Update test_tesseract_parser.py

* Fix: Hardening sweep, ensure a user is active, not just authenticated

* Missed this test

docs/usage.md

@@ -1084,7 +1084,8 @@ Paperless-ngx supports performing OCR on documents using remote services. At the
 [Microsoft's Azure "Document Intelligence" service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-document-intelligence).
 This is of course a paid service (with a free tier) which requires an Azure account and subscription. Azure AI is not affiliated with
 Paperless-ngx in any way. When enabled, Paperless-ngx will automatically send appropriate documents to Azure for OCR processing, bypassing
-the local OCR engine. See the [configuration](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE) options for more details.
+the local OCR engine. See the [configuration](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE) options for more details. These
+settings can be supplied as environment variables or via **Application Configuration**.
 
 Additionally, when using a commercial service with this feature, consider both potential costs as well as any associated file size
 or page limitations (e.g. with a free tier).

src-ui/package.json

@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@
     "ts-node": "~10.9.1",
     "typescript": "^6.0.3"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.26.0"
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@11.15.1"
 }

src-ui/pnpm-workspace.yaml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ trustPolicy: no-downgrade
 trustPolicyExclude:
   - "chokidar@4.0.3"
   - "semver@6.3.1 || 5.7.2"
+blockExoticSubdeps: true
 allowBuilds:
   "@parcel/watcher": true
   canvas: true

src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.html

@@ -14,43 +14,48 @@
                 <a ngbNavLink>{{category}}</a>
                 <ng-template ngbNavContent>
                     <div class="p-3">
-                        <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-3 g-2">
-                            @for (option of getCategoryOptions(category); track option.key) {
-                                <div class="col">
-                                    <div class="card bg-light">
-                                        <div class="card-body">
-                                            <div class="card-title d-flex align-items-center">
-                                                <h6 class="mb-0">
-                                                  {{option.title}}
-                                                </h6>
-                                                <a class="btn btn-sm btn-link" title="Read the documentation about this setting" i18n-title [href]="getDocsUrl(option.config_key)" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
-                                                    <i-bs name="info-circle"></i-bs>
-                                                </a>
-                                                @if (isSet(option.key)) {
-                                                  <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-link text-danger ms-auto pe-0" title="Reset" i18n-title (click)="resetOption(option.key)">
-                                                      <i-bs class="me-1" name="x"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Reset</ng-container>
-                                                  </button>
+                        @for (section of getCategorySections(category); track section) {
+                            @if (section) {
+                                <h5 class="mt-4 mb-3">{{section}}</h5>
+                            }
+                            <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-3 g-2">
+                                @for (option of getCategoryOptions(category, section); track option.key) {
+                                    <div class="col">
+                                        <div class="card bg-light">
+                                            <div class="card-body">
+                                                <div class="card-title d-flex align-items-center">
+                                                    <h6 class="mb-0">
+                                                      {{option.title}}
+                                                    </h6>
+                                                    <a class="btn btn-sm btn-link" title="Read the documentation about this setting" i18n-title [href]="getDocsUrl(option.config_key)" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
+                                                        <i-bs name="info-circle"></i-bs>
+                                                    </a>
+                                                    @if (isSet(option.key)) {
+                                                      <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-link text-danger ms-auto pe-0" title="Reset" i18n-title (click)="resetOption(option.key)">
+                                                          <i-bs class="me-1" name="x"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Reset</ng-container>
+                                                      </button>
+                                                    }
+                                                </div>
+                                                <div class="mb-n3">
+                                                    @switch (option.type) {
+                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Select) { <pngx-input-select [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [items]="option.choices" [allowNull]="true"></pngx-input-select> }
+                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Number) { <pngx-input-number [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showAdd]="false"></pngx-input-number> }
+                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Boolean) { <pngx-input-switch [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showUnsetNote]="true" [horizontal]="true" title="Enable" i18n-title></pngx-input-switch> }
+                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.String) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
+                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.JSON) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
+                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.File) { <pngx-input-file [formControlName]="option.key" (upload)="uploadFile($event, option.key)" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-file> }
+                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Password) { <pngx-input-password [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-password> }
+                                                    }
+                                                </div>
+                                                @if (option.note) {
+                                                    <div class="form-text fst-italic">{{option.note}}</div>
                                                 }
                                             </div>
-                                            <div class="mb-n3">
-                                                @switch (option.type) {
-                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Select) { <pngx-input-select [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [items]="option.choices" [allowNull]="true"></pngx-input-select> }
-                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Number) { <pngx-input-number [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showAdd]="false"></pngx-input-number> }
-                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Boolean) { <pngx-input-switch [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showUnsetNote]="true" [horizontal]="true" title="Enable" i18n-title></pngx-input-switch> }
-                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.String) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
-                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.JSON) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
-                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.File) { <pngx-input-file [formControlName]="option.key" (upload)="uploadFile($event, option.key)" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-file> }
-                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Password) { <pngx-input-password [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-password> }
-                                                }
-                                            </div>
-                                            @if (option.note) {
-                                                <div class="form-text fst-italic">{{option.note}}</div>
-                                            }
                                         </div>
                                     </div>
-                                </div>
-                            }
-                        </div>
+                                }
+                            </div>
+                        }
                     </div>
                 </ng-template>
             </li>

src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.spec.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgSelectModule } from '@ng-select/ng-select'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule, allIcons } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
-import { OutputTypeConfig } from 'src/app/data/paperless-config'
+import {
+  ConfigCategory,
+  ConfigSection,
+  OutputTypeConfig,
+} from 'src/app/data/paperless-config'
 import { ConfigService } from 'src/app/services/config.service'
 import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
@@ -158,4 +162,23 @@ describe('ConfigComponent', () => {
     component.resetOption('barcodes_enabled')
     expect(component.configForm.get('barcodes_enabled').value).toBeNull()
   })
+
+  it('should group options into sections within a category, or not', () => {
+    const sections = component.getCategorySections(ConfigCategory.OCR)
+    expect(sections).toEqual([null, ConfigSection.RemoteOCR])
+    expect(
+      component
+        .getCategoryOptions(ConfigCategory.OCR)
+        .map((option) => option.key)
+    ).toContain('output_type')
+    expect(
+      component
+        .getCategoryOptions(ConfigCategory.OCR, ConfigSection.RemoteOCR)
+        .map((option) => option.key)
+    ).toEqual([
+      'remote_ocr_engine',
+      'remote_ocr_api_key',
+      'remote_ocr_endpoint',
+    ])
+  })
 })

src-ui/src/app/components/admin/config/config.component.ts

@@ -74,8 +74,20 @@ export class ConfigComponent
     return Object.values(ConfigCategory)
   }
 
-  getCategoryOptions(category: string): ConfigOption[] {
-    return PaperlessConfigOptions.filter((o) => o.category === category)
+  getCategorySections(category: string): string[] {
+    return [
+      ...new Set(
+        PaperlessConfigOptions.filter((o) => o.category === category).map(
+          (o) => o.section ?? null // null means no section
+        )
+      ),
+    ]
+  }
+
+  getCategoryOptions(category: string, section: string = null): ConfigOption[] {
+    return PaperlessConfigOptions.filter(
+      (o) => o.category === category && (o.section ?? null) === section
+    )
   }
 
   initialConfig: PaperlessConfig

src-ui/src/app/data/paperless-config.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ export const ConfigCategory = {
   AI: $localize`AI Settings`,
 }
 
+export const ConfigSection = {
+  RemoteOCR: $localize`Remote OCR`,
+}
+
 export const LLMEmbeddingBackendConfig = {
   OPENAI_LIKE: 'openai-like',
   HUGGINGFACE: 'huggingface',
@@ -65,6 +69,10 @@ export const LLMBackendConfig = {
   OLLAMA: 'ollama',
 }
 
+export const RemoteOCREngineConfig = {
+  AZURE_AI: 'azureai',
+}
+
 export interface ConfigOption {
   key: string
   title: string
@@ -72,6 +80,7 @@ export interface ConfigOption {
   choices?: Array<{ id: string; name: string }>
   config_key?: string
   category: string
+  section?: string
   note?: string
 }
 
@@ -181,6 +190,33 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
     config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARGS',
     category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
   },
+  {
+    key: 'remote_ocr_engine',
+    title: $localize`Remote OCR Engine`,
+    type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
+    choices: mapToItems(RemoteOCREngineConfig),
+    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE',
+    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
+    section: ConfigSection.RemoteOCR,
+    note: $localize`Enabling remote OCR sends documents to a third-party service for processing. Consider the privacy implications as well as potential costs before enabling.`,
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'remote_ocr_api_key',
+    title: $localize`Remote OCR API Key`,
+    type: ConfigOptionType.Password,
+    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY',
+    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
+    section: ConfigSection.RemoteOCR,
+  },
+  {
+    key: 'remote_ocr_endpoint',
+    title: $localize`Remote OCR Endpoint`,
+    type: ConfigOptionType.String,
+    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT',
+    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
+    section: ConfigSection.RemoteOCR,
+    note: $localize`Required when using the Azure AI engine.`,
+  },
   {
     key: 'app_logo',
     title: $localize`Application Logo`,
@@ -398,6 +434,9 @@ export interface PaperlessConfig extends ObjectWithId {
   barcode_enable_tag: boolean
   barcode_tag_mapping: object
   barcode_tag_split: boolean
+  remote_ocr_engine: string
+  remote_ocr_api_key: string
+  remote_ocr_endpoint: string
   ai_enabled: boolean
   llm_embedding_backend: string
   llm_embedding_model: string

src/documents/filters.py

@@ -1047,6 +1047,12 @@ class PermittedObjectsFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
     perm_codename: str | None = None
 
     def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        # Before the superuser and owner-only paths, neither of which consults
+        # permitted_object_ids. Scoped to authenticated users so anonymous
+        # access (AnonymousUser.is_active is False) keeps its existing
+        # unowned-only behaviour.
+        if request.user.is_authenticated and not request.user.is_active:
+            return queryset.none()
         if request.user.is_superuser:
             return queryset
         if not self.include_granted:

src/documents/permissions.py

@@ -54,11 +54,15 @@ class PaperlessObjectPermissions(DjangoObjectPermissions):
 
 class PaperlessAdminPermissions(BasePermission):
     def has_permission(self, request, view):
-        return request.user.is_staff
+        return request.user.is_active and request.user.is_staff
 
 
 def has_global_statistics_permission(user: User | None) -> bool:
-    if user is None or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False):
+    if (
+        user is None
+        or not getattr(user, "is_active", False)
+        or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False)
+    ):
         return False
 
     return getattr(user, "is_superuser", False) or user.has_perm(
@@ -67,7 +71,11 @@ def has_global_statistics_permission(user: User | None) -> bool:
 
 
 def has_system_status_permission(user: User | None) -> bool:
-    if user is None or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False):
+    if (
+        user is None
+        or not getattr(user, "is_active", False)
+        or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False)
+    ):
         return False
 
     return (
@@ -188,6 +196,13 @@ def permitted_object_ids(
     if user is None or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False):
         return base_qs.filter(owner__isnull=True).values_list("id", flat=True)
 
+    # Deactivated users get nothing, deactivated superusers included, so this
+    # has to come before the superuser shortcut. guardian's
+    # ObjectPermissionChecker denies inactive users, but get_objects_for_user
+    # (the pattern this replaces) does not, so it would not be inherited.
+    if not getattr(user, "is_active", False):
+        return base_qs.none().values_list("id", flat=True)
+
     if getattr(user, "is_superuser", False):
         return base_qs.values_list("id", flat=True)
 

src/documents/tests/test_api_app_config.py

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
                 "barcode_enable_tag": None,
                 "barcode_tag_mapping": None,
                 "barcode_tag_split": None,
+                "remote_ocr_engine": None,
+                "remote_ocr_api_key": None,
+                "remote_ocr_endpoint": None,
                 "ai_enabled": False,
                 "llm_embedding_backend": None,
                 "llm_embedding_model": None,
@@ -870,6 +873,49 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         config.refresh_from_db()
         self.assertEqual(config.llm_api_key, None)
 
+    def test_update_remote_ocr_api_key(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Existing config with remote_ocr_api_key specified
+        WHEN:
+            - API to update remote_ocr_api_key is called with all *s
+            - API to update remote_ocr_api_key is called with empty string
+        THEN:
+            - remote_ocr_api_key is unchanged
+            - remote_ocr_api_key is set to None
+        """
+        config = ApplicationConfiguration.objects.first()
+        assert config is not None
+        config.remote_ocr_api_key = "1234567890"
+        config.save()
+
+        # Test with all *
+        response = self.client.patch(
+            f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/",
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "remote_ocr_api_key": "*" * 32,
+                },
+            ),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        config.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(config.remote_ocr_api_key, "1234567890")
+        # Test with empty string
+        response = self.client.patch(
+            f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/",
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "remote_ocr_api_key": "",
+                },
+            ),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        config.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(config.remote_ocr_api_key, None)
+
     def test_enable_ai_index_triggers_update(self) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:

src/documents/tests/test_permission_filtering_security.py

@@ -496,6 +496,28 @@ class TestPermittedObjectIdsGenericModels:
             expected_hidden=[strangers.pk],
         )
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("is_superuser", [False, True])
+    def test_inactive_user_sees_nothing(self, model, factory, perm, is_superuser):
+        suffix = f"{model.__name__}_{is_superuser}"
+        user = User.objects.create_user(
+            username=f"inactive_{suffix}",
+            is_active=False,
+            is_superuser=is_superuser,
+        )
+        other = User.objects.create_user(username=f"other_{suffix}")
+        granted = factory(owner=other)
+        assign_perm(perm, user, granted)
+
+        assert_visible_document_ids(
+            permitted_object_ids(user, model, perm),
+            expected_visible=[],
+            expected_hidden=[
+                factory(owner=None).pk,
+                factory(owner=user).pk,
+                granted.pk,
+            ],
+        )
+
     def test_unowned_object_visible_to_everyone(self, model, factory, perm):
         user = User.objects.create_user(username=f"user_{model.__name__}")
         unowned = factory(owner=None)

src/documents/tests/test_permitted_objects_filter.py

@@ -68,3 +68,44 @@ class TestPermittedObjectsFilter:
         visible_ids = set(result.values_list("id", flat=True))
         assert visible_ids == {owned.pk}
         assert granted.pk not in visible_ids
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("username", "is_superuser"),
+        [("inactive", False), ("inactive_super", True)],
+    )
+    def test_inactive_user_sees_nothing(self, username: str, *, is_superuser: bool):
+        user = User.objects.create_user(
+            username=username,
+            is_active=False,
+            is_superuser=is_superuser,
+        )
+        TagFactory(owner=None)
+        TagFactory(owner=user)
+        granted = TagFactory(owner=User.objects.create_user(username=f"o_{username}"))
+        assign_perm("view_tag", user, granted)
+        request = APIRequestFactory().get("/")
+        request.user = user
+
+        result = PermittedObjectsFilter().filter_queryset(
+            request,
+            Tag.objects.all(),
+            _DummyView(),
+        )
+        assert result.count() == 0
+
+    def test_inactive_user_sees_nothing_with_include_granted_false(self):
+        user = User.objects.create_user(username="inactive_owner", is_active=False)
+        TagFactory(owner=user)
+        TagFactory(owner=None)
+        request = APIRequestFactory().get("/")
+        request.user = user
+
+        class _OwnerOnlyFilter(PermittedObjectsFilter):
+            include_granted = False
+
+        result = _OwnerOnlyFilter().filter_queryset(
+            request,
+            Tag.objects.all(),
+            _DummyView(),
+        )
+        assert result.count() == 0

src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: paperless-ngx\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-08-08 14:28+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-08-10 02:25+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2022-02-17 04:17\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: English\n"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Maximum nesting depth exceeded."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: documents/filters.py:1073
+#: documents/filters.py:1079
 msgid "Custom field not found"
 msgstr ""
 

src/paperless/auth.py

@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ class AutoLoginMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
         if request.path.startswith("/api/token/") and request.method == "POST":
             return None
         try:
-            request.user = User.objects.get(username=settings.AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME)
+            request.user = User.objects.get(
+                username=settings.AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME,
+                is_active=True,
+            )
             auth.login(
                 request=request,
                 user=request.user,

src/paperless/config.py

@@ -185,6 +185,30 @@ class GeneralConfig(BaseConfig):
         self.app_logo = app_config.app_logo.url if app_config.app_logo else None
 
 
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class RemoteOCRConfig(BaseConfig):
+    """
+    Settings for the remote (cloud) OCR parser
+    """
+
+    remote_ocr_engine: str | None = dataclasses.field(init=False)
+    remote_ocr_api_key: str | None = dataclasses.field(init=False)
+    remote_ocr_endpoint: str | None = dataclasses.field(init=False)
+
+    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
+        app_config = self._get_config_instance()
+
+        self.remote_ocr_engine = (
+            app_config.remote_ocr_engine or settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE
+        )
+        self.remote_ocr_api_key = (
+            app_config.remote_ocr_api_key or settings.REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY
+        )
+        self.remote_ocr_endpoint = (
+            app_config.remote_ocr_endpoint or settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT
+        )
+
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class AIConfig(BaseConfig):
     """

src/paperless/migrations/0014_applicationconfiguration_remote_ocr_api_key_and_more.py

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.16 on 2026-08-10 14:37
+
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("paperless", "0013_applicationconfiguration_llm_request_timeout"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
+            name="remote_ocr_api_key",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                max_length=1024,
+                null=True,
+                verbose_name="Sets the remote OCR API key",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
+            name="remote_ocr_endpoint",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                max_length=256,
+                null=True,
+                verbose_name="Sets the remote OCR endpoint",
+            ),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
+            name="remote_ocr_engine",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                blank=True,
+                choices=[("azureai", "Azure AI Document Intelligence")],
+                max_length=32,
+                null=True,
+                verbose_name="Sets the remote OCR engine",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]

src/paperless/models.py

@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ class ColorConvertChoices(models.TextChoices):
     CMYK = ("CMYK", _("CMYK"))
 
 
+class RemoteOCREngine(models.TextChoices):
+    """
+    Matches to PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE
+    """
+
+    AZURE_AI = ("azureai", _("Azure AI Document Intelligence"))
+
+
 class LLMEmbeddingBackend(models.TextChoices):
     OPENAI_LIKE = ("openai-like", _("OpenAI-compatible"))
     HUGGINGFACE = ("huggingface", _("Huggingface"))
@@ -286,6 +294,35 @@ class ApplicationConfiguration(AbstractSingletonModel):
         null=True,
     )
 
+    """
+    Settings for the remote OCR parser
+    """
+
+    # PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE
+    remote_ocr_engine = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_("Sets the remote OCR engine"),
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        max_length=32,
+        choices=RemoteOCREngine.choices,
+    )
+
+    # PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY
+    remote_ocr_api_key = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_("Sets the remote OCR API key"),
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        max_length=1024,
+    )
+
+    # PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT
+    remote_ocr_endpoint = models.CharField(
+        verbose_name=_("Sets the remote OCR endpoint"),
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        max_length=256,
+    )
+
     """
     AI related settings
     """

src/paperless/parsers/remote.py

@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ class RemoteEngineConfig:
         self.api_key = api_key
         self.endpoint = endpoint
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_app_config(cls) -> Self:
+        """Build the config from the app config, falling back to the env."""
+        from paperless.config import RemoteOCRConfig
+
+        app_config = RemoteOCRConfig()
+        return cls(
+            engine=app_config.remote_ocr_engine,
+            api_key=app_config.remote_ocr_api_key,
+            endpoint=app_config.remote_ocr_endpoint,
+        )
+
     def engine_is_valid(self) -> bool:
         """Return True when the engine is known and fully configured."""
         return (
@@ -138,11 +150,7 @@ class RemoteDocumentParser:
             20 when the remote engine is configured and the MIME type is
             supported, otherwise None.
         """
-        config = RemoteEngineConfig(
-            engine=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE,
-            api_key=settings.REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY,
-            endpoint=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT,
-        )
+        config = RemoteEngineConfig.from_app_config()
         if not config.engine_is_valid():
             return None
         if mime_type not in _SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES:
@@ -228,11 +236,7 @@ class RemoteDocumentParser:
             Ignored — the remote engine always returns a searchable PDF,
             which is stored as the archive copy regardless of this flag.
         """
-        config = RemoteEngineConfig(
-            engine=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE,
-            api_key=settings.REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY,
-            endpoint=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT,
-        )
+        config = RemoteEngineConfig.from_app_config()
 
         if not config.engine_is_valid():
             logger.warning(

src/paperless/serialisers.py

@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ class ApplicationConfigurationSerializer(
         allow_null=True,
         max_length=1024,
     )
+    remote_ocr_api_key = ObfuscatedPasswordField(
+        required=False,
+        allow_null=True,
+        max_length=1024,
+    )
+
+    OBFUSCATED_FIELDS = ("llm_api_key", "remote_ocr_api_key")
 
     def run_validation(self, data):
         # Empty strings treated as None to avoid unexpected behavior
@@ -230,11 +237,13 @@ class ApplicationConfigurationSerializer(
             data["language"] = None
         if "llm_output_language" in data and data["llm_output_language"] == "":
             data["llm_output_language"] = None
-        if "llm_api_key" in data and data["llm_api_key"] is not None:
-            if data["llm_api_key"] == "":
-                data["llm_api_key"] = None
-            elif len(data["llm_api_key"].replace("*", "")) == 0:
-                del data["llm_api_key"]
+        for field in self.OBFUSCATED_FIELDS:
+            if field in data and data[field] is not None:
+                if data[field] == "":
+                    data[field] = None
+                # Not a real value, don't overwrite the stored one
+                elif len(data[field].replace("*", "")) == 0:
+                    del data[field]
         return super().run_validation(data)
 
     def update(self, instance, validated_data):

src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_remote_parser.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from unittest.mock import Mock
 import pytest
 
 from documents.parsers import ParseError
+from paperless.models import ApplicationConfiguration
 from paperless.parsers import ParserContext
 from paperless.parsers import ParserProtocol
 from paperless.parsers.remote import RemoteDocumentParser
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
 
 
+# Remote ocr config from ApplicationConfiguration needs DB access
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
+
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Module-local fixtures
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -227,6 +232,18 @@ class TestRemoteParserScore:
         score = RemoteDocumentParser.score("application/pdf", "doc.pdf")
         assert score is not None and score > 10
 
+    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("no_engine_settings")
+    def test_score_uses_app_config_when_env_unset(self) -> None:
+        """The app config alone is enough to activate the parser."""
+        config = ApplicationConfiguration.objects.first()
+        assert config is not None
+        config.remote_ocr_engine = "azureai"
+        config.remote_ocr_api_key = "app-config-key"
+        config.remote_ocr_endpoint = "https://config.cognitiveservices.azure.com"
+        config.save()
+
+        assert RemoteDocumentParser.score("application/pdf", "doc.pdf") == 20
+
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Properties

src/paperless/tests/parsers/test_tesseract_parser.py

@@ -1277,6 +1277,8 @@ class TestParserFileTypes:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
+# Remote ocr config from ApplicationConfiguration needs DB access
+@pytest.mark.django_db
 class TestRasterisedDocumentParserRegistry:
     def test_registered_in_defaults(self) -> None:
         from paperless.parsers.registry import ParserRegistry

src/paperless/tests/test_auth_middleware.py

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.test import RequestFactory
+from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import override_settings
+
+from paperless.auth import AutoLoginMiddleware
+
+
+@override_settings(AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME="autologin")
+class TestAutoLoginMiddleware(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        super().setUp()
+        self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        self.middleware = AutoLoginMiddleware(lambda request: None)
+
+    def _process(self, request):
+        # login() needs a session to write to
+        request.session = self.client.session
+        self.middleware.process_request(request)
+        return request
+
+    def test_active_user_is_logged_in(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME names an active user
+        WHEN:
+            - A request is processed by the middleware
+        THEN:
+            - That user is attached to the request
+        """
+        user = User.objects.create_user(username="autologin")
+
+        request = self._process(self.factory.get("/"))
+
+        self.assertEqual(request.user, user)
+
+    def test_deactivated_user_is_not_logged_in(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME names a user who has been deactivated
+        WHEN:
+            - A request is processed by the middleware
+        THEN:
+            - The request is left anonymous rather than authenticated as them
+        """
+        User.objects.create_user(username="autologin", is_active=False)
+
+        request = self.factory.get("/")
+        request.user = AnonymousUser()
+        self._process(request)
+
+        self.assertFalse(request.user.is_authenticated)

src/paperless/tests/test_remote_ocr_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+"""Tests for RemoteOCRConfig precedence between app config and Django settings."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+
+import pytest
+from django.test import override_settings
+
+from paperless.config import RemoteOCRConfig
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def null_app_config(mocker) -> MagicMock:
+    """Mock ApplicationConfiguration with all fields None → falls back to Django settings."""
+    return mocker.MagicMock(
+        remote_ocr_engine=None,
+        remote_ocr_api_key=None,
+        remote_ocr_endpoint=None,
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def make_remote_ocr_config(mocker):
+    def _make(app_config, **django_settings_overrides):
+        mocker.patch(
+            "paperless.config.BaseConfig._get_config_instance",
+            return_value=app_config,
+        )
+        with override_settings(**django_settings_overrides):
+            return RemoteOCRConfig()
+
+    return _make
+
+
+class TestRemoteOCRConfig:
+    def test_falls_back_to_settings(
+        self,
+        make_remote_ocr_config,
+        null_app_config,
+    ) -> None:
+        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
+            null_app_config,
+            REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE="azureai",
+            REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY="env-key",
+            REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT="https://env.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
+        )
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_engine == "azureai"
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_api_key == "env-key"
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_endpoint == "https://env.cognitiveservices.azure.com"
+
+    def test_app_config_takes_precedence(
+        self,
+        make_remote_ocr_config,
+        mocker,
+    ) -> None:
+        app_config = mocker.MagicMock(
+            remote_ocr_engine="azureai",
+            remote_ocr_api_key="db-key",
+            remote_ocr_endpoint="https://db.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
+        )
+        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
+            app_config,
+            REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE=None,
+            REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY="env-key",
+            REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT="https://env.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
+        )
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_engine == "azureai"
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_api_key == "db-key"
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_endpoint == "https://db.cognitiveservices.azure.com"
+
+    def test_unset_everywhere(
+        self,
+        make_remote_ocr_config,
+        null_app_config,
+    ) -> None:
+        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
+            null_app_config,
+            REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE=None,
+            REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY=None,
+            REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT=None,
+        )
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_engine is None
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_api_key is None
+        assert cfg.remote_ocr_endpoint is None

uv.lock

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+version = "2.8.8"
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f5/be/af012eda9507494f28b99b077423806c43a11573eb6225dd46f19ae2d263/fpdf2-2.8.8-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3557a478fc577a929c94aace9666aed4dcc432b5ab6764232e6a59f1ccd75f17", size = 337000, upload-time = "2026-08-09T23:32:43.728Z" },
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 [[package]]
@@ -2927,8 +2927,8 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "sqlite-vec", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "tantivy", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "tika-client", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
-    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0+cpu", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0+cpu", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
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     { name = "whitenoise", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "zxing-cpp", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
@@ -4511,8 +4511,8 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "numpy", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "scikit-learn", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "scipy", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
-    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0+cpu", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "torch", version = "2.13.0+cpu", source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }, marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "tqdm", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "transformers", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
@@ -4957,18 +4957,17 @@ name = "torch"
 version = "2.13.0"
 source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }
 resolution-markers = [
-    "python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'",
     "python_full_version >= '3.12' and python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'",
     "python_full_version < '3.12' and sys_platform == 'darwin'",
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 dependencies = [
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-    { name = "fsspec", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
-    { name = "jinja2", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
-    { name = "networkx", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
-    { name = "setuptools", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
-    { name = "sympy", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
-    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "filelock", marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "fsspec", marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "jinja2", marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "networkx", marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "setuptools", marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "sympy", marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'" },
 ]
 wheels = [
     { url = "https://download-r2.pytorch.org/whl/cpu/torch-2.13.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_14_0_arm64.whl", hash = "sha256:e76f9bcecc52b8ff711239a2f7547d5353df95878ab232f0773c1d95928b92f8", upload-time = "2026-07-08T12:26:13Z" },
@@ -4983,6 +4982,7 @@ name = "torch"
 version = "2.13.0+cpu"
 source = { registry = "https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu" }
 resolution-markers = [
+    "python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin'",
     "python_full_version == '3.12.*' and platform_machine == 'x86_64' and sys_platform == 'linux'",
     "python_full_version == '3.12.*' and platform_machine == 'aarch64' and sys_platform == 'linux'",
     "python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'linux'",
@@ -4990,13 +4990,13 @@ resolution-markers = [
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-    { name = "fsspec", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "jinja2", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "networkx", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "setuptools", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "sympy", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "filelock", marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "fsspec", marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "jinja2", marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "networkx", marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "setuptools", marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "sympy", marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "(python_full_version >= '3.15' and sys_platform == 'darwin') or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
 ]
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