[mod] remove option ui.static_use_hash (cache busting) (#5004)

Cache busting has caused serious problems for users in the past, here are two
examples:

- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4419
- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4481

And it makes development and deployment significantly more complex because it
binds the client side to the server side:

- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4466

In the light of a decoupled development of the WEB clients from the server side:

- https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4988

is it appropriate to abandon this feature. In fact,  it has been ineffective
since #4436 anyway.

However, the benefit has always been questionable, since at best only a few kB
of data are saved (at least in the context of an image_proxy, the effect is below
the detection limit). Ultimately, the client is responsible for caching.

Related: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues?q=label%3A%22clear%20browser%20cache%22

Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4466
Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/1326
Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/964

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
This commit is contained in:
Markus Heiser
2025-07-11 16:53:36 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent 9149175ff2
commit 574b285efa
19 changed files with 62 additions and 104 deletions

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@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ LoadModule proxy_http_module ${APACHE_MODULES}/mod_proxy_http.so
</Location>
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
# To serve the static files via the HTTP server
#
# Alias ${SEARXNG_URL_PATH}/static/ ${SEARXNG_STATIC}/

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@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ LoadModule proxy_uwsgi_module ${APACHE_MODULES}/mod_proxy_uwsgi.so
</Location>
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
# To serve the static files via the HTTP server
#
# Alias ${SEARXNG_URL_PATH}/static/ ${SEARXNG_STATIC}/

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@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ location ${SEARXNG_URL_PATH} {
}
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
# To serve the static files via the HTTP server
#
# location ${SEARXNG_URL_PATH}/static/ {
# alias ${SEARXNG_STATIC}/;

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@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ location ${SEARXNG_URL_PATH} {
uwsgi_param HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR \$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
}
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
# To serve the static files via the HTTP server
#
# location ${SEARXNG_URL_PATH}/static/ {
# alias ${SEARXNG_STATIC}/;

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@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ valkey:
# URL to connect valkey database. Is overwritten by ${SEARXNG_VALKEY_URL}.
url: valkey://localhost:6379/0
ui:
static_use_hash: true
# preferences:
# lock:
# - autocomplete

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@@ -75,11 +75,7 @@ pythonpath = ${SEARXNG_SRC}
http = ${SEARXNG_INTERNAL_HTTP}
buffer-size = 8192
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
#
# To serve the static files via the WSGI server
static-map = /static=${SEARXNG_STATIC}
static-gzip-all = True
offload-threads = %k

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@@ -72,11 +72,7 @@ pythonpath = ${SEARXNG_SRC}
socket = ${SEARXNG_UWSGI_SOCKET}
buffer-size = 8192
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
#
# To serve the static files via the WSGI server
static-map = /static=${SEARXNG_STATIC}
static-gzip-all = True
offload-threads = %k

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@@ -78,11 +78,7 @@ pythonpath = ${SEARXNG_SRC}
http = ${SEARXNG_INTERNAL_HTTP}
buffer-size = 8192
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
#
# To serve the static files via the WSGI server
static-map = /static=${SEARXNG_STATIC}
static-gzip-all = True
offload-threads = %k

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@@ -75,11 +75,7 @@ pythonpath = ${SEARXNG_SRC}
socket = ${SEARXNG_UWSGI_SOCKET}
buffer-size = 8192
# uWSGI serves the static files and in settings.yml we use::
#
# ui:
# static_use_hash: true
#
# To serve the static files via the WSGI server
static-map = /static=${SEARXNG_STATIC}
static-gzip-all = True
offload-threads = %k