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Sleeping spaces are not restarting

Hugging Face Forums [Unofficial] March 4, 2026
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It wasn’t my Spaces, but I encountered a similar case a few days ago.

  1. Even after pausing Spaces or performing a normal rebuild, the previous runtime persisted as a ghost (accessible and functional via API)
  2. If a ghost exists, the build completes but the app won’t launch anew
  3. Only a factory rebuild could eliminate the ghost runtime
  4. After that, it started working fine

So as a “folk remedy”: If you’re stuck, try a factory rebuild → If that fails, try a rebuild with an empty commit → If that fails, change sdk in README.md and revert it to clear the cache

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