HuggingFace download issues

lowReplicateJul 16, 2026 08:35
apicdn
Network / RoutingAPI Issue

Summary

We have not seen elevated rates of HuggingFace/model setup errors for a couple hours now, so we believe this incident is cleared

Impact

none

Timeline

Jul 16, 2026 08:31

[investigating] We are aware of 504s being returned by models that reach out to HuggingFace during setup. We believe this is likely related to the disruption visible at [https://status.huggingface.co/](https://status.huggingface.co/ "https://status.huggingface.co/"). We are monitoring and will update when we can identify the HuggingFace CDN is back up/

via statuspage
+39m
Jul 16, 2026 09:10

[monitoring] HuggingFace is reporting recovery, which we are also seeing on our end. However, we still see minor degradation, which we believe is due to thundering herd once the main issue was resolved. We are still keeping an eye out, but believe we are recovering

via statuspage
+18m
Jul 16, 2026 09:28

[monitoring] We have seen most HuggingFace calls start succeeding, except for a small subset that are being downloaded through [cas-bridge.xethub.hf.co](http://cas-bridge.xethub.hf.co "cas-bridge.xethub.hf.co"). Most models are now succeeding to spin up

via statuspage
+17m
Jul 16, 2026 09:46

[monitoring] Still seeing signs of improvement, most models are able to spin up with a few still waiting their turn from HuggingFace. Models should spin up after enough tries if they are failing for HuggingFace related reasons.

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+6h 19m
Jul 16, 2026 16:04

[resolved] We have not seen elevated rates of HuggingFace/model setup errors for a couple hours now, so we believe this incident is cleared

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Lessons Learned

Replicate has experienced 37 incidents in the past year. This frequency suggests systemic reliability challenges that may warrant additional monitoring.

📊Incidents related to api, cdn have occurred 755 times across all providers in the past year. This is one of the most common failure categories in cloud infrastructure.

💡This incident is categorized as: Network / Routing, API Issue. Consider implementing preventive measures specific to this failure category.