404 & 505 Page doesn't show up

Using Django
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I’m trying to set up my 404 and 500 error pages but if I turn debug to false and go to an invalid url another error page appears which isnt mine. How can I fix that? urls.py

app_name = 'home'
urlpatterns = [
   
    path('404/', views.view_404, name="404"),
    path('500/', views.view_500, name="500"),
]
handler404 = 'StartSite.views.view_404'
handler500 = 'StartSite.views.view_500'

views.py

def view_404(request, exception=None):
    return render(request, 'home/404.html', status=404)

def view_500(request):

    return render(request, 'home/500.html')
2

You don’ t need to map the templates with a view, only put your 404.html and 500.html files inside the “templates” directory in any of the apps of your Django project.

3

and what should he put in the handlers and in the urls view path instead of the link from the view?

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4

Nothing, you just need the templates. If you want to test the 404 go to an inexistent URL.

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5

If you do want a custom view, you need to assign the view to the handler, not a string representing the view:
handler404 = StartSite.views.view_404
(instead of handler404 = 'StartSite.views.view_404')

Also, you do not need those entries in the urlpatterns. The sample in the doc is only there to give you a url to test the error.

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