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huggingface_hub 1.0: huggingface-cli removed (use hf), Repository/HfFolder gone, resume_download removed

huggingface_hub@1#huggingface-hub#cli#httpx#migration#huggingface
Fix
# before
huggingface-cli login
huggingface-cli download org/model
# after
hf auth login
hf download org/model

# before
from huggingface_hub import HfFolder, Repository
tok = HfFolder.get_token()
repo = Repository("local", clone_from="org/model"); repo.git_add(); repo.git_commit("x"); repo.git_push()
hf_hub_download("org/model", "config.json", resume_download=True, use_auth_token=tok)

# after
from huggingface_hub import get_token, snapshot_download, upload_folder, hf_hub_download
from huggingface_hub.utils import HfHubHTTPError   # works on 0.x and 1.x
tok = get_token()
snapshot_download("org/model", local_dir="local")
upload_folder(repo_id="org/model", folder_path="local", commit_message="x")
try:
    hf_hub_download("org/model", "config.json", token=tok)
except HfHubHTTPError: ...

Symptom

After huggingface_hub upgraded to 1.x (pulled in by transformers v5): huggingface-cli login / huggingface-cli download is not found; from huggingface_hub import Repository, HfFolder, InferenceApi fails; hf_hub_download(..., resume_download=True, local_dir_use_symlinks=False) raises on unknown kwargs; except requests.HTTPError stops catching Hub errors.

Cause

huggingface_hub v1.0 (2025-10-27) is a breaking release: HTTP moved from requests to httpx; per-call proxies removed (env HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY only); huggingface-cli removed in favour of hf; Repository, HfFolder, InferenceApi removed; use_auth_token, resume_download, force_filename, local_dir_use_symlinks removed; hf_transfer dropped (HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER ignored, use HF_XET_HIGH_PERFORMANCE). Requires Python 3.9+.

Verify

hf --help lists auth, download, upload; python -c "import huggingface_hub; print(huggingface_hub.__version__)" shows 1.x.

Sources

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