Made a tiny mod in app..py, commited and space is stuck in “restarting”. Did the factory rebuild and it completed and now stuck in restarting. The only log entry is: ===== Application Startup at 2026-03-01 15:04:32 ===== This identical app.py code runs fine in Gradio on my PC in VS2022. Edit: A…

This is a known issue with Gradio Spaces. Check for infinite loops in initialization, try adding timeout parameter, or use factory reset option.

Having same problem again today (stuck in restarting). Have tried factory rebuild several times. I don’t know how to “check for infinite loops in initialization” or where to add a timeout parameter. Any help will be appreciated.

Add’l info: It apparently finally started and now I’m getting the following runtime error: Exit code: 137. Reason: The container could not be located when the pod was terminated From googling I gather this is some kind of Docker or Kubernetes error ?? Edit: After yet another factory rebuild the…

Hmm… Not sure related or not but maybe near issue: Sleeping spaces are not restarting It’s probably an error on the HF infrastructure side or its backend, so restarting it (normally) a little later might fix it in some cases…

Another of my Python Gradio spaces is now stuck in restarting for four days now despite forcing restart, factory rebuilding, juggling Gradio SDK version back and forth. It stopped originally due to no change of mine whatsoever. I’m running a gradio client program on a raspberry pi at home that pi…

Python Gradio Space stuck in "restarting"

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John6666 March 16, 2026, 1:53pm 7

In this time, maybe infra issue: All my Spaces stuck in Building with empty logs

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Python Gradio Space stuck in "restarting"

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