# Space stuck in APP\_STARTING indefinitely

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**Created:** [July 8, 2026, 10:20am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fspace-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely%2F177564 "2026-07-08T10:20:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fspace-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely%2F177564%2F5 "2026-07-08T13:07:28Z")

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Same here. @hysts

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I can confirm that I am experiencing the same issue on my side.

I tested a newly created Docker Space with a minimal Streamlit application. The image builds successfully, but the Space remains stuck at “Starting”, and the container log shows only:

===== Application Startup =====

This appears to be the same issue reported in the following threads:

- [Unable to schedule](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Funable-to-schedule%2F177563)
- [[Need help] My Space froze right from the start](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fneed-help-my-space-froze-right-from-the-start%2F177558)

Overview:

- Multiple users started reporting the issue during the same time period.
- Both newly created and previously working Spaces are affected.
- Minimal applications using different frameworks and base images reproduce the issue.
- The image build completes successfully, but the Space becomes stuck during application startup.
- Some affected Spaces eventually report “Scheduling failure: unable to schedule”.
- In at least one report, the API shows hardware.current as null while cpu-basic remains requested.

Since the issue is reproducible with minimal applications across different users and Spaces, this looks more like a Hugging Face-side scheduling, hardware-allocation, or runtime infrastructure issue than an application-specific problem.

The public status page currently shows the service as operational, but this may be a partial issue affecting only Space startup or the free cpu-basic scheduling pool.

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