Hugging Face: 401 Client Error: Repository is gated, access token requires accepted terms
huggingface_hub.utils._errors.GatedRepoError: 401 Client Error. (Request ID: Root=1-66) GatedRepo: Access to model meta-llama/Llama-3-8B is restricted and you are not in the authorized list.
Immediate Remediation
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Accept model terms on HuggingFace web portal, create user access token with Read permissions, and run `huggingface-cli login --token $HF_TOKEN`.
Root Cause Analysis
Encountered in Hugging Face / Transformers when standard runtime constraints or configuration contracts are breached.
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