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ui/src/app/api/hf-jobs/route.ts

@@ -1044,8 +1044,11 @@ async function checkHFJobsCapacity(token: string): Promise<any> {
     const childProcess = spawn('hf', args, {
       env: {
         ...process.env,
-        HF_TOKEN: token
-      }
+        HF_TOKEN: token,
+        TERM: 'dumb',  // Disable fancy terminal features
+        NO_COLOR: '1',  // Disable color output
+      },
+      stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe']  // Explicitly set stdio to avoid TTY issues
     });
 
     let output = '';

ui/src/components/HFJobsWorkflow.tsx

@@ -221,21 +221,7 @@ export default function HFJobsWorkflow({ jobConfig, onComplete, hackathonEligibl
         throw new Error('A valid Hugging Face token is required to continue.');
       }
 
-      // Check capacity first
-      console.log('Checking HF Jobs capacity...');
-      const capacityResponse = await apiClient.post('/api/hf-jobs', {
-        action: 'checkCapacity',
-        token: effectiveToken,
-      });
-
-      console.log('Capacity check response:', capacityResponse.data);
-      console.log('Running jobs:', capacityResponse.data.runningJobs);
-      console.log('At capacity:', capacityResponse.data.atCapacity);
-
-      if (capacityResponse.data.atCapacity) {
-        throw new Error('Whoa, our GPUs are going brr 🔥, we are at capacity right now. Try again soon');
-      }
-
+      // Validate token first
       const response = await apiClient.post('/api/hf-hub', {
         action: 'whoami',
         token: effectiveToken,
@@ -248,6 +234,24 @@ export default function HFJobsWorkflow({ jobConfig, onComplete, hackathonEligibl
         if (!namespace) {
           setNamespace(resolvedName);
         }
+
+        // After token is validated, check capacity if participating in hackathon
+        if (hackathonEligible && participateHackathon) {
+          console.log('Checking HF Jobs capacity for hackathon namespace...');
+          const capacityResponse = await apiClient.post('/api/hf-jobs', {
+            action: 'checkCapacity',
+            token: effectiveToken,
+          });
+
+          console.log('Capacity check response:', capacityResponse.data);
+          console.log('Running jobs:', capacityResponse.data.runningJobs);
+          console.log('At capacity:', capacityResponse.data.atCapacity);
+
+          if (capacityResponse.data.atCapacity) {
+            throw new Error('Whoa, our GPUs are going brr 🔥, we are at capacity right now. Try again soon');
+          }
+        }
+
         setCurrentStep('upload');
       }
     } catch (err: any) {