"Model has been downloaded but the SHA256 checksum does not not match."

[MarcNBarrett]

I have been using OpenAI Whisper for a while, well over a year. I recently installed Whisper on a system with a relatively fresh Ubuntu install, and started encountering this error. Then I updated Whisper on my old system (the one I had been using Whisper on for a while with no problems), and after updating I started getting exactly the same error.

Of course I run it again and again and again, and keep getting the same error every time. I googled this, and tried removing a file in ~/.cache/whisper, but that did not help.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/username/.local/bin/whisper", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(cli())
             ^^^^^
  File "/home/username/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/whisper/transcribe.py", line 595, in cli
    model = load_model(model_name, device=device, download_root=model_dir)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/username/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/whisper/__init__.py", line 137, in load_model
    checkpoint_file = _download(_MODELS[name], download_root, in_memory)
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/username/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/whisper/__init__.py", line 91, in _download
    raise RuntimeError(
RuntimeError: Model has been downloaded but the SHA256 checksum does not not match. Please retry loading the model.

[MarcNBarrett]

Another strange thing, I just noticed that "--task translate" isn't translating any more, it is just transcribing.

[bbbjames]

i too had this issue, i'm on windows, will respond in this thread #1027