# Removing safetensors file
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Guys I keep getting this error. I deleted the previous models and yet still can’t make a twin. Help me please.
**Prediction failed.**
Failed to download from HuggingFace: No \*.safetensors file was explicitly specified from the HuggingFace repo 1HotV/vpReplicate and more than one \*.safetensors file was found. Found:
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`Replicate` related?
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Here is what is going on, step by step.
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## 1. The short version
- Your Hugging Face model repo `1HotV/vpReplicate` currently contains only a tiny `.gitattributes` file and **no model weights at all**. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/1HotV/vpReplicate/tree/main "1HotV/vpReplicate at main"))
- The “twin” creation tool (which is using Hugging Face + Replicate under the hood) tries to download a `*.safetensors` weights file from that repo to run a prediction.
- Because there is **no `.safetensors` file in the repo** , the loader fails and you get:
- Deleting previous models or even deleting/recreating the repo does not fix it, because the real problem is:
**the training/export step never successfully uploaded your model weights to Hugging Face.** ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ffailed-to-download-from-huggingface-no-safetensors-file%2F170351 "Failed to download from huggingFace: No \*.safetensors file"))
To fix it, you need to get a real `.safetensors` model file into that repo (usually by re-running your training/twin creation so it properly uploads the model).
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## 2. Breaking down the error message
Your error:
> Prediction failed.
> Failed to download from HuggingFace: No \*.safetensors file was explicitly specified from the HuggingFace repo 1HotV/vpReplicate and more than one \*.safetensors file was found. Found:
Line by line:
1. **“Prediction failed.”**
2. **“Failed to download from HuggingFace”**
3. \*\*“No _.safetensors file was explicitly specified … and more than one .safetensors file was found.”_
4. **“Found: []”**
So the message is a bit confusingly worded, but technically it means:
> “We looked in `1HotV/vpReplicate` for a `.safetensors` model file. We didn’t find exactly one. In fact, we found zero (empty list ). So we cannot load a model, and the prediction fails.”
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## 3. What your Hugging Face repo actually contains
If you open your repo:
- `https://huggingface.co/1HotV/vpReplicate/tree/main`
you see:
- A single file: `.gitattributes` (about 1.5 kB)
- No `.safetensors` files
- No other large model weight files at all ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/1HotV/vpReplicate/tree/main "1HotV/vpReplicate at main"))
That is what an “effectively empty” model repo looks like: it has the git metadata file but not the actual model.
On the Hugging Face forum, users who see the same error (“Failed to download from HuggingFace: No \*.safetensors file…”) are in the same situation: their repository has no files because the upload from the training platform failed. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ffailed-to-download-from-huggingface-no-safetensors-file%2F170351 "Failed to download from huggingFace: No \*.safetensors file"))
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## 4. Background: Hugging Face, safetensors, and your “twin”
### 4.1 Hugging Face model repos (high-level)
A Hugging Face model repository is basically an online folder that usually contains:
- A config file (e.g. `config.json`)
- One or more model weight files:
- Sometimes tokenizer files, README, etc.
For your twin to run, the backend needs to download at least one of those weight files.
### 4.2 What is `.safetensors`?
- `safetensors` is a file format for storing model weights safely and efficiently.
- It’s widely used in the Hugging Face ecosystem for models, LoRAs, etc. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fsafetensors-format-issue%2F63449 "Safetensors format issue - 🤗Transformers"))
- Your twin service expects to find such a file in your repo (e.g., `model.safetensors` or `something.safetensors`).
If there is **no** `.safetensors` file, there is **no model to load**.
### 4.3 How your twin’s training/upload usually works
Typical pipeline:
1. You start a “train twin” or “create AI model” process on some website/tool (often it uses Replicate as the backend).
2. That process:
3. When you later try to run the twin, the inference process:
If step 2 (upload to Hugging Face) fails, then:
- The repo ends up containing no model weights.
- The inference step still tries to download from that repo, but finds nothing.
- You see exactly the error you pasted.
On the Hugging Face forum, a maintainer explains that this error is a download error caused by an **earlier upload failure** : the platform tried to upload model weights but did not succeed, leaving the repo empty. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ffailed-to-download-from-huggingface-no-safetensors-file%2F170351 "Failed to download from huggingFace: No \*.safetensors file"))
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## 5. Why deleting “previous models” does not solve it
Deleting previous models in:
- Your twin UI, or
- Your local computer, or
- Even removing and recreating the repo name
does not fix the core issue.
The core issue is:
> The training/export tool that is supposed to upload your trained weights to `1HotV/vpReplicate` is either misconfigured or failing silently, so **no weights ever appear in the repo**.
Until there is **at least one valid `.safetensors` file** in that repo, any attempt to create/use the twin will fail at the download step.
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## 6. How to fix it in practice
### Step 1 – Confirm the repo really has no weights
You already did this, but for completeness:
1. Go to `https://huggingface.co/1HotV/vpReplicate`
2. Click on the “Files and versions” tab.
3. Check the list:
This matches your case.
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### Step 2 – Re-run the training / export so it actually uploads weights
You need to go back to the site or tool where you are:
- “Creating a twin”
- “Training your AI model”
- Or similar (often a course platform or a front-end around Replicate).
On that platform, do the following:
1. **Check the Hugging Face connection:**
2. **Check the repo name in that tool:**
3. **Start a fresh training/export run:**
4. **Watch Hugging Face while it runs:**
If you **do** see such a `.safetensors` file appear, try your twin again. The error should disappear because the loader will now find exactly one `.safetensors` file.
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### Step 3 – If the repo is still empty after retraining
If you re-run the training/export and the Hugging Face repo still shows only `.gitattributes`:
- That means the upload step is failing inside the training platform itself.
In that situation:
1. Look for job logs:
2. Common causes:
3. If the logs are unclear or you cannot find them:
The Hugging Face forum answer for this exact error says the same: without knowing which tool is doing the upload, only that the upload failed, you need to debug or get support for that tool. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ffailed-to-download-from-huggingface-no-safetensors-file%2F170351 "Failed to download from huggingFace: No \*.safetensors file"))
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### Step 4 – Manual upload (only if you already have a `.safetensors` file)
This is optional and more advanced.
If, for some reason, you already have the trained model weights as a `.safetensors` file on your local machine (for example, you exported it from Replicate manually), you can:
1. Go to your Hugging Face model: `1HotV/vpReplicate`.
2. Click “Files and versions”.
3. Click “Upload files”.
4. Upload your `something.safetensors` file.
5. After upload completes, verify that the file appears in the list.
6. Try your twin again.
However, in most “AI twin” or “course” setups, you never see the raw weights file directly, so manual upload is usually not available; the platform is supposed to handle it.
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## 7. Mental model: what must be true before predictions can work
You can think of it like this:
1. **Training phase:**
2. **Inference (prediction) phase:**
Right now, phase 2 is failing because phase 1 never produced/uploaded that file.
Once there is **one real `.safetensors`** file in `1HotV/vpReplicate`, the “No \*.safetensors file…” error should stop appearing.
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## 8. Quick bullet summary
- The error is not about “old models” on your machine.
- Your Hugging Face repo `1HotV/vpReplicate` is effectively empty: only `.gitattributes`, no `.safetensors` model file. ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/1HotV/vpReplicate/tree/main "1HotV/vpReplicate at main"))
- The twin backend scans the repo for `*.safetensors`. It finds **zero** , so it raises that confusing error with `Found: []`. ([GitHub](https://github.com/replicate/cog-flux/blob/main/weights.py "weights.py - replicate/cog-flux"))
- Root cause (as confirmed by Hugging Face forum discussions) is that the **upload from your training/twin tool to Hugging Face failed**. ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ffailed-to-download-from-huggingface-no-safetensors-file%2F170351 "Failed to download from huggingFace: No \*.safetensors file"))
- Fix: re-run training/export from the tool that makes the twin, ensuring:
- If retraining still leaves the repo empty, you need to inspect that tool’s logs or contact its support, because the failure is happening on their side before upload.
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## 9. Useful links
- Your model repo (shows that it currently has no weights):
`https://huggingface.co/1HotV/vpReplicate` ([Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co/1HotV/vpReplicate/tree/main "1HotV/vpReplicate at main"))
- Hugging Face forum: “Failed to download from HuggingFace: No \*.safetensors file” – explains that the error is caused by a failed upload from an external tool (often Replicate). ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Ffailed-to-download-from-huggingface-no-safetensors-file%2F170351 "Failed to download from huggingFace: No \*.safetensors file"))
- Replicate `cog-flux` weights helper – shows the logic that scans for `.safetensors` files and throws this exact type of error when it doesn’t find exactly one file. ([GitHub](https://github.com/replicate/cog-flux/blob/main/weights.py "weights.py - replicate/cog-flux"))
- General safetensors / HF discussion (what safetensors is and how it’s used): ([Hugging Face Forums](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fsafetensors-format-issue%2F63449 "Safetensors format issue - 🤗Transformers"))
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**Author:**  [@1HotV](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Fu%2F1HotV)%5C
**Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 2:24am UTC](/static-proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscuss.huggingface.co%2Ft%2Fremoving-safetensors-file%2F171124%2F5 "2025-12-04T02:24:53Z")
WOW thank you so much I will work on this tomorrow. You have helped me immensely. I appreciate how you went over it step by step.