# Charge when endpoint’s initializing

**URL:** </static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fcharge-when-endpoint-s-initializing%2F78637%3E%5C
**Category:** Inference Endpoints on the Hub\
**Created:** [March 23, 2024, 8:51am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fcharge-when-endpoint-s-initializing%2F78637 "2024-03-23T08:51:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![flops2081](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flops2081](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fflops2081)%5C
**Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 8:51am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fcharge-when-endpoint-s-initializing%2F78637%2F1 "2024-03-23T08:51:25Z")

</div>

Are we charged while initializing inference endpoints? It sometimes takes much longer time