503 Error for Brand New Empty Space w/ Dev Mode

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I just signed up for HF Plus and wanted to create a new private space with DevMode. I selected “Gradio” with the template “Empty”, and enabled dev mode. After the space was created, it attempted to build it but came short with this error:

--> RUN apt-get update &&     apt-get install -y htop vim nano gdb &&     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/\*
Reading package lists...
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

--> ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c apt-get update &&     apt-get install -y htop vim nano gdb &&     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/\*" did not complete successfully: exit code: 100
Full Log 
===== Build Queued at 2025-11-03 21:19:17 / Commit SHA: e96e5fb =====

--> FROM docker.io/library/python:3.10@sha256:cfe310ba7a7dc9d63ecd7c03bd6bc8491cdc982c77e50ff921e35b091e6cb563
DONE 0.0s

--> RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y 	git 	git-lfs 	ffmpeg 	libsm6 	libxext6 	cmake 	rsync 	libgl1 	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* 	&& git lfs install
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--> RUN 	apt-get update && 	apt-get install -y curl && 	curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_20.x | bash - && 	apt-get install -y nodejs && 	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && apt-get clean
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--> COPY --chown=1000:1000 --from=root / /
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--> RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y fakeroot &&     mv /usr/bin/apt-get /usr/bin/.apt-get &&     echo '#!/usr/bin/env sh\nfakeroot /usr/bin/.apt-get $@' > /usr/bin/apt-get &&     chmod +x /usr/bin/apt-get && 	rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && 	useradd -m -u 1000 user
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--> RUN pip install --no-cache-dir pip -U && 	pip install --no-cache-dir 	datasets 	"huggingface-hub>=0.30" "hf-transfer>=0.1.4" "protobuf<4" "click<8.1" "pydantic==2.10.6"
CACHED

--> WORKDIR /home/user/app
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--> RUN pip freeze > /tmp/freeze.txt
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--> COPY --link --chown=1000 ./ /home/user/app
DONE 0.0s

--> COPY --from=pipfreeze --link --chown=1000 /tmp/freeze.txt /tmp/freeze.txt
CACHED

--> Restoring cache
DONE 0.0s

--> RUN pip install --no-cache-dir 	gradio[oauth,mcp]==5.49.1 	"uvicorn>=0.14.0" 	spaces
CACHED

--> Restoring cache
DONE 1.8s

--> COPY --from=pipfreeze --link --chown=1000 /tmp/freeze.txt /tmp/freeze.txt
CACHED

--> Restoring cache
DONE 11.5s

--> RUN wget https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/releases/download/openvscode-server-v1.101.2/openvscode-server-v1.101.2-linux-x64.tar.gz -O /tmp/openvscode-server.tar.gz &&     tar -xzf /tmp/openvscode-server.tar.gz -C /opt &&     rm /tmp/openvscode-server.tar.gz &&     mv /opt/openvscode-server-v1.101.2-linux-x64 /opt/openvscode-server &&     chown -R 1000:1000 /opt/openvscode-server
--2025-11-03 22:19:36--  https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/releases/download/openvscode-server-v1.101.2/openvscode-server-v1.101.2-linux-x64.tar.gz
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.112.3
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.112.3|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset/292861557/27a09975-9952-4b96-a581-af3c531f1420?sp=r&sv=2018-11-09&sr=b&spr=https&se=2025-11-03T22%3A05%3A13Z&rscd=attachment%3B+filename%3Dopenvscode-server-v1.101.2-linux-x64.tar.gz&rsct=application%2Foctet-stream&skoid=96c2d410-5711-43a1-aedd-ab1947aa7ab0&sktid=398a6654-997b-47e9-b12b-9515b896b4de&skt=2025-11-03T21%3A04%3A48Z&ske=2025-11-03T22%3A05%3A13Z&sks=b&skv=2018-11-09&sig=syvdMhNkUHeUPjuZBbgdcjoMdb0Z8zfvQ3RxphZQHAY%3D&jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmVsZWFzZS1hc3NldHMuZ2l0aHVidXNlcmNvbnRlbnQuY29tIiwia2V5Ijoia2V5MSIsImV4cCI6MTc2MjIwNjU3NiwibmJmIjoxNzYyMjA0Nzc2LCJwYXRoIjoicmVsZWFzZWFzc2V0cHJvZHVjdGlvbi5ibG9iLmNvcmUud2luZG93cy5uZXQifQ.SmaHZ4z1bI_ijCY-0FcuLHQ8-K22-Fz3TP0irakpw_c&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dopenvscode-server-v1.101.2-linux-x64.tar.gz&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream [following]
--2025-11-03 22:19:36--  https://release-assets.githubusercontent.com/github-production-release-asset/292861557/27a09975-9952-4b96-a581-af3c531f1420?sp=r&sv=2018-11-09&sr=b&spr=https&se=2025-11-03T22%3A05%3A13Z&rscd=attachment%3B+filename%3Dopenvscode-server-v1.101.2-linux-x64.tar.gz&rsct=application%2Foctet-stream&skoid=96c2d410-5711-43a1-aedd-ab1947aa7ab0&sktid=398a6654-997b-47e9-b12b-9515b896b4de&skt=2025-11-03T21%3A04%3A48Z&ske=2025-11-03T22%3A05%3A13Z&sks=b&skv=2018-11-09&sig=syvdMhNkUHeUPjuZBbgdcjoMdb0Z8zfvQ3RxphZQHAY%3D&jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmVsZWFzZS1hc3NldHMuZ2l0aHVidXNlcmNvbnRlbnQuY29tIiwia2V5Ijoia2V5MSIsImV4cCI6MTc2MjIwNjU3NiwibmJmIjoxNzYyMjA0Nzc2LCJwYXRoIjoicmVsZWFzZWFzc2V0cHJvZHVjdGlvbi5ibG9iLmNvcmUud2luZG93cy5uZXQifQ.SmaHZ4z1bI_ijCY-0FcuLHQ8-K22-Fz3TP0irakpw_c&response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dopenvscode-server-v1.101.2-linux-x64.tar.gz&response-content-type=application%2Foctet-stream
Resolving release-assets.githubusercontent.com (release-assets.githubusercontent.com)... 185.199.110.133, 185.199.111.133, 185.199.108.133, ...
Connecting to release-assets.githubusercontent.com (release-assets.githubusercontent.com)|185.199.110.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 67534652 (64M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: '/tmp/openvscode-server.tar.gz'

     0K .......... .......... .......... .......... ..........  0% 21.7M 3s
    # Shortened download progress
 65950K .                                                     100% 55.0M=0.4s

2025-11-03 22:19:36 (176 MB/s) - '/tmp/openvscode-server.tar.gz' saved [67534652/67534652]

DONE 2.2s

--> RUN apt-get update &&     apt-get install -y htop vim nano gdb &&     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
Reading package lists...
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

--> ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c apt-get update &&     apt-get install -y htop vim nano gdb &&     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*" did not complete successfully: exit code: 100

I’ve attempted to Factory Reset the space, delete and re-create it, and use CPU vs ZeroGPU hardware, but I keep getting the same error.

Is there something I’m missing or is there an issue with the empty template? I literally haven’t pushed anything or touched anything else.

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Hi @takeya , thanks for reporting this! I think it’s an infra issue. I’ll report it to the infra team.

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@takeya , the issue has been resolved! Thanks again for flagging it!

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