# Space stuck at "Starting" - health checker not responding - June 20 2026 **URL:** \ **Category:** Spaces\ **Created:** [June 20, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005 "2026-06-20T13:29:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RomanaQureshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@RomanaQureshi](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/RomanaQureshi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/1 "2026-06-20T13:29:13Z")
My Space has been stuck at “Starting” all day. Logs show app running perfectly on 0.0.0.0:7860 but health checker never responds. Space: RomanaQureshi/Hayat-AI-Hajj-Medical- Emergency-Guidance Started happening today June 20 2026. Direct URL works but Space page shows Starting. Tried factory rebuild multiple times. Please help urgently — this is linked in my CV and job applications! ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/2 "2026-06-20T13:44:30Z")
Hmm… I’d put this in the same neighborhood as [this stale-runtime thread](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/docker-space-stuck-in-app-starting-with-stale-runtime-sha/176992): not exactly proven identical, but it similarly doesn’t look like the usual app-side startup failure. The app seems alive, but the Space status / health layer stays stuck. ---
**Author:** ![RomanaQureshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@RomanaQureshi](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/RomanaQureshi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/3 "2026-06-20T14:37:06Z")
Thank you for your reply! That thread does look similar to my situation. My logs show the app running correctly on 0.0.0.0:7860 but the Space status stays stuck at Starting. Is there anything I can do from my end, or does this need the HuggingFace team to intervene? I have already tried factory rebuild multiple times with no change. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/4 "2026-06-20T22:34:58Z")
> does this need the HuggingFace team > to intervene? Probably this one. If the issue is on the HF side, there’s probably nothing we can do until HF fixes it or notices the problem and fixes it on their own… 😅 @hysts ? ---
**Author:** ![knbliss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@knbliss](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/knbliss)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/5 "2026-06-21T01:16:41Z")
Same issue here. my Space has been stuck at “Starting” all day on June 20. Container logs show the app running correctly on `0.0.0.0:7860`, model loads successfully, and the direct `.hf.space` URL works fine. But the Space page stays at “Starting” indefinitely. Factory rebuild multiple times with no change. This seems to be the same health checker issue rather than an app-side problem. `@hyst, ` is this a known platform issue today? ---
**Author:** ![hysts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/hysts/32/32230_2.png) [@hysts](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/hysts)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/6 "2026-06-21T01:36:00Z")
Thanks for reporting this. I’ll check internally. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/8 "2026-06-21T02:12:01Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![RomanaQureshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@RomanaQureshi](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/RomanaQureshi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/9 "2026-06-21T07:21:52Z")
Thank you @hysts! Really appreciate you looking into this. Just to confirm my Space details: Username: RomanaQureshi Space: Hayat-AI-Hajj-Medical-Emergency-Guidance The direct .hf.space URL works fine but the Space page has been showing “Starting” since this morning. I have also submitted a support ticket (#37918). Looking forward to hearing from you! 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![RomanaQureshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@RomanaQureshi](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/RomanaQureshi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/10 "2026-06-21T07:23:47Z")
Thank you @John6666 for your help and for tagging @hysts! Really appreciate the community support! 🙏 ---
**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:** [June 21, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/11 "2026-06-21T08:05:53Z")
Unsure related to this or not, but for now, new cases: - [Space stuck at 'Starting'](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting/177014) - [400 Error on newly created Space](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/400-error-on-newly-created-space/177013) ---
**Author:** ![rishitpant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/rishitpant/32/61004_2.png) [@rishitpant](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/rishitpant)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/13 "2026-06-21T11:01:12Z")
I’m facing this in my space: [System Threat Forecaster - a Hugging Face Space by rishitpant](https://huggingface.co/spaces/rishitpant/system-threat-forecaster) It’s stuck at starting. I have tried a small commit to rebuild it, and also tried factory rebuild multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Avihua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/avihua/32/61018_2.png) [@Avihua](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Avihua)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/14 "2026-06-21T11:56:27Z")
Having this issue too, any suggestions on how to resolve it? ---
**Author:** ![alvarocas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alvarocas](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/alvarocas)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/15 "2026-06-21T11:59:26Z")
I don’t think it’s a model-loading/blocking-startup issue though — for example, I already isolated that variable: I created a brand-new minimal Space with zero custom code, no model, nothing beyond the official Gradio “Hello World” template: python ```auto import gradio as gr def saludo(nombre): return f"Hola, {nombre}!" demo = gr.Interface(fn=saludo, inputs="text", outputs="text") if __name__ == " __main__": demo.launch(server_name="0.0.0.0", server_port=7860) ``` That Space reaches `Running on local URL: http://0.0.0.0:7860` within seconds (no slow downloads, no global-scope blocking code), and it still got stuck on “Starting” indefinitely — tested with both gradio 6.6.0 and 6.19.0, same result. Since even a zero-dependency template with instant startup shows the exact same symptom as my real app, I don’t think lazy loading would change anything here. ---
**Author:** ![Chirag2510](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/chirag2510/32/61009_2.png) [@Chirag2510](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Chirag2510)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/16 "2026-06-21T12:33:11Z")
Anyone reported this issue ? Already tried factory reset, restarting the space and one readMe update commit, but still it is not starting !! ---
**Author:** ![maurya-doshi03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@maurya-doshi03](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/maurya-doshi03)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/17 "2026-06-21T14:01:25Z")
Facing the same issue. Tried commits, binding the address and port (if in case it was that issue), and factory rebuild, all to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![rishitpant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/rishitpant/32/61004_2.png) [@rishitpant](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/rishitpant)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 5:17pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/18 "2026-06-21T17:17:56Z")
Unless you want the exact same space link, you can duplicate your space. That works fine. ---
**Author:** ![RomanaQureshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/65b543/32.png) [@RomanaQureshi](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/RomanaQureshi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/19 "2026-06-21T17:43:47Z")
Thanks. But I need exact same link as I have distributed it in cv, LinkedIn everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![CedM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/cedm/32/61027_2.png) [@CedM](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/CedM)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/20 "2026-06-21T17:44:41Z")
same problem for me… ---
**Author:** ![Michal0110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Michal0110](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Michal0110)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/21 "2026-06-21T18:05:59Z")
Same for me. Also since this was first time for me deploying R shiny app on HF I thought maybe my setup is wrong. I tried deploying the default/example R Shiny Docker from image Spaces and that wouldn’t even build. It seems it has drifted from the current setup. ---
**Author:** ![harleenK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@harleenK](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/harleenK)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005/22 "2026-06-21T18:25:38Z")
Yes same I am also using huggingface for first time and I am still unsure if there is an architecture mistake on my side like model being too heavy as i am on free plan but logs are showing running on [http://0.0.0.0:7860](http://0.0.0.0:7860) and then a series of ValueError: Invalid file descriptor: -1 Exception ignored in: \ Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/base\_events.py”, line 732, in \__del_\_ self.close() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/unix\_events.py”, line 68, in close super().close() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/selector\_events.py”, line 104, in close self.\_close\_self\_pipe() File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/selector\_events.py”, line 111, in \_close\_self\_pipe self.\_remove\_reader(self.\_ssock.fileno()) File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/asyncio/selector\_events.py”, line 298, in \_remove\_reader key = self.\_selector.get\_key(fd) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/selectors.py”, line 190, in get\_key return mapping[fileobj] ~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^ File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/selectors.py”, line 71, in \__getitem_\_ fd = self.\_selector.\_fileobj\_lookup(fileobj) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/selectors.py”, line 225, in \_fileobj\_lookup return \_fileobj\_to\_fd(fileobj) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File “/usr/local/lib/python3.12/selectors.py”, line 42, in \_fileobj\_to\_fd raise ValueError(“Invalid file descriptor: {}”.format(fd)) ValueError: Invalid file descriptor: -1 Can anyone who is experienced tell me if my issue is also platform side or it is from my side? [Next page](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-at-starting-health-checker-not-responding-june-20-2026/177005.md?page=2)