My public Docker Space is stuck in APP_STARTING: Space: [image] The Simplest Video Editor - a Hugging Face Space by K1ngston This web app lets you open any video file, then cut out sections, change its speed, resize, or crop the picture exactly how you want. After setting your preferen…

Hmm. There are many similar known Space errors, but this one feels slightly different from all of them. If you have not already done so, I think it may be better to contact Hugging Face support at website@huggingface.co too. My current read This does not look like a normal Docker Space startup pro…

If the app is healthy (HTTP 200 + Gunicorn running), this looks like a stale HF runtime state rather than an app issue. Try forcing a new build with a small commit, then do a factory rebuild. If the runtime SHA still won’t update, it’s likely a Hugging Face-side sync problem and support may need to …

Docker Space stuck in APP_STARTING with stale runtime SHA

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John6666 June 21, 2026, 8:04am 4

I think HF is investigating. Maybe this case too? Space stuck at "Starting" - health checker not responding - June 20 2026 - #6 by hysts

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Docker Space stuck in APP_STARTING with stale runtime SHA

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