# What the hell is this?

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/what-the-hell-is-this/180523>\
**Category:** Spaces\
**Created:** [September 16, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/what-the-hell-is-this/180523 "2026-09-16T14:45:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asukaa02](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/asukaa02/32/63146_2.png) [@Asukaa02](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Asukaa02)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/what-the-hell-is-this/180523/1 "2026-09-16T14:45:50Z")

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most stupid thing hf ever do, and i hate it

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**Author:** ![RDTvlokip](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/rdtvlokip/32/62725_2.png) [@RDTvlokip](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/RDTvlokip)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/what-the-hell-is-this/180523/2 "2026-09-16T17:27:57Z")

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Confirmed, it’s not a bug or a mistake on your end, HF officially changed this: Gradio and Docker Spaces now require a paid plan (PRO for individuals, Team/Enterprise for orgs) to create, only Static Spaces stay free for everyone. It rolled out without much of an announcement, other users noticed the same thing a couple months back with zero changelog entry either. Free personal accounts do get an exception: 2 Gradio Spaces on ZeroGPU if the account is 30+ days old, but Docker has no free path at all now, and new/young accounts are stuck with Static only.