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Hugging Face rate limits cause model download stalls

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Users downloading models from Hugging Face may experience stalled downloads due to rate limiting, not actual connection failures. The HF Hub imposes request limits for anonymous users, which can be quickly exhausted by large model downloads involving multiple files and retries. The `huggingface_hub` library, by default, silently waits for the rate limit window to reset before retrying, leading users to believe the download is frozen. Authenticating with a `HF_TOKEN` significantly increases these rate limits and resolves the issue. AI

IMPACT Users may encounter download delays for AI models due to rate limiting on platforms like Hugging Face.

RANK_REASON This item discusses a common user experience issue with a specific software library and platform, rather than a new release or significant industry event.

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Hugging Face rate limits cause model download stalls

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Jasur Yuldoshev ·

    Your Hugging Face download isn't stuck — you're being rate-limited

    <p>I killed a perfectly healthy 2 GB model download three times before I understood what was happening. Each time the same picture: the first 100–200 MB fly by in about a minute, then the progress bar freezes at 0 B/s. Not slow — zero. A minute passes. Five. Ten. Any reasonable p…

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