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HuggingFace HttpRequestException During Model Download
Why model downloads from HuggingFace produced 36 HttpRequestException failures, and how to separate connectivity from permission issues.
Telemetry snapshot queried on April 17, 2026: 36 events across 12 installs for download_failed.
What telemetry shows
- This was the largest concrete download failure family in the telemetry snapshot.
- Many events showed zero bytes downloaded, four retries, and durations around 10 to 48 seconds.
- That pattern strongly suggests network, proxy, DNS, firewall, or unstable edge routing problems.
What users usually notice
- Downloads fail after several retries with
HttpRequestException. - Speed remains zero and file bytes never increase.
What to do next
- Open the target HuggingFace URL in a browser on the same machine.
- Check VPN, proxy, firewall, antivirus, and gated-model access.
- Retry from a different network or mirror before changing the runtime.
Escalate when
- Public assets fail from multiple clean networks.
- Only gated repos fail, which points to permission or token configuration.