# Spaces: Persistent storage lost?

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/spaces-persistent-storage-lost/174763>\
**Category:** Spaces\
**Created:** [March 29, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/spaces-persistent-storage-lost/174763 "2026-03-29T15:34:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![stadlerb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@stadlerb](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/stadlerb)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/spaces-persistent-storage-lost/174763/1 "2026-03-29T15:34:31Z")

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Hello,

The last few days we had similar issues as many others here in the forums, with one of our Spaces being stuck in “Building” mode.  
When I looked at it ~30 minutes ago, it had moved in an error state, so I restarted it again. As it became stuck again, I hit the “Factory rebuild” button.  
Now it somehow managed to start, but only partially: the “[hf.co/spaces”](http://hf.co/spaces%E2%80%9D) page is stuck in a “Starting” state with container logs being displayed, but the .hf.space domain is accessible and serves the Space.

However, the persistent storage and all data in it seems to be gone - we had “small” persistent storage, but the Space looks as if it had been re-initialized from scratch, without any persistent storage.

What happened and who can I contact about this?

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**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:** [March 29, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/spaces-persistent-storage-lost/174763/2 "2026-03-29T21:28:25Z")

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> However, the persistent storage and all data in it seems to be gone - we had “small” persistent storage, but the Space looks as if it had been re-initialized from scratch, without any persistent storage.

> What happened and who can I contact about this?

Yeah. It seems that Persistent Storage has been discontinued (e.g. [Spaces Persistent Storage Upgrade Not Accessible - #16 by michellehbn](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/spaces-persistent-storage-upgrade-not-accessible/171226/16)). I don’t know if the data inside can be recovered, but you’ll probably need to contact HF: [website@huggingface.co](mailto:website@huggingface.co)