Reconstructing (incomplete total…): 13%|███▉ | 2.00GB / 15.9GB Fetching 8 files: 50%|█████████████████████████ | 4/8 I reproduced this on three independent machines: RunPod Ubuntu pod with an RTX 6000 Ada and a persistent /workspace volume RunPod Ubuntu pod with an RTX 4000 Ada and a persistent …

Nice. I also ran a small Colab experiment on my end: I could reproduce the Xet-side failure independently Using a fresh Colab Free runtime, I could reproduce a no-progress state while downloading the same model.safetensors from juiceb0xc0de/bella-bartender-gemma-e4b . The most useful result was no…

I was able to produce a diagnostic script with the xet bundle I found on the Github repo so I opened a new Issue. There are some posts related that have similar problems but nothing quite fits what I’m observing on my repo.

Same kind of issue here: stops downloading at around 700MB.. Also downloading direct from the website, i get: Access Denied!

Alright, have John6666 help out with an issue on HF forums is no longer on my ML bingo card! Right on. It was slow going but model.safetensors just completed downloading to my MacBook. I’ll grab a GPU that can actually handle the model and see if the checkpoint emits tokens. In the meantime I will…

Model download freezing at exact percentage

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John6666 July 13, 2026, 10:34pm 2

Perhaps just due to HF glitch? "Access Denied" trying to download any model

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