Update downloader_voxblink.py

downloader_voxblink.py

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 
 try:
     from huggingface_hub import HfApi, create_repo, hf_hub_download
+    from huggingface_hub.utils import RepositoryNotFoundError
     HF_AVAILABLE = True
 except ImportError:
     HF_AVAILABLE = False
@@ -526,6 +527,15 @@ def remote_progress_exists(api, repo_id, path_in_repo):
     """
     try:
         files = api.list_repo_files(repo_id=repo_id, repo_type='dataset')
+    except RepositoryNotFoundError:
+        # The dataset repo itself hasn't been created yet. That's expected
+        # on the very first push for this repo_id -- create_repo(exist_ok=True)
+        # in push_progress_file()/push_audio_dataset() creates it lazily on
+        # the first checkpoint. This is "no progress file yet" (False), not
+        # an unknown/transient failure (None), so it should go through the
+        # existing --allow_fresh_start gate instead of hard-aborting.
+        logging.info(f'{repo_id} does not exist yet on the Hub -- treating as no progress file.')
+        return False
     except Exception as exc:
         logging.error(
             f'Could not list files in {repo_id} to check for an existing '