Enhancement (beta): support LLM timeout config (#13002)

src/paperless/config.py

@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ class AIConfig(BaseConfig):
     llm_embedding_endpoint: str = dataclasses.field(init=False)
     llm_embedding_chunk_size: int = dataclasses.field(init=False)
     llm_context_size: int = dataclasses.field(init=False)
+    llm_request_timeout: int = dataclasses.field(init=False)
     llm_backend: str = dataclasses.field(init=False)
     llm_model: str = dataclasses.field(init=False)
     llm_api_key: str = dataclasses.field(init=False)
@@ -221,6 +222,9 @@ class AIConfig(BaseConfig):
             app_config.llm_embedding_chunk_size or settings.LLM_EMBEDDING_CHUNK_SIZE
         )
         self.llm_context_size = app_config.llm_context_size or settings.LLM_CONTEXT_SIZE
+        self.llm_request_timeout = (
+            app_config.llm_request_timeout or settings.LLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+        )
         self.llm_backend = app_config.llm_backend or settings.LLM_BACKEND
         self.llm_model = app_config.llm_model or settings.LLM_MODEL
         self.llm_api_key = app_config.llm_api_key or settings.LLM_API_KEY

src/paperless/migrations/0013_applicationconfiguration_llm_request_timeout.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.14 on 2026-06-14 14:22
+
+import django.core.validators
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("paperless", "0012_applicationconfiguration_llm_output_language"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
+            name="llm_request_timeout",
+            field=models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
+                null=True,
+                validators=[django.core.validators.MinValueValidator(1)],
+                verbose_name="Sets the LLM request timeout in seconds",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

src/paperless/models.py

@@ -366,6 +366,12 @@ class ApplicationConfiguration(AbstractSingletonModel):
         max_length=32,
     )
 
+    llm_request_timeout = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(
+        verbose_name=_("Sets the LLM timeout in seconds"),
+        null=True,
+        validators=[MinValueValidator(1)],
+    )
+
     class Meta:
         verbose_name = _("paperless application settings")
         permissions = [

src/paperless/settings/__init__.py

@@ -1206,6 +1206,9 @@ if LLM_EMBEDDING_CHUNK_SIZE < 1:
 LLM_CONTEXT_SIZE = get_int_from_env("PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_CONTEXT_SIZE", 8192)
 if LLM_CONTEXT_SIZE < 1:
     raise ImproperlyConfigured("PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_CONTEXT_SIZE must be >= 1")
+LLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = get_int_from_env("PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT", 120)
+if LLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT < 1:
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured("PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT must be >= 1")
 LLM_BACKEND = get_choice_from_env(
     "PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_BACKEND",
     {"ollama", "openai-like"},