deprecate: drop fallback url to a google bucket

[joein]

We're about to close the bucket on google storage since it has become too costly to keep it open due to the agents downloading the models via those urls directly.

I am not removing url completely because it might be used with the custom models' interface

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Six text model entries no longer specify direct archive URLs. Their Hugging Face sources remain, as does the _deprecated_tar_struct setting where specified. The download_model example now shows only the Hugging Face source. When retrieve_model_gcs finds a populated cached directory with the deprecated tar structure, it emits a FutureWarning before returning the directory.

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Users with existing legacy model copies can be unable to load them when Hugging Face fails. Restore cache-only fallback before merging.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: removal of the fallback Google Cloud Storage URL while deprecating cached GCS copies.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains why the Google Cloud Storage bucket fallback is being removed and clarifies that the custom models interface will retain the url option.
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🟠 Major · Keep the legacy cache reachable after a Hugging Face failure. · model_management.py:525

fastembed/common/model_management.py:525
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Keep the legacy cache reachable after a Hugging Face failure.

When a built-in model has a populated legacy cache but no URL source, this condition skips retrieve_model_gcs unless local_files_only=True. If the Hugging Face attempt fails with a handled error, download_model retries and then raises instead of loading that cache. Allow a cache-only lookup for the deprecated tar structure without restoring bucket downloads. This also lets the new warning reach users on that path.

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In `@fastembed/common/model_management.py` at line 525, Update download_model’s
retrieve_model_gcs path to check the deprecated tar cache for built-in models
after a handled Hugging Face failure, even when there is no URL source and
local_files_only is false. Keep this lookup cache-only so it does not restore
bucket downloads, and allow the existing deprecation warning to reach users on
this path.

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In `@fastembed/common/model_management.py`:
- Line 525: Update download_model’s retrieve_model_gcs path to check the
deprecated tar cache for built-in models after a handled Hugging Face failure,
even when there is no URL source and local_files_only is false. Keep this lookup
cache-only so it does not restore bucket downloads, and allow the existing
deprecation warning to reach users on this path.

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