v3.3.1 - Patch private model loading without environment variable

This patch release fixes a small issue with loading private models from Hugging Face using the token argument.

Install this version with

# Training + Inference
pip install sentence-transformers[train]==3.3.1

# Inference only, use one of:
pip install sentence-transformers==3.3.1
pip install sentence-transformers[onnx-gpu]==3.3.1
pip install sentence-transformers[onnx]==3.3.1
pip install sentence-transformers[openvino]==3.3.1

Details

If you're loading model under this scenario:

• Your model is hosted on Hugging Face.
• Your model is private.
• You haven't set the HF_TOKEN environment variable via huggingface-cli login or some other approach.
• You're passing the token argument to SentenceTransformer to load the model.

Then you may have encountered a crash in v3.3.0. This should be resolved now.

All Changes

• [docs] Fix the prompt link to the training script by @tomaarsen in #3060
• [Fix] Resolve loading private Transformer model in version 3.3.0 by @pesuchin in #3058

Full Changelog: v3.3.0...v3.3.1