If you have django debug toolbar installed, loaded and being used then the statics for admin & drf won't work. It is a conflict between them. Disable debug toolbar if you need the statics to work for admin & drf pages.
versions: django 5.1.x
STATICFILES_DIRS = [ os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"), os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "media"), ] # Static files STATIC_URL = f"{STATIC_URL_BUCKET}/static/" # Or use your public MinIO endpoint # Media files (user uploads) MEDIA_URL = "/media/" # Not used for direct serving, but required by Django