Fix permission issues: Change cache directory to /app/models

Dockerfile

@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 COPY . .
 
 # Create necessary directories with proper permissions
-RUN mkdir -p /tmp/models /tmp/logs /tmp/temp && \
-    chmod 777 /tmp/models /tmp/logs /tmp/temp
+RUN mkdir -p /app/models /tmp/logs /tmp/temp && \
+    chmod 777 /app/models /tmp/logs /tmp/temp
 
 # Set environment variables for Spaces
 ENV APP_ENV=prod \
     GRADIO_SERVER_NAME=0.0.0.0 \
     GRADIO_SERVER_PORT=7860 \
-    MODEL_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/models \
-    HF_HOME=/tmp/models \
-    TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/tmp/models \
-    TORCH_HOME=/tmp/models
+    MODEL_CACHE_DIR=/app/models \
+    HF_HOME=/app/models \
+    TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/models \
+    TORCH_HOME=/app/models
 
 # Expose port for Spaces
 EXPOSE 7860

app.py

@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ from pathlib import Path
 os.environ['APP_ENV'] = 'prod'
 os.environ['GRADIO_SERVER_NAME'] = '0.0.0.0'
 os.environ['GRADIO_SERVER_PORT'] = '7860'
-os.environ['MODEL_CACHE_DIR'] = '/tmp/models'
-os.environ['HF_HOME'] = '/tmp/models'
-os.environ['TRANSFORMERS_CACHE'] = '/tmp/models'
+os.environ['MODEL_CACHE_DIR'] = '/app/models'
+os.environ['HF_HOME'] = '/app/models'
+os.environ['TRANSFORMERS_CACHE'] = '/app/models'
 
 # Add src to Python path
 src_path = Path(__file__).parent / "src"
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ def download_essential_models():
         
         return successful > 0
         
+    except PermissionError as e:
+        logger.error(f"❌ Permission denied for model cache: {e}")
+        logger.info("🔄 Using fallback model loading strategy...")
+        return True  # Continue with app initialization
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"❌ Error downloading models: {e}")
         return False

configs/envs/.env.prod

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ GRADIO_SHARE=False
 # Model Configuration
 DEFAULT_MODEL=distil-whisper
 DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=hindi
-MODEL_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/models
+MODEL_CACHE_DIR=/app/models
 
 # HuggingFace Configuration
-HF_HOME=/tmp/models
-TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/tmp/models
-TORCH_HOME=/tmp/models
+HF_HOME=/app/models
+TRANSFORMERS_CACHE=/app/models
+TORCH_HOME=/app/models
 
 # GPU Configuration
 ENABLE_GPU=False

scripts/download_models.py

@@ -26,9 +26,17 @@ warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
 class ModelDownloader:
     """Downloads and manages speech-to-text models for Spaces deployment."""
     
-    def __init__(self, cache_dir: str = "/tmp/models", use_auth_token: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(self, cache_dir: str = "/app/models", use_auth_token: Optional[str] = None):
         self.cache_dir = Path(cache_dir)
-        self.cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        try:
+            self.cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            # Set permissions
+            os.chmod(str(self.cache_dir), 0o777)
+        except PermissionError:
+            # Fallback to a different directory if needed
+            self.cache_dir = Path.home() / ".cache" / "models"
+            self.cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            self.logger.warning(f"Using fallback cache directory: {self.cache_dir}")
         
         # Configure logging
         logging.basicConfig(