diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8a72ead3..1be15ddfd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
+* Fix bug where drag-and-drop metadata columns were no longer included as tip labels ([#1845](https://github.com/nextstrain/auspice/pull/1845))
+
 ## version 2.57.0 - 2024/08/30
 
 
diff --git a/src/reducers/tree.js b/src/reducers/tree.js
index 9ce411cf8..6581364f3 100644
--- a/src/reducers/tree.js
+++ b/src/reducers/tree.js
@@ -65,17 +65,22 @@ const Tree = (state = getDefaultTreeState(), action) => {
       });
     case types.TREE_TOO_DATA:
       return action.tree;
-    case types.ADD_EXTRA_METADATA:
+    case types.ADD_EXTRA_METADATA: {
       // add data into `nodes` in-place, so no redux update will be triggered if you only listen to `nodes`
       addNodeAttrs(state.nodes, action.newNodeAttrs);
+      // add the new nodeAttrKeys to ensure tip labels get updated
+      const nodeAttrKeys = new Set(state.nodeAttrKeys);
+      Object.keys(action.newColorings).forEach((attr) => nodeAttrKeys.add(attr));
       // add the new colorings to totalStateCounts so that they can function as filters
       return {
         ...state,
         totalStateCounts: {
           ...state.totalStateCounts,
           ...countTraitsAcrossTree(state.nodes, Object.keys(action.newColorings), false, true)
-        }
+        },
+        nodeAttrKeys
       };
+    }
     default:
       return state;
   }
diff --git a/src/util/treeJsonProcessing.js b/src/util/treeJsonProcessing.js
index 2c29f6152..39e7fc91a 100644
--- a/src/util/treeJsonProcessing.js
+++ b/src/util/treeJsonProcessing.js
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ const pseudoRandomName = () => (Math.random()*1e32).toString(36).slice(0, 6);
  * node.hasChildren {bool}
  * node.arrayIdx  {integer} - the index of the node in the nodes array
  * @param  {array} nodes redux tree nodes
- * @return {Object} ret 
+ * @return {Object} ret
  * @return {Set} ret.nodeAttrKeys collection of all `node_attr` keys whose values are Objects
  * @return {Array} ret.nodes input array (kinda unnecessary)
- * 
+ *
  * side-effects: node.hasChildren (bool) and node.arrayIdx (INT) for each node in nodes
  */
 const processNodes = (nodes) => {