@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ exports[`public API surface matches the recorded export list 1`] = `
   "defaultWorkletRuntime",
   "download",
   "getRegisteredBackends",
+  "getResourceCachePath",
   "inspectModel",
   "isRnExecuTorchError",
   "llm",
 
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import { Platform } from 'react-native';
+import RNBlobUtil from 'react-native-blob-util';
+import { getResourceCachePath } from '../../src/utils';
+import { download } from '../../src/fetcher/fetcher';
+import { setTelemetryEnabled } from '../../src/fetcher/telemetry';
+import { RENAMED_HF_REPOS } from '../../src/fetcher/renamedRepos';
+import { fakeFs, fakeNet } from '../support/blobUtilMock';
+
+const org = 'https://huggingface.co/software-mansion/';
+
+describe('getResourceCachePath', () => {
+  it.each(Object.entries(RENAMED_HF_REPOS))('preserves cache identity for %s', (name, alias) => {
+    const path = '/resolve/v1.0.0/model.pte';
+    expect(getResourceCachePath(org + name + path)).toBe(getResourceCachePath(org + alias + path));
+  });
+
+  it('ignores query parameters and keeps different resource URLs distinct', () => {
+    const source = 'https://example.com/models/one/model.pte';
+    expect(getResourceCachePath(source + '?download=true')).toBe(getResourceCachePath(source));
+    expect(getResourceCachePath(source)).not.toBe(
+      getResourceCachePath(source.replace('/one/', '/two/'))
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('uses the platform persistent directory', () => {
+    const directory =
+      Platform.OS === 'android'
+        ? RNBlobUtil.fs.dirs.SDCardDir || RNBlobUtil.fs.dirs.DocumentDir
+        : RNBlobUtil.fs.dirs.DocumentDir;
+    expect(getResourceCachePath('https://example.com/model.pte')).toMatch(
+      directory + '/react-native-executorch/'
+    );
+  });
+
+  it.each(['file:///local/model.pte', '/local/model.pte'])(
+    'passes through %s unchanged, matching the downloader without filesystem or network work',
+    async (source) => {
+      expect(getResourceCachePath(source)).toBe(source);
+      expect(await download(source)).toBe(getResourceCachePath(source));
+      expect(fakeFs.paths()).toHaveLength(0);
+      expect(fakeNet.requests()).toHaveLength(0);
+    }
+  );
+
+  it('returns the same path as the downloader', async () => {
+    const source = 'https://example.com/model.pte';
+    fakeNet.serve(source, { body: 'model-bytes' });
+    setTelemetryEnabled(false);
+    try {
+      const path = await download(source);
+      expect(path).toBe(getResourceCachePath(source));
+      expect(fakeFs.readText(path)).toBe('model-bytes');
+    } finally {
+      setTelemetryEnabled(true);
+    }
+  });
+});
@@ -57,7 +57,18 @@ const djb2 = (s: string): number => {
 
 const isRemote = (source: string): boolean => /^https?:\/\//.test(source);
 
-function cachePathFor(url: string): string {
+/**
+ * Returns the persistent resource path used by {@link download} without downloading
+ * or checking whether it exists. Repository aliases and query parameters use the
+ * same cache identity as downloads. Local paths are returned unchanged, including
+ * any `file://` prefix, matching {@link download}.
+ * @category Utils / Functions
+ * @param source The remote resource URL or local file path.
+ * @returns The persistent cache path or the supplied local path.
+ */
+export function getResourceCachePath(source: string): string {
+  if (!isRemote(source)) return source;
+  const url = source;
   const urlWithoutQuery = url.split('?')[0]!;
   const basename = urlWithoutQuery.split('/').pop() || 'model';
   // Hash guards against basename collisions across different repos/versions.
@@ -224,7 +235,7 @@ const inFlight = new Map<string, InFlightDownload>();
 async function downloadUrl(url: string, cb: DownloadUrlCallbacks): Promise<string> {
   if (cb.signal?.aborted) throw abortError();
 
-  const dest = cachePathFor(url);
+  const dest = getResourceCachePath(url);
 
   if (cb.forceDownload) {
     // Drop the cached copy so the checks below fall through to a real fetch.
@@ -800,7 +811,7 @@ export async function download<T>(source: T, options: DownloadOptions = {}): Pro
   const measured = await Promise.all(
     urls.map(async (url) => {
       if (!options.forceDownload) {
-        const cached = await fileSize(cachePathFor(url));
+        const cached = await fileSize(getResourceCachePath(url));
         if (cached > 0) return { size: cached, pending: undefined, cached: true };
       }
       return { size: 0, pending: remoteSize(url, options.signal), cached: false };
 
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import { loadModel } from './core/model';
 import type { ModelSpec, ConcreteDim } from './core/schema';
 import RNBlobUtil from 'react-native-blob-util';
 
+export { getResourceCachePath } from './fetcher/fetcher';
+
 /**
  * Options accepted by {@link useResourceDownload} and by every `use<Task>` hook
  * built on top of it.