Try with CompressedStaticFilesStorage

Author: PleatherStarfish

backend/django_project/settings.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     STATIC_URL = "/static/"
     STATICFILES_DIRS = [BASE_DIR / "static"]
     STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
-    STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+    STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage"
     MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
     MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media")
     WHITENOISE_MANIFEST_STRICT = False