Update your Dockerfile to include an ENV directive that ensures the Hugging Face cache directory is writable

Dockerfile

@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ COPY . .
 # Install Python dependencies
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 
+# Create a writable cache directory for Hugging Face models
+RUN mkdir -p /app/.cache && chmod -R 777 /app/.cache
+
+# Set an environment variable for the cache directory
+ENV TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/.cache
+
 # Expose the port your app will run on
 EXPOSE 7860