Try out servestatic again

pyproject.toml

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "regex>=2025.9.18",
   "scikit-learn~=1.7.0",
   "sentence-transformers>=4.1",
+  "servestatic>=4",
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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",
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uv.lock

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@@ -2928,6 +2929,7 @@ requires-dist = [
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