CPU Basic quota limit with only one Space

Hugging Face restricted free CPU Basic access around July 2026 without an official announcement, according to a community thread titled "Official Community Complaint: Revert Free CPU Basic Spaces" that drew 39 upvotes, and staff have told users hitting the quota error that upgrading to PRO unlocks the quota even for CPU Basic. The enforcement conflicts with Hugging Face's pricing page, which still lists CPU Basic as free, leaving users unable to tell whether the error is a stuck-quota bug or an unannounced policy change. Users are advised to email website@huggingface.co with their username and Space id to ask directly which it is.

Worth knowing this might not be a stuck-quota bug at all, there’s a broader documented shift: HF quietly restricted free CPU Basic access around July 2026 without an official announcement see the “Official Community Complaint: Revert Free CPU Basic Spaces” thread, 39 upvotes , and staff have been telling users hitting this exact quota error that upgrading to PRO unlocks the quota, even for CPU-basic specifically. That’s inconsistent with the pricing page, which still lists CPU Basic as free, so the docs and actual enforcement don’t currently match. So: it might be genuinely stuck like the other reports here , or it might be that your account is simply past whatever new free-tier CPU-basic limit HF rolled out unannounced. Either way the fix path is the same, email website@huggingface.co mailto:website@huggingface.co with your username and Space id and ask directly whether this is a quota bug or a policy change, worth asking that explicitly since support hasn’t been consistent about which one it is.