# Stuck when trying to download any model to use in Colab **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginners\ **Created:** [July 14, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815 "2026-07-14T15:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TabloID](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@TabloID](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/TabloID)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/1 "2026-07-14T15:14:54Z")
Hello, Today, when I tried to download a model from Hugging Face to use in Google Colab, it kept getting stuck at 1%. I don’t know why that’s happening. I’ve tried everything, such as disabling it (HF\_HUB\_DISABLE\_XET = 1), but it didn’t work. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/3X/3/7/37c91f67bd1481d3f5cf053bd04ba6bab700e1d5.png) Not only stuck when downloading the embedding model, but also the LLM Please help. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![kiro-550](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/kiro-550/32/61637_2.png) [@kiro-550](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/kiro-550)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/2 "2026-07-14T16:00:33Z")
Same issue on kaggle, also I check same issue, they said it problem in Huggingface CDN ---
**Author:** ![oopere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/oopere/32/41726_2.png) [@oopere](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/oopere)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/3 "2026-07-14T16:24:29Z")
Same problem here! ---
**Author:** ![Sameer121](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Sameer121](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Sameer121)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/4 "2026-07-14T16:36:00Z")
Getting the same issues any updates or work arounds? ---
**Author:** ![asammarco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@asammarco](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/asammarco)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/5 "2026-07-14T16:50:37Z")
Getting the same problem… The downloading freeze from colab and local pc. ---
**Author:** ![databoyface](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/databoyface/32/60054_2.png) [@databoyface](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/databoyface)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/6 "2026-07-14T17:52:42Z")
Off-topic, but maybe related: the Dataset Viewer right 'ere on HF doesn’t work, either! ---
**Author:** ![wirthual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f05b48/32.png) [@wirthual](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/wirthual)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/7 "2026-07-14T19:01:14Z")
Same problem here, other folks as well: > > > I am experiencing a critical issue when downloading models from the Hugging Face… Hub using the transformers library within the Colab environment. > > The download process initiates normally and the progress bar starts moving, but it consistently freezes/hangs at a random percentage. The process does not throw any exception or timeout error, remaining in a "stalled" state indefinitely until I manually interrupt the kernel. > > Environment: > > Runtime: \[L4 GPU\] > > Issue persists across sessions: Yes > > Behavior: The process hangs without providing a traceback, making it impossible to debug at the user level. ---
**Author:** ![oopere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/oopere/32/41726_2.png) [@oopere](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/oopere)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:39pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/8 "2026-07-14T20:39:21Z")
Resolved! It’s working fine for me now. ---
**Author:** ![Kongo-Otto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/kongo-otto/32/61529_2.png) [@Kongo-Otto](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Kongo-Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/9 "2026-07-14T20:54:21Z")
Just out of curiosity, is this current problem related to “error” messages when trying online image/video generation? What worked yesterday does not work today somehow. Missing any detail what “error” even means there ^^" ---
**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:** [July 14, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/10 "2026-07-14T20:57:04Z")
Yeah. Although the direct connection between these issues is still unclear, it’s safe to assume that **some kind of error is occurring in ZeroGPU Spaces as well**. (It’s unclear whether it’s fixed at this moment.) Also, it doesn’t seem to be the case that the same error is occurring in all spaces…😅 ---
**Author:** ![Kongo-Otto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/kongo-otto/32/61529_2.png) [@Kongo-Otto](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Kongo-Otto)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/11 "2026-07-14T21:35:18Z")
Yeah, great. There was no warning of possible site errors in advance. I wasted all my limits today and got nothing at the end because oh wonder, the zero GPU limits did count anyway even when it stopped and gave only the error messages… With or without login. Again waiting 24h to play lottery. 😑 ---
**Author:** ![Dismitha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Dismitha](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Dismitha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/12 "2026-07-15T03:25:20Z")
I tried with import os os.environ[“HF\_HUB\_DISABLE\_XET”] = “1” and I was using in google colab, and now it worked for me. Also any one noticed that in huggingface dataset-card there is no button to use the dataset and only “copy to bucket” and “edit dataset card” are the buttons available. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/stuck-when-trying-to-download-any-model-to-use-in-colab/177815/13 "2026-07-15T06:08:15Z")
> any one noticed that in huggingface dataset-card there is no button to use the dataset and only “copy to bucket” and “edit dataset card” are the buttons available. Oh. True… - Datasets ![{AFE74FAF-0AC3-4F75-88C5-1FAEB77504EF}](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/3X/e/2/e2a93d900afc75d0e4c90ec8291da8f94920a8dd.png) - Models ![{2F862A99-632B-4C90-B898-4B32F0856429}](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/3X/8/d/8d9d639e7bc327e55f10d4b2332249ee9c40ad6d.png)