From 02ce247e640c6ad1f54df0acf19fdaf82259d56f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jazairi <16103405+jazairi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:12:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Disable image variant processing

Why these changes are being introduced:

Active Storage attempts to load an image
processor gem as part of its initialization, even
if the app does not actively generate variants.
(ETD does not.)

Relevant ticket(s):

- [ETD-668](https://mitlibraries.atlassian.net/browse/ETD-668)

How this addresses that need:

This explicitly disables the variant processor
to suppress the Active Storage initialization
error.

Side effects of this change:

If we ever *do* need image variants, we will need
the `image_processing` gem (or another image
processor).
---
 config/application.rb | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 3dedb81f..433db388 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -32,5 +32,8 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     # config.time_zone = "Central Time (US & Canada)"
     # config.eager_load_paths << Rails.root.join("extras")
     config.active_job.queue_adapter = :delayed_job
+
+    # Disable Active Storage image variant processing since the app doesn't use image variants
+    config.active_storage.variant_processor = :disabled
   end
 end