FROM python:3.11-slim WORKDIR /app COPY requirements.txt . RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt # Only what convert_model.py actually needs — copy this BEFORE the rest of the app COPY convert_model.py . RUN python convert_model.py # Now copy everything else — app code changes no longer touch the layer above COPY . . EXPOSE 8000 CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]