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Is Hugging Face down right now?

Live Hugging Face status, checked every minute from Hugging Face's official status page, plus reports from other users.

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Hugging Face uptime and outages

Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.

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Uptime100%
Avg response233 ms
Problems, 30 days0
Last problemNone recorded
90 days agoUp Degraded Down No dataToday

Recent Hugging Face problems

No outages, degraded periods or maintenance recorded since Oct 7, 2026.

Recent Hugging Face incidents

Biggest outages and full history →

From Hugging Face's official status page. Major and long incidents have their own page with the cause and fix time.

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What to do if Hugging Face is not working

  1. Check the status card at the top of this page. If Hugging Face reports an incident, the errors are on their side.
  2. Retry failed requests with exponential backoff (for example 1, 2, 4, 8 seconds, with some random jitter). Short 500, 502, 503 and 529 errors often clear within minutes.
  3. A 429 error means a rate limit or quota, not an outage: check your usage limits and tier, and slow down or batch requests.
  4. A 401 or 403 error usually means the API key is wrong, revoked or out of credit: check the key and your billing page.
  5. Check the model name: retired or renamed models return errors that look like an outage.
  6. Keep a fallback: route to another provider or model while Hugging Face is down (see the alternatives below), or use a router that switches automatically.

Hugging Face outage questions

Is Hugging Face down right now?

The card at the top of this page reads Hugging Face's official status page live, and times Hugging Face's API from our servers every few minutes. If the official page shows an incident, the problem is on Hugging Face's side.

When was Hugging Face last down?

We have not recorded a Hugging Face outage or degraded period since we started tracking it on Oct 7, 2026. Its uptime and the full history are on the Hugging Face outage history page.

Why does Hugging Face return 500, 502 or 503 errors?

These are server-side errors: the request reached Hugging Face but it could not answer. They usually come in bursts during incidents or heavy load. Retry with exponential backoff, and check the status above.

What does a 429 error from Hugging Face mean?

429 means too many requests: you hit a rate limit or a usage quota. It is not an outage. Slow down, batch requests, or raise your limit in your Hugging Face account.

What can I use while Hugging Face is down?

Other inference platforms and routers include Groq, Together AI, Fireworks AI, Replicate, OpenRouter, DeepInfra. Each has its own status page on this site, so you can check one is working before you switch.

Where is Hugging Face's official status page?

Hugging Face's official status page is https://status.huggingface.co. We read it live at the top of this page.

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