Startup progress markers

app.py

@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
 """Beyond Tokens · Decoding Playground — contrastive, guided and parallel decoding, step by step."""
 
-import spaces  # noqa: F401  (ZeroGPU: must be imported before torch)
+import sys
 
-import json
-import logging
-import os
-import tempfile
-import time
-from pathlib import Path
+print(f"[startup] python {sys.version.split()[0]}", flush=True)  # progress markers: see where a stuck start hangs
 
-import gradio as gr
+import spaces  # noqa: F401,E402  (ZeroGPU: must be imported before torch)
 
-import models
+print("[startup] spaces imported", flush=True)
+
+import json  # noqa: E402
+import logging  # noqa: E402
+import os  # noqa: E402
+import tempfile  # noqa: E402
+import time  # noqa: E402
+from pathlib import Path  # noqa: E402
+
+import gradio as gr  # noqa: E402
+
+print("[startup] gradio imported", flush=True)
+
+import models  # noqa: E402
+
+print("[startup] torch and models module imported", flush=True)
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s: %(message)s")
 logging.getLogger("httpx").setLevel(logging.WARNING)