# Space perpetually stuck on "Preparing Space" after previously working **URL:** \ **Category:** Spaces\ **Created:** [August 16, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-perpetually-stuck-on-preparing-space-after-previously-working/166971 "2025-08-16T11:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![liamcripwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/liamcripwell/32/52658_2.png) [@liamcripwell](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/liamcripwell)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-perpetually-stuck-on-preparing-space-after-previously-working/166971/1 "2025-08-16T11:42:25Z")
Hello, I have a space that suddenly seems to be stuck with a loading wheel and “Preparing Space” message. It was running completely fine for about a week on an L40S instance until we noticed it was now in this state. We are unable to pause it, rebuild the image/factory rebuild, or even restart the space. Thankfully it seems to have allowed me to move from GPU to a CPU instance to stop getting billed for now, but this is obviously not a proper solution. The logs are also completely empty, only showing a loading wheel which makes debugging a challenge. Has anyone experienced this before, or can anyone suggest what might be happening and how to go about resolving this? The space in question is here: [NuMarkdown 8b Thinking - a Hugging Face Space by numind](https://huggingface.co/spaces/numind/NuMarkdown-8B-Thinking) Many thanks. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-perpetually-stuck-on-preparing-space-after-previously-working/166971/2 "2025-08-16T12:04:32Z")
It seems that [you may have encountered an issue caused by a library used in Space, etc](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/staying-on-the-preparing-space-page-cannot-restart-space/166048). However, based on the progress so far, it appears that recovery is possible through negotiations with support. [website@huggingface.co](mailto:website@huggingface.co) (In detail, see HF Discord)