The following patch is necessary to use the static compiler:

diff --git a/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/static_compiler.rb b/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/static_compiler.rb
index 1d92121..f89f351 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/static_compiler.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/indirector/catalog/static_compiler.rb
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ class Puppet::Resource::Catalog::StaticCompiler < Puppet::Indirector::Code
Puppet.info "Content for '#{resource[:source]}' already exists"
else
Puppet.info "Storing content for source '#{resource[:source]}'"
-      content = Puppet::FileServing::Content.find(resource[:source])
-      Puppet::FileBucket::File.new(content.content).save
+      content = Puppet::FileServing::Content.indirection.find(resource[:source])
+      file = Puppet::FileBucket::File.new(content.content)
+      Puppet::FileBucket::File.indirection.save(file)
end
end
end

I know this is a known issue, since I’ve seen it discussed, but it’s still not fixed, and I couldn’t find a filed bug.

I’m assuming there are also no tests for this code, else this clear failure would have been caught.