# Latest **URL:** https://support.prodi.gy/latest.md [Latest](https://support.prodi.gy/latest.md) · [Categories](https://support.prodi.gy/categories.md) · [Tags](https://support.prodi.gy/tags.md) --- ## [✨ Introducing Ellf: scale up and automate your Prodigy workflows! ✨](https://support.prodi.gy/t/introducing-ellf-scale-up-and-automate-your-prodigy-workflows/7688)
**Author:** [@magdaaniol](https://support.prodi.gy/u/magdaaniol)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 8:34am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/introducing-ellf-scale-up-and-automate-your-prodigy-workflows/7688 "2026-07-06T08:34:22Z")
Hi everyone! :waving\_hand: Many of you have asked over the years how to scale Prodigy beyond a single developer’s machine — how to bring in more annotators, run projects as a team, and automate more of the workflow. Tha… --- ## [Annotation Flowchart: Named Entity Recognition](https://support.prodi.gy/t/annotation-flowchart-named-entity-recognition/1556)
**Author:** [@ines](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ines)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/annotation-flowchart-named-entity-recognition/1556 "2024-01-23T14:33:06Z")
Just shared this on Twitter – if you find flowcharts like this useful, I'm happy to make more :smiley: Updated on October 18, 2022: New versions of the NER flowcharts! See our Twitter thread for more details. --- ## [How to ask questions on the forum](https://support.prodi.gy/t/how-to-ask-questions-on-the-forum/6698)
**Author:** [@ryanwesslen](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ryanwesslen)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/how-to-ask-questions-on-the-forum/6698 "2023-07-21T19:28:45Z")
Hi :wave: This forum is to help with Prodigy questions. While this forum may cover spaCy related topics -- especially when they related to Prodigy functionality that uses spaCy -- for reporting bugs or spaCy-specific … --- ## [Clearing the state between annotation tasks/default label applied without selecting one](https://support.prodi.gy/t/clearing-the-state-between-annotation-tasks-default-label-applied-without-selecting-one/7697)
**Author:** [@meitt8](https://support.prodi.gy/u/meitt8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 7:55am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/clearing-the-state-between-annotation-tasks-default-label-applied-without-selecting-one/7697 "2026-09-18T07:55:19Z")
Hi, We're doing spans\_manual with a custom recipe. Our use case is annotating grammatical structures in Japanese. There are many grammatical structures and many labels, so we have a few sentences with a set of labels, a… --- ## [Not showing same image in image\_manual](https://support.prodi.gy/t/not-showing-same-image-in-image-manual/4465)
**Author:** [@gheorghebg](https://support.prodi.gy/u/gheorghebg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/not-showing-same-image-in-image-manual/4465 "2026-09-17T12:09:14Z")
Hi Ines and everyone. I'm posting about an issue that I cannot resolve. I'm using a recipe with view\_id "image\_manual" where I write my own stream. I have a single image encoded as a base64 string and have a bunch of re… --- ## [Displaying or hiding bounding boxes in the UI](https://support.prodi.gy/t/displaying-or-hiding-bounding-boxes-in-the-ui/7692)
**Author:** [@tuomo\_h](https://support.prodi.gy/u/tuomo_h)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 2:39am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/displaying-or-hiding-bounding-boxes-in-the-ui/7692 "2026-09-13T02:39:34Z")
Hi again, our annotators are working with some visually dense materials (textbook pages and diagrams), and occasionally the bounding boxes drawn on the image prevent completing the annotation tasks. We have a feature f… --- ## [Bug Report: Call to get\_session\_questions fails with 403 Unauthorized,](https://support.prodi.gy/t/bug-report-call-to-get-session-questions-fails-with-403-unauthorized/7635)
**Author:** [@lkp](https://support.prodi.gy/u/lkp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/bug-report-call-to-get-session-questions-fails-with-403-unauthorized/7635 "2026-08-24T12:58:24Z")
:bug: Bug description: Call to get\_session\_questions fails with 403 Unauthorized, with response { "error": "Unauthorized", "detail": "No token provided. Not authenticated.\\\\n" } In the Screenshot you can see a… --- ## [OpenID Connect - 403 Forbidden after Expiration of Access Token](https://support.prodi.gy/t/openid-connect-403-forbidden-after-expiration-of-access-token/7690)
**Author:** [@Martin-S](https://support.prodi.gy/u/Martin-S)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 12:52pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/openid-connect-403-forbidden-after-expiration-of-access-token/7690 "2026-08-24T12:52:40Z")
Hello Explosion team, We are working on a web application for a customer, which integrates Prodigy for 5 users using Prodigy company license and the Prodigy company plugins. Prodigy is installed into a dedicated virtual… --- ## [audio\_manual interface duplicates audio\_spans when video field is present](https://support.prodi.gy/t/audio-manual-interface-duplicates-audio-spans-when-video-field-is-present/7684)
**Author:** [@xieh](https://support.prodi.gy/u/xieh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/audio-manual-interface-duplicates-audio-spans-when-video-field-is-present/7684 "2026-06-26T13:41:12Z")
Hi Prodigy team, When using the audio\_manual interface with both audio\_spans and a video field, the audio\_spans regions are rendered twice in the interface (appears duplicated). Here is my recipe function: @prodigy.re… --- ## [training on MACOS M2 GPU](https://support.prodi.gy/t/training-on-macos-m2-gpu/7680)
**Author:** [@angelo](https://support.prodi.gy/u/angelo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/training-on-macos-m2-gpu/7680 "2026-06-18T08:19:44Z")
hi there i have a some label dataset with 23.000 samples on 3 labels, and is taking forever to train my model (more than 1h) and train-curve take almost 4h, is using just a single core in my MACOS M2 GPU. Is it possibl… --- ## [Install Issue](https://support.prodi.gy/t/install-issue/7640)
**Author:** [@jweizman](https://support.prodi.gy/u/jweizman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/install-issue/7640 "2026-06-16T08:46:54Z")
Hi I tried everything to install prodigy but it does not work (i’m on Windows): 1/(venv) C:\\\>pip install prodigy -f https://xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx@download.prodi.gy Looking in links: https://\*\*\*\*@download.prodi.gy ERROR… --- ## [Custom UI for combining bounding boxes](https://support.prodi.gy/t/custom-ui-for-combining-bounding-boxes/7681)
**Author:** [@tuomo\_h](https://support.prodi.gy/u/tuomo_h)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/custom-ui-for-combining-bounding-boxes/7681 "2026-06-16T08:38:52Z")
Hey! Is it possible to define a custom button that combines multiple bounding boxes rendered on an image and then re-draws the combined outline on the image? I know that Prodigy does not support selecting multiple boun… --- ## [Guidance Needed on Using LLMs with Prodigy for Spanish Coreference Annotation](https://support.prodi.gy/t/guidance-needed-on-using-llms-with-prodigy-for-spanish-coreference-annotation/7666)
**Author:** [@angelo](https://support.prodi.gy/u/angelo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/guidance-needed-on-using-llms-with-prodigy-for-spanish-coreference-annotation/7666 "2026-05-14T14:40:30Z")
Hello, I hope you are doing well. I am currently trying to train a spaCy model to resolve coreferences with good accuracy in Spanish. My main challenge is that I need to annotate thousands of text entries, and I am no… --- ## [Custom Logger Function in spaCy v3.8.14](https://support.prodi.gy/t/custom-logger-function-in-spacy-v3-8-14/7664)
**Author:** [@dave-espinosa](https://support.prodi.gy/u/dave-espinosa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/custom-logger-function-in-spacy-v3-8-14/7664 "2026-05-07T21:38:00Z")
Hello, I am updating a custom NER model, from v3.6.1 to v3.8.14 (current one at present day). I am reusing some samples originally labeled with Prodigy. To do so, I am using a previously built GCP Pipeline (former Vert… --- ## [Fixing annotation mistakes (workflow question)](https://support.prodi.gy/t/fixing-annotation-mistakes-workflow-question/7665)
**Author:** [@nikita](https://support.prodi.gy/u/nikita)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/fixing-annotation-mistakes-workflow-question/7665 "2026-05-06T15:18:28Z")
Hey everyone, I noticed a mistake in our annotation data and was wondering what the easiest way to correct it would be. Say I wanted to change the label of the first span to something like ECON\_ORG output of prodigy pr… --- ## [load data from parquet and display metadata in ner.manual UI](https://support.prodi.gy/t/load-data-from-parquet-and-display-metadata-in-ner-manual-ui/7663)
**Author:** [@nikita](https://support.prodi.gy/u/nikita)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/load-data-from-parquet-and-display-metadata-in-ner-manual-ui/7663 "2026-04-22T12:24:35Z")
dear explosion team, I have a parquet file with a couple of columns which I want to use as input for ther ner.manual recipe. I managed to get it to work with a little trial and error (the parquet loader isn't documented… --- ## [Review interface GUI crash when 'accept' value is not in 'options'](https://support.prodi.gy/t/review-interface-gui-crash-when-accept-value-is-not-in-options/7662)
**Author:** [@nrodnova](https://support.prodi.gy/u/nrodnova)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/review-interface-gui-crash-when-accept-value-is-not-in-options/7662 "2026-04-20T07:56:13Z")
Just putting it out there, it might save people some time debugging... I had a 2-step classification annotation (choice interface), and tasks annotated in the 1st round were just copied to the 2nd round. accept key was … --- ## [Prodigy saved annotations labeled incorrectly](https://support.prodi.gy/t/prodigy-saved-annotations-labeled-incorrectly/7660)
**Author:** [@Chan\_cL](https://support.prodi.gy/u/Chan_cL)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 4:14pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/prodigy-saved-annotations-labeled-incorrectly/7660 "2026-03-26T16:14:33Z")
I am going back through my saved annotations in prodigy and I realize some of the annotations were saved incorrectly. Any reason this is happening? For instance, this light blue region → should be labeled as speaker\_01 b… --- ## [If you installed Prodigy Company Plugins March 24, check whether you installed litellm v1.82.7 or v1.82.8](https://support.prodi.gy/t/if-you-installed-prodigy-company-plugins-march-24-check-whether-you-installed-litellm-v1-82-7-or-v1-82-8/7659)
**Author:** [@honnibal](https://support.prodi.gy/u/honnibal)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/if-you-installed-prodigy-company-plugins-march-24-check-whether-you-installed-litellm-v1-82-7-or-v1-82-8/7659 "2026-03-24T15:06:34Z")
Prodigy Company Plugins depends on DSpy, which has litellm as a subdependency. On March 24 litellm was compromised by a supply chain attack: Supply Chain Attack in litellm 1.82.8 on PyPI According to our download server… --- ## [Details on how floating licenses work](https://support.prodi.gy/t/details-on-how-floating-licenses-work/7658)
**Author:** [@ntonge](https://support.prodi.gy/u/ntonge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/details-on-how-floating-licenses-work/7658 "2026-03-24T08:27:36Z")
Hi, I am an academic/researcher and have 5 floating licenses through the company pack. One of my students had trouble installing Docker and so I issued them one of my 5 licenses so that he could create the annotation re… --- ## [Getting access to Prodigy DSPy](https://support.prodi.gy/t/getting-access-to-prodigy-dspy/7657)
**Author:** [@nikolaypavlov](https://support.prodi.gy/u/nikolaypavlov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/getting-access-to-prodigy-dspy/7657 "2026-03-23T18:02:04Z")
Hello, I’d like to try Prodigy DSPy, but having an access issue. It doesn’t seem to be in our company index. Is this something not covered by the license? Can you help? uv pip install prodigy\[company\]==1.18.4 --extra-in… --- ## [Installation with UV Error](https://support.prodi.gy/t/installation-with-uv-error/7422)
**Author:** [@zkl](https://support.prodi.gy/u/zkl)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/installation-with-uv-error/7422 "2026-03-17T19:54:21Z")
Hi! I'm having trouble installing prodigy with the uv package installer (uv: Python packaging in Rust). Here's the specific error: error: HTTP status client error (422 Unprocessable Entity) for url (https://download.pr… --- ## [Session-specific progress](https://support.prodi.gy/t/session-specific-progress/7656)
**Author:** [@laurejt](https://support.prodi.gy/u/laurejt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/session-specific-progress/7656 "2026-03-17T18:54:06Z")
I’m hoping to understand a bit more about customizing the progress reporting within the web app. In my scenario, I’m using custom task routing to ensure that examples are assigned to multiple annotators from a specific … --- ## [Selective work stealing](https://support.prodi.gy/t/selective-work-stealing/7654)
**Author:** [@laurejt](https://support.prodi.gy/u/laurejt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/selective-work-stealing/7654 "2026-03-16T18:40:15Z")
I’m coming back with a more specialized task routing / work stealing question than my last post. I’ve got an annotation task that will include examples with different languages and annotators who can annotate 1-2 of the… --- ## [Upper and Lower Case](https://support.prodi.gy/t/upper-and-lower-case/7653)
**Author:** [@alphie](https://support.prodi.gy/u/alphie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 9:37am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/upper-and-lower-case/7653 "2026-03-02T09:37:45Z")
I am creating some training data. In the real world sometimes the input strings are lower case, sometimes capitals and sometimes a mixture. The case doesnt matter to me, we just need the entities. Whats the best appro… --- ## [Tournament Recipe Examples?](https://support.prodi.gy/t/tournament-recipe-examples/7652)
**Author:** [@pbronez](https://support.prodi.gy/u/pbronez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/tournament-recipe-examples/7652 "2026-03-02T09:03:15Z")
Question: Where can I find an example tournament recipe? The recipe repo doesn’t have any. Use Case: I have pre-generated documents that I want to evaluate with Prodigy. Tournaments seem like a great way to do this, bu… --- ## [I tried to buy membership but it didn't work I tried 100 times but it did not work it says u must ask the prodigy support I don't know what to do](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-tried-to-buy-membership-but-it-didnt-work-i-tried-100-times-but-it-did-not-work-it-says-u-must-ask-the-prodigy-support-i-dont-know-what-to-do/7651)
**Author:** [@Justink5k5](https://support.prodi.gy/u/Justink5k5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/i-tried-to-buy-membership-but-it-didnt-work-i-tried-100-times-but-it-did-not-work-it-says-u-must-ask-the-prodigy-support-i-dont-know-what-to-do/7651 "2026-02-18T10:52:25Z")
I tried to buy membership but it didn't work I tried 100 times but it did not work it says u must ask the prodigy support I don't know what to do :face\_with\_steam\_from\_nose: --- ## [failed to buy membership](https://support.prodi.gy/t/failed-to-buy-membership/6316)
**Author:** [@Jude](https://support.prodi.gy/u/Jude)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/failed-to-buy-membership/6316 "2026-02-18T06:04:35Z")
i cant buy membership --- ## [How to check if annotators have tasks in their queue?](https://support.prodi.gy/t/how-to-check-if-annotators-have-tasks-in-their-queue/7648)
**Author:** [@tuomo\_h](https://support.prodi.gy/u/tuomo_h)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/how-to-check-if-annotators-have-tasks-in-their-queue/7648 "2026-02-09T07:43:09Z")
Hey! Is there a way to check if annotators have tasks in their queue? I’m thinking of building a Slack bot to support our annotators to help coordinate their work, as they work on a series of tasks dependent on each oth… --- ## [Placement of labels for bounding boxes](https://support.prodi.gy/t/placement-of-labels-for-bounding-boxes/7644)
**Author:** [@tuomo\_h](https://support.prodi.gy/u/tuomo_h)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/placement-of-labels-for-bounding-boxes/7644 "2026-02-06T11:18:49Z")
Hi! We’re using Prodigy to annotate visually rich document layouts and occasionally encounter problems with bounding boxes that are drawn on the edge of the image. Because bounding boxes are selected using the labels, … [Next page](https://support.prodi.gy/latest.md?page=1)