Update app.py

app.py

@@ -287,24 +287,24 @@ def register_api_routes(gradio_app):
         })
 
 
+# Create the FastAPI app instance from Gradio Blocks
+app = demo.create_app()
+
 # Register REST API routes on the Gradio underlying FastAPI app
 try:
     from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
     # Explicitly configure CORS on the underlying FastAPI app to allow direct requests from the browser
-    demo.app.add_middleware(
+    app.add_middleware(
         CORSMiddleware,
         allow_origins=["*"],
         allow_credentials=True,
         allow_methods=["*"],
         allow_headers=["*"],
     )
-    register_api_routes(demo.app)
+    register_api_routes(app)
     logger.info("CORS middleware and REST API routes registered successfully on Gradio FastAPI app.")
 except Exception as e:
-    logger.warning(f"Could not register REST API routes or CORS (will be available via Gradio only): {e}")
-
-# Export Gradio demo as root app object for Hugging Face ZeroGPU SDK
-app = demo
+    logger.warning(f"Could not register REST API routes or CORS: {e}")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     # Local development only — on HF Spaces, uvicorn runs the app directly