Azure app service web application is throwing 500 internal server error when using whitenoise - CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage and DEBUG = False about whitenoise HOT 5 OPEN

The error may be due to a reference to a static file that doesn't exist in the manifest.

If you aren't seeing an error message in your logs, try configure it so that they do show up. Maybe try Sentry.

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I am having the same issue. I followed the troubleshooting and ran "manage.py findstatic --verbosity 2 styles.css" which is the only css file currently referenced in my code. It showed the static file as existing in the correct folder (that was specified by the static_root setting). The error persists. It goes away if I comment out STATICFILES_STORAGE = 'whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage'.

I just want to reiterate that this is not due to a reference to a static file that doesn't exist in the manifest. As far as I can tell, the manifest is never created. Logging set up in the settings.py file shows the ValueError that is mentioned in the documentation

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