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Dockerfile

@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 # Use an official lightweight Python base image
-FROM python:3.10-slim
+FROM python:3.10
 
-# Set working directory
+# Set working directory inside container
 WORKDIR /app
 
-# Environment variables for Hugging Face cache
-ENV HF_HOME=/app/cache
-ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/cache
-
 # Copy requirements first (for caching layers)
 COPY requirements.txt .
 
-# Install system dependencies
+# Install system dependencies (for lxml, spacy, etc.)
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     build-essential \
     python3-dev \
@@ -25,11 +21,15 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 # Copy the rest of the app
 COPY . .
 
-# Create cache directory with correct permissions
-RUN mkdir -p /app/cache && chmod -R 777 /app/cache
+# --- Hugging Face cache fix ---
+# Make a dedicated cache directory with proper permissions
+RUN mkdir -p /app/hf_cache && chmod -R 777 /app/hf_cache
+ENV HF_HOME=/app/hf_cache
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/hf_cache
+ENV HF_DATASETS_CACHE=/app/hf_cache
 
-# Expose HF Spaces default port
+# Expose port (HF Spaces expects 7860 usually)
 EXPOSE 7860
 
-# Run FastAPI app with uvicorn
+# Run your FastAPI app via python module
 CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860"]

app/main.py

@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
-os.environ["HF_HOME"] = "./.cache"
-os.environ["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"] = "./.cache"
+# Use absolute path inside container
+cache_dir = "/app/cache"
+
+os.environ["HF_HOME"] = cache_dir
+os.environ["TRANSFORMERS_CACHE"] = cache_dir
+
+# Make sure the directory exists
+os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.INFO,