diff --git a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
index ca17fe09c15..13f858c6538 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx-guides/source/installation/config.rst
@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ please find all known feature flags below. Any of these flags can be activated u
       - Description
       - Default status
     * - api-session-auth
-      - Enables API authentication via session cookie (JSESSIONID). **Caution: Enabling this feature flag exposes the installation to CSRF risks!** We expect this feature flag to be temporary (only used by frontend developers, see `#9063 <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/9063>`_) and removed once support for bearer tokens has been implemented (see `#9229 <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/9229>`_).
+      - Enables API authentication via session cookie (JSESSIONID). **Caution: Enabling this feature flag exposes the installation to CSRF risks!** We expect this feature flag to be temporary (only used by frontend developers, see `#9063 <https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/9063>`_) and for the feature to be removed in the future.
       - ``Off``
 
 **Note:** Feature flags can be set via any `supported MicroProfile Config API source`_, e.g. the environment variable
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
index 73ba2d204ce..8f2aa5d023a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/export/ddi/DdiExportUtil.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import javax.json.JsonArray;
 import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
 import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonString;
 import javax.json.JsonValue;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
@@ -1917,7 +1918,7 @@ private static void createVarDDI(XMLStreamWriter xmlw, JsonObject dvar, String f
             for (Entry<String, JsonValue> sumStat : dvar.getJsonObject("summaryStatistics").entrySet()) {
                 xmlw.writeStartElement("sumStat");
                 writeAttribute(xmlw, "type", sumStat.getKey());
-                xmlw.writeCharacters(sumStat.getValue().toString());
+                xmlw.writeCharacters(((JsonString)sumStat.getValue()).getString());
                 xmlw.writeEndElement(); // sumStat
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
index 12d932879e9..5080ae524c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/util/json/JsonPrinter.java
@@ -699,7 +699,12 @@ public static JsonObjectBuilder json(DataFile df, FileMetadata fileMetadata, boo
          * InternalExportDataProvider fileDetails.
          */
         if (forExportDataProvider) {
-            builder.add("restricted", df.isRestricted());
+            builder.add("restricted", df.isRestricted())
+            .add("fileMetadataId", fileMetadata.getId())
+            .add("dataTables", df.getDataTables().isEmpty() ? null : JsonPrinter.jsonDT(df.getDataTables()))
+            .add("varGroups", fileMetadata.getVarGroups().isEmpty()
+                    ? JsonPrinter.jsonVarGroup(fileMetadata.getVarGroups())
+                    : null);
         }
         return builder;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
index 39525568797..df9e87c1719 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/file.xhtml
@@ -285,38 +285,22 @@
                                             </ui:fragment>
                                         </div>
                                         <!-- END DATASET CITATION -->
-                                        <!-- Metrics -->
-                                        <div class="col-sm-3">
-                                            <div id="metrics-block" jsf:rendered="#{!(widgetWrapper.widgetView or FilePage.fileMetadata.dataFile.filePackage or FilePage.fileMetadata.datasetVersion.deaccessioned)}">
-                                                <div id="metrics-heading">
-                                                    #{bundle['metrics.file.title']}
-                                                    <ui:fragment rendered="#{!settingsWrapper.makeDataCountDisplayEnabled}">
-                                                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign tooltip-icon" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="auto top" 
-                                                            data-trigger="hover" data-original-title="#{bundle['metrics.dataset.tip.default']}"></span>
-                                                    </ui:fragment>
-                                                    <ui:fragment rendered="#{settingsWrapper.makeDataCountDisplayEnabled}">
-                                                        <a tabindex="0" role="button" class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign tooltip-icon" data-toggle="popover" data-placement="auto top" 
-                                                            data-trigger="focus" data-html="true" data-content="#{bundle['metrics.dataset.tip.makedatacount']}"></a>
-                                                    </ui:fragment>
-                                                </div>
-                                                <div id="metrics-body">
-                                                    <!-- Classic downloads -->
-                                                    <div class="metrics-count-block" jsf:rendered="#{!settingsWrapper.makeDataCountDisplayEnabled}">
-                                                        <h:outputFormat value="{0} #{bundle['metrics.downloads']}">
-                                                            <f:param value="#{guestbookResponseServiceBean.getCountGuestbookResponsesByDataFileId(FilePage.fileId)}"/>
-                                                        </h:outputFormat>
-                                                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign tooltip-icon"
-                                                              data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="auto top" data-original-title="#{bundle['metrics.file.downloads.tip']}"></span>
-                                                    </div>
-                                                    <!-- Make Data Count downloads -->
-                                                    <div class="metrics-count-block" jsf:rendered="#{settingsWrapper.makeDataCountDisplayEnabled}">
-                                                        <h:outputFormat value="{0} #{bundle['metrics.downloads']}">
-                                                            <f:param value="#{guestbookResponseServiceBean.getCountGuestbookResponsesByDataFileId(FilePage.fileId)}"/>
-                                                        </h:outputFormat>
-                                                        <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign tooltip-icon"
-                                                                data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="auto top" data-original-title="#{bundle['metrics.file.downloads.nonmdc.tip']}"></span>
-                                                    </div>
-                                                </div>
+                                        <div id="metrics-body">
+                                            <!-- Classic downloads -->
+                                            <div class="metrics-count-block" jsf:rendered="#{!settingsWrapper.makeDataCountDisplayEnabled}">
+                                                <h:outputFormat value="{0} #{bundle['metrics.downloads']}">
+                                                    <f:param value="#{guestbookResponseServiceBean.getCountGuestbookResponsesByDataFileId(FilePage.fileId)}"/>
+                                                </h:outputFormat>
+                                                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign tooltip-icon"
+                                                      data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="auto top" data-original-title="#{bundle['metrics.file.downloads.tip']}"></span>
+                                            </div>
+                                            <!-- Make Data Count downloads -->
+                                            <div class="metrics-count-block" jsf:rendered="#{settingsWrapper.makeDataCountDisplayEnabled}">
+                                                <h:outputFormat value="{0} #{bundle['metrics.downloads']}">
+                                                    <f:param value="#{guestbookResponseServiceBean.getCountGuestbookResponsesByDataFileId(FilePage.fileId)}"/>
+                                                </h:outputFormat>
+                                                <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-question-sign tooltip-icon"
+                                                        data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="auto top" data-original-title="#{bundle['metrics.file.downloads.nonmdc.tip']}"></span>
                                             </div>
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
index 687ab453d24..866524a2605 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DatasetsIT.java
@@ -2276,6 +2276,71 @@ public void testLinkingDatasets() {
          */
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This tests the "DDI export" and verifies that variable metadata is included for an unrestricted file.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testUnrestrictedFileExportDdi() throws IOException {
+
+        Response createUser = UtilIT.createRandomUser();
+        createUser.prettyPrint();
+        String authorUsername = UtilIT.getUsernameFromResponse(createUser);
+        String authorApiToken = UtilIT.getApiTokenFromResponse(createUser);
+
+        Response createDataverse = UtilIT.createRandomDataverse(authorApiToken);
+        createDataverse.prettyPrint();
+        createDataverse.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(CREATED.getStatusCode());
+        String dataverseAlias = UtilIT.getAliasFromResponse(createDataverse);
+
+        Response createDataset = UtilIT.createRandomDatasetViaNativeApi(dataverseAlias, authorApiToken);
+        createDataset.prettyPrint();
+        createDataset.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(CREATED.getStatusCode());
+
+        Integer datasetId = UtilIT.getDatasetIdFromResponse(createDataset);
+        String datasetPid = JsonPath.from(createDataset.asString()).getString("data.persistentId");
+
+        Path pathToFile = Paths.get(java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory(null) + File.separator + "data.csv");
+        String contentOfCsv = ""
+                + "name,pounds,species\n"
+                + "Marshall,40,dog\n"
+                + "Tiger,17,cat\n"
+                + "Panther,21,cat\n";
+        java.nio.file.Files.write(pathToFile, contentOfCsv.getBytes());
+
+        Response uploadFile = UtilIT.uploadFileViaNative(datasetId.toString(), pathToFile.toString(), authorApiToken);
+        uploadFile.prettyPrint();
+        uploadFile.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
+                .body("data.files[0].label", equalTo("data.csv"));
+
+        String fileId = JsonPath.from(uploadFile.body().asString()).getString("data.files[0].dataFile.id");
+
+        assertTrue("Failed test if Ingest Lock exceeds max duration " + pathToFile, UtilIT.sleepForLock(datasetId.longValue(), "Ingest", authorApiToken, UtilIT.MAXIMUM_INGEST_LOCK_DURATION));
+
+        Response publishDataverse = UtilIT.publishDataverseViaNativeApi(dataverseAlias, authorApiToken);
+        publishDataverse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+        Response publishDataset = UtilIT.publishDatasetViaNativeApi(datasetPid, "major", authorApiToken);
+        publishDataset.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+
+        // We're testing export here, which is at dataset level.
+        // Guest/public version
+        Response exportByGuest = UtilIT.exportDataset(datasetPid, "ddi");
+        exportByGuest.prettyPrint();
+        exportByGuest.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
+                .body("codeBook.fileDscr.fileTxt.fileName", equalTo("data.tab"))
+                .body("codeBook.fileDscr.fileTxt.dimensns.caseQnty", equalTo("3"))
+                .body("codeBook.fileDscr.fileTxt.dimensns.varQnty", equalTo("3"))
+                .body("codeBook.dataDscr", CoreMatchers.not(equalTo(null)))
+                .body("codeBook.dataDscr.var[0].@name", equalTo("name"))
+                .body("codeBook.dataDscr.var[1].@name", equalTo("pounds"))
+                // This is an example of a summary stat (max) that should be visible.
+                .body("codeBook.dataDscr.var[1].sumStat.find { it.@type == 'max' }", equalTo("40.0"))
+                .body("codeBook.dataDscr.var[2].@name", equalTo("species"));
+    }
+        
     /**
      * In this test we are restricting a file and testing "export DDI" at the
      * dataset level as well as getting the DDI at the file level.