Space stuck at starting on L40S - HuggingFace conveniently taking my money without using any compute

A Hugging Face user reported that their Space is stuck at starting on an L40S GPU, with the platform charging for compute without actually providing it. The issue has been echoed by multiple users in related forum threads.

Hugging Face Forums Space stuck at starting on L40S - HuggingFace conveniently taking my money without using any compute Spaces JohnSmith777 June 24, 2026, 2:41pm 1 topic deleted by author Related topics Topic Replies Views Activity Space cannot start and keeps getting stuck at "starting on l4" Spaces 6 147 July 14, 2025 Mes Spaces restent bloqués sur “Starting” malgré abonnement Pro et hébergement GPU 🤗Transformers 5 127 March 28, 2026 HF Space stuck at Starting Spaces 2 990 November 28, 2025 Space doesn't work Beginners 2 68 October 17, 2025 Runtime error Launch timed out, space was not healthy after 30 min Container logs: Spaces 2 421 October 28, 2023