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## Title

    [KServe storage initializer] "Cannot recognize storage type for <uri>" - unsupported storageUri scheme

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Storage.download dispatches by prefix and falls through to this error.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - are the current available storage types.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kserve/kserve/bb22cc477a6bd317bb2c7e357a85efcab8c7462a/python/storage/kserve_storage/kserve_storage.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): download dispatch raises listing available storage types.
    
    Search phrasings: kserve Cannot recognize storage type for; kserve storage-initializer CrashLoopBackOff storageUri
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "storage-initializer init container fails; pod stuck in Init:CrashLoopBackOff.",
      "context": "Product: KServe\nComponent: kserve_storage (storage-initializer)\nOperation: InferenceService storageUri with a typo or unsupported scheme\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: Exception\nPackages: kserve master at pinned SHA\nTrigger: URI does not match gs://, s3://, local, hf://, http(s), git, etc. patterns supported by the initializer.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "Cannot recognize storage type for"
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      "expected_behavior": null
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## Primary and recurrence sources

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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Use a supported scheme (check the list printed in the error) and inspect init container logs (kubectl logs <pod> -c storage-initializer).\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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