Currently, (classical) gravity (General Relativity) is NOT a gauge theory (at least in the sense of a Yang-Mills theory).
Why should "classical" gravity be some (non-trivial or "special" or extended) gauge theory? Should quantum gravity be a gauge theory?
Remark: There are some contradictory claims in the literature to this issue. To what extent gravity is "a gauge" theory?Obviously, GR is not a YM theory. So, why do some people say that gravity "IS" a gauge theory? I found this question relevant, e.g., then we handle GR in the Einstein-Cartan theory or any other theory beyond GR, like teleparallel theories or higher-derivative gravitational theories. So I think it could be useful to discuss the "gauge flavor" of gravity here.
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