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Activating a space gets error 403 no CPU quota available

Hugging Face users are reporting a 403 error when activating Spaces, citing a cpu-basic quota limit even after pausing existing Spaces. One user, YadavAgent, received the error 'Quota exceeded for flavour cpu-basic (requested=1) : current=0 ,limit=0' on the Space 'youtube-automation-agent', despite having only one Space and a verified email. The issue appears to affect free-tier users, with some unable to proceed without a credit card.

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Activating a space gets error 403 no CPU quota available
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Getting error when trying to start a space EV Smart-Charging Advisor - a Hugging Face Space by sid009991 the error pops up: 403 You’ve reached your cpu-basic quota limit, please upgrade your account, or your previous Spaces to restart this one

Even after pausing all the spaces, it still doesn’t run. Is anyone facing the error?

Same issue here!

-Username: YadavAgent

-Space: YadavAgent/youtube-automation-agent

-Error: “Quota exceeded for flavour cpu-basic (requested=1) : current=0 ,limit=0”

-Only 1 space, already d, email verified

-No credit card available (student) Please help me

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