaseClient {
             this.contextHandlers?.processFile(file);
             continue;
           }
-
+          if (file.metadata?.fileIdentifier) {
+            continue;
+          }
           // orderedMessages[i].tokenCount += this.calculateImageTokenCost({
           //   width: file.width,
           //   height: file.height,