From 4f8ad25100cf46095985ce6572a8fd1498cc4cbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jessikitty <jess.rogerson.29@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2026 14:52:14 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add WhiteNoise middleware for static file serving in
 production

---
 busManager/busManager/settings.py | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/busManager/busManager/settings.py b/busManager/busManager/settings.py
index 6bfebcd..9dbcc1a 100644
--- a/busManager/busManager/settings.py
+++ b/busManager/busManager/settings.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "/"
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
     'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
@@ -152,6 +153,13 @@ STATIC_URL = 'static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = os.environ.get("STATIC_ROOT", None)
 STATIC_MEDIA = os.environ.get("STATIC_MEDIA", None)
 
+# WhiteNoise compressed static file storage
+STORAGES = {
+    "staticfiles": {
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage",
+    },
+}
+
 # Default primary key field type
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#default-auto-field