Gpt-oss-120b NIM: 402 Payment Required when downloading model files

Hi,

We are running NIM for gpt-oss-120b (image: nvcr.io/nim/openai/gpt-oss-120b:2.0.5)

on Kubernetes and started getting 402 Payment Required errors when the container

tries to download model files from NGC.

**Environment:**

**Issue:**

The model was working fine until mid-May 2025. After a pod restart,

NIM started failing with 402 Payment Required when attempting to

download model profiles.

Container pull from nvcr.io works successfully. Only the model file

download step fails with 402.

Error from download-to-cache --all --dry-run:

HTTP 402 Payment Required for all model profiles

**What we need:**

Can you please check if the entitlement/subscription for gpt-oss-120b

is still active on our NGC account? Or let us know what license is

required to access this model.

Thank you

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