diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unit/base/models/__init__.py b/src/backend/tests/unit/base/models/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unit/base/models/test_model_utils.py b/src/backend/tests/unit/base/models/test_model_utils.py
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+++ b/src/backend/tests/unit/base/models/test_model_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+"""Tests for lfx.base.models.model_utils.
+
+Regression tests for the LLM Selector "Custom" fallback bug reported on Slack
+by Akash Joshi / Anderson Filho: ``get_model_name`` returns ``"Custom"`` for
+``AzureChatOpenAI`` and ``ChatWatsonx`` instances even though the model name
+is set on a different attribute than the one ``next()`` happens to find first.
+"""
+
+from langchain_ibm import ChatWatsonx
+from langchain_openai import AzureChatOpenAI, ChatOpenAI
+from lfx.base.models.model_utils import get_model_name
+
+
+class _AttrBag:
+    """Minimal stand-in LLM with arbitrary attributes for unit testing."""
+
+    def __init__(self, **attrs):
+        for k, v in attrs.items():
+            setattr(self, k, v)
+
+
+class TestGetModelName:
+    """get_model_name must return the first non-empty model identifier."""
+
+    def test_should_return_deployment_name_when_model_name_is_none_azure_shape(self):
+        """Azure-shaped object: model_name=None must fall through to deployment_name."""
+        llm = _AttrBag(model_name=None, deployment_name="my-gpt-4o-deployment")
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "my-gpt-4o-deployment"
+
+    def test_should_return_model_id_when_model_is_none_watsonx_shape(self):
+        """Watsonx-shaped object: model=None must fall through to model_id."""
+        llm = _AttrBag(model=None, model_id="meta-llama/llama-3-3-70b-instruct")
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "meta-llama/llama-3-3-70b-instruct"
+
+    def test_should_skip_empty_string_attribute_and_return_next_truthy_one(self):
+        """An empty string attribute must be treated as missing, not returned."""
+        llm = _AttrBag(model_name="", model_id="actual-id")
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "actual-id"
+
+    def test_should_return_first_set_attribute_in_priority_order(self):
+        """When multiple attrs are set, the first one in the priority list wins."""
+        llm = _AttrBag(model_name="primary-name", model_id="secondary-id")
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "primary-name"
+
+    def test_should_return_display_name_when_all_known_attributes_are_none(self):
+        """All four attrs None ⇒ falls back to default display_name."""
+        llm = _AttrBag(model_name=None, model=None, model_id=None, deployment_name=None)
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "Custom"
+
+    def test_should_return_custom_display_name_when_caller_overrides_default(self):
+        """Caller-provided display_name must be used as the fallback."""
+        llm = _AttrBag()
+        assert get_model_name(llm, display_name="MyFallback") == "MyFallback"
+
+    def test_should_return_display_name_when_object_has_no_known_attributes(self):
+        """Object with none of the four checked attrs ⇒ returns display_name."""
+
+        class _Bare:
+            unrelated_field = "ignored"
+
+        assert get_model_name(_Bare()) == "Custom"
+
+    def test_should_skip_other_falsy_values_and_return_next_truthy_one(self):
+        """Falsy values like 0, empty list, empty dict must be skipped, not returned."""
+        # Defensive: even though attribute values "should" be strings, a buggy
+        # provider class could ship a default of 0 or [] — skip and try next.
+        llm_zero = _AttrBag(model_name=0, model_id="real-id")
+        assert get_model_name(llm_zero) == "real-id"
+
+        llm_empty_list = _AttrBag(model_name=[], model_id="real-id")
+        assert get_model_name(llm_empty_list) == "real-id"
+
+    # ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+    # Integration tests against real LangChain classes — no network calls.
+    # ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+    def test_should_resolve_model_name_for_real_chat_openai(self):
+        """Control case: ChatOpenAI(model='gpt-4o') exposes model_name correctly."""
+        llm = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4o", api_key="sk-fake")
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "gpt-4o"
+
+    def test_should_resolve_deployment_name_for_real_azure_chat_openai(self):
+        """AzureChatOpenAI exposes model_name=None and deployment_name=<actual>."""
+        llm = AzureChatOpenAI(
+            azure_deployment="my-gpt-4o-deployment",
+            api_version="2024-02-01",
+            azure_endpoint="https://example.openai.azure.com",
+            api_key="fake",
+        )
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "my-gpt-4o-deployment"
+
+    def test_should_resolve_model_id_for_real_chat_watsonx(self):
+        """ChatWatsonx exposes model=None and model_id=<actual>; built via model_construct to skip auth."""
+        llm = ChatWatsonx.model_construct(
+            model_id="meta-llama/llama-3-3-70b-instruct",
+            url="https://us-south.ml.cloud.ibm.com",
+            apikey="fake",
+            project_id="fake",
+        )
+        assert get_model_name(llm) == "meta-llama/llama-3-3-70b-instruct"
diff --git a/src/lfx/src/lfx/base/models/model_utils.py b/src/lfx/src/lfx/base/models/model_utils.py
index 8bbe322600..88b674a2b1 100644
--- a/src/lfx/src/lfx/base/models/model_utils.py
+++ b/src/lfx/src/lfx/base/models/model_utils.py
@@ -43,11 +43,14 @@ def _to_str(value: Any) -> str | None:
 def get_model_name(llm, display_name: str | None = "Custom"):
     attributes_to_check = ["model_name", "model", "model_id", "deployment_name"]
 
-    # Use a generator expression with next() to find the first matching attribute
-    model_name = next((getattr(llm, attr) for attr in attributes_to_check if hasattr(llm, attr)), None)
-
-    # If no matching attribute is found, return the class name as a fallback
-    return model_name if model_name is not None else display_name
+    # Skip attributes whose value is None/empty so providers like AzureChatOpenAI
+    # (model_name=None, deployment_name=<actual>) and ChatWatsonx (model=None,
+    # model_id=<actual>) resolve correctly instead of falling back to display_name.
+    for attr in attributes_to_check:
+        value = getattr(llm, attr, None)
+        if value:
+            return value
+    return display_name
 
 
 async def is_valid_ollama_url(url: str) -> bool: