# HF CLI downloads slowly

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**Created:** [October 26, 2025, 11:36am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhf-cli-downloads-slowly%2F169487 "2025-10-26T11:36:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Romyx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/romyx/32/55147_2.png) [@Romyx](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FRomyx)%5C
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 11:36am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhf-cli-downloads-slowly%2F169487%2F1 "2025-10-26T11:36:22Z")

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Hello, I’m downloading models using hf cli. For some reason, they’re downloading very slowly, even though my internet speed is 100 mb/s and hf\_xet is present

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/2X/d/de4155eb4aa4108ecb32a1389d7cc37ae69f88b7.png) [@system](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fsystem)%5C
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 11:36am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhf-cli-downloads-slowly%2F169487%2F2 "2025-10-26T11:36:23Z")

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Unlisted on October 26, 2025, 11:36am UTC



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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/2X/d/de4155eb4aa4108ecb32a1389d7cc37ae69f88b7.png) [@system](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fsystem)%5C
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 3:32pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhf-cli-downloads-slowly%2F169487%2F3 "2025-10-26T15:32:08Z")

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Listed on October 26, 2025, 3:32pm UTC



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**Author:** ![John6666](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/john6666/32/27664_2.png) [@John6666](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2FJohn6666)%5C
**Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 1:32am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhf-cli-downloads-slowly%2F169487%2F4 "2025-10-27T01:32:04Z")

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Hmm… Does that mean it’s fast without using the HF CLI, like in a browser?

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**Author:** ![wellvi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d2c977/32.png) [@wellvi](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2Fwellvi)%5C
**Post date:** [October 10, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fhf-cli-downloads-slowly%2F169487%2F5 "2026-10-10T13:31:10Z")

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I’m getting pretty slow speeds both on my browser and using the CLI. The speed is pretty consistent between them too. I checked with a VPN and it bypasses the arbitrary speed cap when I change locations to different regions. I’m in PH by the way.

 ![slowspeed](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/original/3X/4/b/4bbc4ef7519cb4e48e64f71a51af8957fb9e7ad4.jpeg)  
Troubleshooting indicates its an issue with the Singapore AWS CDN. Aside from a VPN is there anything I can do to fix the issue? It wasn’t like this before.