How can you ensure that the models used in the OCR system are not re-downloaded every time a container is started?

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Use a temporary directory inside the container to store the models.

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Use a volume to cache the HuggingFace models, such as `volumes: 
 
  - huggingface-cache:/app/.cache/huggingface` in `docker-compose.yaml`.

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Re-download the models every time the container starts to ensure freshness.

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Include the model weights directly in the Docker image.

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