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+# src/paperless_benchmark/management/commands/benchmark.py
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.core.management.base import CommandError
+from django.core.management.base import CommandParser
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = "Seed, run, and profile paperless-ngx performance benchmarks."
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser: CommandParser) -> None:
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "action",
+            choices=["seed", "run", "profile", "list-scenarios"],
+            help="Which benchmark action to perform.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "scenario",
+            nargs="?",
+            default=None,
+            help="Scenario name (required for `profile`; see `list-scenarios`).",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--tier",
+            choices=["home", "medium", "large"],
+            default="medium",
+            help="Dataset scale tier for `seed` and `profile` (default: medium).",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--reset",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+            help="For `seed`: truncate existing benchmark data first.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--seed",
+            type=int,
+            default=42,
+            help="RNG seed for reproducible datasets (default: 42).",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--repeat",
+            type=int,
+            default=5,
+            help="Number of timed repetitions for `run`/`profile` (default: 5).",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--label",
+            default="baseline",
+            help="Free-text tag for a `run`, printed and recorded in history only.",
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--explain",
+            action="store_true",
+            default=False,
+            help="For `profile`: also capture and print the query plan.",
+        )
+
+    def handle(self, *args: Any, **options: Any) -> None:
+        action = options["action"]
+        if action == "seed":
+            self._handle_seed(options)
+        elif action == "run":
+            self._handle_run(options)
+        elif action == "profile":
+            self._handle_profile(options)
+        else:
+            self._handle_list_scenarios()
+
+    def _handle_seed(self, options: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        from paperless_benchmark.db import reset_benchmark_data
+        from paperless_benchmark.seeding import seed_benchmark_dataset
+
+        if options["reset"]:
+            self.stdout.write("Resetting existing benchmark data...")
+            reset_benchmark_data()
+
+        data = seed_benchmark_dataset(options["tier"], seed=options["seed"])
+        self.stdout.write(
+            self.style.SUCCESS(
+                f"Seeded tier={options['tier']!r}: {len(data.documents)} documents, "
+                f"{len(data.users)} users, {len(data.groups)} groups.",
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def _handle_run(self, options: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
+
+        from paperless_benchmark.endpoints import run_endpoint_benchmarks
+        from paperless_benchmark.results import append_history
+
+        user_model = get_user_model()
+        try:
+            perf_target = user_model.objects.get(username="perf_target")
+            perf_admin = user_model.objects.get(username="perf_admin")
+        except user_model.DoesNotExist as e:
+            raise CommandError(
+                "No benchmark dataset found. Run `manage.py benchmark seed` first.",
+            ) from e
+
+        results = run_endpoint_benchmarks(
+            perf_target=perf_target,
+            perf_admin=perf_admin,
+            repeat=options["repeat"],
+        )
+
+        self.stdout.write(f"# label={options['label']} repeat={options['repeat']}")
+        self.stdout.write(
+            f"{'user':7s} {'endpoint':20s} {'queries':>8s} "
+            f"{'min_ms':>9s} {'median_ms':>10s} {'max_ms':>9s}",
+        )
+        for r in results:
+            self.stdout.write(
+                f"{r.user_label:7s} {r.endpoint_name:20s} {r.query_count:8d} "
+                f"{r.min_ms:9.1f} {r.median_ms:10.1f} {r.max_ms:9.1f}",
+            )
+            append_history(
+                {
+                    "mode": "run",
+                    "label": options["label"],
+                    "user": r.user_label,
+                    "endpoint": r.endpoint_name,
+                    "query_count": r.query_count,
+                    "min_ms": r.min_ms,
+                    "median_ms": r.median_ms,
+                    "max_ms": r.max_ms,
+                },
+            )
+
+    def _handle_profile(self, options: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        from paperless_benchmark.db import capture_explain
+        from paperless_benchmark.harness import run_profile
+        from paperless_benchmark.results import append_history
+        from paperless_benchmark.scenarios import get as get_scenario
+        from paperless_benchmark.seeding import seed_benchmark_dataset
+
+        if not options["scenario"]:
+            raise CommandError(
+                "`profile` requires a scenario name; see `list-scenarios`.",
+            )
+
+        scenario = get_scenario(options["scenario"])
+        data = seed_benchmark_dataset(options["tier"], seed=options["seed"])
+
+        profile = run_profile(lambda: scenario.run(data), repeat=options["repeat"])
+        self.stdout.write(
+            f"{scenario.name}: best={profile.best_seconds:.4f}s "
+            f"queries={profile.query_count} (tier={options['tier']})",
+        )
+
+        if options["explain"] and scenario.queryset_for_explain is not None:
+            plan = capture_explain(scenario.queryset_for_explain(data))
+            self.stdout.write(plan)
+
+        append_history(
+            {
+                "mode": "profile",
+                "scenario": scenario.name,
+                "tier": options["tier"],
+                "best_seconds": profile.best_seconds,
+                "query_count": profile.query_count,
+            },
+        )
+
+    def _handle_list_scenarios(self) -> None:
+        from paperless_benchmark.scenarios import all_scenarios
+
+        for scenario in all_scenarios():
+            self.stdout.write(f"{scenario.name}: {scenario.describe}")