From c4da0045fb49c53af902662ad61e1788c47d1c20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mandel Olaiya <mandeleolaiya15@icloud.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 00:12:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Disable varnish middleware on staging

---
 mandelstudio/settings/env/stg.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mandelstudio/settings/env/stg.py b/mandelstudio/settings/env/stg.py
index c36e0d0..182d462 100644
--- a/mandelstudio/settings/env/stg.py
+++ b/mandelstudio/settings/env/stg.py
@@ -16,5 +16,12 @@ ALLOWED_HOSTS = [
     "mandelstudio.welkombij.mandelblog.com",
 ]
 
+# Staging should reflect live middleware behavior without edge cache interference.
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    middleware
+    for middleware in MIDDLEWARE
+    if middleware != "ocyan.plugin.varnish.middleware.varnishmiddleware"
+]
+
 # Force mail to console
 EMAIL_BACKEND = "django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend"