# Why does load\_dataset make https request when loading a local dataset?

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/why-does-load-dataset-make-https-request-when-loading-a-local-dataset/169681>\
**Category:** 🤗Datasets\
**Created:** [October 29, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/why-does-load-dataset-make-https-request-when-loading-a-local-dataset/169681 "2025-10-29T16:40:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![powerkrieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@powerkrieger](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/powerkrieger)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/why-does-load-dataset-make-https-request-when-loading-a-local-dataset/169681/1 "2025-10-29T16:40:45Z")

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When calling `ds = load_dataset("parquet", data_files=<local_path>, split="train")` I get debug logs saying

`DEBUG - Starting new HTTPS connection (1): ``s3.amazonaws.com:443`  
`DEBUG - ``https://s3.amazonaws.com:443`` “HEAD /datasets.huggingface.co/datasets/datasets/parquet/parquet.py HTTP/1.1” 404 0`

which confuses me, as I thought it just loads a local dataset. Can someone clarify that for me?

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**Author:** ![powerkrieger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d6d6ee/32.png) [@powerkrieger](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/powerkrieger)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/why-does-load-dataset-make-https-request-when-loading-a-local-dataset/169681/2 "2025-10-29T16:46:58Z")

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[This issue](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/load-dataset-how-to-skip-starting-new-https-connection-1-storage-googleapis-com-443/33951) shows how to turn it off, but im still not entirely sure I understand why its needed in the first place.