Fix cache permission denied error - recursive chmod 777

Dockerfile

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
 # Create cache directory for models BEFORE copying code
 # This ensures model downloads are cached even when code changes
-RUN mkdir -p /.cache && chmod 777 /.cache
+RUN mkdir -p /.cache && chmod -R 777 /.cache
 ENV HF_HOME=/.cache
 ENV TORCH_HOME=/.cache
 ENV XDG_CACHE_HOME=/.cache
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ RUN python -c "from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForSequenceClass
     print('📥 Downloading Structure Model from HF Hub...'); \
     AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained('Cyberlace/swara-structure-model', cache_dir='/.cache'); \
     AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained('Cyberlace/swara-structure-model', cache_dir='/.cache'); \
-    print('✅ Structure Model cached!')"
+    print('✅ Structure Model cached!')" && chmod -R 777 /.cache
 
 # 2. Whisper will be downloaded on first use (lazy loading to avoid OOM during build)
 # RUN python -c "import whisper; \
@@ -45,18 +45,21 @@ RUN python -c "from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForSequenceClass
 RUN python -c "from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer; \
     print('📥 Downloading Sentence Transformer...'); \
     SentenceTransformer('paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2', cache_folder='/.cache'); \
-    print('✅ Sentence Transformer cached!')"
+    print('✅ Sentence Transformer cached!')" && chmod -R 777 /.cache
 
 # 4. Download Silero VAD (~10MB)
 RUN python -c "import torch; \
     print('📥 Downloading Silero VAD model...'); \
     torch.hub.load(repo_or_dir='snakers4/silero-vad', model='silero_vad', force_reload=False); \
-    print('✅ Silero VAD cached!')"
+    print('✅ Silero VAD cached!')" && chmod -R 777 /.cache
 
 # Copy application code LAST (after model downloads)
 # This way, code changes don't invalidate model cache layers
 COPY . .
 
+# Fix all cache permissions after code copy (in case any new cache created)
+RUN chmod -R 777 /.cache || true
+
 # Create uploads directory with proper permissions
 RUN mkdir -p uploads && chmod 777 uploads
 

start.sh

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ echo "=========================================="
 echo "Starting Swara API Services"
 echo "=========================================="
 
+# Fix cache permissions on startup (in case of permission issues)
+chmod -R 777 /.cache 2>/dev/null || true
+
 # Fix OpenMP warning - set proper thread count
 export OMP_NUM_THREADS=4