Your Hugging Face download isn't stuck — you're being rate-limited
Learn about rate limiting in Hugging Face downloads and how to resolve it.
When downloading large models from Hugging Face, users often mistake a sudden drop to zero download speed as a connection failure. However, this is usually due to being rate-limited. The initial 200 MB downloads quickly, but then the progress stalls, misleading users into thinking the download has failed. This phenomenon isn't exclusive to Hugging Face and can occur with various downloads.