In flux.md:

This link isn't working:

- Download vae from https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev/blob/main/ae.safetensors

This is the message output when launched in web browser:

401

Access to model black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-dev is
restricted. You must have access to it and be
authenticated to access it. Please log in.

If you go to Files and versions tab, and press download button in the file, you get:

This file belongs to a gated model.
Please request access to download it.

I don't know if it's the same, but I found two alternatives (both has the same SHA256):

• https://huggingface.co/ffxvs/vae-flux/blob/main/ae.safetensors
• https://huggingface.co/lovis93/testllm/blob/main/ae.safetensors