This is redundant now

.mypy-baseline.txt

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: Incompatible types in assignment (expressio
 src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: Invalid index type "str" for "dict[FieldDataType, str]"; expected type "FieldDataType"  [index]
 src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: List comprehension has incompatible type List[tuple[int, Any]]; expected List[int]  [misc]
 src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: List comprehension has incompatible type List[tuple[int, None]]; expected List[int]  [misc]
-src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: Missing named argument "p" for "remove" of "PageList"  [call-arg]
 src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: Missing type arguments for generic type "dict"  [type-arg]
 src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: Missing type arguments for generic type "dict"  [type-arg]
 src/documents/bulk_edit.py:0: error: Need type annotation for "to_create" (hint: "to_create: list[<type>] = ...")  [var-annotated]

.pyrefly-baseline.json

@@ -91,13 +91,6 @@
       "concise_description": "Argument `list[int]` is not assignable to parameter `args` with type `tuple[Any, ...] | None` in function `celery.app.task.Task.apply_async`",
       "severity": "error"
     },
-    {
-      "column": 33,
-      "path": "src/documents/bulk_edit.py",
-      "name": "missing-argument",
-      "concise_description": "Missing argument `p` in function `pikepdf._core.PageList.remove`",
-      "severity": "error"
-    },
     {
       "column": 25,
       "path": "src/documents/caching.py",

pyproject.toml

@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ isort.force-single-line = true
 [tool.codespell]
 ignore-words-list = "criterias,afterall,valeu,ureue,equest,ure,assertIn,Oktober,commitish,NIN,nin,reprot"
 skip = """\
-  src-ui/src/locale/*,src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml,src-ui/e2e/*,src/paperless/tests/samples/mail/*,src/documents/tests/samples\
+  src-ui/src/locale/*,src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml,src-ui/e2e/*,src/paperless_mail/tests/samples/*,src/paperless/tests/samples\
-  /*,src/paperless_testing/sample_files/*,*.po,*.json\
+  /mail/*,src/documents/tests/samples/*,*.po,*.json\
   """
 write-changes = true
 

src-ui/e2e/backend.py

@@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ def seed_database() -> None:
     originals.mkdir(parents=True)
     thumbnails = Path(os.environ["PAPERLESS_MEDIA_ROOT"]) / "documents" / "thumbnails"
     thumbnails.mkdir(parents=True)
-    sample_pdf = (
+    sample_pdf = SOURCE_ROOT / "documents" / "tests" / "samples" / "simple.pdf"
-        SOURCE_ROOT / "paperless_testing" / "sample_files" / "simple-digital.pdf"
-    )
     for document in documents:
         shutil.copyfile(sample_pdf, originals / document.filename)
         shutil.copyfile(

src/conftest.py

@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import pytest
 
-from paperless_testing import samples
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Generator
     from pathlib import Path
@@ -151,39 +149,3 @@ def fake_progress_manager(
 
     monkeypatch.setattr("documents.tasks.ProgressManager", FakeProgressManager)
     return FakeProgressManager
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def shared_samples_dir() -> Path:
-    """Directory of sample files used by more than one app's tests."""
-    return samples.SHARED_SAMPLES_DIR
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def simple_digital_pdf_file() -> Path:
-    """One-page PDF with a text layer."""
-    return samples.SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def multi_page_digital_pdf_file() -> Path:
-    """Three-page PDF with a text layer."""
-    return samples.MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def with_form_pdf_file() -> Path:
-    """PDF containing a fillable form."""
-    return samples.WITH_FORM_PDF
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def multi_page_images_pdf_file() -> Path:
-    """Multi-page PDF of scanned images, no text layer."""
-    return samples.MULTI_PAGE_IMAGES_PDF
-
-
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def thumbnail_webp_file() -> Path:
-    """Small WebP thumbnail."""
-    return samples.THUMBNAIL_WEBP

src/documents/bulk_edit.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 import logging
 import tempfile
 import uuid
+from functools import partial
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Literal
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ from django.db.models import When
 from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+from documents import pdf_ops
 from documents.data_models import ConsumableDocument
 from documents.data_models import DocumentMetadataOverrides
 from documents.data_models import DocumentSource
@@ -123,6 +125,11 @@ def _resolve_root_and_source_doc(
     )
 
 
+def _scratch_path(name: str) -> Path:
+    """A path inside a fresh directory under SCRATCH_DIR."""
+    return Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR)) / name
+
+
 def set_correspondent(
     doc_ids: list[int],
     correspondent: Correspondent,
@@ -499,8 +506,6 @@ def rotate(
         pair = _resolve_root_and_source_doc(doc, source_mode=source_mode)
         docs_by_root_id.setdefault(pair.root_doc.id, pair)
 
-    import pikepdf
-
     for pair in docs_by_root_id.values():
         if pair.source_doc.mime_type != "application/pdf":
             logger.warning(
@@ -513,11 +518,7 @@ def rotate(
                 Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR))
                 / f"{pair.root_doc.id}_rotated.pdf"
             )
-            with pikepdf.open(pair.source_doc.source_path) as pdf:
+            pdf_ops.rotate_pdf(pair.source_doc.source_path, filepath, degrees)
-                for page in pdf.pages:
-                    page.rotate(degrees, relative=True)
-                pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
-                pdf.save(filepath)
 
             # Preserve metadata/permissions via overrides; mark as new version
             overrides = DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
@@ -560,48 +561,45 @@ def merge(
     qs = Document.objects.select_related("root_document").filter(id__in=doc_ids)
     docs_by_id = {doc.id: doc for doc in qs}
     affected_docs: list[int] = []
-    import pikepdf
-
-    merged_pdf = pikepdf.new()
-    version: str = merged_pdf.pdf_version
     handoff_asn: int | None = None
-    # use doc_ids to preserve order
+    with pdf_ops.PdfMerger() as merger:
-    for doc_id in doc_ids:
+        # use doc_ids to preserve order
-        doc = docs_by_id.get(doc_id)
+        for doc_id in doc_ids:
-        if doc is None:
+            doc = docs_by_id.get(doc_id)
-            continue
+            if doc is None:
-        pair = _resolve_root_and_source_doc(doc, source_mode=source_mode)
+                continue
-        try:
+            pair = _resolve_root_and_source_doc(doc, source_mode=source_mode)
-            doc_path = (
+            try:
-                pair.source_doc.archive_path
+                # archive_path is None when there is no archive version
-                if archive_fallback
+                archive_path = (
-                and pair.source_doc.mime_type != "application/pdf"
+                    pair.source_doc.archive_path
-                and pair.source_doc.has_archive_version
+                    if archive_fallback
-                else pair.source_doc.source_path
+                    and pair.source_doc.mime_type != "application/pdf"
-            )
+                    else None
-            with pikepdf.open(str(doc_path)) as pdf:
+                )
-                version = max(version, pdf.pdf_version)
+                merger.add(
-                merged_pdf.pages.extend(pdf.pages)
+                    archive_path
-            affected_docs.append(doc.id)
+                    if archive_path is not None
-            if handoff_asn is None and doc.archive_serial_number is not None:
+                    else pair.source_doc.source_path,
-                handoff_asn = doc.archive_serial_number
+                )
-        except Exception as e:
+                affected_docs.append(doc.id)
-            logger.exception(
+                if handoff_asn is None and doc.archive_serial_number is not None:
-                f"Error merging document {doc.id}, it will not be included in the merge: {e}",
+                    handoff_asn = doc.archive_serial_number
-            )
+            except Exception as e:
-    if len(affected_docs) == 0:
+                logger.exception(
-        logger.warning("No documents were merged")
+                    f"Error merging document {doc.id}, it will not be included in the merge: {e}",
-        return "OK"
+                )
+        if len(affected_docs) == 0:
+            logger.warning("No documents were merged")
+            return "OK"
 
-    filepath = (
+        filepath = (
-        Path(
+            Path(
-            tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR),
+                tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR),
+            )
+            / f"{'_'.join([str(doc_id) for doc_id in affected_docs])[:100]}_merged.pdf"
         )
-        / f"{'_'.join([str(doc_id) for doc_id in affected_docs])[:100]}_merged.pdf"
+        merger.save(filepath)
-    )
-    merged_pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
-    merged_pdf.save(filepath, min_version=version)
-    merged_pdf.close()
 
     if metadata_document_id:
         metadata_document = qs.get(id=metadata_document_id)
@@ -777,64 +775,60 @@ def split(
     )
     doc = Document.objects.select_related("root_document").get(id=doc_ids[0])
     pair = _resolve_root_and_source_doc(doc, source_mode=source_mode)
-    import pikepdf
 
     consume_tasks = []
 
     try:
-        with pikepdf.open(pair.source_doc.source_path) as pdf:
+        outputs = [
-            for idx, split_doc in enumerate(pages):
+            (
-                dst: pikepdf.Pdf = pikepdf.new()
+                [pdf_ops.PageSpec(page) for page in split_doc],
-                for page in split_doc:
+                partial(_scratch_path, f"{doc.id}_{split_doc[0]}-{split_doc[-1]}.pdf"),
-                    dst.pages.append(pdf.pages[page - 1])
+            )
-                filepath: Path = (
+            for split_doc in pages
-                    Path(
+        ]
-                        tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR),
+        filepaths = pdf_ops.build_pdfs(pair.source_doc.source_path, outputs)
-                    )
-                    / f"{doc.id}_{split_doc[0]}-{split_doc[-1]}.pdf"
-                )
-                dst.remove_unreferenced_resources()
-                dst.save(filepath)
-                dst.close()
 
-                overrides: DocumentMetadataOverrides = (
+        for idx, (split_doc, filepath) in enumerate(
-                    DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(doc)
+            zip(pages, filepaths, strict=True),
-                )
+        ):
-                overrides.title = f"{doc.title} (split {idx + 1})"
+            overrides: DocumentMetadataOverrides = (
-                if user is not None:
+                DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(doc)
-                    overrides.owner_id = user.id
+            )
-                if not delete_originals:
+            overrides.title = f"{doc.title} (split {idx + 1})"
-                    overrides.skip_asn_if_exists = True
+            if user is not None:
-                logger.info(
+                overrides.owner_id = user.id
-                    f"Adding split document with pages {split_doc} to the task queue.",
+            if not delete_originals:
-                )
+                overrides.skip_asn_if_exists = True
-                consume_tasks.append(
+            logger.info(
-                    consume_file.s(
+                f"Adding split document with pages {split_doc} to the task queue.",
-                        input_doc=ConsumableDocument(
+            )
-                            source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
+            consume_tasks.append(
-                            original_file=filepath,
+                consume_file.s(
-                        ),
+                    input_doc=ConsumableDocument(
-                        overrides=overrides,
+                        source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
-                    ).set(headers={"trigger_source": trigger_source}),
+                        original_file=filepath,
-                )
+                    ),
+                    overrides=overrides,
+                ).set(headers={"trigger_source": trigger_source}),
+            )
 
-            if delete_originals:
+        if delete_originals:
-                backup = release_archive_serial_numbers([doc.id])
+            backup = release_archive_serial_numbers([doc.id])
-                logger.info(
+            logger.info(
-                    "Queueing removal of original document after consumption of the split documents",
+                "Queueing removal of original document after consumption of the split documents",
-                )
+            )
-                try:
+            try:
-                    chord(
+                chord(
-                        header=consume_tasks,
+                    header=consume_tasks,
-                        body=delete.si([doc.id]),
+                    body=delete.si([doc.id]),
-                    ).on_error(
+                ).on_error(
-                        restore_archive_serial_numbers_task.s(backup),
+                    restore_archive_serial_numbers_task.s(backup),
-                    ).apply_async()
+                ).apply_async()
-                except Exception:
+            except Exception:
-                    restore_archive_serial_numbers(backup)
+                restore_archive_serial_numbers(backup)
-                    raise
+                raise
-            else:
+        else:
-                group(consume_tasks).delay()
+            group(consume_tasks).delay()
 
     except Exception as e:
         logger.exception(f"Error splitting document {doc.id}: {e}")
@@ -855,8 +849,6 @@ def delete_pages(
     )
     doc = Document.objects.select_related("root_document").get(id=doc_ids[0])
     pair = _resolve_root_and_source_doc(doc, source_mode=source_mode)
-    pages = sorted(pages)  # sort pages to avoid index issues
-    import pikepdf
 
     try:
         # Produce edited PDF to a temp file and create a new version
@@ -864,13 +856,7 @@ def delete_pages(
             Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR))
             / f"{pair.root_doc.id}_pages_deleted.pdf"
         )
-        with pikepdf.open(pair.source_doc.source_path) as pdf:
+        pdf_ops.remove_pages(pair.source_doc.source_path, filepath, pages)
-            offset = 1  # pages are 1-indexed
-            for page_num in pages:
-                pdf.pages.remove(pdf.pages[page_num - offset])
-                offset += 1  # remove() changes the index of the pages
-            pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
-            pdf.save(filepath)
 
         overrides = DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
         if user is not None:
@@ -919,47 +905,28 @@ def edit_pdf(
     )
     doc = Document.objects.select_related("root_document").get(id=doc_ids[0])
     pair = _resolve_root_and_source_doc(doc, source_mode=source_mode)
-    import pikepdf
-
-    pdf_docs: list[pikepdf.Pdf] = []
-
     try:
-        if not operations:
+        output_count = pdf_ops.validate_page_operations(
-            raise ValueError("Output document index is out of bounds")
+            operations,
-
+            single_output=update_document,
-        max_idx = max(op.get("doc", 0) for op in operations)
+        )
-        if update_document and max_idx > 0:
+        page_specs: list[list[pdf_ops.PageSpec]] = [[] for _ in range(output_count)]
-            logger.error(
+        for op in operations:
-                "Update requested but multiple output documents specified",
+            page_specs[op.get("doc", 0)].append(
+                pdf_ops.PageSpec(op["page"], op.get("rotate", 0)),
             )
-            raise ValueError("Multiple output documents specified")
-
-        if any(
-            op.get("doc", 0) < 0 or op.get("doc", 0) >= len(operations)
-            for op in operations
-        ):
-            raise ValueError("Output document index is out of bounds")
-
-        with pikepdf.open(pair.source_doc.source_path) as src:
-            # prepare output documents
-            pdf_docs = [pikepdf.new() for _ in range(max_idx + 1)]
-
-            for op in operations:
-                dst = pdf_docs[op.get("doc", 0)]
-                page = src.pages[op["page"] - 1]
-                dst.pages.append(page)
-                if op.get("rotate"):
-                    dst.pages[-1].rotate(op["rotate"], relative=True)
 
         if update_document:
             # Create a new version from the edited PDF rather than replacing in-place
-            pdf = pdf_docs[0]
+            (filepath,) = pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
-            pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
+                pair.source_doc.source_path,
-            filepath: Path = (
+                [
-                Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR))
+                    (
-                / f"{pair.root_doc.id}_edited.pdf"
+                        page_specs[0],
+                        partial(_scratch_path, f"{pair.root_doc.id}_edited.pdf"),
+                    ),
+                ],
             )
-            pdf.save(filepath)
             overrides = (
                 DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
                 if include_metadata
@@ -980,6 +947,19 @@ def edit_pdf(
                 headers={"trigger_source": trigger_source},
             )
         else:
+            version_filepaths = pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
+                pair.source_doc.source_path,
+                [
+                    (
+                        specs,
+                        partial(
+                            _scratch_path,
+                            f"{pair.root_doc.id}_edit_{idx}.pdf",
+                        ),
+                    )
+                    for idx, specs in enumerate(page_specs, start=1)
+                ],
+            )
             consume_tasks = []
             overrides = (
                 DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
@@ -991,15 +971,9 @@ def edit_pdf(
                 overrides.actor_id = user.id
             if not delete_original:
                 overrides.skip_asn_if_exists = True
-            if delete_original and len(pdf_docs) == 1:
+            if delete_original and output_count == 1:
                 overrides.asn = pair.root_doc.archive_serial_number
-            for idx, pdf in enumerate(pdf_docs, start=1):
+            for version_filepath in version_filepaths:
-                version_filepath: Path = (
-                    Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR))
-                    / f"{pair.root_doc.id}_edit_{idx}.pdf"
-                )
-                pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
-                pdf.save(version_filepath)
                 consume_tasks.append(
                     consume_file.s(
                         input_doc=ConsumableDocument(
@@ -1049,8 +1023,6 @@ def remove_password(
     """
     Remove password protection from PDF documents.
     """
-    import pikepdf
-
     for doc_id in doc_ids:
         doc = Document.objects.select_related("root_document").get(id=doc_id)
         pair = _resolve_root_and_source_doc(doc, source_mode=source_mode)
@@ -1064,76 +1036,69 @@ def remove_password(
                 doc.id,
                 pair.source_doc.source_path,
             )
-            try:
+            if not pdf_ops.needs_decrypt(source_path):
-                with pikepdf.open(source_path) as pdf:
+                logger.info(
-                    if not pdf.is_encrypted:
+                    "Skipping password removal for document %s because the "
-                        logger.info(
+                    "source PDF is not encrypted",
-                            "Skipping password removal for document %s because the "
+                    pair.root_doc.id,
-                            "source PDF is not encrypted",
-                            pair.root_doc.id,
-                        )
-                        continue
-            except pikepdf.PasswordError:
-                # Password-protected PDFs need the supplied password below.
-                pass
-
-            with pikepdf.open(source_path, password=password) as pdf:
-                filepath: Path = (
-                    Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(dir=settings.SCRATCH_DIR))
-                    / f"{pair.root_doc.id}_unprotected.pdf"
                 )
-                pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
+                continue
-                pdf.save(filepath)
 
-                if update_document:
+            filepath = pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf(
-                    # Create a new version rather than modifying the root/original in place.
+                source_path,
-                    overrides = (
+                partial(_scratch_path, f"{pair.root_doc.id}_unprotected.pdf"),
-                        DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
+                password,
-                        if include_metadata
+            )
-                        else DocumentMetadataOverrides()
+
-                    )
+            if update_document:
-                    if user is not None:
+                # Create a new version rather than modifying the root/original in place.
-                        overrides.owner_id = user.id
+                overrides = (
-                        overrides.actor_id = user.id
+                    DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
-                    consume_file.apply_async(
+                    if include_metadata
-                        kwargs={
+                    else DocumentMetadataOverrides()
-                            "input_doc": ConsumableDocument(
+                )
-                                source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
+                if user is not None:
-                                original_file=filepath,
+                    overrides.owner_id = user.id
-                                root_document_id=pair.root_doc.id,
+                    overrides.actor_id = user.id
-                            ),
+                consume_file.apply_async(
-                            "overrides": overrides,
+                    kwargs={
-                        },
+                        "input_doc": ConsumableDocument(
-                        headers={"trigger_source": trigger_source},
+                            source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
-                    )
+                            original_file=filepath,
+                            root_document_id=pair.root_doc.id,
+                        ),
+                        "overrides": overrides,
+                    },
+                    headers={"trigger_source": trigger_source},
+                )
+            else:
+                consume_tasks = []
+                overrides = (
+                    DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
+                    if include_metadata
+                    else DocumentMetadataOverrides()
+                )
+                if user is not None:
+                    overrides.owner_id = user.id
+                    overrides.actor_id = user.id
+
+                consume_tasks.append(
+                    consume_file.s(
+                        input_doc=ConsumableDocument(
+                            source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
+                            original_file=filepath,
+                        ),
+                        overrides=overrides,
+                    ).set(headers={"trigger_source": trigger_source}),
+                )
+
+                if delete_original:
+                    chord(
+                        header=consume_tasks,
+                        body=delete.si([doc.id]),
+                    ).delay()
                 else:
-                    consume_tasks = []
+                    group(consume_tasks).delay()
-                    overrides = (
-                        DocumentMetadataOverrides().from_document(pair.root_doc)
-                        if include_metadata
-                        else DocumentMetadataOverrides()
-                    )
-                    if user is not None:
-                        overrides.owner_id = user.id
-                        overrides.actor_id = user.id
-
-                    consume_tasks.append(
-                        consume_file.s(
-                            input_doc=ConsumableDocument(
-                                source=DocumentSource.ConsumeFolder,
-                                original_file=filepath,
-                            ),
-                            overrides=overrides,
-                        ).set(headers={"trigger_source": trigger_source}),
-                    )
-
-                    if delete_original:
-                        chord(
-                            header=consume_tasks,
-                            body=delete.si([doc.id]),
-                        ).delay()
-                    else:
-                        group(consume_tasks).delay()
 
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception(

src/documents/pdf_ops.py

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+"""
+Pure PDF page operations used by documents.bulk_edit.
+
+This module deliberately knows nothing about Django, Celery or the documents
+app: callers resolve documents, choose output paths and queue work. Every
+function that writes a PDF removes unreferenced resources before saving.
+
+pikepdf is always called as ``pikepdf.open(...)`` / ``pikepdf.new()`` (never
+``from pikepdf import open``) so tests can patch those module attributes.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import NamedTuple
+
+import pikepdf
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+    from collections.abc import Iterable
+    from collections.abc import Mapping
+    from collections.abc import Sequence
+    from pathlib import Path
+    from types import TracebackType
+
+
+class PageSpec(NamedTuple):
+    """One page of an output PDF: a 1-indexed source page, optionally rotated."""
+
+    page: int
+    rotate: int = 0  # relative degrees, 0 leaves the page alone
+
+
+def _require_positive(pages: Iterable[int]) -> None:
+    for page in pages:
+        if page < 1:
+            raise ValueError(f"Page numbers start at 1, got {page}")
+
+
+def rotate_pdf(src: Path, dst: Path, degrees: int) -> None:
+    """
+    Rotate every page relatively on the opened document, not a rebuild, so Info,
+    XMP and outlines are kept. ``src`` is not modified.
+    """
+    with pikepdf.open(src) as pdf:
+        for page in pdf.pages:
+            page.rotate(degrees, relative=True)
+        pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
+        pdf.save(dst)
+
+
+def remove_pages(src: Path, dst: Path, pages: Iterable[int]) -> None:
+    """
+    Remove 1-indexed pages from the opened document, not a rebuild, so Info, XMP
+    and outlines are kept. ``src`` is not modified.
+
+    Duplicates are ignored. Pages are removed highest first so earlier removals
+    never shift the index of later ones.
+    """
+    unique = sorted(set(pages))
+    _require_positive(unique)
+    with pikepdf.open(src) as pdf:
+        for page_num in reversed(unique):
+            del pdf.pages[page_num - 1]
+        pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
+        pdf.save(dst)
+
+
+def build_pdfs(
+    src: Path,
+    outputs: Sequence[tuple[Sequence[PageSpec], Callable[[], Path]]],
+) -> list[Path]:
+    """
+    Build one new PDF per output from pages of ``src``, opening ``src`` once.
+
+    Each output is ``(page_specs, make_dst)``. Every page number is checked against
+    ``src`` before any output is built, and ``make_dst`` is called after that
+    output's pages are copied and immediately before it is saved, so a bad page
+    number in any output never leaves a destination behind. Document-level data
+    (Info, XMP, outlines) is not carried over. Returns the written paths in output
+    order.
+    """
+    for specs, _ in outputs:
+        _require_positive(spec.page for spec in specs)
+
+    written: list[Path] = []
+    with pikepdf.open(src) as source:
+        page_count = len(source.pages)
+        for specs, _ in outputs:
+            for spec in specs:
+                if spec.page > page_count:
+                    raise IndexError(
+                        f"Page {spec.page} is out of range, the PDF has "
+                        f"{page_count} pages",
+                    )
+        for specs, make_dst in outputs:
+            dst = pikepdf.new()
+            for spec in specs:
+                dst.pages.append(source.pages[spec.page - 1])
+                if spec.rotate:
+                    dst.pages[-1].rotate(spec.rotate, relative=True)
+            dst.remove_unreferenced_resources()
+            path = make_dst()
+            dst.save(path)
+            dst.close()
+            written.append(path)
+    return written
+
+
+def validate_page_operations(
+    operations: Sequence[Mapping[str, int]],
+    *,
+    single_output: bool,
+) -> int:
+    """
+    Validate ``edit_pdf`` style operations and return the output document count.
+
+    Each operation has ``page`` and optionally ``rotate`` and ``doc`` (the output
+    document index, default 0). The bounds rule is kept as it was: a ``doc`` index
+    must be below the number of operations.
+    """
+    if not operations:
+        raise ValueError("Output document index is out of bounds")
+
+    max_idx = max(op.get("doc", 0) for op in operations)
+    if single_output and max_idx > 0:
+        raise ValueError("Multiple output documents specified")
+
+    if any(
+        op.get("doc", 0) < 0 or op.get("doc", 0) >= len(operations) for op in operations
+    ):
+        raise ValueError("Output document index is out of bounds")
+
+    return max_idx + 1
+
+
+def needs_decrypt(src: Path) -> bool:
+    """
+    True if ``src`` is encrypted. A PDF that needs a password to open at all
+    counts as encrypted.
+    """
+    try:
+        with pikepdf.open(src) as pdf:
+            return bool(pdf.is_encrypted)
+    except pikepdf.PasswordError:
+        return True
+
+
+def decrypt_pdf(src: Path, make_dst: Callable[[], Path], password: str) -> Path:
+    """
+    Write an unencrypted copy of ``src`` and return its path.
+
+    ``make_dst`` is only called once the password has been accepted, so a wrong
+    password never leaves a destination behind.
+    """
+    with pikepdf.open(src, password=password) as pdf:
+        pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
+        dst = make_dst()
+        pdf.save(dst)
+    return dst
+
+
+class PdfMerger:
+    """
+    Accumulates the pages of several PDFs into one new PDF.
+
+    ``add`` raises if a source cannot be read; deciding whether to skip it is the
+    caller's policy. Use as a context manager so the merged PDF is closed.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._pdf = pikepdf.new()
+        self._version: str = self._pdf.pdf_version
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> PdfMerger:
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        exc_type: type[BaseException] | None,
+        exc: BaseException | None,
+        tb: TracebackType | None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._pdf.close()
+
+    def add(self, path: Path) -> None:
+        with pikepdf.open(str(path)) as pdf:
+            self._version = max(self._version, pdf.pdf_version)
+            self._pdf.pages.extend(pdf.pages)
+
+    def save(self, dst: Path) -> None:
+        self._pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources()
+        self._pdf.save(dst, min_version=self._version)

src/documents/serialisers.py

@@ -2144,6 +2144,8 @@ class BulkEditSerializer(
             raise serializers.ValidationError("pages must be a list")
         if not all(isinstance(i, int) for i in parameters["pages"]):
             raise serializers.ValidationError("pages must be a list of integers")
+        if any(i < 1 for i in parameters["pages"]):
+            raise serializers.ValidationError("pages must be positive integers")
 
     def _validate_parameters_merge(self, parameters) -> None:
         if "delete_originals" in parameters:

src/documents/tests/conftest.py

@@ -12,25 +12,29 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from paperless_testing.dirs import PaperlessDirs
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def document_samples_dir() -> Path:
+    """Path to the shared test sample documents."""
+    return Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents"
+
+
 @pytest.fixture()
 def sample_doc(
     paperless_dirs: "PaperlessDirs",
-    simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+    document_samples_dir: Path,
-    multi_page_images_pdf_file: Path,
-    thumbnail_webp_file: Path,
 ) -> "Document":
     """Create a document with valid files and matching checksums."""
     with filelock.FileLock(paperless_dirs.media_lock):
         shutil.copy(
-            simple_digital_pdf_file,
+            document_samples_dir / "originals" / "0000001.pdf",
             paperless_dirs.originals_dir / "0000001.pdf",
         )
         shutil.copy(
-            multi_page_images_pdf_file,
+            document_samples_dir / "archive" / "0000001.pdf",
             paperless_dirs.archive_dir / "0000001.pdf",
         )
         shutil.copy(
-            thumbnail_webp_file,
+            document_samples_dir / "thumbnails" / "0000001.webp",
             paperless_dirs.thumbnail_dir / "0000001.webp",
         )
 

src/documents/tests/samples/simple.txt

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a test file.

src/documents/tests/test_api_bulk_download.py

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class TestBulkDownload(DirectoriesMixin, SampleDirMixin, APITestCase):
             archive_checksum="D",
         )
 
-        shutil.copy(self.SIMPLE_PDF, self.doc2.source_path)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf", self.doc2.source_path)
         shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.png", self.doc2b.source_path)
         shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.jpg", self.doc3.source_path)
         shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "test_with_bom.pdf", self.doc3.archive_path)

src/documents/tests/test_api_bulk_edit.py

@@ -1843,6 +1843,36 @@ class TestBulkEditAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         m.assert_called_once()
         self.assertEqual(m.call_args.kwargs["pages"], [[1], [2, 3, 4], [5]])
 
+    @mock.patch("documents.serialisers.bulk_edit.delete_pages")
+    def test_bulk_edit_delete_pages_rejects_pages_below_one(self, m) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A legacy delete_pages bulk edit
+        WHEN:
+            - API to bulk edit is called with a page number below 1
+        THEN:
+            - API returns HTTP 400
+            - delete_pages is not called
+        """
+        self.setup_mock(m, "delete_pages")
+
+        for pages in ([0], [-1], [1, 0]):
+            with self.subTest(pages=pages):
+                response = self.client.post(
+                    "/api/documents/bulk_edit/",
+                    json.dumps(
+                        {
+                            "documents": [self.doc2.id],
+                            "method": "delete_pages",
+                            "parameters": {"pages": pages},
+                        },
+                    ),
+                    content_type="application/json",
+                )
+                self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+                self.assertIn(b"pages must be positive integers", response.content)
+        m.assert_not_called()
+
     @mock.patch("documents.views.bulk_edit.rotate")
     def test_rotate_insufficient_permissions(self, m) -> None:
         self.doc1.owner = User.objects.get(username="temp_admin")

src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py

@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ from paperless_testing.http import read_streaming_response
 from paperless_testing.permissions import grant_all_global
 from paperless_testing.permissions import grant_global
 from paperless_testing.permissions import grant_object
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
-from paperless_testing.samples import THUMBNAIL_WEBP
 
 
 class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
@@ -1854,11 +1852,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SimpleUploadedFile(
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
-            "simple.pdf",
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.read_bytes(),
-            content_type="application/pdf",
-        ) as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f},
@@ -1886,7 +1880,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
 
         payload = SimpleUploadedFile(
             "../../outside.pdf",
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.read_bytes(),
+            (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").read_bytes(),
             content_type="application/pdf",
         )
 
@@ -1915,7 +1909,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        pdf_bytes = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.read_bytes()
+        pdf_bytes = (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").read_bytes()
         boundary = "paperless-boundary"
         payload = (
             (
@@ -1991,7 +1985,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
     def test_upload_insufficient_permissions(self) -> None:
         self.client.force_authenticate(user=UserFactory(username="testuser2"))
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f},
@@ -2004,11 +1998,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SimpleUploadedFile(
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
-            "simple.pdf",
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.read_bytes(),
-            content_type="application/pdf",
-        ) as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {
@@ -2041,7 +2031,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"documenst": f},
@@ -2067,7 +2057,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "title": "my custom title"},
@@ -2087,7 +2077,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
         )
 
         c = Correspondent.objects.create(name="test-corres")
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "correspondent": c.id},
@@ -2106,7 +2096,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "correspondent": 3456},
@@ -2121,7 +2111,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
         )
 
         dt = DocumentType.objects.create(name="invoice")
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "document_type": dt.id},
@@ -2140,7 +2130,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "document_type": 34578},
@@ -2155,7 +2145,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
         )
 
         sp = StoragePath.objects.create(name="invoices")
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "storage_path": sp.id},
@@ -2174,7 +2164,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "storage_path": 34578},
@@ -2190,7 +2180,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
 
         t1 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag1")
         t2 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag2")
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "tags": [t2.id, t1.id]},
@@ -2211,7 +2201,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
 
         t1 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag1")
         t2 = Tag.objects.create(name="tag2")
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "tags": [t2.id, t1.id, 734563]},
@@ -2235,7 +2225,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             0,
             tzinfo=zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("America/Los_Angeles"),
         )
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "created": created},
@@ -2251,11 +2241,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SimpleUploadedFile(
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
-            "simple.pdf",
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.read_bytes(),
-            content_type="application/pdf",
-        ) as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "archive_serial_number": 500},
@@ -2282,11 +2268,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             data_type=CustomField.FieldDataType.STRING,
         )
 
-        with SimpleUploadedFile(
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
-            "simple.pdf",
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.read_bytes(),
-            content_type="application/pdf",
-        ) as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {
@@ -2341,7 +2323,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
         w1.actions.add(action1)
         w1.save()
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {
@@ -2382,11 +2364,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             data_type=CustomField.FieldDataType.INT,
         )
 
-        with SimpleUploadedFile(
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
-            "simple.pdf",
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.read_bytes(),
-            content_type="application/pdf",
-        ) as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {
@@ -2435,7 +2413,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
         ]
 
         for payload in error_payloads:
-            with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+            with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
                 data = {"document": f, **payload}
                 response = self.client.post(
                     "/api/documents/post_document/",
@@ -2493,7 +2471,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             id=str(uuid.uuid4()),
         )
 
-        with SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF.open("rb") as f:
+        with (Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf").open("rb") as f:
             response = self.client.post(
                 "/api/documents/post_document/",
                 {"document": f, "from_webui": True},
@@ -2532,8 +2510,14 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             archive_filename="archive.pdf",
         )
 
-        source_file: Path = THUMBNAIL_WEBP
+        source_file: Path = (
-        archive_file: Path = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "thumbnails"
+            / "0000001.webp"
+        )
+        archive_file: Path = Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf"
 
         shutil.copy(source_file, doc.source_path)
         shutil.copy(archive_file, doc.archive_path)
@@ -2566,7 +2550,7 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             mime_type="application/pdf",
         )
 
-        shutil.copy(SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF, doc.source_path)
+        shutil.copy(Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf", doc.source_path)
 
         response = self.client.get(f"/api/documents/{doc.pk}/metadata/")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
@@ -4304,8 +4288,8 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
             filename="test2.pdf",
         )
 
-        archive_file = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
+        archive_file = Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf"
-        source_file = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
+        source_file = Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf"
 
         shutil.copy(archive_file, doc.archive_path)
         shutil.copy(source_file, doc2.source_path)

src/documents/tests/test_api_email.py

@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ from documents.tests.utils import SampleDirMixin
 from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
 from paperless_testing.factories import UserFactory
 from paperless_testing.permissions import grant_global
-from paperless_testing.samples import MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
-from paperless_testing.samples import WITH_FORM_PDF
 
 
 class TestEmail(DirectoriesMixin, SampleDirMixin, APITestCase):
@@ -45,15 +42,15 @@ class TestEmail(DirectoriesMixin, SampleDirMixin, APITestCase):
 
         # Copy sample files to document paths (using different files to distinguish versions)
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "documents" / "originals" / "0000001.pdf",
             self.doc1.archive_path,
         )
         shutil.copy(
-            MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "documents" / "originals" / "0000002.pdf",
             self.doc1.source_path,
         )
         shutil.copy(
-            WITH_FORM_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "documents" / "originals" / "0000003.pdf",
             self.doc2.source_path,
         )
 
@@ -380,7 +377,7 @@ class TestEmail(DirectoriesMixin, SampleDirMixin, APITestCase):
             checksum="3",
             filename="test3.pdf",
         )
-        shutil.copy(self.SIMPLE_PDF, doc3.source_path)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf", doc3.source_path)
 
         doc4 = Document.objects.create(
             title="test1",
@@ -389,7 +386,7 @@ class TestEmail(DirectoriesMixin, SampleDirMixin, APITestCase):
             checksum="4",
             filename="test4.pdf",
         )
-        shutil.copy(self.SIMPLE_PDF, doc4.source_path)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf", doc4.source_path)
 
         response = self.client.post(
             self.ENDPOINT,

src/documents/tests/test_barcodes.py

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class TestBarcode(
             - No barcodes detected
             - No pages to split on
         """
-        test_file = self.SIMPLE_PDF
+        test_file = self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf"
         with self.get_reader(test_file) as reader:
             reader.detect()
             separator_page_numbers = reader.get_separation_pages()
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ class TestBarcode(
         THEN:
             - Nothing happens
         """
-        test_file = self.SIMPLE_PDF
+        test_file = self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf"
 
         with self.get_reader(test_file) as reader:
             try:

src/documents/tests/test_bulk_edit.py

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import shutil
+from collections.abc import Callable
 from datetime import date
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import mock
 
-import pikepdf
 import pytest
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
@@ -23,13 +23,11 @@ from documents.models import Document
 from documents.models import DocumentType
 from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.models import Tag
+from documents.pdf_ops import PageSpec
 from documents.permissions import set_permissions_for_objects
 from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
 from paperless_testing.factories import DocumentFactory
 from paperless_testing.permissions import grant_object
-from paperless_testing.samples import MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
-from paperless_testing.samples import WITH_FORM_PDF
 
 
 class TestBulkEdit(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
@@ -707,27 +705,47 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         super().setUp()
         sample1 = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf",
             sample1,
         )
         sample1_archive = self.dirs.archive_dir / "sample_archive.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf",
             sample1_archive,
         )
         sample2 = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample2.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000002.pdf",
             sample2,
         )
         sample2_archive = self.dirs.archive_dir / "sample2_archive.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000002.pdf",
             sample2_archive,
         )
         sample3 = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample3.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            WITH_FORM_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000003.pdf",
             sample3,
         )
         self.doc1 = Document.objects.create(
@@ -761,7 +779,11 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
         img_doc_archive = self.dirs.archive_dir / "sample_image.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf",
             img_doc_archive,
         )
         self.img_doc = Document.objects.create(
@@ -775,16 +797,14 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.img_doc.save()
 
     @staticmethod
-    def mock_password_required_pdf(
+    def fake_decrypt(
-        mock_open: mock.Mock,
+        src: Path,
-        fake_pdf: mock.Mock,
+        make_dst: Callable[[], Path],
-    ) -> None:
+        password: str,
-        password_context = mock.MagicMock()
+    ) -> Path:
-        password_context.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
+        dst = make_dst()
-        mock_open.side_effect = [
+        dst.write_bytes(b"password removed")
-            pikepdf.PasswordError("password required"),
+        return dst
-            password_context,
-        ]
 
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
     def test_merge(self, mock_consume_file) -> None:
@@ -829,12 +849,12 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
 
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.PdfMerger")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
     def test_merge_uses_latest_version_source_for_root_selection(
         self,
         mock_consume_file,
-        mock_open_pdf,
+        mock_merger,
     ) -> None:
         version_file = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample2_version_merge.pdf"
         shutil.copy(self.doc2.source_path, version_file)
@@ -845,16 +865,14 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             filename=version_file,
             mime_type="application/pdf",
         )
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
+        merger = mock_merger.return_value.__enter__.return_value
-        fake_pdf.pdf_version = "1.7"
+        merger.save.side_effect = lambda dst: shutil.copy(version.source_path, dst)
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock()]
-        mock_open_pdf.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
 
         result = bulk_edit.merge([self.doc2.id])
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_open_pdf.assert_called_once_with(str(version.source_path))
+        merger.add.assert_called_once_with(version.source_path)
-        mock_consume_file.assert_not_called()
+        mock_consume_file.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.delete.si")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
@@ -1016,18 +1034,18 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.delay")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.PdfMerger.add")
-    def test_merge_with_errors(self, mock_open_pdf, mock_consume_file) -> None:
+    def test_merge_with_errors(self, mock_add, mock_consume_file) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
             - Existing documents
         WHEN:
             - Merge action is called with 2 documents
-            - Error occurs when opening both files
+            - Error occurs when adding both files
         THEN:
             - Consume file should not be called
         """
-        mock_open_pdf.side_effect = Exception("Error opening PDF")
+        mock_add.side_effect = Exception("Error opening PDF")
         doc_ids = [self.doc2.id, self.doc3.id]
 
         with self.assertLogs("paperless.bulk_edit", level="ERROR") as cm:
@@ -1064,12 +1082,12 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
 
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.build_pdfs")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
     def test_split_uses_latest_version_source_for_root_selection(
         self,
         mock_consume_file,
-        mock_open_pdf,
+        mock_build_pdfs,
         mock_group,
     ) -> None:
         version_file = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample2_version_split.pdf"
@@ -1081,17 +1099,15 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             filename=version_file,
             mime_type="application/pdf",
         )
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_build_pdfs.return_value = [version.source_path, version.source_path]
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock(), mock.Mock()]
-        mock_open_pdf.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
         mock_group.return_value.delay.return_value = None
 
         result = bulk_edit.split([self.doc2.id], [[1], [2]])
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_open_pdf.assert_called_once_with(version.source_path)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_build_pdfs.call_args.args[0], version.source_path)
-        mock_consume_file.assert_not_called()
+        self.assertEqual(mock_consume_file.call_count, 2)
-        mock_group.return_value.delay.assert_not_called()
+        mock_group.return_value.delay.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.delete.si")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
@@ -1179,18 +1195,18 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.doc2.archive_serial_number, 222)
 
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.Pdf.save")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.build_pdfs")
-    def test_split_with_errors(self, mock_save_pdf, mock_consume_file) -> None:
+    def test_split_with_errors(self, mock_build_pdfs, mock_consume_file) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
             - Existing documents
         WHEN:
             - Split action is called with 1 document and 2 page groups
-            - Error occurs when saving the files
+            - Error occurs when building the files
         THEN:
             - Consume file should not be called
         """
-        mock_save_pdf.side_effect = Exception("Error saving PDF")
+        mock_build_pdfs.side_effect = Exception("Error building PDFs")
         doc_ids = [self.doc2.id]
         pages = [[1, 2], [3]]
 
@@ -1225,10 +1241,10 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
 
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.Pdf.save")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.rotate_pdf")
     def test_rotate_with_error(
         self,
-        mock_pdf_save,
+        mock_rotate_pdf,
         mock_consume_delay,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -1236,11 +1252,11 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             - Existing documents
         WHEN:
             - Rotate action is called with 2 documents
-            - PikePDF raises an error
+            - Rotating the PDF raises an error
         THEN:
             - Rotate action should be called 0 times
         """
-        mock_pdf_save.side_effect = Exception("Error saving PDF")
+        mock_rotate_pdf.side_effect = Exception("Error rotating PDF")
         doc_ids = [self.doc2.id, self.doc3.id]
 
         with self.assertLogs("paperless.bulk_edit", level="ERROR") as cm:
@@ -1275,10 +1291,10 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("documents.data_models.magic.from_file", return_value="application/pdf")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.rotate_pdf")
     def test_rotate_explicit_selection_uses_root_source_when_root_selected(
         self,
-        mock_open,
+        mock_rotate_pdf,
         mock_consume_delay,
         mock_magic,
     ) -> None:
@@ -1287,9 +1303,6 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             title="B version 1",
             root_document=self.doc2,
         )
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock()]
-        mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
 
         result = bulk_edit.rotate(
             [self.doc2.id],
@@ -1298,26 +1311,35 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_open.assert_called_once_with(self.doc2.source_path)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_rotate_pdf.call_args.args[0], self.doc2.source_path)
         mock_consume_delay.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.Pdf.save")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.remove_pages")
     @mock.patch("documents.data_models.magic.from_file", return_value="application/pdf")
-    def test_delete_pages(self, mock_magic, mock_pdf_save, mock_consume_delay) -> None:
+    def test_delete_pages(
+        self,
+        mock_magic,
+        mock_remove_pages,
+        mock_consume_delay,
+    ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
             - Existing documents
         WHEN:
             - Delete pages action is called with 1 document and 2 pages
         THEN:
-            - Save should be called once
+            - The pages are removed from the document's source PDF
             - A new version should be enqueued via consume_file
         """
         doc_ids = [self.doc2.id]
         pages = [1, 3]
         result = bulk_edit.delete_pages(doc_ids, pages)
-        mock_pdf_save.assert_called_once()
+        mock_remove_pages.assert_called_once_with(
+            self.doc2.source_path,
+            mock.ANY,
+            [1, 3],
+        )
         mock_consume_delay.assert_called_once()
         task_kwargs = mock_consume_delay.call_args.kwargs["kwargs"]
         self.assertEqual(task_kwargs["input_doc"].root_document_id, self.doc2.id)
@@ -1329,10 +1351,10 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("documents.data_models.magic.from_file", return_value="application/pdf")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.remove_pages")
     def test_delete_pages_explicit_selection_uses_root_source_when_root_selected(
         self,
-        mock_open,
+        mock_remove_pages,
         mock_consume_delay,
         mock_magic,
     ) -> None:
@@ -1341,9 +1363,6 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             title="B version 1",
             root_document=self.doc2,
         )
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock(), mock.Mock()]
-        mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
 
         result = bulk_edit.delete_pages(
             [self.doc2.id],
@@ -1352,23 +1371,26 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_open.assert_called_once_with(self.doc2.source_path)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_remove_pages.call_args.args[0], self.doc2.source_path)
         mock_consume_delay.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.Pdf.save")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.remove_pages")
-    def test_delete_pages_with_error(self, mock_pdf_save, mock_consume_delay) -> None:
+    def test_delete_pages_with_error(
+        self,
+        mock_remove_pages,
+        mock_consume_delay,
+    ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
             - Existing documents
         WHEN:
             - Delete pages action is called with 1 document and 2 pages
-            - PikePDF raises an error
+            - Removing the pages raises an error
         THEN:
-            - Save should be called once
             - No new version should be enqueued
         """
-        mock_pdf_save.side_effect = Exception("Error saving PDF")
+        mock_remove_pages.side_effect = Exception("Error removing pages")
         doc_ids = [self.doc2.id]
         pages = [1, 3]
 
@@ -1398,6 +1420,41 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
         mock_group.return_value.delay.assert_called_once()
 
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.build_pdfs")
+    @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
+    def test_edit_pdf_maps_operations_to_outputs(
+        self,
+        mock_consume_file: mock.Mock,
+        mock_build_pdfs: mock.Mock,
+        mock_group: mock.Mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Existing document
+        WHEN:
+            - edit_pdf is called with operations interleaved across two outputs,
+              some of them rotated
+        THEN:
+            - Each output is built from its own operations, in operation order,
+              with the requested rotation
+        """
+        mock_build_pdfs.return_value = [self.doc2.source_path, self.doc2.source_path]
+        mock_group.return_value.delay.return_value = None
+        operations = [
+            {"page": 3, "doc": 1},
+            {"page": 1, "doc": 0, "rotate": 90},
+            {"page": 2, "doc": 1, "rotate": 180},
+        ]
+
+        bulk_edit.edit_pdf([self.doc2.id], operations)
+
+        outputs = mock_build_pdfs.call_args.args[1]
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [specs for specs, _ in outputs],
+            [[PageSpec(1, 90)], [PageSpec(3), PageSpec(2, 180)]],
+        )
+
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
     def test_edit_pdf_with_user_override(self, mock_consume_file, mock_group) -> None:
@@ -1513,12 +1570,10 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch("documents.data_models.magic.from_file", return_value="application/pdf")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.new")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.build_pdfs")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
     def test_edit_pdf_explicit_selection_uses_root_source_when_root_selected(
         self,
-        mock_open,
+        mock_build_pdfs,
-        mock_new,
         mock_consume_delay,
         mock_magic,
     ) -> None:
@@ -1527,12 +1582,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             title="B version 1",
             root_document=self.doc2,
         )
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_build_pdfs.return_value = [Path("edited.pdf")]
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock()]
-        mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
-        output_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        output_pdf.pages = []
-        mock_new.return_value = output_pdf
 
         result = bulk_edit.edit_pdf(
             [self.doc2.id],
@@ -1542,7 +1592,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_open.assert_called_once_with(self.doc2.source_path)
+        self.assertEqual(mock_build_pdfs.call_args.args[0], self.doc2.source_path)
         mock_consume_delay.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
@@ -1568,31 +1618,6 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
         mock_group.return_value.delay.assert_called_once()
 
-    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
-    @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
-    def test_edit_pdf_open_failure(
-        self,
-        mock_consume_file: mock.Mock,
-        mock_group: mock.Mock,
-    ) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - Existing document
-        WHEN:
-            - edit_pdf fails to open PDF
-        THEN:
-            - Task group is not called
-        """
-        doc_ids = [self.doc2.id]
-        operations = [
-            {"page": 9999},  # invalid page, forces error during PDF load
-        ]
-        with self.assertLogs("paperless.bulk_edit", level="ERROR"):
-            with self.assertRaises(Exception):
-                bulk_edit.edit_pdf(doc_ids, operations)
-        mock_group.assert_not_called()
-        mock_consume_file.assert_not_called()
-
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
     def test_edit_pdf_multiple_outputs_with_update_flag_errors(
@@ -1619,23 +1644,15 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         mock_group.assert_not_called()
         mock_consume_file.assert_not_called()
 
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
-    def test_edit_pdf_rejects_invalid_operations(self, mock_open) -> None:
-        for operations in ([], [{"page": 1, "doc": 2**32}]):
-            with self.subTest(operations=operations):
-                with self.assertLogs("paperless.bulk_edit", level="ERROR"):
-                    with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "index is out of bounds"):
-                        bulk_edit.edit_pdf([self.doc2.id], operations)
-
-        mock_open.assert_not_called()
-
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.update_document_content_maybe_archive_file.delay")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.tempfile.mkdtemp")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.needs_decrypt", return_value=True)
     def test_remove_password_update_document(
         self,
-        mock_open,
+        mock_needs_decrypt,
+        mock_decrypt,
         mock_mkdtemp,
         mock_consume_delay,
         mock_update_document,
@@ -1644,16 +1661,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         temp_dir = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "remove-password-update"
         temp_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         mock_mkdtemp.return_value = str(temp_dir)
-
+        mock_decrypt.side_effect = self.fake_decrypt
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock(), mock.Mock(), mock.Mock()]
-        fake_pdf.is_encrypted = True
-
-        def save_side_effect(target_path):
-            Path(target_path).write_bytes(b"new pdf content")
-
-        fake_pdf.save.side_effect = save_side_effect
-        mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
 
         result = bulk_edit.remove_password(
             [doc.id],
@@ -1662,14 +1670,8 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        self.assertEqual(
+        mock_needs_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(doc.source_path)
-            mock_open.call_args_list,
+        mock_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(doc.source_path, mock.ANY, "secret")
-            [
-                mock.call(doc.source_path),
-                mock.call(doc.source_path, password="secret"),
-            ],
-        )
-        fake_pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources.assert_called_once()
         mock_update_document.assert_not_called()
         mock_consume_delay.assert_called_once()
         task_kwargs = mock_consume_delay.call_args.kwargs["kwargs"]
@@ -1682,40 +1684,15 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(task_kwargs["input_doc"].root_document_id, doc.id)
         self.assertIsNotNone(task_kwargs["overrides"])
 
-    @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.tempfile.mkdtemp")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
-    def test_remove_password_update_document_skips_unencrypted_pdf(
-        self,
-        mock_open,
-        mock_mkdtemp,
-        mock_consume_delay,
-    ) -> None:
-        doc = self.doc1
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_pdf.is_encrypted = False
-        mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
-
-        result = bulk_edit.remove_password(
-            [doc.id],
-            password="secret",
-            update_document=True,
-        )
-
-        self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_open.assert_called_once_with(doc.source_path)
-        fake_pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources.assert_not_called()
-        fake_pdf.save.assert_not_called()
-        mock_mkdtemp.assert_not_called()
-        mock_consume_delay.assert_not_called()
-
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.update_document_content_maybe_archive_file.delay")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.tempfile.mkdtemp")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.needs_decrypt", return_value=True)
     def test_remove_password_update_document_uses_source_paths(
         self,
-        mock_open,
+        mock_needs_decrypt,
+        mock_decrypt,
         mock_mkdtemp,
         mock_consume_delay,
         mock_update_document,
@@ -1726,14 +1703,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         temp_dir = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "remove-password-source-file"
         temp_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         mock_mkdtemp.return_value = str(temp_dir)
-
+        mock_decrypt.side_effect = self.fake_decrypt
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        self.mock_password_required_pdf(mock_open, fake_pdf)
-
-        def save_side_effect(target_path):
-            Path(target_path).write_bytes(b"new pdf content")
-
-        fake_pdf.save.side_effect = save_side_effect
 
         result = bulk_edit.remove_password(
             [doc.id],
@@ -1743,22 +1713,19 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        self.assertEqual(
+        mock_needs_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(source_file)
-            mock_open.call_args_list,
+        mock_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(source_file, mock.ANY, "secret")
-            [
-                mock.call(source_file),
-                mock.call(source_file, password="secret"),
-            ],
-        )
         mock_update_document.assert_not_called()
         mock_consume_delay.assert_called_once()
 
     @mock.patch("documents.data_models.magic.from_file", return_value="application/pdf")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.apply_async")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.needs_decrypt", return_value=True)
     def test_remove_password_explicit_selection_uses_root_source_when_root_selected(
         self,
-        mock_open,
+        mock_needs_decrypt,
+        mock_decrypt,
         mock_consume_delay,
         mock_magic,
     ) -> None:
@@ -1767,8 +1734,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             title="A version 1",
             root_document=self.doc1,
         )
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
+        mock_decrypt.return_value = Path("unprotected.pdf")
-        self.mock_password_required_pdf(mock_open, fake_pdf)
 
         result = bulk_edit.remove_password(
             [self.doc1.id],
@@ -1778,12 +1744,11 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        self.assertEqual(
+        mock_needs_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(self.doc1.source_path)
-            mock_open.call_args_list,
+        mock_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(
-            [
+            self.doc1.source_path,
-                mock.call(self.doc1.source_path),
+            mock.ANY,
-                mock.call(self.doc1.source_path, password="secret"),
+            "secret",
-            ],
         )
         mock_consume_delay.assert_called_once()
 
@@ -1791,10 +1756,12 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.tempfile.mkdtemp")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.needs_decrypt", return_value=True)
     def test_remove_password_creates_consumable_document(
         self,
-        mock_open: mock.Mock,
+        mock_needs_decrypt: mock.Mock,
+        mock_decrypt: mock.Mock,
         mock_mkdtemp: mock.Mock,
         mock_consume_file: mock.Mock,
         mock_group: mock.Mock,
@@ -1804,15 +1771,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         temp_dir = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "remove-password"
         temp_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         mock_mkdtemp.return_value = str(temp_dir)
-
+        mock_decrypt.side_effect = self.fake_decrypt
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock(), mock.Mock()]
-        self.mock_password_required_pdf(mock_open, fake_pdf)
-
-        def save_side_effect(target_path: Path) -> None:
-            target_path.write_bytes(b"password removed")
-
-        fake_pdf.save.side_effect = save_side_effect
         mock_group.return_value.delay.return_value = None
 
         user = User.objects.create(username="owner")
@@ -1827,13 +1786,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        self.assertEqual(
+        mock_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(doc.source_path, mock.ANY, "secret")
-            mock_open.call_args_list,
-            [
-                mock.call(doc.source_path),
-                mock.call(doc.source_path, password="secret"),
-            ],
-        )
         mock_consume_file.assert_called_once()
         call_kwargs = mock_consume_file.call_args.kwargs
         consumable_document = call_kwargs["input_doc"]
@@ -1855,21 +1808,18 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.chord")
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
-    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.tempfile.mkdtemp")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.needs_decrypt", return_value=False)
     def test_remove_password_skips_unencrypted_pdf_without_queueing(
         self,
-        mock_open: mock.Mock,
+        mock_needs_decrypt: mock.Mock,
-        mock_mkdtemp: mock.Mock,
+        mock_decrypt: mock.Mock,
         mock_consume_file: mock.Mock,
         mock_group: mock.Mock,
         mock_chord: mock.Mock,
         mock_delete: mock.Mock,
     ) -> None:
         doc = self.doc2
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_pdf.is_encrypted = False
-        mock_open.return_value.__enter__.return_value = fake_pdf
 
         result = bulk_edit.remove_password(
             [doc.id],
@@ -1879,10 +1829,8 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_open.assert_called_once_with(doc.source_path)
+        mock_needs_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(doc.source_path)
-        fake_pdf.remove_unreferenced_resources.assert_not_called()
+        mock_decrypt.assert_not_called()
-        fake_pdf.save.assert_not_called()
-        mock_mkdtemp.assert_not_called()
         mock_consume_file.assert_not_called()
         mock_group.assert_not_called()
         mock_chord.assert_not_called()
@@ -1893,10 +1841,12 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.group")
     @mock.patch("documents.tasks.consume_file.s")
     @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.tempfile.mkdtemp")
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf")
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.needs_decrypt", return_value=True)
     def test_remove_password_deletes_original(
         self,
-        mock_open: mock.Mock,
+        mock_needs_decrypt: mock.Mock,
+        mock_decrypt: mock.Mock,
         mock_mkdtemp: mock.Mock,
         mock_consume_file: mock.Mock,
         mock_group: mock.Mock,
@@ -1907,15 +1857,7 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         temp_dir = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "remove-password-delete"
         temp_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         mock_mkdtemp.return_value = str(temp_dir)
-
+        mock_decrypt.side_effect = self.fake_decrypt
-        fake_pdf = mock.MagicMock()
-        fake_pdf.pages = [mock.Mock(), mock.Mock()]
-        self.mock_password_required_pdf(mock_open, fake_pdf)
-
-        def save_side_effect(target_path: Path) -> None:
-            target_path.write_bytes(b"password removed")
-
-        fake_pdf.save.side_effect = save_side_effect
         mock_chord.return_value.delay.return_value = None
 
         result = bulk_edit.remove_password(
@@ -1927,23 +1869,23 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        self.assertEqual(
+        mock_decrypt.assert_called_once_with(doc.source_path, mock.ANY, "secret")
-            mock_open.call_args_list,
-            [
-                mock.call(doc.source_path),
-                mock.call(doc.source_path, password="secret"),
-            ],
-        )
         mock_consume_file.assert_called_once()
         mock_group.assert_not_called()
         mock_chord.assert_called_once()
         mock_chord.return_value.delay.assert_called_once()
         mock_delete.si.assert_called_once_with([doc.id])
 
-    @mock.patch("pikepdf.open")
+    @mock.patch(
-    def test_remove_password_open_failure(self, mock_open: mock.Mock) -> None:
+        "documents.pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf",
-        mock_open.side_effect = RuntimeError("wrong password")
+        side_effect=RuntimeError("wrong password"),
-
+    )
+    @mock.patch("documents.pdf_ops.needs_decrypt", return_value=True)
+    def test_remove_password_failure_raises_value_error(
+        self,
+        mock_needs_decrypt: mock.Mock,
+        mock_decrypt: mock.Mock,
+    ) -> None:
         with self.assertLogs("paperless.bulk_edit", level="ERROR") as cm:
             with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as exc:
                 bulk_edit.remove_password([self.doc1.id], password="secret")

src/documents/tests/test_consumer.py

@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ from paperless_testing.assertions import FileSystemAssertsMixin
 from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
 from paperless_testing.factories import UserFactory
 from paperless_testing.fakes.progress import FakeProgressManager
-from paperless_testing.samples import MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF
-from paperless_testing.samples import MULTI_PAGE_IMAGES_PDF
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
 
 
 class _BaseNewStyleParser:
@@ -115,7 +112,9 @@ class _BaseNewStyleParser:
 
 
 class DummyParser(_BaseNewStyleParser):
-    _ARCHIVE_SRC = MULTI_PAGE_IMAGES_PDF
+    _ARCHIVE_SRC = (
+        Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents" / "archive" / "0000001.pdf"
+    )
 
     def parse(self, document_path, mime_type, *, produce_archive: bool = True) -> None:
         self._text = "The Text"
@@ -201,19 +200,33 @@ class TestConsumer(
         self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
 
     def get_test_file(self):
-        src = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
+        src = (
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf"
+        )
         dst = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
         shutil.copy(src, dst)
         return dst
 
     def get_test_file2(self):
-        src = MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF
+        src = (
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000002.pdf"
+        )
         dst = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample2.pdf"
         shutil.copy(src, dst)
         return dst
 
     def get_test_archive_file(self):
-        src = MULTI_PAGE_IMAGES_PDF
+        src = (
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents" / "archive" / "0000001.pdf"
+        )
         dst = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample_archive.pdf"
         shutil.copy(src, dst)
         return dst
@@ -1049,7 +1062,7 @@ class TestConsumer(
     @mock.patch("documents.consumer.get_parser_registry")
     def test_similar_filenames(self, m) -> None:
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf",
             settings.CONSUMPTION_DIR / "simple.pdf",
         )
         shutil.copy(
@@ -1590,7 +1603,13 @@ class TestConsumerRemoteOCR(
         self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
 
     def _consume(self, *, overrides: DocumentMetadataOverrides | None = None) -> bool:
-        src = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
+        src = (
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf"
+        )
         dst = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
         shutil.copy(src, dst)
 

src/documents/tests/test_double_sided.py

@@ -37,15 +37,12 @@ class TestDoubleSided(
         self.double_sided_dir.mkdir()
         self.staging_file = self.dirs.scratch_dir / STAGING_FILE_NAME
 
-    def _sample(self, name: str) -> Path:
-        return self.SIMPLE_PDF if name == "simple.pdf" else self.SAMPLE_DIR / name
-
     def consume_file(self, srcname, dstname: str | Path = "foo.pdf"):
         """
         Starts the consume process and also ensures the
         destination file does not exist afterwards
         """
-        src = self._sample(srcname)
+        src = self.SAMPLE_DIR / srcname
         dst = self.double_sided_dir / dstname
         dst.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         shutil.copy(src, dst)
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ class TestDoubleSided(
         return msg
 
     def create_staging_file(self, src="double-sided-odd.pdf", datetime=None) -> None:
-        shutil.copy(self._sample(src), self.staging_file)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / src, self.staging_file)
         if datetime is None:
             datetime = dt.datetime.now()
         os.utime(str(self.staging_file), (datetime.timestamp(),) * 2)

src/documents/tests/test_management.py

@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ from documents.tasks import update_document_content_maybe_archive_file
 from paperless_testing.assertions import FileSystemAssertsMixin
 from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
 from paperless_testing.factories import DocumentFactory
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
 
-sample_file: Path = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
+sample_file: Path = Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.management

src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ from paperless_testing.dirs import paperless_environment
 from paperless_testing.factories import DocumentBarcodeFactory
 from paperless_testing.factories import DocumentFactory
 from paperless_testing.permissions import grant_object
-from paperless_testing.samples import install_document_samples
 
 
 @pytest.mark.management
@@ -204,7 +203,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def test_exporter(self, *, use_filename_format=False) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         num_permission_objects = Permission.objects.count()
 
@@ -308,7 +310,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def test_exporter_with_filename_format(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         with override_settings(
             FILENAME_FORMAT="{created_year}/{correspondent}/{title}",
@@ -317,7 +322,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def test_exporter_includes_share_links_and_bundles(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         share_link = ShareLink.objects.create(
             slug="share-link-slug",
@@ -416,7 +424,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def test_update_export_changed_time(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         self._do_export()
         self.assertIsFile(self.target / "manifest.json")
@@ -452,7 +463,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def test_update_export_changed_checksum(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         self._do_export()
 
@@ -479,7 +493,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def test_update_export_deleted_document(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         manifest = self._do_export()
 
@@ -511,7 +528,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
     @override_settings(FILENAME_FORMAT="{title}/{correspondent}")
     def test_update_export_changed_location(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         self._do_export(use_filename_format=True)
         self.assertIsFile(self.target / "wow1" / "c.pdf")
@@ -553,7 +573,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - Zipfile contains exported files
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         args = ["document_exporter", self.target, "--zip"]
 
@@ -582,7 +605,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - Zipfile contains exported files
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         args = ["document_exporter", self.target, "--zip", "--use-filename-format"]
 
@@ -618,7 +644,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - The existing file and directory in target are removed
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         # Create stuff in target directory
         existing_file = self.target / "test.txt"
@@ -714,7 +743,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - Documents can be imported again
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         manifest = self._do_export()
         has_archive = False
@@ -757,7 +789,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - Documents can be imported again
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         manifest = self._do_export()
         has_thumbnail = False
@@ -802,7 +837,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - Documents can be imported again
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         manifest = self._do_export(split_manifest=True)
         has_document = False
@@ -827,7 +865,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def _export_import_barcodes(self, *, split_manifest: bool) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
         DocumentBarcodeFactory(document=self.d1, value="https://example.com")
         DocumentBarcodeFactory(document=self.d2, page=2, value="DE8937")
 
@@ -863,7 +904,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - Documents can be imported again
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         self._do_export(use_folder_prefix=True)
 
@@ -890,7 +934,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
             - Documents can be imported again
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         self._do_export(use_folder_prefix=True, split_manifest=True)
 
@@ -917,7 +964,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
         """
 
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         num_content_type_objects = ContentType.objects.count()
         num_permission_objects = Permission.objects.count()
@@ -954,7 +1004,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
     def test_exporter_with_auditlog_disabled(self) -> None:
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         with override_settings(
             AUDIT_LOG_ENABLED=False,
@@ -974,7 +1027,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
               survive the round-trip with deleted_at preserved
         """
         shutil.rmtree(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "documents",
+            Path(self.dirs.media_dir) / "documents",
+        )
 
         # d1 has self.note and self.cfi1 attached via setUp
         self.d1.delete()
@@ -1018,7 +1074,10 @@ class TestExportImport(
         """
 
         shutil.rmtree(self.dirs.media_dir / "documents")
-        install_document_samples(self.dirs.media_dir / "documents")
+        shutil.copytree(
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "documents",
+            self.dirs.media_dir / "documents",
+        )
 
         _ = self._do_export(data_only=True)
 

src/documents/tests/test_management_thumbnails.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from documents.models import Document
 from documents.parsers import get_default_thumbnail
 from paperless_testing.assertions import FileSystemAssertsMixin
 from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
 
 
 @pytest.mark.management
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ class TestMakeThumbnails(DirectoriesMixin, FileSystemAssertsMixin, TestCase):
             filename="test.pdf",
         )
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf",
             self.d1.source_path,
         )
 
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ class TestMakeThumbnails(DirectoriesMixin, FileSystemAssertsMixin, TestCase):
             filename="test2.pdf",
         )
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "simple.pdf",
             self.d2.source_path,
         )
 

src/documents/tests/test_pdf_ops.py

@@ -0,0 +1,520 @@
+"""
+Tests for documents.pdf_ops.
+
+These use real PDFs from the sample directories. No database, Celery or mocks.
+Pages are compared by a hash of their content stream, so page identity and order
+are easy to assert.
+"""
+
+import hashlib
+from collections.abc import Callable
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pikepdf
+import pytest
+
+from documents import pdf_ops
+from documents.pdf_ops import PageSpec
+
+SRC_ROOT = Path(__file__).parents[2]
+SAMPLES = Path(__file__).parent / "samples"
+THREE_PAGES = SAMPLES / "documents" / "originals" / "0000002.pdf"
+TWELVE_PAGES = SAMPLES / "barcodes" / "split-by-asn-2.pdf"
+ENCRYPTED = SAMPLES / "password-is-test.pdf"
+SIGNED = SRC_ROOT / "paperless" / "tests" / "samples" / "tesseract" / "signed.pdf"
+
+
+def _page_fingerprint(page: pikepdf.Page) -> str:
+    contents = page.obj.get("/Contents")
+    assert contents is not None, "sample page has no /Contents"
+    streams = list(contents) if isinstance(contents, pikepdf.Array) else [contents]
+    return hashlib.sha256(b"".join(s.read_bytes() for s in streams)).hexdigest()
+
+
+def fingerprints(path: Path) -> list[str]:
+    with pikepdf.open(path) as pdf:
+        return [_page_fingerprint(page) for page in pdf.pages]
+
+
+def rotations(path: Path) -> list[int]:
+    with pikepdf.open(path) as pdf:
+        return [int(page.obj.get("/Rotate", 0)) for page in pdf.pages]
+
+
+def docinfo_keys(path: Path) -> set[str]:
+    with pikepdf.open(path) as pdf:
+        return set(pdf.docinfo.keys())
+
+
+def constant(path: Path) -> Callable[[], Path]:
+    return lambda: path
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def source_fingerprints() -> list[str]:
+    fps = fingerprints(THREE_PAGES)
+    assert len(set(fps)) == 3, "sample must have three distinct pages"
+    return fps
+
+
+class TestRotatePdf:
+    def test_rotation_is_relative_and_applies_to_every_page(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - It is rotated by 90 degrees, then the result is rotated by 90 again
+        THEN:
+            - Every page is rotated relative to its current rotation
+            - The page content itself is unchanged
+        """
+        once = tmp_path / "once.pdf"
+        twice = tmp_path / "twice.pdf"
+
+        pdf_ops.rotate_pdf(THREE_PAGES, once, 90)
+        pdf_ops.rotate_pdf(once, twice, 90)
+
+        assert rotations(once) == [90, 90, 90]
+        assert rotations(twice) == [180, 180, 180]
+        assert fingerprints(twice) == fingerprints(THREE_PAGES)
+
+    def test_keeps_document_info(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF with document info
+        WHEN:
+            - It is rotated
+        THEN:
+            - The document info is still present in the output
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        pdf_ops.rotate_pdf(THREE_PAGES, dst, 90)
+
+        assert "/Creator" in docinfo_keys(dst)
+
+
+class TestRemovePages:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("pages", "kept"),
+        [
+            pytest.param([2], [0, 2], id="single"),
+            pytest.param([3, 1], [1], id="unordered"),
+            pytest.param([2, 2], [0, 2], id="duplicates-remove-once"),
+            pytest.param([], [0, 1, 2], id="empty-keeps-everything"),
+            pytest.param([1, 2, 3], [], id="every-page"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_removes_only_the_requested_pages(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        source_fingerprints: list[str],
+        pages: list[int],
+        kept: list[int],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - Pages are removed, in any order and possibly repeated
+        THEN:
+            - Exactly the other pages remain, in their original order
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        pdf_ops.remove_pages(THREE_PAGES, dst, pages)
+
+        assert fingerprints(dst) == [source_fingerprints[i] for i in kept]
+
+    def test_keeps_document_info(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF with document info
+        WHEN:
+            - A page is removed
+        THEN:
+            - The document info is still present in the output
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        pdf_ops.remove_pages(THREE_PAGES, dst, [1])
+
+        assert "/Creator" in docinfo_keys(dst)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "bad_page",
+        [
+            pytest.param(0, id="zero"),
+            pytest.param(-1, id="negative"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_rejects_pages_below_one(self, tmp_path: Path, bad_page: int) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - Pages are removed and one of them is below 1
+        THEN:
+            - ValueError is raised
+            - No output file is written
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="start at 1"):
+            pdf_ops.remove_pages(THREE_PAGES, dst, [1, bad_page])
+
+        assert not dst.exists()
+
+
+class TestBuildPdfs:
+    def test_selects_and_orders_pages(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        source_fingerprints: list[str],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - One output is built from pages 3 then 1
+        THEN:
+            - The output has those pages in that order
+            - Its path is returned
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        written = pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
+            THREE_PAGES,
+            [([PageSpec(3), PageSpec(1)], constant(dst))],
+        )
+
+        assert written == [dst]
+        assert fingerprints(dst) == [source_fingerprints[2], source_fingerprints[0]]
+
+    def test_rotates_only_the_requested_pages(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - One output is built with a different rotation on each page
+        THEN:
+            - Each output page has exactly the rotation requested for it
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
+            THREE_PAGES,
+            [([PageSpec(1), PageSpec(2, 90), PageSpec(3, 180)], constant(dst))],
+        )
+
+        assert rotations(dst) == [0, 90, 180]
+
+    def test_writes_one_file_per_output_in_order(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A twelve page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - Two outputs are built from different page ranges
+        THEN:
+            - Two files are written and returned in output order
+            - Each holds exactly its own pages
+        """
+        first = tmp_path / "first.pdf"
+        second = tmp_path / "second.pdf"
+        source = fingerprints(TWELVE_PAGES)
+
+        written = pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
+            TWELVE_PAGES,
+            [
+                ([PageSpec(p) for p in (1, 2, 3)], constant(first)),
+                ([PageSpec(p) for p in range(4, 13)], constant(second)),
+            ],
+        )
+
+        assert written == [first, second]
+        assert fingerprints(first) == source[:3]
+        assert fingerprints(second) == source[3:]
+
+    def test_empty_page_list_writes_a_zero_page_file(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - An output with no pages is built
+        THEN:
+            - A PDF with zero pages is written
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        pdf_ops.build_pdfs(THREE_PAGES, [([], constant(dst))])
+
+        assert fingerprints(dst) == []
+
+    def test_destination_is_not_requested_when_a_page_is_out_of_range(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - Several outputs are built
+            - A later output refers to a page past the end
+        THEN:
+            - IndexError is raised
+            - No destination was requested for any output, including earlier valid ones
+        """
+        requested: list[Path] = []
+
+        def make_dst() -> Path:
+            requested.append(tmp_path / "out.pdf")
+            return requested[-1]
+
+        with pytest.raises(IndexError):
+            pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
+                THREE_PAGES,
+                [([PageSpec(1)], make_dst), ([PageSpec(99)], make_dst)],
+            )
+
+        assert requested == []
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "bad_page",
+        [
+            pytest.param(0, id="zero"),
+            pytest.param(-1, id="negative"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_rejects_pages_below_one_before_opening_anything(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        bad_page: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - Several outputs are built and a later one has a page below 1
+        THEN:
+            - ValueError is raised
+            - No destination was requested for any output
+        """
+        requested: list[Path] = []
+
+        def make_dst() -> Path:
+            requested.append(tmp_path / "out.pdf")
+            return requested[-1]
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="start at 1"):
+            pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
+                THREE_PAGES,
+                [([PageSpec(1)], make_dst), ([PageSpec(bad_page)], make_dst)],
+            )
+
+        assert requested == []
+
+
+class TestValidatePageOperations:
+    def test_returns_the_output_count(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Operations that all target the default output
+        WHEN:
+            - They are validated
+        THEN:
+            - One output document is reported
+        """
+        operations = [{"page": 1}, {"page": 2}, {"page": 3}]
+
+        assert pdf_ops.validate_page_operations(operations, single_output=True) == 1
+
+    def test_gap_in_output_indices_counts_up_to_the_highest(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Operations that target outputs 0 and 2 but never 1
+        WHEN:
+            - They are validated
+        THEN:
+            - Three output documents are reported
+        """
+        operations = [
+            {"page": 1, "doc": 0},
+            {"page": 2, "doc": 2},
+            {"page": 3, "doc": 0},
+        ]
+
+        count = pdf_ops.validate_page_operations(operations, single_output=False)
+
+        assert count == 3
+
+    def test_empty_operations_are_rejected(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - No operations
+        WHEN:
+            - They are validated
+        THEN:
+            - ValueError is raised
+        """
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="index is out of bounds"):
+            pdf_ops.validate_page_operations([], single_output=False)
+
+    def test_multiple_outputs_rejected_when_single_output_required(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Operations that target two outputs
+        WHEN:
+            - They are validated with a single output required
+        THEN:
+            - ValueError is raised
+        """
+        operations = [{"page": 1, "doc": 0}, {"page": 2, "doc": 1}]
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Multiple output documents"):
+            pdf_ops.validate_page_operations(operations, single_output=True)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "doc",
+        [
+            pytest.param(-1, id="negative"),
+            pytest.param(2, id="equal-to-operation-count"),
+            pytest.param(2**32, id="huge"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_output_index_out_of_bounds(self, doc: int) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Two operations, one with an output index that is out of bounds
+        WHEN:
+            - They are validated
+        THEN:
+            - ValueError is raised
+        """
+        operations = [{"page": 1, "doc": 0}, {"page": 2, "doc": doc}]
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="index is out of bounds"):
+            pdf_ops.validate_page_operations(operations, single_output=False)
+
+
+class TestDecrypt:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("path", "expected"),
+        [
+            pytest.param(ENCRYPTED, True, id="password-required"),
+            pytest.param(SIGNED, True, id="opens-without-password-but-encrypted"),
+            pytest.param(THREE_PAGES, False, id="not-encrypted"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_needs_decrypt(self, path: Path, *, expected: bool) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF that is encrypted, or encrypted but openable, or plain
+        WHEN:
+            - needs_decrypt is asked about it
+        THEN:
+            - Only the unencrypted PDF reports False
+        """
+        assert pdf_ops.needs_decrypt(path) is expected
+
+    def test_decrypt_writes_an_unencrypted_copy(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A password protected PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - It is decrypted with the correct password
+        THEN:
+            - The path from make_dst is returned
+            - The written copy no longer needs decrypting
+        """
+        dst = tmp_path / "out.pdf"
+
+        result = pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf(ENCRYPTED, constant(dst), "test")
+
+        assert result == dst
+        assert pdf_ops.needs_decrypt(dst) is False
+
+    def test_wrong_password_raises_and_never_requests_a_destination(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A password protected PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - It is decrypted with the wrong password
+        THEN:
+            - PasswordError is raised
+            - No destination was requested
+        """
+        requested: list[Path] = []
+
+        def make_dst() -> Path:
+            requested.append(tmp_path / "out.pdf")
+            return requested[-1]
+
+        with pytest.raises(pikepdf.PasswordError):
+            pdf_ops.decrypt_pdf(ENCRYPTED, make_dst, "wrong")
+
+        assert requested == []
+
+
+class TestPdfMerger:
+    def test_pages_are_appended_in_the_order_added(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        source_fingerprints: list[str],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A reordered PDF and the original three page PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - Both are added to a merger in that order and saved
+        THEN:
+            - The output holds all pages in the order they were added
+        """
+        reordered = tmp_path / "reordered.pdf"
+        merged = tmp_path / "merged.pdf"
+        pdf_ops.build_pdfs(
+            THREE_PAGES,
+            [([PageSpec(3), PageSpec(1)], constant(reordered))],
+        )
+
+        with pdf_ops.PdfMerger() as merger:
+            merger.add(reordered)
+            merger.add(THREE_PAGES)
+            merger.save(merged)
+
+        assert fingerprints(merged) == [
+            source_fingerprints[2],
+            source_fingerprints[0],
+            *source_fingerprints,
+        ]
+
+    def test_output_version_is_at_least_the_highest_source_version(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Two PDFs with different PDF versions
+        WHEN:
+            - Both are added to a merger and saved
+        THEN:
+            - The output version is at least the highest source version
+        """
+        merged = tmp_path / "merged.pdf"
+        with pikepdf.open(TWELVE_PAGES) as pdf:
+            source_versions = [pdf.pdf_version]
+        with pikepdf.open(THREE_PAGES) as pdf:
+            source_versions.append(pdf.pdf_version)
+
+        with pdf_ops.PdfMerger() as merger:
+            merger.add(TWELVE_PAGES)
+            merger.add(THREE_PAGES)
+            merger.save(merged)
+
+        with pikepdf.open(merged) as pdf:
+            assert pdf.pdf_version >= max(source_versions)

src/documents/tests/test_tasks.py

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from documents.tests.helpers import dummy_preprocess
 from paperless_testing.assertions import FileSystemAssertsMixin
 from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
 from paperless_testing.factories import DocumentFactory
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -230,12 +229,20 @@ class TestUpdateContent(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         """
         sample1 = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf",
             sample1,
         )
         sample1_archive = self.dirs.archive_dir / "sample_archive.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf",
             sample1_archive,
         )
         doc = Document.objects.create(
@@ -263,7 +270,11 @@ class TestUpdateContent(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         """
         sample1 = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
         shutil.copy(
-            SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF,
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf",
             sample1,
         )
         doc = Document.objects.create(
@@ -279,7 +290,14 @@ class TestUpdateContent(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
 
     def _create_root_with_version(self) -> tuple[Document, Document]:
         sample1 = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
-        shutil.copy(SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF, sample1)
+        shutil.copy(
+            Path(__file__).parent
+            / "samples"
+            / "documents"
+            / "originals"
+            / "0000001.pdf",
+            sample1,
+        )
         root = DocumentFactory(content="root content", mime_type="application/pdf")
         version = DocumentFactory(
             content="my document",

src/documents/tests/test_workflows.py

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         self.assertEqual(action.__str__(), "WorkflowAction 1")
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w2.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         generated = generate_unique_filename(doc)
         destination = (settings.ORIGINALS_DIR / generated).resolve()
         create_source_path_directory(destination)
-        shutil.copy(self.SIMPLE_PDF, destination)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf", destination)
         Document.objects.filter(pk=doc.pk).update(filename=generated.as_posix())
         doc.refresh_from_db()
 
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         superuser = UserFactory(username="superuser", superuser=True)
         self.client.force_authenticate(user=superuser)
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
         tasks.consume_file(
@@ -3009,7 +3009,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         generated = generate_unique_filename(doc)
         destination = (settings.ORIGINALS_DIR / generated).resolve()
         create_source_path_directory(destination)
-        shutil.copy(self.SIMPLE_PDF, destination)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf", destination)
         Document.objects.filter(pk=doc.pk).update(filename=generated.as_posix())
         doc.refresh_from_db()
         doc.tags.set([self.t1, self.t2])
@@ -3073,7 +3073,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         generated = generate_unique_filename(doc)
         destination = (settings.ORIGINALS_DIR / generated).resolve()
         create_source_path_directory(destination)
-        shutil.copy(self.SIMPLE_PDF, destination)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf", destination)
         Document.objects.filter(pk=doc.pk).update(filename=generated.as_posix())
         doc.refresh_from_db()
         doc.tags.set([self.t1])
@@ -3222,7 +3222,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -3346,7 +3346,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -3496,7 +3496,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         workflow.actions.set([assignment_action, email_action])
 
         temp_working_copy = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "working-copy.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -3596,7 +3596,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
 
         # move the file
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -3704,7 +3704,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         generated = generate_unique_filename(doc)
         destination = (settings.ORIGINALS_DIR / generated).resolve()
         create_source_path_directory(destination)
-        shutil.copy(self.SIMPLE_PDF, destination)
+        shutil.copy(self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf", destination)
         Document.objects.filter(pk=doc.pk).update(filename=generated.as_posix())
 
         run_workflows(WorkflowTrigger.WorkflowTriggerType.DOCUMENT_UPDATED, doc)
@@ -3915,7 +3915,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -4036,7 +4036,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -4387,7 +4387,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -4835,7 +4835,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
         w.save()
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -5027,7 +5027,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
 
         # Create a test file to be consumed
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
         test_file_path = Path(test_file)
@@ -5091,7 +5091,7 @@ class TestWorkflows(
 
         # Create a test file to be consumed
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple2.pdf",
         )
         test_file_path = Path(test_file)
@@ -5529,7 +5529,7 @@ class TestDateWorkflowLocalization(
         )
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             tmp_path / "simple.pdf",
         )
 
@@ -5596,7 +5596,7 @@ class TestRemoteOCRWorkflowAction(DirectoriesMixin, SampleDirMixin, APITestCase)
         self._make_workflow(WorkflowTrigger.WorkflowTriggerType.CONSUMPTION)
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
         overrides = DocumentMetadataOverrides()
@@ -5814,7 +5814,7 @@ class TestApplyAISuggestionsWorkflowAction(
         )
 
         test_file = shutil.copy(
-            self.SIMPLE_PDF,
+            self.SAMPLE_DIR / "simple.pdf",
             self.dirs.scratch_dir / "simple.pdf",
         )
 

src/documents/tests/utils.py

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from documents.data_models import ConsumableDocument
 from documents.data_models import DocumentMetadataOverrides
 from documents.data_models import DocumentSource
 from paperless_testing.fakes.progress import FakeProgressManager
-from paperless_testing.samples import SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
 
 
 class ConsumeTaskMixin:
@@ -54,8 +53,6 @@ class SampleDirMixin:
 
     BARCODE_SAMPLE_DIR = SAMPLE_DIR / "barcodes"
 
-    SIMPLE_PDF = SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF
-
 
 class GetConsumerMixin:
     @contextmanager

src/paperless/tests/parsers/conftest.py

@@ -432,6 +432,30 @@ def tesseract_samples_dir(parser_samples_dir: Path) -> Path:
     return parser_samples_dir / "tesseract"
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def multi_page_images_pdf_file(tesseract_samples_dir: Path) -> Path:
+    """Path to a multi-page PDF with images.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Path
+        Absolute path to ``tesseract/multi-page-images.pdf``.
+    """
+    return tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-images.pdf"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def simple_digital_pdf_file(tesseract_samples_dir: Path) -> Path:
+    """Path to a simple digital PDF sample file.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Path
+        Absolute path to ``tesseract/simple-digital.pdf``.
+    """
+    return tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf"
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def simple_no_dpi_png_file(tesseract_samples_dir: Path) -> Path:
     """Path to a simple PNG without DPI information.

src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py

@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ class TestGetPageCount:
     def test_single_page_pdf(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         assert (
             tesseract_parser.get_page_count(
-                simple_digital_pdf_file,
+                tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
                 "application/pdf",
             )
             == 1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class TestGetPageCount:
         self,
         mocker: MockerFixture,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
         caplog,
     ) -> None:
         """
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class TestGetPageCount:
 
         with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING):
             page_count = tesseract_parser.get_page_count(
-                simple_digital_pdf_file,
+                tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
                 "application/pdf",
             )
         assert page_count is None
@@ -272,10 +272,10 @@ class TestGetThumbnail:
     def test_thumbnail_is_file(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         thumb = tesseract_parser.get_thumbnail(
-            simple_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert thumb.is_file()
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class TestGetThumbnail:
         self,
         mocker: MockerFixture,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         def _raise_on_pdf(input_file, output_file, **kwargs) -> None:
             if ".pdf" in str(input_file):
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ class TestGetThumbnail:
         mocker.patch("documents.parsers.run_convert", side_effect=_raise_on_pdf)
 
         thumb = tesseract_parser.get_thumbnail(
-            simple_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert thumb.is_file()
@@ -320,11 +320,11 @@ class TestExtractText:
     def test_extract_text_from_digital_pdf(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         text = tesseract_parser.extract_text(
             None,
-            simple_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
         )
         assert text is not None
         assert "This is a test document." in text.strip()
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class TestParsePdf:
     def test_simple_digital_creates_archive(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class TestParsePdf:
             - Text is extracted
         """
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@ class TestParsePdf:
     def test_with_form_default(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        with_form_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            with_form_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "with-form.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -384,11 +384,11 @@ class TestParsePdf:
     def test_with_form_redo_no_archive_when_not_requested(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        with_form_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.REDO
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            with_form_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "with-form.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
             produce_archive=False,
         )
@@ -401,11 +401,11 @@ class TestParsePdf:
     def test_with_form_force(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        with_form_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.FORCE
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            with_form_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "with-form.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert_ordered_substrings(
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class TestParsePdf:
         self,
         mocker: MockerFixture,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         mocker.patch(
             "ocrmypdf.ocr",
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class TestParsePdf:
         )
         with pytest.raises(ParseError):
             tesseract_parser.parse(
-                simple_digital_pdf_file,
+                tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
                 "application/pdf",
             )
 
@@ -530,10 +530,10 @@ class TestParseMultiPage:
     def test_multi_page_digital(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -557,12 +557,12 @@ class TestParseMultiPage:
         self,
         mode: str,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         tesseract_parser.settings.pages = 2
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = mode
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -576,11 +576,11 @@ class TestParseMultiPage:
     def test_multi_page_images_skip(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_images_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.AUTO
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_images_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-images.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class TestParseMultiPage:
     def test_multi_page_images_redo_pages_2(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_images_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ class TestParseMultiPage:
         tesseract_parser.settings.pages = 2
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.REDO
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_images_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-images.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ class TestParseMultiPage:
     def test_multi_page_images_force_page_1(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_images_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ class TestParseMultiPage:
         tesseract_parser.settings.pages = 1
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.FORCE
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_images_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-images.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
     def test_skip_noarchive_with_text_layer(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
         """
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.AUTO
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
             produce_archive=False,
         )
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
     def test_skip_noarchive_image_only_creates_archive(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        multi_page_images_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
         """
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.AUTO
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            multi_page_images_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "multi-page-images.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
         )
         assert tesseract_parser.archive_path is not None
@@ -787,29 +787,29 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
         )
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        ("produce_archive", "sample_fixture", "expect_archive"),
+        ("produce_archive", "filename", "expect_archive"),
         [
             pytest.param(
                 True,
-                "multi_page_digital_pdf_file",
+                "multi-page-digital.pdf",
                 True,
                 id="produce-archive-with-text",
             ),
             pytest.param(
                 True,
-                "multi_page_images_pdf_file",
+                "multi-page-images.pdf",
                 True,
                 id="produce-archive-no-text",
             ),
             pytest.param(
                 False,
-                "multi_page_digital_pdf_file",
+                "multi-page-digital.pdf",
                 False,
                 id="no-archive-with-text-layer",
             ),
             pytest.param(
                 False,
-                "multi_page_images_pdf_file",
+                "multi-page-images.pdf",
                 False,
                 id="no-archive-no-text-layer",
             ),
@@ -818,10 +818,10 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
     def test_produce_archive_flag(
         self,
         produce_archive: bool,  # noqa: FBT001
-        sample_fixture: str,
+        filename: str,
         expect_archive: bool,  # noqa: FBT001
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        request: pytest.FixtureRequest,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -834,9 +834,8 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
             - Text is always extracted
         """
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.AUTO
-        sample = request.getfixturevalue(sample_fixture)
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            sample,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / filename,
             "application/pdf",
             produce_archive=produce_archive,
         )
@@ -853,7 +852,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
         self,
         mocker: MockerFixture,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -869,7 +868,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.AUTO
         mock_ocr = mocker.patch("ocrmypdf.ocr")
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            simple_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
             produce_archive=False,
         )
@@ -908,7 +907,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
     def test_tagged_pdf_produces_pdfa_archive_without_ocr(
         self,
         tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
-        simple_digital_pdf_file: Path,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
     ) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:
@@ -923,7 +922,7 @@ class TestSkipArchive:
         """
         tesseract_parser.settings.mode = ModeChoices.AUTO
         tesseract_parser.parse(
-            simple_digital_pdf_file,
+            tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
             "application/pdf",
             produce_archive=True,
         )

src/paperless/tests/samples/mail/sample.html

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+ <html>
+    <head>
+      <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
+    </head>
+    <body>
+      <p>Some Text</p>
+      <p>
+				<img src="cid:part1.pNdUSz0s.D3NqVtPg@example.de" alt="Has to be rewritten to work..">
+				<img src="http://localhost:8080/assets/logo_full_white.svg" alt="This image should not be shown.">
+			</p>
+
+      <p>and an embedded image.<br>
+      </p>
+      <p id="changeme">Paragraph unchanged.</p>
+      <scRipt>
+          document.getElementById("changeme").innerHTML = "Paragraph changed via Java Script.";
+      </script>
+    </body>
+  </html>

src/paperless/tests/test_parser_utils.py

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ from paperless.parsers.utils import read_file_handle_unicode_errors
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
+SAMPLES = Path(__file__).parent / "samples" / "tesseract"
+
 
 class TestReadFileHandleUnicodeErrors:
     def test_plain_utf8(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
@@ -53,11 +55,11 @@ class TestReadFileHandleUnicodeErrors:
 
 
 class TestIsTaggedPdf:
-    def test_tagged_pdf_returns_true(self, simple_digital_pdf_file: Path) -> None:
+    def test_tagged_pdf_returns_true(self) -> None:
-        assert is_tagged_pdf(simple_digital_pdf_file) is True
+        assert is_tagged_pdf(SAMPLES / "simple-digital.pdf") is True
 
-    def test_untagged_pdf_returns_false(self, multi_page_images_pdf_file: Path) -> None:
+    def test_untagged_pdf_returns_false(self) -> None:
-        assert is_tagged_pdf(multi_page_images_pdf_file) is False
+        assert is_tagged_pdf(SAMPLES / "multi-page-images.pdf") is False
 
     def test_nonexistent_path_returns_false(self) -> None:
         assert is_tagged_pdf(Path("/nonexistent/file.pdf")) is False

src/paperless_testing/samples.py

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-"""Test sample files shared across tests.
-
-A sample used by a single app stays in that app's ``tests/samples`` tree.
-Samples needed by more than one app, or stored under more than one name, live
-here exactly once.
-"""
-
-import shutil
-from pathlib import Path
-
-SHARED_SAMPLES_DIR = (Path(__file__).parent / "sample_files").resolve()
-
-SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF = SHARED_SAMPLES_DIR / "simple-digital.pdf"
-MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF = SHARED_SAMPLES_DIR / "multi-page-digital.pdf"
-WITH_FORM_PDF = SHARED_SAMPLES_DIR / "with-form.pdf"
-MULTI_PAGE_IMAGES_PDF = SHARED_SAMPLES_DIR / "multi-page-images.pdf"
-THUMBNAIL_WEBP = SHARED_SAMPLES_DIR / "thumbnail.webp"
-
-# The fake media tree under documents/tests/samples/documents keeps only the
-# files unique to it. The files that duplicate a shared sample are laid back
-# down under their historical opaque names (DB rows and exporter manifests
-# refer to them) by install_document_samples().
-_DOCUMENT_SAMPLES_DIR = (
-    Path(__file__).parent.parent / "documents" / "tests" / "samples" / "documents"
-).resolve()
-
-_SHARED_AS_MEDIA = (
-    ("originals/0000001.pdf", SIMPLE_DIGITAL_PDF),
-    ("originals/0000002.pdf", MULTI_PAGE_DIGITAL_PDF),
-    ("originals/0000003.pdf", WITH_FORM_PDF),
-    ("archive/0000001.pdf", MULTI_PAGE_IMAGES_PDF),
-    ("thumbnails/0000001.webp", THUMBNAIL_WEBP),
-    ("thumbnails/0000002.webp", THUMBNAIL_WEBP),
-    ("thumbnails/0000003.webp", THUMBNAIL_WEBP),
-    ("thumbnails/0000004.webp", THUMBNAIL_WEBP),
-)
-
-
-def install_document_samples(dest: Path) -> None:
-    """Populate ``dest`` with the full fake media tree.
-
-    Replaces ``shutil.copytree(<samples>/documents, dest)`` in tests.
-    """
-    shutil.copytree(_DOCUMENT_SAMPLES_DIR, dest, dirs_exist_ok=True)
-    for relpath, source in _SHARED_AS_MEDIA:
-        target = dest / relpath
-        target.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        shutil.copy2(source, target)