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",
   "setproctitle~=1.3.4",
   "tika-client~=0.10.0",
   "torch~=2.10.0",

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"},
 }

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 = [
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 ]
 
+[[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"