huggingface_hub 2.0 lands breaking HTTP and API changes

Hugging Face

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huggingface_hub v2.0.0 moves its HTTP stack to httpx2 (transport exceptions, OS trust store, authlib requirement), removes all 1.x deprecated APIs, and retires the huggingface-cli entry point in favor of 'hf'.

Why it matters

Every Python integration using huggingface_hub faces a hard v1/v2 compatibility break.

Importance: 2/5

Breaking major version of a ubiquitous Python dependency

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Sources

official huggingface_hub v2.0.0 release notes