Monkey patch gradio to prevent it from calling home

modules/monkey_patch_gradio.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import importlib
+import pathlib
+
+file_path = pathlib.Path(importlib.util.find_spec("gradio").submodule_search_locations[0]) / "strings.py"
+
+with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
+    contents = f.read()
+
+new_contents = contents.replace('threading.Thread(target=get_updated_messaging, args=(en,)).start()', '')
+if contents != new_contents:
+    print('Patching gradio to prevent it from calling home every time it gets imported...')
+    with open(file_path, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(new_contents)

server.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import warnings
 os.environ['GRADIO_ANALYTICS_ENABLED'] = 'False'
 os.environ['BITSANDBYTES_NOWELCOME'] = '1'
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', category=UserWarning, message='TypedStorage is deprecated')
+from modules import monkey_patch_gradio
 
 import importlib
 import io