demo.launch(auth=environ_auth, blocked_paths=[os.path.dirname("/secret/research.jpg")])

app.py

@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ def environ_auth(username, password):
         
 demo = gr.load("attuned-ai/TipGeneratorBot-Private", src="spaces", hf_token=HF_TOKEN)
 demo.queue(max_size=20)
-demo.launch(auth=environ_auth, blocked_paths=["/secret/research.jpg"])
+demo.launch(auth=environ_auth, blocked_paths=[os.path.dirname("/secret/research.jpg")])