Docker Space stuck in APP_STARTING with stale runtime SHA
Hugging Face Forums [Unofficial]
June 20, 2026
My public Docker Space is stuck in APP_STARTING:
Space:
huggingface.co
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Repository SHA: 9f937e5c2d0b800b738807f3c5e5ad17f2460571
Reported runtime SHA: b9eef774b06240e8c93f2c62fe7ef06403194fd5
The application itself works and returns HTTP 200. Gunicorn starts normally and listens on 0.0.0.0:7860, but the Space status and runtime SHA never update.
I have already tried:
- Restart Space
- Factory reboot
- Pause followed by restart
- Restarting through both the web UI and HF CLI
The runtime logs contain no startup error. Could the Space runtime state be reset manually?
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