Static Content is not loading after upgrade

Question

After upgrade from the Magento 2.1.0 to the Magento 2.1.3 (using composer) static content is not loading anymore. In the browser console I can see that all files is unavailable (404):

I don't see directories with the name version* in the pub directory.

What I already made but it didn't help:

1. set all permissions to 777, but without success.
2. cleaned cache
3. removed the pub/static/*
4. regenerated static content few times
5. replaced the .htaccess file (in the pub/static directory) with the file from an official repository.

Another info:

• mod_rewrite is enabled
• FollowSymLinks is allowed (in the default host configuration and local .htaccess)
• This configuration worked fine with Magento 2.1.0 before the updating to the 2.1.3
• pub/static is writable

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

The main issue was caused by the incorrect rewrites work ( as @Marius told ). There was no RewriteBase in my directory pub/static/ and Apache could not find the files because searched for them from the root folder. After we’ve added: RewriteBase /pub/static everything start working.

How it worked:

by this address:

http://m2.uchuhlebov.web.ra/pub/static/version1481885888/frontend/Magento/luma/en_US/mage/requirejs/mixins.js

the rewrite should work:

RewriteRule ^version.+?/(.+)$ $1 [L]

as the line started from the root folder:

/pub/static/version...

it hasn’t worked and could not redirect to the file, needed.

Rewrite without base:

Rewrite with base:

Here a part of my .htaccess file from the pub/static (rewrites) :

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On

    RewriteBase /pub/static
    # Remove signature of the static files that is used to overcome the browser cache
    RewriteRule ^version.+?/(.+)$ $1 [L]

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

    RewriteRule .* ../static.php?resource=$0 [L]
</IfModule>

How to disable static-files versioning:

If you do not want to use static files versioning you can disable this feature in the Magento admin area:

It is possible to change this setting for default scope using the following MySQL query:

INSERT INTO `core_config_data`(`path`, `value`) VALUES ('dev/static/sign', 0) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `value`=0

Then execute next command to clear a configuration cache:

bin/magento cache:clean config

PS: My answer is actual for the apache2 users. If you are using NGINX see this answer (by @kevin-javitz)

Answer 2

If you are running Nginx, here is the fix. You probably have your own conf file, you need to update the /static/ part with this, they have updated part of it specifically: # Remove signature of the static files that is used to overcome the browser cache section:

location /static/ {
    # Uncomment the following line in production mode
    # expires max;

    # Remove signature of the static files that is used to overcome the browser cache
    location ~ ^/static/version {
        rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static/$2 last;
    }

    location ~* \.(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|svg|js|css|swf|eot|ttf|otf|woff|woff2)$ {
        add_header Cache-Control "public";
        add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
        expires +1y;

        if (!-f $request_filename) {
            rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
        }
    }
    location ~* \.(zip|gz|gzip|bz2|csv|xml)$ {
        add_header Cache-Control "no-store";
        add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
        expires    off;

        if (!-f $request_filename) {
           rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
        }
    }
    if (!-f $request_filename) {
        rewrite ^/static/(version\d*/)?(.*)$ /static.php?resource=$2 last;
    }
    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
}

Answer 3

Go to the database and insert a row in core_config_data table:

INSERT INTO core_config_data (scope, scope_id, path, value) VALUES ('default', 0, 'dev/static/sign', '0');

Answer 4

There shouldn't be a version* folder in the static folder.
This most probably happens because you don't have mod_rewrite enabled in your instance.
The path pub/static/version1234/some/asset.js should be rewritten to pub/static/some/asset.js. The version thing is there only for browser cache expiration.

Answer 5

It seems like the 2.1.3 release assumes the default value for Stores => Configuration => Developer => Static Files Settings => Sign Static Files is set to Yes.

So instead of changing the rewrites, its possible to set this feature to No.

If it's not possible to do this from the admin, because the admin fails to load the frontend assets, change/add this setting in the core_config_data table:

scope: default
scope_id: 0
path: dev/static/sign
value: 0

This issue is also noted on Github: https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/7869

Answer 6

If you're using apache. You mustn't delete the .htaccess from pub/static. You can get a replacement here.