# Space stuck in APP\_STARTING indefinitely **URL:** \ **Category:** Spaces\ **Created:** [July 8, 2026, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564 "2026-07-08T10:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winou](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/winou/32/61445_2.png) [@Winou](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Winou)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/1 "2026-07-08T10:20:49Z")
My Docker Space (free cpu-basic) has been stuck in `APP_STARTING` for over an hour and won’t come up. **What I’m seeing:** The API reports `stage: APP_STARTING` with `hardware.current: null` while `hardware.requested: cpu-basic`. So no machine is actually being allocated. In the Hardware settings, the “CPU basic” card shows a spinner as if it’s continuously searching for resources. The public endpoint times out (HTTP 000). When it _did_ briefly start earlier, the container logs were completely clean — the app bound correctly to `0.0.0.0:7860` and logged `Server listening`, but the UI never transitioned to `Running`. **What I’ve already tried (none worked):** Restart (rebuilds in ~0.5s from cache, then straight to “starting”, nothing happens) Factory rebuild (full rebuild completes, still stuck) Toggling hardware / re-selecting CPU basic This looks like a scheduling / hardware-capacity issue on HF’s side rather than my app. Is there a current capacity shortage on the free cpu-basic pool? How long does this usually take to resolve, and is there anything I can do besides waiting? Thanks! I have some news, my space just did runtime error Scheduling failure: unable to schedule Container logs: ===== Application Startup ===== ---
**Author:** ![Matmiche](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@Matmiche](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/Matmiche)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/2 "2026-07-08T10:42:00Z")
Same issue for me, it looks like a HF issue for me ---
**Author:** ![schalla71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@schalla71](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/schalla71)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/3 "2026-07-08T11:40:54Z")
I have been having the same issue for the last 2 hours. Could it be a Hugging Face issue? ---
**Author:** ![MJ-Prod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/mj-prod/32/60997_2.png) [@MJ-Prod](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/MJ-Prod)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/4 "2026-07-08T12:35:28Z")
Mine is stuck at restarting ---
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 1:07pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/5 "2026-07-08T13:07:28Z")
Same here. @hysts * * * 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](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/unable-to-schedule/177563) - [[Need help] My Space froze right from the start](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/need-help-my-space-froze-right-from-the-start/177558) 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. ---
**Author:** ![hysts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/hysts/32/32230_2.png) [@hysts](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/hysts)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/6 "2026-07-08T14:07:21Z")
Should be fixed now. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![schalla71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@schalla71](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/schalla71)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/7 "2026-07-08T14:32:33Z")
Restarted just now…will see how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/John6666)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/8 "2026-07-08T22:15:35Z")
Thank you! hysts. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/2X/d/de4155eb4aa4108ecb32a1389d7cc37ae69f88b7.png) [@system](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 10:15am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/space-stuck-in-app-starting-indefinitely/177564/9 "2026-07-09T10:15:37Z")
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