Fix: upgrade to Gradio 5 (HfFolder removed from huggingface-hub 1.x)

README.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ emoji: 🌾
 colorFrom: green
 colorTo: yellow
 sdk: gradio
-sdk_version: "4.44.0"
+sdk_version: "5.9.1"
 app_file: app.py
 hardware: cpu-basic
 pinned: false

app.py

@@ -435,11 +435,13 @@ def build_ui() -> gr.Blocks:
         )
 
         model_status_box = gr.Textbox(
-            value=get_model_status,
+            value=get_model_status(),
             label="Model status",
             interactive=False,
-            every=3,
         )
+        # gr.Timer polls get_model_status every 3s and updates the box (Gradio 5)
+        status_timer = gr.Timer(value=3)
+        status_timer.tick(fn=get_model_status, outputs=model_status_box)
 
         with gr.Tabs():
 

requirements.txt

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ jiwer==3.0.4
 pyyaml==6.0.2
 python-dotenv==1.1.0
 
-# Gradio (must match sdk_version in README.md)
-gradio==4.44.0
+# Gradio version is controlled by sdk_version in README.md — do not pin here
+# to avoid conflict with the version HF Spaces pre-installs.
 
 # Pydantic v2
 pydantic==2.11.3