collection update only happens on full initialization

app.py

@@ -82,10 +82,12 @@ def download_dataset(repo_id, local_dir, repo_type="dataset", max_attempts=3):
 def init_space(full_init: bool = True):
     """Initializes the application space, loading only necessary data."""
     if full_init:
+        # These downloads only occur on full initialization
         download_dataset(QUEUE_REPO, EVAL_REQUESTS_PATH)
         download_dataset(DYNAMIC_INFO_REPO, DYNAMIC_INFO_PATH)
         download_dataset(RESULTS_REPO, EVAL_RESULTS_PATH)
 
+    # Always retrieve the leaderboard DataFrame
     raw_data, original_df = get_leaderboard_df(
         results_path=EVAL_RESULTS_PATH,
         requests_path=EVAL_REQUESTS_PATH,
@@ -93,14 +95,18 @@ def init_space(full_init: bool = True):
         cols=COLS,
         benchmark_cols=BENCHMARK_COLS,
     )
-    update_collections(original_df)
+
+    if full_init:
+        # Collection update only happens on full initialization
+        update_collections(original_df)
+
     leaderboard_df = original_df.copy()
     
+    # Evaluation queue DataFrame retrieval is independent of initialization detail level
     eval_queue_dfs = get_evaluation_queue_df(EVAL_REQUESTS_PATH, EVAL_COLS)
 
     return leaderboard_df, raw_data, original_df, eval_queue_dfs
 
-
 # Convert the environment variable "LEADERBOARD_FULL_INIT" to a boolean value, defaulting to True if the variable is not set.
 # This controls whether a full initialization should be performed.
 do_full_init = os.getenv("LEADERBOARD_FULL_INIT", "True") == "True"