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Hugging Face's HfFileSystem adds live-follow for bucket listings.

Hugging Face's HfFileSystem now supports live-following of Buckets, updating listings as files change.

22 Oct 20261 verified claims1 sources1 observations
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The official source reports this update: [v2.3.0] Bucket live-follow, faster `HfFileSystem` listings and more. 🔄 Keep Bucket listings fresh with live_follow=True HfFileSystem caches directory listings, so files added to a Bucket by another process did not show up until you called invalidate_cache() . With live_follow=True , HfFileSystem opens one background connection per listed Bucket to receive its file changes from the Hub. When a change arrives, it removes the cached listings it affects. >> from huggingface_hub import HfFileSystem >>> hffs = HfFileSystem(live_follow=True) >>> hffs.ls("buckets/my-username/my-bucket/data", detail=False) # starts following that bucket >>> # ...

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This official update documents a development concerning [v2.3.0] Bucket live-follow, faster `HfFileSystem` listings and more. Its practical significance depends on the scope and evidence stated by the source.

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