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nginx debian static-files

I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm experiencing issues after upgrading Nginx to version 1.21.0 on my Debian 11 server. My configuration is set up to serve static files from `/var/www/html`, but after the upgrade, Nginx seems to ignore these settings and returns a 404 behavior for any static file requests. My current configuration block in `/etc/nginx/sites-available/default` looks like this: ```nginx server { listen 80; server_name example.com; location / { root /var/www/html; index index.html index.htm; } location /static/ { alias /var/www/html/static/; expires 30d; } } ``` I have verified that the files are indeed present in `/var/www/html/static/` and the permissions are set correctly. The user running Nginx (`www-data`) has read access to these files. I also checked the behavior logs located at `/var/log/nginx/behavior.log` and found the following entry when attempting to access a static file: ``` 2023/10/10 10:00:00 [behavior] 12345#12345: *1 open() "/var/www/html/static/somefile.js" failed (2: No such file or directory) ``` Additionally, I’ve tried reloading Nginx with `sudo systemctl reload nginx`, but that hasn’t resolved the scenario. I also examined the full configuration for any syntax errors using `nginx -t`, which returns `nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful`. Could this be a question with the new Nginx version, or is there something I might have overlooked in my configuration? Any advice would be much appreciated.