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Dockerfile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 1. Use Hugging Face recommended Python image
-FROM python:3.12.8
+FROM python:3.12.8-slim
 
 # 2. Create non-root user (required by Hugging Face Spaces)
 RUN useradd -m -u 1000 user
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@ ENV PATH="/home/user/.local/bin:$PATH"
 
 # 3. Set working directory
 WORKDIR /app
-
-# 4. Install essential system dependencies
-#    - switched to root temporarily
 USER root
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends gcc libpq-dev && \
+    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libpq-dev && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 USER user
 
@@ -31,4 +28,4 @@ COPY --chown=user . .
 EXPOSE 7860
 
 # 9. Run Uvicorn server for FastAPI app
-CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860", "--workers", "1"]
+CMD ["uvicorn", "main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "7860", "--workers", "1"]

requirements.txt

@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ python-dotenv
 groq
 langchain-core
 langchain-huggingface
-langchain-chroma
-sentence-transformers
+langchain-chroma