# SDXL on TPUv5e is broken

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**Created:** [April 5, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fsdxl-on-tpuv5e-is-broken%2F148998 "2025-04-05T15:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![RussellGibbon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/russellgibbon/32/56001_2.png) [@RussellGibbon](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FRussellGibbon)%5C
**Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fsdxl-on-tpuv5e-is-broken%2F148998%2F1 "2025-04-05T15:49:11Z")

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The space: SDXL using TPUv5e is not working - 3 days straight of the “please keep trying” message.

Can someone please sort this out?

Thank you.

Russell Gibbon

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**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [April 6, 2025, 12:25am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fsdxl-on-tpuv5e-is-broken%2F148998%2F2 "2025-04-06T00:25:37Z")

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> **[app.py · google/sdxl at main](https://huggingface.co/spaces/google/sdxl/blob/main/app.py#L93)**
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There is a high possibility that the backend is experiencing an operational error. I think the situation is the same as below. @pcuenq

> [@2.1 stable diffusion demo error](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2F2-1-stable-diffusion-demo-error%2F140660)%3A
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> Hi, just to report an ongoing error on the Stable Diffusion 2.1 online demo, which has worked beautifully for a long time. We now get “error Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)” Hope someone can put it right! Cheers.