From e55bb7b5f3430b480de823470674dcbc02870517 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trenton H <797416+stumpylog@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 12:40:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Try out servestatic again

---
 pyproject.toml                     |  1 +
 src/paperless/settings/__init__.py |  6 +++---
 uv.lock                            | 14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6a11163cc..7fbeb78a8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "regex>=2025.9.18",
   "scikit-learn~=1.7.0",
   "sentence-transformers>=4.1",
+  "servestatic>=4",
   "setproctitle~=1.3.4",
   "tika-client~=0.10.0",
   "torch~=2.10.0",
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings/__init__.py b/src/paperless/settings/__init__.py
index d86980165..26fd3985e 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings/__init__.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ SCRATCH_DIR = __get_path(
 env_apps = __get_list("PAPERLESS_APPS")
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = [
-    "whitenoise.runserver_nostatic",
+    "servestatic.runserver_nostatic",
     "django.contrib.auth",
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     "django.contrib.sessions",
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ if DEBUG:
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
-    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
+    "servestatic.middleware.ServeStaticMiddleware",
     "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
     "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",
     "django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware",
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ WHITENOISE_STATIC_PREFIX = "/static/"
 
 STORAGES = {
     "staticfiles": {
-        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage",
+        "BACKEND": "servestatic.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage",
     },
     "default": {"BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage"},
 }
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 0b6d7b270..4d91dedb6 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2775,6 +2775,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "regex", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "scikit-learn", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "sentence-transformers", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "servestatic", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "setproctitle", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "tika-client", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "torch", version = "2.10.0", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
@@ -2928,6 +2929,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "regex", specifier = ">=2025.9.18" },
     { name = "scikit-learn", specifier = "~=1.7.0" },
     { name = "sentence-transformers", specifier = ">=4.1" },
+    { name = "servestatic", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
     { name = "setproctitle", specifier = "~=1.3.4" },
     { name = "tika-client", specifier = "~=0.10.0" },
     { name = "torch", specifier = "~=2.10.0", index = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" },
@@ -4325,6 +4327,18 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/46/9f/dba4b3e18ebbe1eaa29d9f1764fbc7da0cd91937b83f2b7928d15c5d2d36/sentence_transformers-5.2.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6437c62d4112b615ddebda362dfc16a4308d604c5b68125ed586e3e95d5b2e30", size = 494225, upload-time = "2026-02-17T14:05:18.596Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "servestatic"
+version = "4.0.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "asgiref", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6b/e6/cba9e145d41408d67e73eacdd3dc606317132c66bc536eb336bb3aea504d/servestatic-4.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:212b80d4b0d07b2ab10e2e4419ed984f5e6ec2fee61b64e9ed1d7740b3c367a5", size = 27495, upload-time = "2026-03-06T00:08:36.51Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3f/37/b9a329c6fb8c77c7ff8b3119b64fcd8ee91a668fd66b24d4924ed84386d0/servestatic-4.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:78756de57908f75a08e5838306f515924c4257434bc72596b8a5c95bc7396b2b", size = 32498, upload-time = "2026-03-06T00:08:35.419Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "service-identity"
 version = "24.2.0"