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Hosted ML demos: Gradio, Streamlit, Docker

Live Hugging Face Spaces status — the hosted-app platform for Gradio, Streamlit, and Docker demos.

Hugging Face Spaces is an app-hosting service for ML demos. To check if Spaces is down or experiencing degraded performance, monitor real-time uptime, response latencies, and regional server status on huggingface.health. Spaces status can be verified in real time by checking health indicators across Gradio, Streamlit, and Docker hosting infrastructure, identifying active downtime, cold starts, or container build failures.

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Live, in-browser checks against Spaces's public APIs. Refreshes every 15s.

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    Public Spaces listing endpoint
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About Spaces

Spaces are hosted apps on Hugging Face — Gradio, Streamlit, Docker, or static — with free CPU tiers and paid GPU upgrades. They're how most models ship a public demo.

Spaces at a glance

SDKs
Gradio, Streamlit, Docker, Static
Free tier
2 vCPU, 16GB RAM
GPU tiers
T4, A10G, A100
Persistent storage
Optional (paid)
ZeroGPU
Shared H100 for Pro users

Common Spaces issues

  • Cold-start delay

    See /learn/spaces-cold-start-explained. Free CPU Spaces sleep after 48h and wake on demand — typically 10–30s.

  • OOM on free tier

    16GB isn't enough for many modern models. Quantize to int8/int4, or upgrade to a GPU tier with more VRAM.

  • Rate-limited by upstream API

    A Space that calls the Serverless Inference API inherits the shared rate limits. Ship an HF_TOKEN in Space secrets to get authenticated quotas.

Background

Spaces launched in 2021 as a simple way to publish Gradio demos next to a model card. It has grown into a full app-hosting product with GPU tiers, persistent storage, ZeroGPU for Pro users, and Docker support — hosting hundreds of thousands of live demos.

Frequently asked

Are Hugging Face Spaces currently down?
Check huggingface.health/spaces for live status updates on Hugging Face Spaces. It monitors Gradio, Streamlit, and Docker container hosting availability and latency in real time.
Why is my Hugging Face Space not loading?
Spaces may fail to load due to cold starts on free tiers, container build errors, exceeding memory limits, or platform-wide infrastructure outages tracked on this status page.
What causes Hugging Face Space cold starts?
Free CPU and ZeroGPU Spaces enter sleep mode after 48 hours of inactivity. When a new visitor accesses the app, the container restarts, causing a brief cold-start delay.
How do I check if Hugging Face Spaces is down?
Check huggingface.health for real-time ping responses from Spaces infrastructure. You can also view official status updates, container restart logs, and active outage reports for Gradio and Streamlit apps.
How long do Hugging Face Spaces take to wake up from cold start?
Free CPU Spaces usually wake within 10 to 60 seconds. Custom Docker containers or large GPU instances may require 2 to 5 minutes to download model weights and initialize.
Are Hugging Face Spaces down right now?
You can test live Hugging Face Spaces connectivity directly from your browser. Status checks ping the Spaces infrastructure and web application gateways to detect platform outages versus sleeping containers.
Why does my Hugging Face Space show a loading screen first?
Free tier Hugging Face Spaces automatically enter sleep mode after 48 hours of inactivity. Loading a sleeping Space triggers a container restart and environment build, leading to a temporary cold start delay.
What is the Hugging Face Spaces free tier limit?
The free tier provides 2 vCPU cores, 16GB RAM, and 50GB non-persistent disk space. Free Spaces pause automatically when idle, whereas paid hardware upgrades maintain priority performance.

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All data is provided on a best-effort basis with no guarantees about accuracy or availability. This is an unofficial status page and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Hugging Face, Inc.

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