diff --git a/horde_sdk/ai_horde_api/apimodels/generate/_pop.py b/horde_sdk/ai_horde_api/apimodels/generate/_pop.py
index a01bb41..920bd32 100644
--- a/horde_sdk/ai_horde_api/apimodels/generate/_pop.py
+++ b/horde_sdk/ai_horde_api/apimodels/generate/_pop.py
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ class ImageGenerateJobPopSkippedStatus(HordeAPIDataObject):
     controlnet: int = Field(default=0, ge=0)
     """How many waiting requests were skipped because they requested a controlnet."""
 
+    def is_empty(self) -> bool:
+        """Whether or not this object has any non-zero values."""
+        return len(self.model_fields_set) == 0
+
 
 class ImageGenerateJobPopPayload(ImageGenerateParamMixin):
     prompt: str | None = None
@@ -128,6 +132,9 @@ def validate_id(cls, v: str | JobID) -> JobID | str:
     @model_validator(mode="after")
     def ids_present(self) -> ImageGenerateJobPopResponse:
         """Ensure that either id_ or ids is present."""
+        if self.skipped.is_empty() and self.model is None:
+            return self
+
         if self.id_ is None and len(self.ids) == 0:
             raise ValueError("Neither id_ nor ids were present in the response.")
 
diff --git a/tests/ai_horde_api/test_ai_horde_api_models.py b/tests/ai_horde_api/test_ai_horde_api_models.py
index bfec2ff..55d0e7d 100644
--- a/tests/ai_horde_api/test_ai_horde_api_models.py
+++ b/tests/ai_horde_api/test_ai_horde_api_models.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Unit tests for AI-Horde API models."""
+import json
 from uuid import UUID
 
 import pytest
@@ -604,3 +605,41 @@ def test_AlchemyPopResponse() -> None:
     container_multiple_forms = {test_alchemy_pop_response_multiple_forms}
     assert test_alchemy_pop_response_multiple_forms in container_multiple_forms
     assert test_alchemy_pop_response_multiple_forms_copy in container_multiple_forms
+
+
+def test_ImageGenerateJobPopSkippedStatus() -> None:
+    testing_skipped_status = ImageGenerateJobPopSkippedStatus()
+
+    assert testing_skipped_status.is_empty()
+
+
+def test_problem_payload() -> None:
+    json_from_api = """
+                        {
+                        "payload": {
+                            "ddim_steps": 30,
+                            "n_iter": 1,
+                            "sampler_name": "k_euler_a",
+                            "cfg_scale": 7.5,
+                            "height": 512,
+                            "width": 512,
+                            "karras": false,
+                            "tiling": false,
+                            "hires_fix": false,
+                            "image_is_control": false,
+                            "return_control_map": false
+                        },
+                        "id": null,
+                        "ids": [],
+                        "skipped": {},
+                        "model": null,
+                        "source_image": null,
+                        "source_processing": "img2img",
+                        "source_mask": null,
+                        "r2_upload": null,
+                        "r2_uploads": null
+                    }"""
+
+    problem_payload = json.loads(json_from_api)
+
+    ImageGenerateJobPopResponse.model_validate(problem_payload)