# Requests returning a 404 error constantly **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [May 16, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/requests-returning-a-404-error-constantly/155450 "2025-05-16T02:21:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/requests-returning-a-404-error-constantly/155450/2 "2025-05-16T06:31:33Z")
It seems that the specifications have changed and it no longer works. > [@Persistent 404 Not Found Errors with Public Inference API](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/persistent-404-not-found-errors-with-public-inference-api/154119): > > Problem: For the past day or so, all My attempts to make POST requests to the public Inference API endpoint result in a 404 Not Found error. This happens regardless of the model I try to query, including standard, known-available models like gpt2. The response body simply contains “Not Found"“ My Hugging Face Username: Mehdimemar Troubleshooting Steps Taken: Model Validity Confirmed: I’ve tested numerous valid model IDs (like gpt2, distilbert-base-uncased-fine tuned-sst-2-english, various … > [@https://api-inference.huggingface.co/models/sentence-transformers/paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/https-api-inference-huggingface-co-models-sentence-transformers-paraphrase-minilm-l6-v2/153574): > > Hello All, I am using sentence-transformers/paraphrase-MiniLM-L6-v2 while using the API. but getting the 404 error. We are in free plan. any help please --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/requests-returning-a-404-error-constantly/155450)._