help: Pre compress astro build files before serving.

This way nginx doesn't have to compress it every time.

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -549,6 +549,9 @@ importers:
       astro:
         specifier: ^5.1.2
         version: 5.13.5(@types/node@22.18.1)(encoding@0.1.13)(jiti@2.5.1)(rollup@4.50.0)(terser@5.44.0)(typescript@5.9.2)(yaml@2.8.1)
+      astro-compressor:
+        specifier: ^1.1.2
+        version: 1.1.2
       hast-util-from-html:
         specifier: ^2.0.3
         version: 2.0.3
@@ -3265,6 +3268,10 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-LElXdjswlqjWrPpJFg1Fx4wpkOCxj1TDHlSV4PlaRxHGWko024xICaa97ZkMfs6DRKlCguiAI+rbXv5GWwXIkg==}
     hasBin: true
 
+  astro-compressor@1.1.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-BsX6ypOkRff2g7e5vA47Vlpq9MfVxAo4pXzfkJvXTSzzrSYvf8m3e0lbyGK6eReSzWcAPXymOTIoooqDX1BTlA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=22.15.0 <23.0.0 || >=23.8.0'}
+
   astro-eslint-parser@1.2.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-JepyLROIad6f44uyqMF6HKE2QbunNzp3mYKRcPoDGt0QkxXmH222FAFC64WTyQu2Kg8NNEXHTN/sWuUId9sSxw==}
     engines: {node: ^18.18.0 || ^20.9.0 || >=21.1.0}
@@ -12948,6 +12955,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   astring@1.9.0: {}
 
+  astro-compressor@1.1.2: {}
+
   astro-eslint-parser@1.2.2:
     dependencies:
       '@astrojs/compiler': 2.12.2

puppet/zulip/files/nginx/zulip-include-frontend/app

@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ location ~ ^(/help(?:/[^/]+)*)/+$ {
 location /help {
     alias $help_alias;
 
-    gzip on;
+    gzip_static on;
-    gzip_min_length 1000;
-    gzip_proxied expired no-cache no-store private auth;
-    gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
     include /etc/nginx/zulip-include/headers;
     add_header Access-Control-Allow-Origin *;
     add_header Timing-Allow-Origin *;

starlight_help/astro.config.mjs

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import * as fs from "node:fs";
 
 import starlight from "@astrojs/starlight";
 import {defineConfig, envField} from "astro/config";
+import compressor from "astro-compressor";
 import Icons from "unplugin-icons/vite";
 
 // https://astro.build/config
@@ -73,6 +74,11 @@ export default defineConfig({
         },
     },
     integrations: [
+        compressor({
+            gzip: true,
+            brotli: false,
+            zstd: false,
+        }),
         starlight({
             title: "Zulip help center",
             favicon: "../static/images/favicon.svg",

starlight_help/package.json

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "@astrojs/starlight": "^0.35.1",
     "@iconify-json/fa": "^1.2.1",
     "astro": "^5.1.2",
+    "astro-compressor": "^1.1.2",
     "hast-util-from-html": "^2.0.3",
     "hast-util-to-html": "^9.0.5",
     "mdast-util-to-string": "^4.0.0",

version.py

@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ API_FEATURE_LEVEL = 425
 #   historical commits sharing the same major version, in which case a
 #   minor version bump suffices.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = (348, 0)  # bumped 2025-09-10 to downgrade sharp
+PROVISION_VERSION = (348, 1)  # bumped 2025-09-10 to add astro-compressor.