Consider deprecating old middleware API

**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`.

The issue does not name files, tests, or entry points; first locate the middleware API, utility code, and configuration handling in the repository. Clarify whether the requested work is compression support or deprecating the old middleware API, then define completion around a documented enable_compression option defaulting to false and verified compression behavior.

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