webserver static file caching is disabled above 2.3.0 version.

[VertexToEdge]

Apache Airflow version

Other Airflow 2 version (please specify below)

If "Other Airflow 2 version" selected, which one?

2.3.x ~ 2.9.x

What happened?

Recently, I migrated airflow version 2.2.0 to 2.9.0 and python 3.8 to 3.12.

and i experienced too much load time in airflow web dashboard.
in airflow 2.2.0, airflow dashboard loaded almost instantly. but in 2.9.0, it tooks almost 10 seconds.

Airflow 2.2.0

Airflow 2.9.0

What you think should happen instead?

I think there is no reason to make slow page loading time because of not using static file caching.

And I figured out the root cause. the problem is airflow webserver's caching is disabled because of bumping up Flask version 1.x to 2.x.

In Flask, there is Configuration Option for static file's Expire time for cache-control.
it is SEND_FILE_MAX_AGE_DEFAULT.

In Flask 1.1.x, the default value of SEND_FILE_MAX_AGE_DEFAULT is 12 hours.
https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/1.1.x/api/#flask.Flask.send_file_max_age_default

After Flask 2.0.x, the default value of SEND_FILE_MAX_AGE_DEFAULT is changed to None.
https://flask.palletsprojects.com/en/2.0.x/api/#flask.Flask.send_file_max_age_default

after Airflow 2.3.0, Flask version is upgraded to 2.0.x.

When i added flask configuration in app.py
static file caching works well.


example is here. https://github.com/VertexToEdge/airflow-docker-compose

How to reproduce

I followed setup instruction in https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/howto/docker-compose/index.html

1. Setup Airflow 2.9.0 with docker-compose

curl -LfO 'https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/2.9.0/docker-compose.yaml'
AIRFLOW_UID=$(id -u) docker compose up

2. access airflow webserver with webbrowser. and refresh the page.

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

Versions of Apache Airflow Providers

No response

Deployment

Docker-Compose

Deployment details

No response

Anything else?

I am newbie in Airflow.
I read airflow installation guide and configruation reference. but I'm not sure if there is a better way to do this without changing the code.
Is there any way to configure static file caching? please just talk to me.

thanks for reading. have a good day.

Are you willing to submit PR?

• Yes I am willing to submit a PR!

Code of Conduct

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[Taragolis]

if there is a better way to do this without changing the code

Better way contribute this changes to Airflow codebase. I do not sure that you could provide additional configurations without modification the code