From a71ba0f721931bf84d87fcf6dab4161b997a7787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: BANADDA MUBARAKA <83466862+BANADDA@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:06:33 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] artifact: the file walk and manifest checks ignore Hugging
 Face download cache files

---
 microtensor_subnet/artifact/validate.py | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/microtensor_subnet/artifact/validate.py b/microtensor_subnet/artifact/validate.py
index 5b68266..e74c5c8 100644
--- a/microtensor_subnet/artifact/validate.py
+++ b/microtensor_subnet/artifact/validate.py
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ def _digests(raw: Any, where: str) -> dict[str, str]:
     return found
 
 
+UNTRACKED_DIRS = frozenset({".git", ".cache"})
+
+
 def sha256_of(path: Path) -> str:
     h = hashlib.sha256()
     with path.open("rb") as handle:
@@ -130,10 +133,18 @@ def tree_files(root: Path, *, skip: Iterable[str] = ()) -> list[str]:
     return sorted(
         p.relative_to(root).as_posix()
         for p in root.rglob("*")
-        if p.is_file() and ".git" not in p.parts and p.relative_to(root).as_posix() not in skipped
+        if p.is_file()
+        and not UNTRACKED_DIRS & set(p.parts)
+        and p.relative_to(root).as_posix() not in skipped
     )
 
 
+def tracked(files: dict[str, str]) -> dict[str, str]:
+    return {
+        name: digest for name, digest in files.items() if not UNTRACKED_DIRS & set(name.split("/"))
+    }
+
+
 def hash_tree(root: Path, *, skip: Iterable[str] = ()) -> dict[str, str]:
     return {name: sha256_of(root / name) for name in tree_files(root, skip=skip)}
 
@@ -176,7 +187,7 @@ def check_artifact(root: Path, manifest: Manifest) -> Findings:
     for name in required:
         if name not in present:
             findings.problems.append(f"{name} is required by the components submitted")
-    listed = set(manifest.files)
+    listed = set(tracked(manifest.files))
     for name in sorted(present - listed):
         findings.problems.append(f"{name} is in the repository but not in manifest.files")
     for name in sorted(listed - present):
@@ -319,7 +330,7 @@ def check_slm_repo(
     if ggufs and not weights:
         findings.problems += _gguf_problems(ggufs[0], [f.upper() for f in formats])
     if pin is not None:
-        for name, digest in pin.files.items():
+        for name, digest in tracked(pin.files).items():
             if name not in present:
                 findings.problems.append(f"pinned slm file {name} is missing")
             elif sha256_of(root / name) != digest: