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diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt index 7c65e0a30b..bca1c7a9c1 100644 --- a/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt +++ b/docs/ref/contrib/flatpages.txt @@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ If it doesn't find a match, the request continues to be processed as usual. The middleware only gets activated for 404s -- not for 500s or responses of any other status code. +.. admonition:: Flatpages will not apply view middleware + + Because the ``FlatpageFallbackMiddleware`` is applied only after + URL resolution has failed and produced a 404, the response it + returns will not apply any :ref:`view middleware <view-middlware>` + methods. Only requests which are successfully routed to a view via + normal URL resolution apply view middleware. + Note that the order of :setting:`MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES` matters. Generally, you can put :class:`~django.contrib.flatpages.middleware.FlatpageFallbackMiddleware` at the end of the list, because it's a last resort. |