From 9bfc4d108916c5cd3f0cd7c8206b41f169e33cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: project516 <138796702+Project516@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:33:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: honor the requested hires sampling step count (#2227)

---
 src/pipeline/request.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pipeline/request.cpp b/src/pipeline/request.cpp
index 2647efb8..5f1f235f 100644
--- a/src/pipeline/request.cpp
+++ b/src/pipeline/request.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ namespace sd::pipeline {
                                                              scheduler,
                                                              sd->version,
                                                              sample_params.extra_sample_args);
-        size_t t_enc              = static_cast<size_t>(scheduler_steps * hires.denoising_strength);
+        size_t t_enc              = static_cast<size_t>(effective_steps - 1);
         if (t_enc >= static_cast<size_t>(scheduler_steps)) {
             t_enc = static_cast<size_t>(scheduler_steps) - 1;
         }