Introduction I’ve set up a custom Docker space for a Discord bot. Currently, the bot doesn’t have AI capabilities and is only sending simple messages to users in the Discord server, which works as expected. Issue However, the Docker space remains in a “starting” state, despite the bot functioning c…

To cut a long story short, it’s a bug or malfunction in HF Spaces. At the moment, there have been reports from at least 6 people, including you and me…:sweat_smile: If you create a new space, it may take a while to work… [image] Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games Discord is gr…

Thanks for replying! Are you running a custom Docker space or does this happen with any other type of space, even the standard ones?

even the standard ones? YES.:nauseated_face: However, this is more likely to occur with Docker or private repositories. The sample size is small, so it may not be statistically significant, and it’s possible that it’s just in my head…

from HF Discord BC Hey I figured it out! I just rebuilt the space with a new streamlit version (1.41) since my previous one was on 1.31 pip install streamlit>=1.41

I’m not using streamlit, so not sure this would help :melting_face:

Since 15 minutes, my docker space is “Getting Started”

Yes, I have that problem too, space stuck at starting and I fix it via Readme.md file, I add app_port: 7860 to Readme.md file then it’s worked

Seems something is happening… https://huggingface.co/proxy/discuss.huggingface.co/t/all-spaces-failing-to-build-since-tuesday-no-logs-or-errors/174642 https://huggingface.co/proxy/discuss.huggingface.co/t/hf-space-stuck-at-restarting-no-error-logs/174648 https://huggingface.co/proxy/discuss.huggingface.co/t/docker-space-build-stuck-empty-logs/174644 https://d…

It appears that Hugging Face is currently investigating the matter internally. [image] Stuck at space problem Spaces Thanks for the ping. Yeah, a similar issue has already been reported internally, and the infra team is currently working on it.

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It appears that Hugging Face is currently investigating the matter internally.

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