Support filtering configuration

**Feature request**
It would be great to have compression for utils.

**Use case**
Many users need this functionality for production deployments.

**Implementation idea**
Add a new config option `enable_compression` with default `false`.

Start by locating the configuration handling and utility code in the repository, then trace how options are defined and consumed. Add the `enable_compression` option with a default of `false`; done means the option is accepted and compression behavior is clearly controlled by it, with relevant tests if the existing structure provides them.

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