model.push_to_hub raises 409 Client Error

[abedkhooli]

After model trains and when calling push_to_hub, I get the following error. Was thinking due to multi GPU but happens on a single GPU as well.

HTTPError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
[/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_errors.py](https://localhost:8080/#) in hf_raise_for_status(response, endpoint_name)
    303     try:
--> 304         response.raise_for_status()
    305     except HTTPError as e:

5 frames
HTTPError: 409 Client Error: Conflict for url: https://huggingface.co/api/repos/create

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

HfHubHTTPError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
[/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/huggingface_hub/utils/_errors.py](https://localhost:8080/#) in hf_raise_for_status(response, endpoint_name)
    369         # Convert `HTTPError` into a `HfHubHTTPError` to display request information
    370         # as well (request id and/or server error message)
--> 371         raise HfHubHTTPError(str(e), response=response) from e
    372 
    373 

HfHubHTTPError: 409 Client Error: Conflict for url: https://huggingface.co/api/repos/create (Request ID: ...)

You already created this model repo

[CaoHaiNam]

If you are using the sentence-transformers library to push a model to the Hugging Face Hub, you can use the following command:

model.save_to_hub("your-model-name")

Alternatively, if you are using the transformers library directly, you can use:

model.push_to_hub("your-model-name")

The error you mentioned suggests that the model, in this case named your-model-name, has already been pushed to the Hugging Face Hub. In this case, you should delete the existing model from the Hub and then push it again. Hope this helps!

[pesuchin]

@abedkhooli
Hello!
The exist_ok option for model.push is set to False by default, so if you're pushing with the default setting, try changing it to True. Specifically, you can write it like this:

# model: SentenceTransformer
model.push_to_hub("your-model-name", exist_ok=True)

[tomaarsen]

Hello!

@pesuchin is right, I think that's the problem. By default, push_to_hub prevents you from overriding an existing model repository, just in case that was an accident. The exist_ok argument should allow you to push into an existing repository.

• Tom Aarsen