diff --git a/.changeset/quick-dryers-attend.md b/.changeset/quick-dryers-attend.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a10ca3639
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+++ b/.changeset/quick-dryers-attend.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/table-core': patch
+---
+
+Fix `columnFiltersMeta` being dropped from every row of the filtered row model when `filterFromLeafRows` is enabled. The leaf-up filter path rebuilds each row with `constructRow` and copied only `columnFilters` onto the copy, leaving the meta as the empty map that `constructRow` initialises. Rank metadata recorded by a filter function's `addMeta` callback — the basis for rank-aware sorting in the fuzzy filtering guide — now survives on parent rows and sub-rows alike, and each row keeps the meta produced by its own filter run.
diff --git a/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/filterRowsUtils.ts b/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/filterRowsUtils.ts
index e8f3e09336..e4020426b9 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/filterRowsUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/src/features/column-filtering/filterRowsUtils.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@ function filterRowModelFromLeafs<
         row.parentId,
       ) as Row<TFeatures, TData> &
         Partial<Row_ColumnFiltering<TFeatures, TData>>
+      // `constructRow` gives the copy empty filter maps, so both halves of the
+      // row's filter state have to be carried over from the source row. The
+      // meta belongs to the row that produced it: each row is tagged
+      // independently in the pre-filter pass, so it is copied across rather
+      // than inherited from a parent or aggregated from `subRows`
       newRow.columnFilters = row.columnFilters
+      newRow.columnFiltersMeta = row.columnFiltersMeta
 
       if (row.subRows.length && depth < maxDepth) {
         newRow.subRows = recurseFilterRows(row.subRows, depth + 1)
diff --git a/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts b/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
index 67637123f7..16adf65699 100644
--- a/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
+++ b/packages/table-core/tests/implementation/features/column-filtering/createFilteredRowModel.test.ts
@@ -512,6 +512,99 @@ describe('createFilteredRowModel', () => {
       expect(preRows[0]!.columnFiltersMeta.name).toEqual({ globalHit: 'keep' })
       expect(preRows[1]!.columnFiltersMeta.name).toEqual({ globalHit: 'drop' })
     })
+
+    // A rank-scoring filter in the shape used by the fuzzy filtering docs: it
+    // records a score for every row it inspects so a sortingFn can order rows
+    // by match quality afterwards.
+    const rankFilterFn: FilterFn<typeof features, any> = (
+      row,
+      columnId,
+      filterValue,
+      addMeta,
+    ) => {
+      const value = row.getValue<string>(columnId)
+      const rank = value.startsWith(filterValue as string) ? value.length : 0
+      addMeta?.({ itemRank: { rank } })
+      return rank > 0
+    }
+
+    const rankColumns: Array<ColumnDef<typeof features, NestedRow, any>> = [
+      { accessorKey: 'name', id: 'name', filterFn: rankFilterFn },
+    ]
+
+    function makeRankTable(options: {
+      data: Array<NestedRow>
+      filterFromLeafRows?: boolean
+    }) {
+      return constructTable<typeof features, NestedRow>({
+        features,
+        columns: rankColumns,
+        data: options.data,
+        getSubRows: (row) => row.subRows,
+        filterFromLeafRows: options.filterFromLeafRows,
+        initialState: {
+          columnFilters: [{ id: 'name', value: 'keep' }],
+        },
+      })
+    }
+
+    it('should keep each row its own columnFiltersMeta on sub-rows when filtering from leaf rows', () => {
+      const table = makeRankTable({
+        filterFromLeafRows: true,
+        data: [
+          { name: 'drop-parent', subRows: [{ name: 'keep-child' }] },
+          { name: 'keep-parent-long', subRows: [{ name: 'drop-child' }] },
+        ],
+      })
+
+      const rows = table.getFilteredRowModel().rows
+      expect(rowNames(rows)).toEqual(['drop-parent', 'keep-parent-long'])
+
+      // The sub-row is retained because it matched, and it carries the rank
+      // that its own filter run produced
+      const subRow = rows[0]!.subRows[0]!
+      expect(rowNames(rows[0]!.subRows)).toEqual(['keep-child'])
+      expect(subRow.columnFiltersMeta.name).toEqual({
+        itemRank: { rank: 'keep-child'.length },
+      })
+
+      // Meta belongs to the row that produced it: the retained parent keeps its
+      // own non-matching score rather than inheriting the sub-row's, and the
+      // matching parent keeps a score derived from its own value
+      expect(rows[0]!.columnFiltersMeta.name).toEqual({
+        itemRank: { rank: 0 },
+      })
+      expect(rows[1]!.columnFiltersMeta.name).toEqual({
+        itemRank: { rank: 'keep-parent-long'.length },
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('should keep columnFiltersMeta on top-level rows that have no sub-rows when filtering from leaf rows', () => {
+      const table = makeRankTable({
+        filterFromLeafRows: true,
+        data: [{ name: 'keep-a' }, { name: 'keep-bb' }, { name: 'drop-c' }],
+      })
+
+      const rows = table.getFilteredRowModel().rows
+      expect(rowNames(rows)).toEqual(['keep-a', 'keep-bb'])
+      expect(rows.map((row) => row.columnFiltersMeta.name)).toEqual([
+        { itemRank: { rank: 'keep-a'.length } },
+        { itemRank: { rank: 'keep-bb'.length } },
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it('should keep columnFiltersMeta on top-level rows when filtering from the root down', () => {
+      const table = makeRankTable({
+        data: [{ name: 'keep-a' }, { name: 'keep-bb' }, { name: 'drop-c' }],
+      })
+
+      const rows = table.getFilteredRowModel().rows
+      expect(rowNames(rows)).toEqual(['keep-a', 'keep-bb'])
+      expect(rows.map((row) => row.columnFiltersMeta.name)).toEqual([
+        { itemRank: { rank: 'keep-a'.length } },
+        { itemRank: { rank: 'keep-bb'.length } },
+      ])
+    })
   })
 
   describe('row.columnFilters flags', () => {