diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d9e8bd68b..5013d7f95 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -275,3 +275,8 @@ tests/.ci_generated/
 
 # Local Lance precision-matching dump scripts (not part of the repo)
 lance_compare/
+
+# FP8 quantization test sample images: tests/diffusion/quantization/
+# test_quantization_fp8.py saves these into the repo root for manual
+# inspection; they are byproducts and must never be committed.
+test_*_fp8.png