How do I know if Hugging Face is having an outage?

Prismix monitors Hugging Face every 5 minutes. Visit prismix.dev/service/huggingface to see real-time status, recent incidents, and uptime trends. You can also call the public API: https://prismix.dev/api/v1/statuses and check the huggingface entry.

Can I get notified when Hugging Face goes down?

Yes. Sign in at prismix.dev (free, email OTP or GitHub), star Hugging Face, and you will receive an email alert within minutes of any status change. No credit card required.

What should I do if Hugging Face is not working?

First confirm it is a platform-wide issue by checking prismix.dev/service/huggingface. If it shows an active outage, the provider is aware and working on a fix. If Prismix shows Operational but you still have issues, the problem may be account-specific, regional, or a local network issue.

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Is Hugging Face Down?

Check live Hugging Face status — Hub, Spaces, Inference API, and Serverless. See recent incidents and set up free email alerts.

Hugging Face — live status

Updated every 5 minutes. Full incident history at prismix.dev/service/huggingface.

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Quick check: is Hugging Face down right now?

Prismix: prismix.dev/service/huggingface — live status + 30-day uptime + incidents.
Official status page: status.huggingface.co — Hugging Face's official incident tracker.
API call: curl https://prismix.dev/api/v1/statuses | jq '.services[] | select(.id=="huggingface")'

Set up free email alerts for Hugging Face

Get emailed the moment Hugging Face status changes. 2-minute setup, free, no credit card:

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Sign in

Go to prismix.dev/sign-in — email OTP or GitHub sign-in.
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Star Hugging Face

On prismix.dev/service/huggingface, click the ☆ star icon.
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Alerts are live

You'll get an email within minutes of any status change.

Monitor Hugging Face programmatically

curl

curl https://prismix.dev/api/v1/statuses | jq '.services[] | select(.id=="huggingface")'

Python

import httpx, sys

resp = httpx.get("https://prismix.dev/api/v1/statuses", timeout=5)
hf = next((s for s in resp.json()["services"] if s["id"] == "huggingface"), {})
if hf.get("indicator", "unknown") != "none":
    print(f"⚠️  Hugging Face is {hf.get('indicator')}: {hf.get('description')}")
    sys.exit(1)

Common causes of "Hugging Face not working"

If Prismix shows Hugging Face as "Operational" but your requests are failing:

Spaces loading slowly or returning 503 — Hugging Face Spaces can be paused (free tier) or under heavy load. Duplicate the Space to your own account to have dedicated resources.
Inference API 401 / 403 — The Inference API requires a Hugging Face token with read scope. Generate at huggingface.co/settings/tokens.
Model loading takes 20+ seconds — Free-tier Inference API models are loaded on demand. The first call after a cold start returns HTTP 503 with a estimated_time field. Retry after that interval.
Serverless Inference quota exceeded — Free tier has 1,000 req/month. Pro plan unlocks higher limits. Check usage at huggingface.co/settings/billing.
Model not found (404) — Model IDs are case-sensitive: mistralai/Mistral-7B-Instruct-v0.3 not mistral-7b.
Hub outage vs Spaces vs Inference API — These are separate systems. The Hub (model downloads) can be up while Inference API is degraded. Check each sub-service on status.huggingface.co.

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