diff --git a/routes/cookbook_routes.py b/routes/cookbook_routes.py
index 0799d3ace..5f83983ea 100644
--- a/routes/cookbook_routes.py
+++ b/routes/cookbook_routes.py
@@ -3930,7 +3930,7 @@ def setup_cookbook_routes() -> APIRouter:
                     return {"ok": False, "files": [], "error": f"HF API HTTP {resp.status_code}"}
                 data = resp.json()
         except Exception:
-            logger.exception("HF GGUF file scan failed for %s", repo)
+            logger.exception("HF GGUF file scan failed for %s", repo_id)
             return {"ok": False, "files": [], "error": "HF API request failed"}
         files = [
             str(s.get("rfilename") or "")
diff --git a/tests/test_cookbook_hf_gguf_files.py b/tests/test_cookbook_hf_gguf_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..888c6def8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cookbook_hf_gguf_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import pytest
+import httpx
+from unittest.mock import patch, AsyncMock
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from routes.cookbook_routes import setup_cookbook_routes
+from src.auth_helpers import require_user
+
+app = FastAPI()
+router = setup_cookbook_routes()
+app.include_router(router)
+app.dependency_overrides[require_user] = lambda: "test_user"
+
+client = TestClient(app)
+
+
+def test_hf_gguf_files_success():
+    mock_resp = httpx.Response(
+        200,
+        json={
+            "siblings": [
+                {"rfilename": "model-q4_k_m.gguf"},
+                {"rfilename": "model-q8_0.gguf"},
+                {"rfilename": "README.md"},
+            ]
+        },
+        request=httpx.Request("GET", "https://huggingface.co/api/models/TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGUF"),
+    )
+
+    with patch("httpx.AsyncClient.get", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_resp):
+        response = client.get("/api/cookbook/hf-gguf-files?repo_id=TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGUF")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        data = response.json()
+        assert data["ok"] is True
+        assert data["repo_id"] == "TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGUF"
+        assert data["files"] == ["model-q4_k_m.gguf", "model-q8_0.gguf"]
+
+
+def test_hf_gguf_files_http_error():
+    mock_resp = httpx.Response(
+        404,
+        json={"error": "Model not found"},
+        request=httpx.Request("GET", "https://huggingface.co/api/models/invalid/repo"),
+    )
+
+    with patch("httpx.AsyncClient.get", new_callable=AsyncMock, return_value=mock_resp):
+        response = client.get("/api/cookbook/hf-gguf-files?repo_id=invalid/repo")
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        data = response.json()
+        assert data["ok"] is False
+        assert "HF API HTTP 404" in data["error"]
+
+
+def test_hf_gguf_files_exception_handling():
+    with patch("httpx.AsyncClient.get", new_callable=AsyncMock, side_effect=httpx.ConnectError("Network unreachable")):
+        response = client.get("/api/cookbook/hf-gguf-files?repo_id=TheBloke/Llama-2-7B-GGUF")
+        # Should gracefully return JSON error payload, not raise NameError / 500
+        assert response.status_code == 200
+        data = response.json()
+        assert data["ok"] is False
+        assert data["error"] == "HF API request failed"