huggingface / huggingface/dataset-viewer

Viewer shows outdated cache after renaming a repo and creating a new one with the old name

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Description

Reported by @lewtun (internal link: https://huggingface.slack.com/archives/C02EMARJ65P/p1719818961944059):
> If I rename a dataset via the UI from D -> D' and then create a new dataset with the same name D, I seem to get a copy instead of an empty dataset
> Indeed it was the dataset viewer showing a cached result - the git history is clean and there's no files in the new dataset repo

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Research direction

No files or tests are named in the issue. Start by reproducing the dataset rename-and-recreate flow through the public viewer API and trace where the cached result is served; done means the newly created repository returns an empty dataset rather than the renamed repository's contents.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, backend, data
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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