docs/deployment/DEPLOYMENT_RESULTS.md

# Hugging Face Space Deployment Results

## Deployment Attempt Summary

**Date:** May 19, 2025
**Target Space:** [JoachimVC/Final_Assignment_GAIAAgent](https://huggingface.co/spaces/JoachimVC/Final_Assignment_GAIAAgent)

## Process Overview

We attempted to execute the deployment script to clean up the existing Hugging Face space and deploy a clean version of the GAIA agent. The process involved:

1. ✅ Successfully created a deployment package containing 84 essential files
2. ❌ Encountered authentication issues when trying to clean the remote space
3. ❌ Encountered the same authentication issues when trying to upload the package

## Implementation Details

1. **Script Preparation**
   - Modified the `prepare_hf_deployment.py` script to use the Hugging Face Python API
   - Enhanced error handling and logging for better diagnostics
   - Implemented a cleaner approach for space cleanup and deployment

2. **Package Creation**
   - Successfully created a deployment package at `deployment\gaia_deployment_package.zip` (227.91 KB)
   - Package includes all essential files according to the inclusion patterns
   - Excluded sensitive data like API keys and .env files as required

3. **Authentication & Deployment Attempts**
   - Initially tried to use the Hugging Face CLI but encountered command syntax issues
   - Switched to the Python API approach for more robust control
   - Configured the script to use the `HF_TOKEN` environment variable for authentication

## Issues Encountered

1. **Authentication Error**
   ```
   Error authenticating with Hugging Face: Invalid user token.
   ```

   This suggests one of the following:
   - The token format might be incorrect
   - The token might have expired
   - The token might not have the right permissions for the operations (read/write access to the space)

2. **CLI Command Issues**
   Before switching to the Python API, we encountered issues with the CLI command syntax:
   ```
   FileNotFoundError: No such file or directory: 'JoachimVC/Final_Assignment_GAIAAgent'.
   ```

## Next Steps

1. **Token Verification**
   - Verify the Hugging Face token at [https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens](https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens)
   - Ensure the token has write access to the target space
   - Regenerate the token if necessary

2. **Manual Deployment Option**
   - If automatic deployment continues to fail, consider a manual approach:
   - Extract the deployment package (`deployment\gaia_deployment_package.zip`)
   - Use the Hugging Face web interface to upload the files
   - Delete any unnecessary files from the space first

3. **Alternative API Approach**
   - Consider using Hugging Face's HTTP API directly with requests
   - This might provide more control over the authentication process

## Conclusion

While we've successfully created a clean deployment package with only the essential files, we encountered authentication issues during the remote cleanup and upload stages. The deployment package is ready at `deployment\gaia_deployment_package.zip` and can be used for a manual deployment if needed.

The modified script now uses the Python API approach which should be more robust once the token issues are resolved.