From 335532c25fdd3db94f523af9e79328602aa8b68d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rattus <rattus128@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:35:27 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] sd: soft_empty_cache on tiler fallback

This doesnt cost a lot and creates the expected VRAM reduction in
resource monitors when you fallback to tiler.
---
 comfy/sd.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/comfy/sd.py b/comfy/sd.py
index b5e7c93a9..e207bb0fd 100644
--- a/comfy/sd.py
+++ b/comfy/sd.py
@@ -978,6 +978,7 @@ class VAE:
             do_tile = True
 
         if do_tile:
+            comfy.model_management.soft_empty_cache()
             dims = samples_in.ndim - 2
             if dims == 1 or self.extra_1d_channel is not None:
                 pixel_samples = self.decode_tiled_1d(samples_in)
@@ -1059,6 +1060,7 @@ class VAE:
             do_tile = True
 
         if do_tile:
+            comfy.model_management.soft_empty_cache()
             if self.latent_dim == 3:
                 tile = 256
                 overlap = tile // 4