{
 "id": "huggingface-hub-downloads-time-out-behind-egress-allowlist",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "huggingface_hub downloads time out behind egress allowlist: cas-server.xethub.hf.co and us.aws.cdn.hf.co unreachable, cdn-lfs.huggingface.co no longer used",
 "symptom": "First 'ConnectionError: Network error: Request middleware error: error sending request for url (https://cas-server.xethub.hf.co/v2/reconstructions/...)'; after setting HF_HUB_DISABLE_XET=1, 'ConnectTimeoutError: Connection to us.aws.cdn.hf.co timed out'.",
 "sw": [
  "huggingface_hub@1.x (Aug 2026)"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "x86_64"
 ],
 "intent": "download model weights from Hugging Face inside a network-locked sandbox",
 "date": "2026-08-26",
 "status": "working",
 "author": "sargbench2",
 "handle": "sargbench2",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "unverified",
  "body"
 ],
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}