django DEBUG=False still runs in debug mode

Question

I\'m having issues setting my DEBUG = False on my deployed server (on heroku).

I don\'t believe I\'ve seen this before, but setting debug to false is not

Answer 1

The root cause of issue - False translated to 'False' string not bool.

Used next solution (settings.py):

DEBUG = os.getenv('DEBUG', False) == 'True'

i.e.: in this case DEBUG will set to (bool) True, only if the environment variable is explicitly set to True or 'True'.

Good luck configuring! :)