Fix: ensure remove inbox tag children on remove_inbox_tags

* Perf: batch the repeated lookups in modify_custom_fields

`modify_custom_fields()` re-resolved the same objects inside its
per-document loop: `custom_fields.get(id=field_id)` re-ran a CustomField
query for every document, and doc link fields called
`Document.objects.get(id=doc_id)` a second time for a document that was
already known.

Resolve both up front with `in_bulk()` and hand the resolved objects to
`update_or_create()` rather than bare ids. Passing the objects also
populates the FK cache on the newly created instance, so auditlog's
post_save receiver touching `.document`/`.field` no longer costs a reload
per row. The document map defers `content`, the one field here that is
both large and unused. The symmetrical-link removal pass and
`remove_doclink()` get `select_related()` for the same auditlog reason.

Measured over 50 documents, sqlite, audit log enabled:

                        before   after
  add 3 string fields    1502    1054
  update 1 string field   451     403
  add doc link            851     653
  remove doc link         604     354

`update_or_create()` is kept as-is. Dropping it for a hand-rolled
get-or-construct loop removes a further ~4 statements per row, but those
are the SAVEPOINT/RELEASE pairs of its `transaction.atomic()`, and the
`select_for_update()` and IntegrityError fallback that go with them. The
(document, field) unique constraint depends on that when two bulk edits
overlap, and the wall clock did not move to pay for it (331 ms vs 310 ms
for the string case above).

Also normalises the field ids to int once at the top so the old dict API,
whose keys may arrive as strings, indexes the resolved map correctly.

The `if custom_field:` branch it replaces was dead: `.get()` raises
DoesNotExist, it never returns None.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Fixes the comment

---------

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/issue-bot.yml

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
                 'You are welcome to open a new issue that describes the problem you observed in your own words.'
               : 'This issue was automatically closed because it was not opened using our bug report form. ' +
                 'Issues have to be created through the form so that the details we need to investigate are included.\n\n' +
-                `If the problem is still there, please [open a new issue](${newIssue}) using the form. No other action is needed here.\n\n' +
+                `If the problem is still there, please [open a new issue](${newIssue}) using the form. No other action is needed here.\n\n` +
                 'If any part of your report was written by an AI tool or agent, you must say so: undisclosed AI-generated ' +
                 `contributions are a violation of our [Code of Conduct](${codeOfConduct}).`;
 

.github/workflows/pr-bot.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ jobs:
   pr-bot:
     name: Automated PR Bot
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Runs after Anti-slop so the welcome comment can see whether the PR was closed
+    # instead of racing it. Still runs if that job fails, so labeling is not lost.
+    needs: Anti-slop
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
       pull-requests: write
@@ -99,8 +103,25 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
         with:
           script: |
-            const pr = context.payload.pull_request;
-            const user = pr.user.login;
+            const user = context.payload.pull_request.user.login;
+
+            // Re-read the PR: Anti-slop may have closed and labeled it after the webhook
+            const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.get({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              pull_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+            });
+
+            if (pr.state === 'closed') {
+              core.info('Skipping comment: PR is already closed');
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const labels = pr.labels.map((label) => (typeof label === 'string' ? label : label.name));
+            if (labels.includes('ai')) {
+              core.info('Skipping comment: PR is labeled ai');
+              return;
+            }
 
             const { data: members } = await github.rest.orgs.listMembers({
               org: 'paperless-ngx',

docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-compile-bytecode/run

@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/command/with-contenv /usr/bin/bash
-# shellcheck shell=bash
-declare -r log_prefix="[init-compile-bytecode]"
-
-# PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1 is set for the whole container. This unit compiles a
-# scoped set of libraries anyway, to speed up startup without bloating image size.
-
-# Handle the people using a read only file system
-if [[ "${S6_READ_ONLY_ROOT}" == "1" ]]; then
-	echo "${log_prefix} S6_READ_ONLY_ROOT=1, skipping (nothing to write bytecode to)"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-# When running as a non-root user, site-packages is still root-owned and unwritable,
-# so this step would just fail loudly on every container start. Skip it.
-if [[ -n "${USER_IS_NON_ROOT}" ]]; then
-	echo "${log_prefix} USER_IS_NON_ROOT is set, skipping (site-packages is not writable)"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
-declare -r site_packages="$(python3 -c 'import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])')"
-
-# Deliberately scoped to packages that paperless.settings/paperless/__init__.py import
-# unconditionally on every manage.py invocation (Django itself, the always-loaded
-# INSTALLED_APPS, and celery). This is NOT "compile everything" - the optional AI stack
-# (torch, llama-index, sentence-transformers, ...) is intentionally excluded since it is
-# lazy-imported and large.
-declare -a scope=(
-	"${PAPERLESS_SRC_DIR}"
-	"${site_packages}/django"
-	"${site_packages}/celery"
-	"${site_packages}/kombu"
-	"${site_packages}/rest_framework"
-	"${site_packages}/django_filters"
-	"${site_packages}/whitenoise"
-	"${site_packages}/corsheaders"
-	"${site_packages}/django_extensions"
-	"${site_packages}/guardian"
-	"${site_packages}/allauth"
-	"${site_packages}/drf_spectacular"
-	"${site_packages}/drf_spectacular_sidecar"
-	"${site_packages}/treenode"
-	"${site_packages}/compression_middleware"
-)
-
-declare -a existing_scope=()
-for path in "${scope[@]}"; do
-	[[ -d "${path}" ]] && existing_scope+=("${path}")
-done
-
-echo "${log_prefix} Compiling bytecode for: ${existing_scope[*]}"
-declare -r start_seconds=${SECONDS}
-
-if ! PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE= python3 -m compileall -q "${existing_scope[@]}"; then
-	echo "${log_prefix} WARNING: compileall reported errors (read-only filesystem or unwritable site-packages?); continuing without a bytecode cache"
-fi
-
-echo "${log_prefix} Done in $((SECONDS - start_seconds))s"

docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-compile-bytecode/type

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-oneshot

docker/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-compile-bytecode/up

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-compile-bytecode/run

docs/advanced_usage.md

@@ -138,7 +138,9 @@ for suggested generation and embedding models.
 With AI enabled, Paperless-ngx can suggest a title, tags, correspondent, document type,
 storage path and dates by sending the document to the LLM. This is **opt-in per request**
 and surfaces through the "Suggest" control on the document detail page, alongside the
-classic classifier-based suggestions — it does not disable them. Suggestion output
+classic classifier-based suggestions — it does not disable them. Suggestions are requested
+automatically when you open a document that carries an inbox tag unless "Automatically request
+suggestions for inbox documents" under Settings > Documents is disabled. Suggestion output
 language can be steered with
 [`PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_OUTPUT_LANGUAGE`](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_AI_LLM_OUTPUT_LANGUAGE)
 (otherwise it follows the user's UI language).

docs/configuration.md

@@ -1200,6 +1200,15 @@ still perform some basic text pre-processing before matching.
 
     Defaults to true, enabling the feature.
 
+#### [`PAPERLESS_CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD=<float>`](#PAPERLESS_CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD) {#PAPERLESS_CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD}
+
+: Sets the minimum confidence score (0.0-1.0) required for the automatic
+classifier to assign a correspondent, document type, or storage path to a
+document. Predictions below this threshold are discarded and the field is
+left unassigned, preventing low-confidence guesses from being applied.
+
+    Defaults to 0.6.
+
 #### [`PAPERLESS_DATE_PARSER_LANGUAGES=<lang>`](#PAPERLESS_DATE_PARSER_LANGUAGES) {#PAPERLESS_DATE_PARSER_LANGUAGES}
 
 : Specifies which language Paperless should use when parsing dates from documents.

docs/usage.md

@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ a "document already exists" message.
 
 Paperless-ngx can suggest tags, correspondents, document types and storage paths for documents based on the content of the document. This is done using a (non-LLM) machine learning model that is trained on the documents in your database. The suggestions are shown in the document detail page and can be accepted or rejected by the user.
 
+Suggestions are requested automatically when you open a document that still has an inbox tag. To only request them by pressing the "Suggest" button instead, turn off "Automatically request suggestions for inbox documents" under Settings > Documents.
+
 ## AI Features
 
 Paperless-ngx includes several features that use AI to enhance the document management experience. These features are optional and can be enabled or disabled in the settings. If you are using the AI features, you may want to also enable the "LLM index" feature, which supports Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) designed to improve the quality of AI responses. The LLM index feature is not enabled by default and requires additional configuration.
@@ -684,7 +686,8 @@ It requires [AI features](configuration.md#ai) to be enabled. You can specify:
   never replace the document's existing tags.
 
 The action works with every trigger **except Consumption Started**, because suggestions are made from
-the document's text, which does not exist until after the document has been processed.
+the document's text, which does not exist until after the document has been processed. Documents whose
+processed text is empty or contains only whitespace are skipped.
 
 Because the query to the AI service is slow, the action is queued and runs in the background rather
 than as part of the workflow run itself. The document is updated once the suggestions come back.

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

@@ -23,17 +23,30 @@
                                     <div class="col">
                                         <div class="card bg-light">
                                             <div class="card-body">
-                                                <div class="card-title d-flex align-items-center">
+                                                <div class="card-title d-flex align-items-center flex-wrap">
                                                     <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 (isExternallyConfigured(option.config_key)) {
+                                                      @if (isSet(option.key)) {
+                                                        <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-body-secondary text-dark fw-normal" title="This value overrides {{option.config_key}}, which is set outside Paperless." i18n-title>Overrides external</span>
+                                                      } @else {
+                                                        <span class="badge rounded-pill bg-body-secondary text-dark fw-normal" title="{{option.config_key}} is set outside Paperless. Enter a value here to override it." i18n-title>Set externally</span>
+                                                      }
+                                                    }
                                                     @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>
+                                                      @if (isExternallyConfigured(option.config_key)) {
+                                                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-link text-danger ms-auto pe-0" title="Use the externally configured value" i18n-title (click)="resetOption(option.key)">
+                                                            <i-bs class="me-1" name="x"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Reset to external</ng-container>
+                                                        </button>
+                                                      } @else {
+                                                        <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">

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

@@ -163,6 +163,19 @@ describe('ConfigComponent', () => {
     expect(component.configForm.get('barcodes_enabled').value).toBeNull()
   })
 
+  it('should identify externally configured options', () => {
+    component.externallyConfiguredVariables = new Set([
+      'PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE',
+    ])
+
+    expect(
+      component.isExternallyConfigured('PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE')
+    ).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(
+      component.isExternallyConfigured('PAPERLESS_OCR_OUTPUT_TYPE')
+    ).toBeFalsy()
+  })
+
   it('should group options into sections within a category, or not', () => {
     const sections = component.getCategorySections(ConfigCategory.OCR)
     expect(sections).toEqual([null, ConfigSection.RemoteOCR])

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

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export class ConfigComponent
   public configForm = new FormGroup({})
 
   public errors = {}
+  public externallyConfiguredVariables = new Set<string>()
 
   get optionCategories(): string[] {
     return Object.values(ConfigCategory)
@@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ export class ConfigComponent
   }
 
   private initialize(config: PaperlessConfig) {
+    this.externallyConfiguredVariables = new Set(
+      config.externally_configured_variables ?? []
+    )
     if (!this.store) {
       this.store = new BehaviorSubject(config)
 
@@ -162,7 +166,9 @@ export class ConfigComponent
           this.configForm.patchValue(state, { emitEvent: false })
         })
 
-      this.isDirty$ = dirtyCheck(this.configForm, this.store.asObservable())
+      this.isDirty$ = dirtyCheck(this.configForm, this.store.asObservable(), {
+        excludeKeys: ['externally_configured_variables'],
+      })
     }
     this.configForm.patchValue(config)
 
@@ -227,6 +233,10 @@ export class ConfigComponent
     return this.configForm.get(key).value != null
   }
 
+  public isExternallyConfigured(configKey: string): boolean {
+    return this.externallyConfiguredVariables.has(configKey)
+  }
+
   public resetOption(key: string) {
     this.configForm.get(key).setValue(null)
   }

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

@@ -112,6 +112,22 @@
 
                 <pngx-input-check i18n-title title="Use 'slim' sidebar (icons only)" formControlName="slimSidebarEnabled"></pngx-input-check>
 
+                <p class="mb-2 mt-3" i18n>Sidebar items to show:</p>
+                @for (option of sidebarItemOptions; track option.id) {
+                  <div class="form-check">
+                    <input
+                      class="form-check-input"
+                      type="checkbox"
+                      [id]="'sidebar-item-setting-' + option.id"
+                      [checked]="isSidebarItemShown(option.id)"
+                      (change)="toggleSidebarItem(option.id, $event.target.checked)"
+                    />
+                    <label class="form-check-label" [for]="'sidebar-item-setting-' + option.id">
+                      {{ option.label }}
+                    </label>
+                  </div>
+                }
+
               </div>
             </div>
 
@@ -237,6 +253,12 @@
               </div>
             </div>
 
+            <div class="row">
+              <div class="col">
+                <pngx-input-check i18n-title title="Automatically request suggestions for inbox documents" i18n-hint hint="If un-checked, suggestions must be requested via the Suggest button." formControlName="documentEditingAutoSuggest"></pngx-input-check>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
             <div class="row">
               <div class="col">
                 <pngx-input-check i18n-title title="Show document thumbnail during loading" formControlName="documentEditingOverlayThumbnail"></pngx-input-check>

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

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   SystemStatus,
   SystemStatusItemStatus,
 } from 'src/app/data/system-status'
-import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
+import { HideableSidebarItemID, SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
 import { IfOwnerDirective } from 'src/app/directives/if-owner.directive'
 import { IfPermissionsDirective } from 'src/app/directives/if-permissions.directive'
 import { PermissionsGuard } from 'src/app/guards/permissions.guard'
@@ -209,6 +209,45 @@ describe('SettingsComponent', () => {
     fixture.detectChanges()
   }
 
+  it('supports configuring sidebar items and canceling changes', () => {
+    completeSetup()
+
+    component.toggleSidebarItem(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows, false)
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(component.settingsForm.value.sidebarHiddenItems).toContain(
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows
+    )
+
+    settingsService.updateSidebarItemVisibility(
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Mail,
+      false
+    )
+
+    expect(component.settingsForm.value.sidebarHiddenItems).toContain(
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Mail
+    )
+
+    component.reset()
+
+    expect(component.settingsForm.value.sidebarHiddenItems).not.toContain(
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows
+    )
+    expect(component.settingsForm.value.sidebarHiddenItems).not.toContain(
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Mail
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('enables sidebar item controls on general settings until destroyed', () => {
+    completeSetup()
+
+    expect(settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()).toBe(true)
+
+    component.ngOnDestroy()
+
+    expect(settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('should support tabbed settings & change URL, prevent navigation if dirty confirmation rejected', async () => {
     completeSetup()
     const navigateSpy = jest.spyOn(router, 'navigate')
@@ -249,6 +288,7 @@ describe('SettingsComponent', () => {
 
   it('should support save local settings updating appearance settings and calling API, show error', () => {
     completeSetup()
+    component.toggleSidebarItem(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows, false)
     const toastErrorSpy = jest.spyOn(toastService, 'showError')
     const toastSpy = jest.spyOn(toastService, 'show')
     const storeSpy = jest.spyOn(settingsService, 'storeSettings')
@@ -267,7 +307,10 @@ describe('SettingsComponent', () => {
     expect(toastErrorSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(storeSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
     expect(appearanceSettingsSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
-    expect(setSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(32)
+    expect(setSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(34)
+    expect(setSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS, [
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows,
+    ])
 
     // succeed
     storeSpy.mockReturnValueOnce(of(true))

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

@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ import {
   SystemStatus,
   SystemStatusItemStatus,
 } from 'src/app/data/system-status'
-import { GlobalSearchType, SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
+import {
+  GlobalSearchType,
+  HIDEABLE_SIDEBAR_ITEM_IDS,
+  HideableSidebarItemID,
+  SETTINGS_KEYS,
+} from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
 import { User } from 'src/app/data/user'
 import { IfPermissionsDirective } from 'src/app/directives/if-permissions.directive'
 import { CustomDatePipe } from 'src/app/pipes/custom-date.pipe'
@@ -102,6 +107,14 @@ const documentDetailFieldOptions = [
   { id: DocumentDetailFieldID.Tags, label: $localize`Tags` },
 ]
 
+const sidebarItemLabels: Record<HideableSidebarItemID, string> = {
+  [HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard]: $localize`Dashboard`,
+  [HideableSidebarItemID.SavedViews]: $localize`Saved Views`,
+  [HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows]: $localize`Workflows`,
+  [HideableSidebarItemID.Mail]: $localize`Mail`,
+  [HideableSidebarItemID.Documentation]: $localize`Documentation`,
+}
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'pngx-settings',
   templateUrl: './settings.component.html',
@@ -149,6 +162,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent
     bulkEditApplyOnClose: new FormControl(null),
     documentListItemPerPage: new FormControl(null),
     slimSidebarEnabled: new FormControl(null),
+    sidebarHiddenItems: new FormControl<HideableSidebarItemID[]>([]),
     darkModeUseSystem: new FormControl(null),
     darkModeEnabled: new FormControl(null),
     darkModeInvertThumbs: new FormControl(null),
@@ -168,6 +182,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent
     pdfEditorDefaultEditMode: new FormControl(null),
     documentEditingRemoveInboxTags: new FormControl(null),
     documentEditingOverlayThumbnail: new FormControl(null),
+    documentEditingAutoSuggest: new FormControl(null),
     documentDetailsHiddenFields: new FormControl([]),
     searchDbOnly: new FormControl(null),
     searchLink: new FormControl(null),
@@ -185,6 +200,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent
 
   store: BehaviorSubject<any>
   storeSub: Subscription
+  sidebarItemsSub: Subscription
   isDirty$: Observable<boolean>
   isDirty: boolean = false
   unsubscribeNotifier: Subject<any> = new Subject()
@@ -202,6 +218,10 @@ export class SettingsComponent
   public readonly PdfEditorEditMode = PdfEditorEditMode
 
   public readonly documentDetailFieldOptions = documentDetailFieldOptions
+  public readonly sidebarItemOptions = HIDEABLE_SIDEBAR_ITEM_IDS.map((id) => ({
+    id,
+    label: sidebarItemLabels[id],
+  }))
 
   get systemStatusHasErrors(): boolean {
     const status = this.systemStatus()
@@ -229,6 +249,10 @@ export class SettingsComponent
 
   constructor() {
     super()
+    this.sidebarItemsSub =
+      this.settings.sidebarHiddenItemsEditingChanged.subscribe((hiddenItems) =>
+        this.settingsForm.controls.sidebarHiddenItems.setValue(hiddenItems)
+      )
     this.settings.settingsSaved.subscribe(() => {
       if (!this.savePending) this.initialize()
       this.savedViewsService.maybeRefreshDocumentCounts()
@@ -278,14 +302,21 @@ export class SettingsComponent
 
     this.activatedRoute.paramMap.subscribe((paramMap) => {
       const section = paramMap.get('section')
+      let navID = SettingsNavIDs.General
       if (section) {
         const navIDKey: string = Object.keys(SettingsNavIDs).find(
           (navID) => navID.toLowerCase() == section
         )
         if (navIDKey) {
-          this.activeNavID.set(SettingsNavIDs[navIDKey])
+          navID = SettingsNavIDs[navIDKey]
         }
       }
+      this.activeNavID.set(navID)
+      this.settings.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing.set(
+        navID === SettingsNavIDs.General
+          ? [...this.settingsForm.controls.sidebarHiddenItems.value]
+          : null
+      )
     })
   }
 
@@ -309,6 +340,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent
         SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_LIST_SIZE
       ),
       slimSidebarEnabled: this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.SLIM_SIDEBAR),
+      sidebarHiddenItems: this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS),
       darkModeUseSystem: this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.DARK_MODE_USE_SYSTEM),
       darkModeEnabled: this.settings.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.DARK_MODE_ENABLED),
       darkModeInvertThumbs: this.settings.get(
@@ -368,6 +400,9 @@ export class SettingsComponent
       documentEditingOverlayThumbnail: this.settings.get(
         SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_OVERLAY_THUMBNAIL
       ),
+      documentEditingAutoSuggest: this.settings.get(
+        SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_AUTO_SUGGEST
+      ),
       documentDetailsHiddenFields: this.settings.get(
         SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_DETAILS_HIDDEN_FIELDS
       ),
@@ -432,6 +467,12 @@ export class SettingsComponent
       this.settingsForm.patchValue(currentFormValue)
     }
 
+    if (this.settings.organizingSidebarItems()) {
+      this.settings.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing.set([
+        ...this.settingsForm.controls.sidebarHiddenItems.value,
+      ])
+    }
+
     if (this.canViewSystemStatus) {
       this.systemStatusService.get().subscribe((status) => {
         this.systemStatus.set(status)
@@ -440,8 +481,18 @@ export class SettingsComponent
   }
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
+    this.settings.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing.set(null)
     if (this.isDirty) this.settings.updateAppearanceSettings() // in case user changed appearance but didn't save
     this.storeSub && this.storeSub.unsubscribe()
+    this.sidebarItemsSub.unsubscribe()
+  }
+
+  isSidebarItemShown(item: HideableSidebarItemID): boolean {
+    return !(this.settingsForm.value.sidebarHiddenItems || []).includes(item)
+  }
+
+  toggleSidebarItem(item: HideableSidebarItemID, checked: boolean): void {
+    this.settings.updateSidebarItemVisibility(item, checked)
   }
 
   public saveSettings() {
@@ -469,6 +520,10 @@ export class SettingsComponent
       SETTINGS_KEYS.SLIM_SIDEBAR,
       this.settingsForm.value.slimSidebarEnabled
     )
+    this.settings.set(
+      SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS,
+      this.settingsForm.value.sidebarHiddenItems
+    )
     this.settings.set(
       SETTINGS_KEYS.DARK_MODE_USE_SYSTEM,
       this.settingsForm.value.darkModeUseSystem
@@ -565,6 +620,10 @@ export class SettingsComponent
       SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_OVERLAY_THUMBNAIL,
       this.settingsForm.value.documentEditingOverlayThumbnail
     )
+    this.settings.set(
+      SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_AUTO_SUGGEST,
+      this.settingsForm.value.documentEditingAutoSuggest
+    )
     this.settings.set(
       SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_DETAILS_HIDDEN_FIELDS,
       this.settingsForm.value.documentDetailsHiddenFields
@@ -624,6 +683,11 @@ export class SettingsComponent
 
   reset() {
     this.settingsForm.patchValue(this.store.getValue())
+    if (this.settings.organizingSidebarItems()) {
+      this.settings.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing.set([
+        ...this.settingsForm.controls.sidebarHiddenItems.value,
+      ])
+    }
   }
 
   clearThemeColor() {

src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.html

@@ -86,12 +86,15 @@
       }
       <div class="sidebar-sticky pt-3 pb-1 d-flex flex-column justify-space-around">
         <ul class="nav flex-column">
-          <li class="nav-item app-link">
-            <a class="nav-link" routerLink="dashboard" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
+          <li class="nav-item app-link position-relative" [class.d-none]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard) && !settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()">
+            <a class="nav-link" [class.opacity-50]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard)" [class.pe-5]="settingsService.organizingSidebarItems() && !slimSidebarEnabled && !slimSidebarAnimating()" routerLink="dashboard" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
               ngbPopover="Dashboard" i18n-ngbPopover [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarPopoversEnabled" placement="end"
               container="body" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave" popoverClass="popover-slim">
               <i-bs class="me-2" name="house"></i-bs><span class="nav-link-label"><ng-container i18n>Dashboard</ng-container></span>
             </a>
+            @if (settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()) {
+              <pngx-input-switch class="position-absolute top-50 end-0 translate-middle-y me-1" [class.d-none]="slimSidebarEnabled || slimSidebarAnimating()" [compact]="true" title="Dashboard" i18n-title [ngModel]="!settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard)" (ngModelChange)="toggleSidebarItem(HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard, $event)"></pngx-input-switch>
+            }
           </li>
           <li class="nav-item app-link" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Document }">
             <a class="nav-link" routerLink="documents" routerLinkActive="active"
@@ -237,29 +240,38 @@
                 </div>
               </li>
             }
-            <li class="nav-item app-link" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.SavedView }">
-              <a class="nav-link" routerLink="savedviews" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
+            <li class="nav-item app-link position-relative" [class.d-none]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.SavedViews) && !settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.SavedView }">
+              <a class="nav-link" [class.opacity-50]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.SavedViews)" [class.pe-5]="settingsService.organizingSidebarItems() && !slimSidebarEnabled && !slimSidebarAnimating()" routerLink="savedviews" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
                 ngbPopover="Saved Views" i18n-ngbPopover [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarPopoversEnabled" placement="end"
                 container="body" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave" popoverClass="popover-slim">
                 <i-bs class="me-2" name="window-stack"></i-bs><span class="nav-link-label"><ng-container i18n>Saved Views</ng-container></span>
               </a>
+              @if (settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()) {
+                <pngx-input-switch class="position-absolute top-50 end-0 translate-middle-y me-1" [class.d-none]="slimSidebarEnabled || slimSidebarAnimating()" [compact]="true" title="Saved Views" i18n-title [ngModel]="!settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.SavedViews)" (ngModelChange)="toggleSidebarItem(HideableSidebarItemID.SavedViews, $event)"></pngx-input-switch>
+              }
             </li>
-            <li class="nav-item app-link"
+            <li class="nav-item app-link position-relative" [class.d-none]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows) && !settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()"
               *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Workflow }"
               tourAnchor="tour.workflows">
-              <a class="nav-link" routerLink="workflows" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
+              <a class="nav-link" [class.opacity-50]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows)" [class.pe-5]="settingsService.organizingSidebarItems() && !slimSidebarEnabled && !slimSidebarAnimating()" routerLink="workflows" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()"
                 ngbPopover="Workflows" i18n-ngbPopover [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarPopoversEnabled" placement="end"
                 container="body" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave" popoverClass="popover-slim">
                 <i-bs class="me-2" name="boxes"></i-bs><span class="nav-link-label"><ng-container i18n>Workflows</ng-container></span>
               </a>
+              @if (settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()) {
+                <pngx-input-switch class="position-absolute top-50 end-0 translate-middle-y me-1" [class.d-none]="slimSidebarEnabled || slimSidebarAnimating()" [compact]="true" title="Workflows" i18n-title [ngModel]="!settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows)" (ngModelChange)="toggleSidebarItem(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows, $event)"></pngx-input-switch>
+              }
             </li>
-            <li class="nav-item app-link" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.MailAccount }"
+            <li class="nav-item app-link position-relative" [class.d-none]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Mail) && !settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.MailAccount }"
               tourAnchor="tour.mail">
-              <a class="nav-link" routerLink="mail" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()" ngbPopover="Mail"
+              <a class="nav-link" [class.opacity-50]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Mail)" [class.pe-5]="settingsService.organizingSidebarItems() && !slimSidebarEnabled && !slimSidebarAnimating()" routerLink="mail" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()" ngbPopover="Mail"
                 i18n-ngbPopover [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarPopoversEnabled" placement="end" container="body"
                 triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave" popoverClass="popover-slim">
                 <i-bs class="me-2" name="envelope"></i-bs><span class="nav-link-label"><ng-container i18n>Mail</ng-container></span>
               </a>
+              @if (settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()) {
+                <pngx-input-switch class="position-absolute top-50 end-0 translate-middle-y me-1" [class.d-none]="slimSidebarEnabled || slimSidebarAnimating()" [compact]="true" title="Mail" i18n-title [ngModel]="!settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Mail)" (ngModelChange)="toggleSidebarItem(HideableSidebarItemID.Mail, $event)"></pngx-input-switch>
+              }
             </li>
             <li class="nav-item app-link" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Delete, type: PermissionType.Document }">
               <a class="nav-link" routerLink="trash" routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()" ngbPopover="Trash"
@@ -322,13 +334,16 @@
                 </a>
               </li>
             }
-            <li class="nav-item mt-2" tourAnchor="tour.outro">
-              <a class="text-muted small d-flex align-items-center flex-wrap text-decoration-none nav-anchor"
+            <li class="nav-item mt-2 position-relative" [class.d-none]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Documentation) && !settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()" tourAnchor="tour.outro">
+              <a class="text-muted small d-flex align-items-center flex-wrap text-decoration-none nav-anchor" [class.opacity-50]="settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Documentation)" [class.pe-5]="settingsService.organizingSidebarItems() && !slimSidebarEnabled && !slimSidebarAnimating()"
                 target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://docs.paperless-ngx.com" ngbPopover="Documentation"
                 i18n-ngbPopover [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarPopoversEnabled" placement="end" container="body"
                 triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave" popoverClass="popover-slim">
                 <i-bs class="d-flex me-2" name="question-circle"></i-bs><span><ng-container i18n>Documentation</ng-container></span>
               </a>
+              @if (settingsService.organizingSidebarItems()) {
+                <pngx-input-switch class="position-absolute top-50 end-0 translate-middle-y me-1" [class.d-none]="slimSidebarEnabled || slimSidebarAnimating()" [compact]="true" title="Documentation" i18n-title [ngModel]="!settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Documentation)" (ngModelChange)="toggleSidebarItem(HideableSidebarItemID.Documentation, $event)"></pngx-input-switch>
+              }
             </li>
             <li class="nav-item" [class.visually-hidden]="slimSidebarEnabled">
               <div class="text-muted small d-flex align-items-center flex-wrap nav-label">

src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.spec.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { provideUiTour } from 'ngx-ui-tour-ng-bootstrap'
 import { of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
 import { routes } from 'src/app/app-routing.module'
 import { SavedView } from 'src/app/data/saved-view'
-import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
+import { HideableSidebarItemID, SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
 import { IfPermissionsDirective } from 'src/app/directives/if-permissions.directive'
 import { PermissionsGuard } from 'src/app/guards/permissions.guard'
 import {
@@ -287,6 +287,82 @@ describe('AppFrameComponent', () => {
     jest.useRealTimers()
   })
 
+  it('should hide configured sidebar items', () => {
+    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS, [
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard,
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows,
+    ])
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[routerLink="dashboard"]')
+        .parentElement.classList
+    ).toContain('d-none')
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[routerLink="workflows"]')
+        .parentElement.classList
+    ).toContain('d-none')
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[routerLink="mail"]').parentElement
+        .classList
+    ).not.toContain('d-none')
+  })
+
+  it('should show hidden items and visibility switches while customizing', () => {
+    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS, [
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard,
+    ])
+    settingsService.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing.set([
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Dashboard,
+    ])
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll('pngx-input-switch').length
+    ).toBe(5)
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[routerLink="dashboard"]')
+        .parentElement.classList
+    ).not.toContain('d-none')
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[routerLink="dashboard"]').classList
+    ).toContain('opacity-50')
+
+    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.SLIM_SIDEBAR, true)
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(
+      Array.from(
+        fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll('pngx-input-switch')
+      ).every((toggle: HTMLElement) => toggle.classList.contains('d-none'))
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[routerLink="dashboard"]').classList
+    ).not.toContain('pe-5')
+
+    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.SLIM_SIDEBAR, false)
+    component.slimSidebarAnimating.set(true)
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(
+      Array.from(
+        fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll('pngx-input-switch')
+      ).every((toggle: HTMLElement) => toggle.classList.contains('d-none'))
+    ).toBe(true)
+
+    component.slimSidebarAnimating.set(false)
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(
+      Array.from(
+        fixture.nativeElement.querySelectorAll('pngx-input-switch')
+      ).every((toggle: HTMLElement) => !toggle.classList.contains('d-none'))
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(
+      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('[routerLink="dashboard"]').classList
+    ).toContain('pe-5')
+  })
+
   it('should show error on toggle slim sidebar if store settings fails', () => {
     jest.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => {})
     const toastSpy = jest.spyOn(toastService, 'showError')

src-ui/src/app/components/app-frame/app-frame.component.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from '@angular/cdk/drag-drop'
 import { NgClass } from '@angular/common'
 import { Component, HostListener, inject, OnInit, signal } from '@angular/core'
+import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
 import { ActivatedRoute, Router, RouterModule } from '@angular/router'
 import {
   NgbCollapseModule,
@@ -21,7 +22,11 @@ import { Observable } from 'rxjs'
 import { first } from 'rxjs/operators'
 import { Document } from 'src/app/data/document'
 import { SavedView } from 'src/app/data/saved-view'
-import { CollapsibleSection, SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
+import {
+  CollapsibleSection,
+  HideableSidebarItemID,
+  SETTINGS_KEYS,
+} from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
 import { IfPermissionsDirective } from 'src/app/directives/if-permissions.directive'
 import { ComponentCanDeactivate } from 'src/app/guards/dirty-doc.guard'
 import { DocumentTitlePipe } from 'src/app/pipes/document-title.pipe'
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ import { ChatComponent } from '../chat/chat/chat.component'
 import { BrandMarkComponent } from '../common/logo/brand-mark/brand-mark.component'
 import { LogoComponent } from '../common/logo/logo.component'
 import { ProfileEditDialogComponent } from '../common/profile-edit-dialog/profile-edit-dialog.component'
+import { SwitchComponent } from '../common/input/switch/switch.component'
 import { DocumentDetailComponent } from '../document-detail/document-detail.component'
 import { ComponentWithPermissions } from '../with-permissions/with-permissions.component'
 import { GlobalSearchComponent } from './global-search/global-search.component'
@@ -76,6 +82,8 @@ const SCROLL_THRESHOLD = 16
     NgxBootstrapIconsModule,
     DragDropModule,
     TourNgBootstrap,
+    FormsModule,
+    SwitchComponent,
   ],
 })
 export class AppFrameComponent
@@ -98,6 +106,7 @@ export class AppFrameComponent
   readonly isMenuCollapsed = signal(true)
   readonly slimSidebarAnimating = signal(false)
   readonly mobileSearchHidden = signal(false)
+  readonly HideableSidebarItemID = HideableSidebarItemID
   private readonly versionSetting = this.settingsService.getSignal<string>(
     SETTINGS_KEYS.VERSION
   )
@@ -195,6 +204,10 @@ export class AppFrameComponent
     }, 200) // slightly longer than css animation for slim sidebar
   }
 
+  toggleSidebarItem(item: HideableSidebarItemID, visible: boolean): void {
+    this.settingsService.updateSidebarItemVisibility(item, visible)
+  }
+
   toggleAttributesSections(event?: Event): void {
     event?.preventDefault()
     event?.stopPropagation()

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/switch/switch.component.html

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-<div class="mb-3">
-  <div class="row">
-    @if (!horizontal) {
+<div [class.mb-3]="!compact">
+  <div [class.row]="!compact">
+    @if (!horizontal && !compact) {
       <div class="d-flex align-items-center position-relative hidden-button-container col-md-3">
         <label class="form-label" [for]="inputId" [ngbTooltip]="showUnsetNote && isUnset ? tipContent: null" placement="end">
           {{title}}
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     }
     <div [ngClass]="{'align-items-center': horizontal, 'd-flex': horizontal}">
       <div class="form-check form-switch">
-        <input #inputField type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" [id]="inputId" [(ngModel)]="value" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}" (change)="onChange(value)" (blur)="onTouched()" [disabled]="disabled">
-        @if (horizontal) {
+        <input #inputField type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" [id]="inputId" [(ngModel)]="value" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}" (change)="onChange(value)" (blur)="onTouched()" [disabled]="disabled" [attr.aria-label]="compact ? title : null">
+        @if (horizontal && !compact) {
           <label class="form-check-label" [class.text-muted]="showUnsetNote && isUnset" [for]="inputId" [ngbTooltip]="showUnsetNote && isUnset ? tipContent: null" placement="end">
             {{title}}
             @if (showUnsetNote && isUnset) {

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/switch/switch.component.spec.ts

@@ -48,4 +48,14 @@ describe('SwitchComponent', () => {
     component.value = undefined
     expect(component.isUnset).toBeTruthy()
   })
+
+  it('should support a compact layout', () => {
+    component.compact = true
+    component.title = 'Test switch'
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.mb-3')).toBeNull()
+    expect(fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('.row')).toBeNull()
+    expect(input.getAttribute('aria-label')).toEqual('Test switch')
+  })
 })

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/switch/switch.component.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ export class SwitchComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<boolean> {
   @Input()
   showUnsetNote: boolean = false
 
+  @Input()
+  compact: boolean = false
+
   constructor() {
     super()
   }

src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.spec.ts

@@ -1473,6 +1473,35 @@ describe('DocumentDetailComponent', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  it('should not automatically get suggestions if auto-suggest is disabled', () => {
+    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_AUTO_SUGGEST, false)
+    const suggestionsSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getSuggestions')
+    suggestionsSpy.mockReturnValue(of({ tags: [42] }))
+    initNormally()
+    expect(suggestionsSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    // still available on demand
+    component.getSuggestions()
+    expect(suggestionsSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('should not automatically get AI suggestions if auto-suggest is disabled', () => {
+    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_AUTO_SUGGEST, false)
+    const getSetting = settingsService.get.bind(settingsService)
+    jest
+      .spyOn(settingsService, 'get')
+      .mockImplementation((key) =>
+        key === SETTINGS_KEYS.AI_ENABLED ? true : getSetting(key)
+      )
+    const aiSuggestionsSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getAiSuggestions')
+    aiSuggestionsSpy.mockReturnValue(of({ tags: [42] }))
+    initNormally()
+    expect(aiSuggestionsSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+    component.getSuggestions()
+    expect(aiSuggestionsSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
   it('should reset the suggestions loading state if the document changes mid-request', () => {
     const getSetting = settingsService.get.bind(settingsService)
     jest

src-ui/src/app/components/document-detail/document-detail.component.ts

@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     this.settings.getSignal<boolean>(
       SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_OVERLAY_THUMBNAIL
     )
+  private readonly autoSuggestSetting = this.settings.getSignal<boolean>(
+    SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_AUTO_SUGGEST
+  )
   private readonly hiddenFieldsSetting = this.settings.getSignal<
     DocumentDetailFieldID[]
   >(SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_DETAILS_HIDDEN_FIELDS)
@@ -357,6 +360,10 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     return this.aiEnabledSetting()
   }
 
+  get autoSuggest(): boolean {
+    return this.autoSuggestSetting()
+  }
+
   get archiveContentRenderType(): ContentRenderType {
     const hasArchiveVersion =
       this.metadata()?.has_archive_version ??
@@ -904,6 +911,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     this.updateFormForCustomFields()
     this.loadMetadataForSelectedVersion()
     if (
+      this.autoSuggest &&
       this.permissionsService.currentUserHasObjectPermissions(
         PermissionAction.Change,
         doc

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

@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
 ]
 
 export interface PaperlessConfig extends ObjectWithId {
+  externally_configured_variables: string[]
   output_type: OutputTypeConfig
   pages: number
   language: string

src-ui/src/app/data/ui-settings.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ export enum CollapsibleSection {
   ATTRIBUTES = 'attributes',
 }
 
+export enum HideableSidebarItemID {
+  Dashboard = 'dashboard',
+  SavedViews = 'saved_views',
+  Workflows = 'workflows',
+  Mail = 'mail',
+  Documentation = 'documentation',
+}
+
+export const HIDEABLE_SIDEBAR_ITEM_IDS = Object.values(HideableSidebarItemID)
+
 export const PAPERLESS_GREEN_HEX = '#17541f'
 
 export const SETTINGS_KEYS = {
@@ -56,6 +66,7 @@ export const SETTINGS_KEYS = {
   NOTES_ENABLED: 'general-settings:notes-enabled',
   AUDITLOG_ENABLED: 'general-settings:auditlog-enabled',
   SLIM_SIDEBAR: 'general-settings:slim-sidebar',
+  SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS: 'general-settings:sidebar:hidden-items',
   ATTRIBUTES_SECTIONS_COLLAPSED:
     'general-settings:attributes-sections-collapsed',
   UPDATE_CHECKING_ENABLED: 'general-settings:update-checking:enabled',
@@ -84,6 +95,8 @@ export const SETTINGS_KEYS = {
     'general-settings:document-editing:remove-inbox-tags',
   DOCUMENT_EDITING_OVERLAY_THUMBNAIL:
     'general-settings:document-editing:overlay-thumbnail',
+  DOCUMENT_EDITING_AUTO_SUGGEST:
+    'general-settings:document-editing:auto-suggest',
   DOCUMENT_DETAILS_HIDDEN_FIELDS:
     'general-settings:document-details:hidden-fields',
   SEARCH_DB_ONLY: 'general-settings:search:db-only',
@@ -125,6 +138,11 @@ export const SETTINGS: UiSetting[] = [
     type: 'boolean',
     default: false,
   },
+  {
+    key: SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS,
+    type: 'array',
+    default: [],
+  },
   {
     key: SETTINGS_KEYS.ATTRIBUTES_SECTIONS_COLLAPSED,
     type: 'array',
@@ -300,6 +318,11 @@ export const SETTINGS: UiSetting[] = [
     type: 'boolean',
     default: true,
   },
+  {
+    key: SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_EDITING_AUTO_SUGGEST,
+    type: 'boolean',
+    default: true,
+  },
   {
     key: SETTINGS_KEYS.DOCUMENT_DETAILS_HIDDEN_FIELDS,
     type: 'array',

src-ui/src/app/services/settings.service.spec.ts

@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ import { CustomFieldDataType } from '../data/custom-field'
 import { DEFAULT_DISPLAY_FIELDS, DisplayField } from '../data/document'
 import { SavedView } from '../data/saved-view'
 import { RemoteOCRModeConfig } from '../data/paperless-config'
-import { SETTINGS_KEYS, UiSettings } from '../data/ui-settings'
+import {
+  HideableSidebarItemID,
+  SETTINGS_KEYS,
+  UiSettings,
+} from '../data/ui-settings'
 import { PermissionsService } from './permissions.service'
 import { CustomFieldsService } from './rest/custom-fields.service'
 import { SettingsService } from './settings.service'
@@ -230,6 +234,35 @@ describe('SettingsService', () => {
     expect(notesEnabled()).toBeFalsy()
   })
 
+  it('updates sidebar item visibility', () => {
+    httpTestingController
+      .expectOne(`${environment.apiBaseUrl}ui_settings/`)
+      .flush(ui_settings)
+
+    expect(
+      settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows)
+    ).toBe(false)
+
+    settingsService.updateSidebarItemVisibility(
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows,
+      false
+    )
+
+    expect(
+      settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows)
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(settingsService.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS)).toEqual([])
+
+    settingsService.updateSidebarItemVisibility(
+      HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows,
+      true
+    )
+
+    expect(
+      settingsService.sidebarItemIsHidden(HideableSidebarItemID.Workflows)
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
   it('updates setting signals when settings are reinitialized', () => {
     let req = httpTestingController.expectOne(
       `${environment.apiBaseUrl}ui_settings/`

src-ui/src/app/services/settings.service.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { DEFAULT_DISPLAY_FIELDS, DisplayField } from '../data/document'
 import { RemoteOCRModeConfig } from '../data/paperless-config'
 import { SavedView } from '../data/saved-view'
 import {
+  HideableSidebarItemID,
   PAPERLESS_GREEN_HEX,
   SETTINGS,
   SETTINGS_KEYS,
@@ -313,6 +314,18 @@ export class SettingsService {
   readonly globalDropzoneEnabled = signal(true)
   readonly globalDropzoneActive = signal(false)
   readonly organizingSidebarSavedViews = signal(false)
+  readonly sidebarHiddenItemsEditing = signal<HideableSidebarItemID[] | null>(
+    null
+  )
+  readonly organizingSidebarItems = computed(
+    () => this.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing() !== null
+  )
+  readonly sidebarHiddenItemsEditingChanged = new EventEmitter<
+    HideableSidebarItemID[]
+  >()
+  readonly hiddenSidebarItems = this.getSignal<HideableSidebarItemID[]>(
+    SETTINGS_KEYS.SIDEBAR_HIDDEN_ITEMS
+  )
 
   readonly allDisplayFields = signal<Array<{ id: DisplayField; name: string }>>(
     DEFAULT_DISPLAY_FIELDS
@@ -749,6 +762,29 @@ export class SettingsService {
     return this.storeSettings()
   }
 
+  sidebarItemIsHidden(item: HideableSidebarItemID): boolean {
+    return (
+      this.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing() ?? this.hiddenSidebarItems()
+    ).includes(item)
+  }
+
+  updateSidebarItemVisibility(
+    item: HideableSidebarItemID,
+    visible: boolean
+  ): void {
+    const hiddenItems = new Set(
+      this.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing() ?? this.hiddenSidebarItems()
+    )
+    if (visible) {
+      hiddenItems.delete(item)
+    } else {
+      hiddenItems.add(item)
+    }
+    const updatedHiddenItems = [...hiddenItems]
+    this.sidebarHiddenItemsEditing.set(updatedHiddenItems)
+    this.sidebarHiddenItemsEditingChanged.emit(updatedHiddenItems)
+  }
+
   updateSavedViewsVisibility(
     dashboardVisibleViewIds: number[],
     sidebarVisibleViewIds: number[]

src/documents/bulk_edit.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import logging
 import tempfile
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Literal
@@ -298,53 +299,55 @@ def modify_custom_fields(
 ) -> Literal["OK"]:
     qs = Document.objects.filter(id__in=doc_ids).only("pk")
     affected_docs = list(qs.values_list("pk", flat=True))
-    # Ensure add_custom_fields is a list of tuples, supports old API
+    # Ensure add_custom_fields is a list of (int, value) tuples, supports old API
     add_custom_fields = (
-        add_custom_fields.items()
+        [(int(field), value) for field, value in add_custom_fields.items()]
         if isinstance(add_custom_fields, dict)
-        else [(field, None) for field in add_custom_fields]
+        else [(int(field), None) for field in add_custom_fields]
     )
 
-    custom_fields = CustomField.objects.filter(
-        id__in=[int(field) for field, _ in add_custom_fields],
-    ).distinct()
+    # Resolved once, instead of re-querying the same field for every document
+    custom_fields_by_id: dict[int, CustomField] = CustomField.objects.in_bulk(
+        [field_id for field_id, _ in add_custom_fields],
+    )
+    # Passed to update_or_create() below rather than a bare id, so the FK is
+    # cached on the created instance and auditlog's post_save receiver does
+    # not reload it per row. Only needed for additions. content is deferred:
+    # the one field here that is both large and unused.
+    docs_by_id: dict[int, Document] = (
+        Document.objects.defer("content").in_bulk(affected_docs)
+        if add_custom_fields
+        else {}
+    )
     for field_id, value in add_custom_fields:
+        custom_field = custom_fields_by_id[field_id]
+        value_field = CustomFieldInstance.TYPE_TO_DATA_STORE_NAME_MAP[
+            custom_field.data_type
+        ]
+        is_doclink = custom_field.data_type == CustomField.FieldDataType.DOCUMENTLINK
         for doc_id in affected_docs:
-            defaults = {}
-            custom_field = custom_fields.get(id=field_id)
-            if custom_field:
-                value_field = CustomFieldInstance.TYPE_TO_DATA_STORE_NAME_MAP[
-                    custom_field.data_type
-                ]
-                defaults[value_field] = value
-                if (
-                    custom_field.data_type == CustomField.FieldDataType.DOCUMENTLINK
-                    and value
-                    and doc_id in value
-                ):
-                    # Prevent self-linking
-                    continue
+            if is_doclink and value and doc_id in value:
+                # Prevent self-linking
+                continue
             CustomFieldInstance.objects.update_or_create(
-                document_id=doc_id,
-                field_id=field_id,
-                defaults=defaults,
+                document=docs_by_id[doc_id],
+                field=custom_field,
+                defaults={value_field: value},
             )
-            if custom_field.data_type == CustomField.FieldDataType.DOCUMENTLINK:
-                doc = Document.objects.get(id=doc_id)
-                reflect_doclinks(doc, custom_field, value)
+            if is_doclink:
+                reflect_doclinks(docs_by_id[doc_id], custom_field, value)
 
-    # For doc link fields that are being removed, remove symmetrical links
+    # For doc link fields that are being removed, remove symmetrical links.
+    # select_related avoids a per-instance reload of the document and field.
     for doclink_being_removed_instance in CustomFieldInstance.objects.filter(
         document_id__in=affected_docs,
         field__id__in=remove_custom_fields,
         field__data_type=CustomField.FieldDataType.DOCUMENTLINK,
         value_document_ids__isnull=False,
-    ):
+    ).select_related("field", "document"):
         for target_doc_id in doclink_being_removed_instance.value:
             remove_doclink(
-                document=Document.objects.get(
-                    id=doclink_being_removed_instance.document.id,
-                ),
+                document=doclink_being_removed_instance.document,
                 field=doclink_being_removed_instance.field,
                 target_doc_id=target_doc_id,
             )
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@ def delete(doc_ids: list[int]) -> Literal["OK"]:
         )
         delete_ids = list({*doc_ids, *version_ids})
 
-        Document.objects.filter(id__in=delete_ids).delete()
+        Document.objects.filter(id__in=delete_ids).delete(transaction_id=uuid.uuid4())
 
         from documents.search import get_backend
 
@@ -1177,10 +1180,13 @@ def remove_doclink(
     """
     Removes a 'symmetrical' link to `document` from the target document's existing custom field instance
     """
-    target_doc_field_instance = CustomFieldInstance.objects.filter(
-        document_id=target_doc_id,
-        field=field,
-    ).first()
+    # select_related: a signal receiver (auditlog) touches .document/.field on
+    # the save() below, without this that is a per-call reload query
+    target_doc_field_instance = (
+        CustomFieldInstance.objects.filter(document_id=target_doc_id, field=field)
+        .select_related("document", "field")
+        .first()
+    )
     if (
         target_doc_field_instance is not None
         and document.id in target_doc_field_instance.value

src/documents/classifier.py

@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ from paperless.signed_pickle import signed_pickle_loads
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless.classifier")
 
+
+def _predict_with_threshold(classifier, X, threshold: float) -> int | None:
+    """
+    Return the predicted class id, or None if:
+    - the prediction is -1 (no match), or
+    - the winning class probability is below the configured threshold.
+
+    Using predict_proba() instead of predict() lets us apply a minimum-confidence
+    cutoff so that uncertain predictions are discarded rather than assigned.
+    """
+    probas = classifier.predict_proba(X)[0]
+    best_idx = int(probas.argmax())
+    best_class = int(classifier.classes_[best_idx])
+
+    if best_class == -1:
+        return None
+    if threshold > 0.0 and probas[best_idx] < threshold:
+        return None
+    return best_class
+
+
 ADVANCED_TEXT_PROCESSING_ENABLED = (
     settings.NLTK_LANGUAGE is not None and settings.NLTK_ENABLED
 )
@@ -102,7 +123,8 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
     # v8 - Added storage path classifier
     # v9 - Changed from hashing to time/ids for re-train check
     # v10 - HMAC-signed model file
-    FORMAT_VERSION = 10
+    # v11 - Use sample_weight for balanced training; predict_proba with threshold
+    FORMAT_VERSION = 11
 
     HMAC_SIZE = 32  # SHA-256 digest length
 
@@ -324,6 +346,13 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
         from sklearn.preprocessing import LabelBinarizer
         from sklearn.preprocessing import MultiLabelBinarizer
 
+        # MLPClassifier does not support class_weight directly
+        # (https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/issues/9113), so we use
+        # compute_sample_weight to balance classes during training and prevent
+        # over-represented correspondents from dominating predictions.
+        # https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.utils.class_weight.compute_sample_weight.html
+        from sklearn.utils.class_weight import compute_sample_weight
+
         # Step 2: vectorize data
         logger.debug("Vectorizing data...")
         notify("Vectorizing document content...")
@@ -369,7 +398,7 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
                 self.tags_binarizer = MultiLabelBinarizer()
                 labels_tags_vectorized = self.tags_binarizer.fit_transform(labels_tags)
 
-            self.tags_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01)
+            self.tags_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01, random_state=0)
             self.tags_classifier.fit(data_vectorized, labels_tags_vectorized)
         else:
             self.tags_classifier = None
@@ -380,8 +409,12 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
             notify(
                 f"Training correspondent classifier ({num_correspondents} correspondent(s))...",
             )
-            self.correspondent_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01)
-            self.correspondent_classifier.fit(data_vectorized, labels_correspondent)
+            self.correspondent_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01, random_state=0)
+            self.correspondent_classifier.fit(
+                data_vectorized,
+                labels_correspondent,
+                sample_weight=compute_sample_weight("balanced", labels_correspondent),
+            )
         else:
             self.correspondent_classifier = None
             logger.debug(
@@ -393,8 +426,12 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
             notify(
                 f"Training document type classifier ({num_document_types} type(s))...",
             )
-            self.document_type_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01)
-            self.document_type_classifier.fit(data_vectorized, labels_document_type)
+            self.document_type_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01, random_state=0)
+            self.document_type_classifier.fit(
+                data_vectorized,
+                labels_document_type,
+                sample_weight=compute_sample_weight("balanced", labels_document_type),
+            )
         else:
             self.document_type_classifier = None
             logger.debug(
@@ -406,10 +443,11 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
                 "Training storage paths classifier...",
             )
             notify(f"Training storage path classifier ({num_storage_paths} path(s))...")
-            self.storage_path_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01)
+            self.storage_path_classifier = MLPClassifier(tol=0.01, random_state=0)
             self.storage_path_classifier.fit(
                 data_vectorized,
                 labels_storage_path,
+                sample_weight=compute_sample_weight("balanced", labels_storage_path),
             )
         else:
             self.storage_path_classifier = None
@@ -546,24 +584,24 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
     def predict_correspondent(self, content: str) -> int | None:
         if self.correspondent_classifier:
             X = self._vectorize(content)
-            correspondent_id = self.correspondent_classifier.predict(X)
-            if correspondent_id != -1:
-                return correspondent_id
-            else:
-                return None
-        else:
-            return None
+            predicted_id = _predict_with_threshold(
+                self.correspondent_classifier,
+                X,
+                settings.CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD,
+            )
+            return predicted_id
+        return None
 
     def predict_document_type(self, content: str) -> int | None:
         if self.document_type_classifier:
             X = self._vectorize(content)
-            document_type_id = self.document_type_classifier.predict(X)
-            if document_type_id != -1:
-                return document_type_id
-            else:
-                return None
-        else:
-            return None
+            predicted_id = _predict_with_threshold(
+                self.document_type_classifier,
+                X,
+                settings.CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD,
+            )
+            return predicted_id
+        return None
 
     def predict_tags(self, content: str) -> list[int]:
         from sklearn.utils.multiclass import type_of_target
@@ -589,10 +627,10 @@ class DocumentClassifier:
     def predict_storage_path(self, content: str) -> int | None:
         if self.storage_path_classifier:
             X = self._vectorize(content)
-            storage_path_id = self.storage_path_classifier.predict(X)
-            if storage_path_id != -1:
-                return storage_path_id
-            else:
-                return None
-        else:
-            return None
+            predicted_id = _predict_with_threshold(
+                self.storage_path_classifier,
+                X,
+                settings.CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD,
+            )
+            return predicted_id
+        return None

src/documents/filters.py

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Any
 
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.db.models import Case
 from django.db.models import CharField
 from django.db.models import Count
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.models import Tag
 from documents.permissions import permitted_document_ids
 from documents.permissions import permitted_object_ids
+from documents.versioning import annotate_effective_content
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Callable
@@ -182,14 +182,9 @@ class TitleContentFilter(Filter):
             logger.warning(
                 "Deprecated document filter parameter 'title_content' used; use `text` instead.",
             )
-            try:
-                return qs.filter(
-                    Q(title__icontains=value) | Q(effective_content__icontains=value),
-                )
-            except FieldError:
-                return qs.filter(
-                    Q(title__icontains=value) | Q(content__icontains=value),
-                )
+            return annotate_effective_content(qs).filter(
+                Q(title__icontains=value) | Q(effective_content__icontains=value),
+            )
         else:
             return qs
 
@@ -200,14 +195,9 @@ class EffectiveContentFilter(Filter):
         value = value.strip() if isinstance(value, str) else value
         if not value:
             return qs
-        try:
-            return qs.filter(
-                **{f"effective_content__{self.lookup_expr}": value},
-            )
-        except FieldError:
-            return qs.filter(
-                **{f"content__{self.lookup_expr}": value},
-            )
+        return annotate_effective_content(qs).filter(
+            **{f"effective_content__{self.lookup_expr}": value},
+        )
 
 
 @extend_schema_field(serializers.BooleanField)

src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py

@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ class FileStabilityTracker:
                     logger.debug(f"File disappeared during stability check: {path}")
                 continue
 
+            # Stable, but empty: some scanners create a zero byte placeholder
+            # and only write the page some time later. Consuming it now can
+            # only fail  so drop it and let the writer's next event
+            # (or the periodic rescan) bring it back once it has content
+            if not tracked.last_size:
+                to_remove.append(path)
+                logger.debug("Ignoring stable but empty file: %s", path)
+                continue
+
             # File is stable, we can return it
             to_yield.append(path)
             logger.info(f"File is stable: {path}")

src/documents/models.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import uuid
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Final
 
@@ -514,13 +515,20 @@ class Document(SoftDeleteModel, ModelWithOwner):  # type: ignore[django-manager-
     def delete(
         self,
         *args,
+        transaction_id=None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
-        # If deleting a root document, move all its versions to trash as well.
+        # Versions must share the root's transaction ID so they are restored
+        # together by django-softdelete.
+        if transaction_id is None:
+            transaction_id = uuid.uuid4()
         if self.root_document_id is None:
-            Document.objects.filter(root_document=self).delete()
+            Document.objects.filter(root_document=self).delete(
+                transaction_id=transaction_id,
+            )
         return super().delete(
             *args,
+            transaction_id=transaction_id,
             **kwargs,
         )
 

src/documents/serialisers.py

@@ -674,6 +674,9 @@ class TagSerializer(MatchingModelSerializer, OwnedObjectSerializer):
             ordering = ordering or (Lower("name"),)
             children = children.order_by(*ordering)
 
+        if not children:
+            return []
+
         serializer = TagSerializer(
             children,
             many=True,
@@ -1253,20 +1256,26 @@ class DocumentSerializer(
                 if "tags" in validated_data
                 else []
             )
-            inbox_tags_not_being_added = Tag.objects.filter(is_inbox_tag=True).exclude(
-                id__in=tag_ids_being_added,
-            )
+            tags_being_added = Tag.objects.filter(id__in=tag_ids_being_added)
+            required_by_add_tags = set(tags_being_added)
+            for tag in tags_being_added:
+                required_by_add_tags.update(tag.get_ancestors())
+
+            # Remove its descendants too, except any that is being added in this same update
+            tags_to_remove = set()
+            for tag in Tag.objects.filter(is_inbox_tag=True):
+                if tag in required_by_add_tags:
+                    continue
+                tags_to_remove.add(tag)
+                tags_to_remove.update(tag.get_descendants())
+
             if "tags" in validated_data:
                 validated_data["tags"] = [
-                    tag
-                    for tag in validated_data["tags"]
-                    if tag not in inbox_tags_not_being_added
+                    tag for tag in validated_data["tags"] if tag not in tags_to_remove
                 ]
             else:
                 validated_data["tags"] = [
-                    tag
-                    for tag in instance.tags.all()
-                    if tag not in inbox_tags_not_being_added
+                    tag for tag in instance.tags.all() if tag not in tags_to_remove
                 ]
 
         if settings.AUDIT_LOG_ENABLED:

src/documents/tests/test_api_app_config.py

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         THEN:
             - Existing config
         """
-        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT, format="json")
+        with patch.dict("os.environ", {}, clear=True):
+            response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT, format="json")
 
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
             response.data[0],
             {
                 "id": 1,
+                "externally_configured_variables": [],
                 "output_type": None,
                 "pages": None,
                 "language": None,
@@ -91,6 +93,31 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
             },
         )
 
+    def test_api_get_config_reports_external_configuration_without_values(self) -> None:
+        with patch.dict(
+            "os.environ",
+            {
+                "PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE": "eng",
+                "PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY": "secret-value",
+                "PAPERLESS_FUTURE_SETTING": "future-value",
+                "UNRELATED_SETTING": "unrelated-value",
+            },
+            clear=True,
+        ):
+            response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT, format="json")
+
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            response.data[0]["externally_configured_variables"],
+            [
+                "PAPERLESS_FUTURE_SETTING",
+                "PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE",
+                "PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY",
+            ],
+        )
+        self.assertNotContains(response, "secret-value")
+        self.assertNotContains(response, "future-value")
+        self.assertNotContains(response, "UNRELATED_SETTING")
+
     def test_api_get_ui_settings_with_config(self) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:

src/documents/tests/test_api_document_versions.py

@@ -2,14 +2,12 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-from unittest import TestCase
 from unittest import mock
 
 from auditlog.models import LogEntry  # type: ignore[import-untyped]
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
-from django.core.exceptions import FieldError
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.test import TestCase as DjangoTestCase
 from django.utils import timezone
@@ -22,6 +20,7 @@ from documents.filters import TitleContentFilter
 from documents.models import Document
 from documents.tests.utils import DirectoriesMixin
 from documents.tests.utils import read_streaming_response
+from documents.versioning import annotate_effective_content
 from documents.views import DocumentSelectionMixin
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -892,32 +891,104 @@ class TestDocumentVersioningApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         )
 
 
-class TestVersionAwareFilters(TestCase):
-    def test_title_content_filter_falls_back_to_content(self) -> None:
-        queryset = mock.Mock()
-        fallback_queryset = mock.Mock()
-        queryset.filter.side_effect = [FieldError("missing field"), fallback_queryset]
+class TestVersionAwareFilters(DjangoTestCase):
+    """
+    The filters annotate effective_content themselves rather than relying on
+    the caller's queryset carrying it, so they stay version-aware on a plain
+    Document queryset (e.g. the bulk-edit "select all matching" path).
+    """
 
-        result = TitleContentFilter().filter(queryset, " latest ")
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        super().setUp()
+        self.root = Document.objects.create(
+            title="root",
+            checksum="root",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+            content="superseded-content",
+        )
+        Document.objects.create(
+            title="version",
+            checksum="version",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+            root_document=self.root,
+            version_index=1,
+            content="latest-content",
+        )
+        self.unversioned = Document.objects.create(
+            title="unversioned",
+            checksum="unversioned",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+            content="latest-content",
+        )
 
-        self.assertIs(result, fallback_queryset)
-        self.assertEqual(queryset.filter.call_count, 2)
-
-    def test_effective_content_filter_falls_back_to_content_lookup(self) -> None:
-        queryset = mock.Mock()
-        fallback_queryset = mock.Mock()
-        queryset.filter.side_effect = [FieldError("missing field"), fallback_queryset]
-
-        result = EffectiveContentFilter(lookup_expr="icontains").filter(
-            queryset,
+    def test_title_content_filter_matches_latest_version_content(self) -> None:
+        result = TitleContentFilter().filter(
+            Document.objects.filter(root_document__isnull=True),
             " latest ",
         )
 
-        self.assertIs(result, fallback_queryset)
-        first_kwargs = queryset.filter.call_args_list[0].kwargs
-        second_kwargs = queryset.filter.call_args_list[1].kwargs
-        self.assertEqual(first_kwargs, {"effective_content__icontains": "latest"})
-        self.assertEqual(second_kwargs, {"content__icontains": "latest"})
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            [doc.id for doc in result],
+            [self.root.id, self.unversioned.id],
+        )
+
+    def test_effective_content_filter_matches_latest_version_content(self) -> None:
+        result = EffectiveContentFilter(lookup_expr="icontains").filter(
+            Document.objects.filter(root_document__isnull=True),
+            " latest ",
+        )
+
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            [doc.id for doc in result],
+            [self.root.id, self.unversioned.id],
+        )
+
+    def test_effective_content_filter_ignores_superseded_content(self) -> None:
+        result = EffectiveContentFilter(lookup_expr="icontains").filter(
+            Document.objects.filter(root_document__isnull=True),
+            "superseded",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(list(result), [])
+
+    def test_filters_reuse_an_existing_annotation(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Annotating twice under the same alias is an error, so an already
+        annotated queryset (the search path) has to be left alone.
+        """
+        annotated = annotate_effective_content(
+            Document.objects.filter(root_document__isnull=True),
+        )
+        self.assertIs(annotate_effective_content(annotated), annotated)
+
+        result = EffectiveContentFilter(lookup_expr="icontains").filter(
+            annotated,
+            "latest",
+        )
+
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            [doc.id for doc in result],
+            [self.root.id, self.unversioned.id],
+        )
+
+    def test_bulk_selection_does_not_match_superseded_content(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Bulk edit's "select all matching" builds its own queryset, so before
+        the filters annotated for themselves it matched the root document's
+        superseded content -- selecting documents the list view, filtered by
+        the same term, does not show.
+        """
+        user = User.objects.create_superuser(username="bulk_selection")
+
+        selected = DocumentSelectionMixin()._resolve_document_ids(
+            user=user,
+            validated_data={
+                "all": True,
+                "filters": {"content__icontains": "superseded"},
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(selected, [])
 
     def test_effective_content_filter_returns_input_for_empty_values(self) -> None:
         queryset = mock.Mock()

src/documents/tests/test_api_search.py

@@ -1947,6 +1947,29 @@ class TestDocumentSearchApi(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(response.data["documents"]), 1)
         self.assertEqual(response.data["documents"][0]["id"], title_match.id)
 
+    def test_global_search_returns_latest_version_content(self) -> None:
+        root = Document.objects.create(
+            title="bank statement",
+            content="superseded content",
+            checksum="GSV1",
+            pk=23,
+        )
+        Document.objects.create(
+            title="bank statement v2",
+            content="latest content",
+            checksum="GSV2",
+            pk=24,
+            root_document=root,
+            version_index=1,
+        )
+
+        self.client.force_authenticate(self.user)
+
+        response = self.client.get("/api/search/?query=bank&db_only=true")
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        returned = {doc["id"]: doc["content"] for doc in response.data["documents"]}
+        self.assertEqual(returned.get(root.id), "latest content")
+
     def test_global_search_filters_owned_mail_objects(self) -> None:
         user1 = User.objects.create_user("mail-search-user")
         user2 = User.objects.create_user("other-mail-search-user")

src/documents/tests/test_api_trash.py

@@ -207,3 +207,65 @@ class TestTrashAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         )
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         self.assertIn("have not yet been deleted", resp.data["documents"][0])
+
+    def _make_versioned_document(self) -> tuple[Document, list[Document]]:
+        root = Document.objects.create(
+            title="root",
+            content="root-content",
+            checksum="root",
+            mime_type="application/pdf",
+        )
+        versions = [
+            Document.objects.create(
+                title=f"v{index}",
+                content=f"v{index}-content",
+                checksum=f"v{index}",
+                mime_type="application/pdf",
+                root_document=root,
+                version_index=index,
+            )
+            for index in range(1, 3)
+        ]
+        return root, versions
+
+    def test_api_trash_restore_document_restores_its_versions(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Existing document with two versions
+        WHEN:
+            - API request to delete the document
+            - API request to restore it from the trash
+        THEN:
+            - Only the document itself is listed in the trash
+            - A version cannot be restored without its root
+            - The document is restored together with all of its versions
+        """
+        root, versions = self._make_versioned_document()
+
+        self.client.force_login(user=self.user)
+        self.client.delete(f"/api/documents/{root.pk}/")
+        self.assertEqual(Document.deleted_objects.count(), 3)
+
+        resp = self.client.get("/api/trash/")
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.data["count"], 1)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.data["results"][0]["id"], root.pk)
+
+        # A version cannot be restored while its root remains in the trash.
+        resp = self.client.post(
+            "/api/trash/",
+            {"action": "restore", "documents": [versions[0].pk]},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        self.assertIn("Restore the root document", resp.data["documents"][0])
+
+        resp = self.client.post(
+            "/api/trash/",
+            {"action": "restore", "documents": [root.pk]},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(Document.deleted_objects.count(), 0)
+        self.assertCountEqual(
+            Document.objects.filter(root_document=root).values_list("id", flat=True),
+            [version.pk for version in versions],
+        )

src/documents/tests/test_bulk_edit.py

@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@ class TestBulkEdit(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(Document.objects.filter(id=self.doc1.id).exists())
         self.assertFalse(Document.objects.filter(id=version.id).exists())
 
+        Document.deleted_objects.get(id=self.doc1.id).restore(strict=False)
+
+        self.assertTrue(Document.objects.filter(id=self.doc1.id).exists())
+        self.assertTrue(Document.objects.filter(id=version.id).exists())
+
     def test_delete_version_document_keeps_root(self) -> None:
         version = Document.objects.create(
             checksum="A-v1",

src/documents/tests/test_classifier.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import mock
 
+import numpy as np
 import pytest
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import TestCase
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ from django.test import override_settings
 from documents.classifier import ClassifierModelCorruptError
 from documents.classifier import DocumentClassifier
 from documents.classifier import IncompatibleClassifierVersionError
+from documents.classifier import _predict_with_threshold
 from documents.classifier import load_classifier
 from documents.models import Correspondent
 from documents.models import Document
@@ -625,6 +627,103 @@ class TestClassifier(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.classifier.predict_storage_path(doc1.content), sp.pk)
         self.assertIsNone(self.classifier.predict_storage_path(doc2.content))
 
+    def test_predict_rejects_prediction_below_match_threshold(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Classifiers trained against test data with confident predictions
+        WHEN:
+            - CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD exceeds the model's confidence
+        THEN:
+            - Every predict_* method discards the match in favor of no match
+        """
+        c1 = Correspondent.objects.create(
+            name="c1",
+            matching_algorithm=Correspondent.MATCH_AUTO,
+        )
+        dt1 = DocumentType.objects.create(
+            name="dt1",
+            matching_algorithm=DocumentType.MATCH_AUTO,
+        )
+        sp1 = StoragePath.objects.create(
+            name="sp1",
+            matching_algorithm=StoragePath.MATCH_AUTO,
+        )
+
+        doc1 = Document.objects.create(
+            title="doc1",
+            content="this is a document from c1",
+            correspondent=c1,
+            document_type=dt1,
+            storage_path=sp1,
+            checksum="A",
+        )
+        Document.objects.create(
+            title="doc2",
+            content="this is a document from no one",
+            checksum="B",
+        )
+
+        self.classifier.train()
+
+        predictors = {
+            "correspondent": self.classifier.predict_correspondent,
+            "document_type": self.classifier.predict_document_type,
+            "storage_path": self.classifier.predict_storage_path,
+        }
+        # No real prediction can reach a confidence this high, so this
+        # isolates the threshold check from the model's actual output.
+        with override_settings(CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD=0.999999):
+            for name, predict in predictors.items():
+                with self.subTest(field=name):
+                    self.assertIsNone(predict(doc1.content))
+
+    def test_train_uses_balanced_sample_weight(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A training set with correspondents, document types and storage paths
+        WHEN:
+            - The classifier is trained
+        THEN:
+            - Each MLP classifier is fit with balanced sample weights, so that
+              over-represented classes don't dominate predictions
+        """
+        c1 = Correspondent.objects.create(
+            name="c1",
+            matching_algorithm=Correspondent.MATCH_AUTO,
+        )
+        dt1 = DocumentType.objects.create(
+            name="dt1",
+            matching_algorithm=DocumentType.MATCH_AUTO,
+        )
+        sp1 = StoragePath.objects.create(
+            name="sp1",
+            matching_algorithm=StoragePath.MATCH_AUTO,
+        )
+
+        Document.objects.create(
+            title="doc1",
+            content="this is a document from c1",
+            correspondent=c1,
+            document_type=dt1,
+            storage_path=sp1,
+            checksum="A",
+        )
+        Document.objects.create(
+            title="doc2",
+            content="this is a document from no one",
+            checksum="B",
+        )
+
+        with mock.patch(
+            "sklearn.utils.class_weight.compute_sample_weight",
+            return_value=None,
+        ) as mocked_compute_sample_weight:
+            self.classifier.train()
+
+        self.assertEqual(mocked_compute_sample_weight.call_count, 3)
+        for call in mocked_compute_sample_weight.call_args_list:
+            self.assertEqual(call.args[0], "balanced")
+
     def test_one_tag_predict(self) -> None:
         t1 = Tag.objects.create(name="t1", matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_AUTO, pk=12)
 
@@ -810,6 +909,52 @@ class TestClassifier(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             load_classifier(raise_exception=True)
 
 
+class _StubProbaClassifier:
+    """
+    A fake scikit-learn classifier exposing just enough of the API for
+    `_predict_with_threshold`: `classes_` and `predict_proba`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, classes: list[int], probabilities: list[float]) -> None:
+        self.classes_ = np.array(classes)
+        self._probabilities = np.array([probabilities])
+
+    def predict_proba(self, X) -> np.ndarray:
+        return self._probabilities
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("classes", "probabilities", "threshold", "expected"),
+    [
+        # confident prediction above the threshold is returned
+        ([-1, 3], [0.1, 0.9], 0.6, 3),
+        # prediction below the threshold is discarded
+        ([-1, 3], [0.45, 0.55], 0.6, None),
+        # boundary: exactly at the threshold is accepted, not discarded
+        ([-1, 3], [0.4, 0.6], 0.6, 3),
+        # the winning class is the "no match" pseudo-class, regardless of its
+        # own confidence
+        ([-1, 3], [0.99, 0.01], 0.0, None),
+        # threshold of 0.0 disables the confidence check entirely
+        ([-1, 3], [0.45, 0.55], 0.0, 3),
+    ],
+)
+def test_predict_with_threshold(classes, probabilities, threshold, expected) -> None:
+    classifier = _StubProbaClassifier(classes, probabilities)
+    result = _predict_with_threshold(classifier, X=None, threshold=threshold)
+    assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_classifier_match_threshold_default() -> None:
+    """
+    GIVEN:
+        - No PAPERLESS_CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD environment variable is set
+    THEN:
+        - The classifier match threshold defaults to 0.6
+    """
+    assert settings.CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD == 0.6
+
+
 def test_preprocess_content() -> None:
     """
     GIVEN:

src/documents/tests/test_document_model.py

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TestDocument(TestCase):
             checksum="checksum",
             mime_type="application/pdf",
         )
-        Document.objects.create(
+        version = Document.objects.create(
             root_document=root,
             correspondent=root.correspondent,
             title="Version",
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ class TestDocument(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(Document.objects.count(), 0)
         self.assertEqual(Document.deleted_objects.count(), 2)
 
+        root.restore(strict=False)
+
+        self.assertTrue(Document.objects.filter(pk=version.pk).exists())
+
     def test_file_name(self) -> None:
         doc = Document(
             mime_type="application/pdf",

src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py

@@ -136,6 +136,23 @@ def wait_for_mock_call(
     return False
 
 
+def sleep_past_stability(
+    owner: FileStabilityTracker | ConsumerThread,
+    *,
+    windows: float = 1.5,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Block until a tracked file's stability window has certainly elapsed.
+
+    Args:
+        owner: The tracker, or the consumer thread running one, whose
+               configured stability delay sets the wait.
+        windows: How many stability windows to wait, giving slop for a slow
+                 or loaded test runner.
+    """
+    sleep(owner.stability_delay * windows)
+
+
 class TestTrackedFile:
     """Tests for the TrackedFile dataclass."""
 
@@ -261,6 +278,56 @@ class TestFileStabilityTracker:
         assert len(stable) == 0
         assert stability_tracker.pending_count == 1
 
+    def test_get_stable_files_skips_empty_file(
+        self,
+        stability_tracker: FileStabilityTracker,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A zero byte file, tracked and past its stability delay
+        WHEN:
+            - Stable files are collected
+        THEN:
+            - The file is not yielded for consumption
+            - The file is dropped from tracking rather than held, so an
+              abandoned placeholder does not keep the watch loop awake
+        """
+        empty = tmp_path / "scan.pdf"
+        empty.write_bytes(b"")
+        stability_tracker.track(empty, Change.added)
+        sleep_past_stability(stability_tracker)
+
+        stable = list(stability_tracker.get_stable_files())
+
+        assert stable == []
+        assert stability_tracker.pending_count == 0
+
+    def test_empty_file_is_yielded_once_content_arrives(
+        self,
+        stability_tracker: FileStabilityTracker,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A zero byte file which was dropped from tracking while empty
+        WHEN:
+            - The writer fills the file and a new event re-tracks it
+        THEN:
+            - The file is yielded for consumption once it is stable
+        """
+        target = tmp_path / "scan.pdf"
+        target.write_bytes(b"")
+        stability_tracker.track(target, Change.added)
+        sleep_past_stability(stability_tracker)
+        assert list(stability_tracker.get_stable_files()) == []
+
+        target.write_bytes(b"%PDF-1.4 content")
+        stability_tracker.track(target, Change.modified)
+        sleep_past_stability(stability_tracker)
+
+        assert list(stability_tracker.get_stable_files()) == [target]
+
     def test_get_stable_files_deleted_during_check(self, temp_file: Path) -> None:
         """Test deleted file is not returned during stability check."""
         tracker = FileStabilityTracker(stability_delay=0.1)
@@ -879,6 +946,51 @@ class TestCommandWatch:
 
         mock_consume_file_delay.apply_async.assert_called()
 
+    def test_scanner_placeholder_is_not_consumed_while_empty(
+        self,
+        consumption_dir: Path,
+        sample_pdf: Path,
+        mock_consume_file_delay: MagicMock,
+        start_consumer: Callable[..., ConsumerThread],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A scanner which creates a zero byte placeholder and only writes
+              the page some time later (GH discussion #13969)
+        WHEN:
+            - The placeholder sits untouched well past the stability delay
+            - The scanner then writes the real content
+        THEN:
+            - The empty placeholder is never queued, as it could only fail
+              with "Unsupported mime type inode/x-empty"
+            - The file is queued exactly once, when the content lands
+        """
+        thread = start_consumer(stability_delay=0.2)
+
+        target = consumption_dir / "scan.pdf"
+        target.write_bytes(b"")  # the scanner's placeholder
+
+        # Well past the stability delay: the old behaviour queued it here.
+        sleep_past_stability(thread, windows=5)
+        if thread.exception:
+            raise thread.exception
+        assert mock_consume_file_delay.apply_async.call_count == 0
+
+        shutil.copy(sample_pdf, target)  # the scanner finishes the page
+
+        assert wait_for_mock_call(
+            mock_consume_file_delay.apply_async,
+            timeout_s=5.0,
+        )
+        if thread.exception:
+            raise thread.exception
+
+        assert mock_consume_file_delay.apply_async.call_count == 1
+        queued_doc = mock_consume_file_delay.apply_async.call_args.kwargs["kwargs"][
+            "input_doc"
+        ]
+        assert queued_doc.original_file.name == "scan.pdf"
+
     def test_ignores_macos_files(
         self,
         consumption_dir: Path,

src/documents/tests/test_tag_hierarchy.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from unittest import mock
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
 from documents import bulk_edit
@@ -108,6 +109,44 @@ class TestTagHierarchy(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         self.document.refresh_from_db()
         assert self.document.tags.count() == 0
 
+    def test_remove_inbox_tags_removes_nested_children(self) -> None:
+        inbox = Tag.objects.create(name="Inbox", is_inbox_tag=True)
+        nested = Tag.objects.create(name="Nested", tn_parent=inbox)
+        self.document.add_nested_tags([nested])
+
+        resp = self.client.patch(
+            f"/api/documents/{self.document.pk}/",
+            {"title": "new title", "remove_inbox_tags": True},
+            format="json",
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        self.document.refresh_from_db()
+        assert self.document.tags.count() == 0
+
+        # A subsequent save must not re-add the inbox tag as an ancestor
+        resp = self.client.patch(
+            f"/api/documents/{self.document.pk}/",
+            {"title": "another title", "tags": [], "remove_inbox_tags": True},
+            format="json",
+        )
+        assert resp.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+        self.document.refresh_from_db()
+        assert self.document.tags.count() == 0
+
+    def test_remove_inbox_tags_keeps_inbox_when_nested_child_added(self) -> None:
+        inbox = Tag.objects.create(name="Inbox", is_inbox_tag=True)
+        nested = Tag.objects.create(name="Nested", tn_parent=inbox)
+        self.document.add_nested_tags([inbox])
+
+        self.client.patch(
+            f"/api/documents/{self.document.pk}/",
+            {"tags": [nested.pk], "remove_inbox_tags": True},
+            format="json",
+        )
+        self.document.refresh_from_db()
+        tags = set(self.document.tags.values_list("pk", flat=True))
+        assert tags == {inbox.pk, nested.pk}
+
     def test_bulk_edit_respects_hierarchy(self) -> None:
         bulk_edit.add_tag([self.document.pk], self.child.pk)
         self.document.refresh_from_db()

src/documents/tests/test_views.py

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from documents.signals.handlers import update_llm_suggestions_cache
 from documents.tests.utils import DirectoriesMixin
 from documents.tests.utils import read_streaming_response
 from paperless.models import ApplicationConfiguration
+from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMProviderError
 from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMTimeoutError
 
 
@@ -737,6 +738,38 @@ class TestAISuggestions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
             get_llm_suggestion_cache(self.document.pk, backend="openai-like"),
         )
 
+    @patch("documents.views.get_ai_document_classification")
+    @override_settings(
+        AI_ENABLED=True,
+        LLM_BACKEND="openai-like",
+    )
+    def test_ai_suggestions_with_llm_provider_error(
+        self,
+        mock_get_ai_classification,
+    ) -> None:
+        mock_get_ai_classification.side_effect = LLMProviderError(
+            "confidential provider response",
+        )
+
+        self.client.force_login(user=self.user)
+        response = self.client.get(
+            f"/api/documents/{self.document.pk}/ai_suggestions/",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_502_BAD_GATEWAY)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.json(),
+            {
+                "ai": [
+                    "AI backend rejected the request. Check logs for details.",
+                ],
+            },
+        )
+        self.assertNotIn("confidential provider response", response.content.decode())
+        self.assertIsNone(
+            get_llm_suggestion_cache(self.document.pk, backend="openai-like"),
+        )
+
     @patch("documents.views.get_ai_document_classification")
     @override_settings(
         AI_ENABLED=True,

src/documents/tests/test_workflows.py

@@ -5711,6 +5711,39 @@ class TestApplyAISuggestionsWorkflowAction(
         self.assertEqual(changed, [])
         self.assertIn("AI is not enabled", "".join(cm.output))
 
+    def test_document_without_content_does_nothing(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A document whose OCR content is empty or whitespace-only
+        WHEN:
+            - AI suggestions are applied by a workflow
+        THEN:
+            - The classifier is not called and the document is left unchanged
+        """
+        action = self.make_action(ai_overwrite_existing=True)
+
+        for content in ("", " \n\t"):
+            with self.subTest(content=content):
+                self.doc.content = content
+                self.doc.save(update_fields=["content"])
+
+                with (
+                    mock.patch(
+                        "documents.workflows.ai.get_ai_document_classification",
+                    ) as get_classification,
+                    self.assertLogs(
+                        "paperless.workflows.ai",
+                        level="WARNING",
+                    ) as cm,
+                ):
+                    changed = apply_ai_suggestions_to_document(action, self.doc)
+
+                self.assertEqual(changed, [])
+                get_classification.assert_not_called()
+                self.assertIn("has no content", "".join(cm.output))
+                self.doc.refresh_from_db()
+                self.assertEqual(self.doc.title, "original.pdf")
+
     def test_invalid_configuration_leaves_document_untouched(self) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:

src/documents/versioning.py

@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ def versions_newest_first(documents: QuerySet[Document]) -> QuerySet[Document]:
 
 def annotate_effective_content(documents: QuerySet[Document]) -> QuerySet[Document]:
     """
-    Annotates documents with the content of their newest version, falling back
-    to their own, so get_effective_content() can answer from the row rather
-    than querying for the versions of each document
+    Annotates documents with the content of their newest version unless the
+    queryset already carries the annotation, falling back to their own, so
+    get_effective_content() can answer from the row rather than querying for
+    the versions of each document.
     """
+    if "effective_content" in documents.query.annotations:
+        return documents
     return documents.annotate(
         effective_content=Coalesce(
             Subquery(

src/documents/views.py

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ from documents.tasks import train_classifier
 from documents.tasks import update_document_parent_tags
 from documents.utils import get_boolean
 from documents.versioning import VersionResolutionError
+from documents.versioning import annotate_effective_content
 from documents.versioning import get_latest_version_for_root
 from documents.versioning import get_request_version_param
 from documents.versioning import get_root_document
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ from paperless.views import StandardPagination
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import get_ai_document_classification
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import get_llm_output_language
 from paperless_ai.chat import stream_chat_with_documents
+from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMProviderError
 from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMTimeoutError
 from paperless_ai.matching import extract_unmatched_names
 from paperless_ai.matching import match_correspondents_by_name
@@ -1602,6 +1604,22 @@ class DocumentViewSet(
                     {"ai": [_("AI backend request timed out.")]},
                     status=status.HTTP_503_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE,
                 )
+            except LLMProviderError:
+                logger.exception(
+                    "AI backend rejected the request for document %s",
+                    doc.pk,
+                )
+                return Response(
+                    {
+                        "ai": [
+                            _(
+                                "AI backend rejected the request. "
+                                "Check logs for details.",
+                            ),
+                        ],
+                    },
+                    status=status.HTTP_502_BAD_GATEWAY,
+                )
             set_llm_suggestions_cache(
                 doc.pk,
                 llm_suggestions,
@@ -3632,8 +3650,13 @@ class GlobalSearchView(PassUserMixin):
         OBJECT_LIMIT = 3
         docs = []
         if request.user.has_perm("documents.view_document"):
-            all_docs = Document.objects.filter(
-                id__in=permitted_document_ids(request.user),
+            # Never more than OBJECT_LIMIT rows come back here, so annotating
+            # is cheap -- and without it these results show the root
+            # document's superseded content.
+            all_docs = annotate_effective_content(
+                Document.objects.filter(
+                    id__in=permitted_document_ids(request.user),
+                ),
             )
             if db_only:
                 docs = all_docs.filter(title__icontains=query)[:OBJECT_LIMIT]
@@ -5431,7 +5454,10 @@ class TrashView(ListModelMixin, PassUserMixin):
 
     model = Document
 
-    queryset = Document.deleted_objects.all()
+    # A version is listed separately only when its root is not in the trash.
+    queryset = Document.deleted_objects.exclude(
+        root_document_id__in=Document.deleted_objects.values("id"),
+    )
 
     def get(self, request: Request, format: str | None = None) -> Response:
         self.serializer_class = DocumentSerializer
@@ -5462,7 +5488,15 @@ class TrashView(ListModelMixin, PassUserMixin):
             return HttpResponseForbidden("Insufficient permissions")
         action = serializer.validated_data.get("action")
         if action == "restore":
-            restored = list(Document.deleted_objects.filter(id__in=doc_ids))
+            restored = list(self.get_queryset().filter(id__in=doc_ids))
+            if len(restored) != len(doc_ids):
+                raise ValidationError(
+                    {
+                        "documents": [
+                            "Restore the root document instead of one of its versions.",
+                        ],
+                    },
+                )
             for doc in restored:
                 doc.restore(strict=False)
             if restored:

src/documents/workflows/ai.py

@@ -138,6 +138,16 @@ def apply_ai_suggestions_to_document(
         )
         return []
 
+    if not document.content.strip():
+        logger.warning(
+            "Document %s has no content, skipping AI suggestions for workflow "
+            "action %s",
+            document.pk,
+            action.pk,
+            extra={"group": logging_group},
+        )
+        return []
+
     # Workflows run without a user, so we use the document owner
     owner = document.owner
 

src/paperless/serialisers.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import logging
+import os
 from io import BytesIO
 
 import magic
@@ -212,6 +213,7 @@ class ProfileSerializer(PasswordValidationMixin, serializers.ModelSerializer[Use
 class ApplicationConfigurationSerializer(
     serializers.ModelSerializer[ApplicationConfiguration],
 ):
+    externally_configured_variables = serializers.SerializerMethodField()
     user_args = serializers.JSONField(binary=True, allow_null=True)
     barcode_tag_mapping = serializers.JSONField(binary=True, allow_null=True)
     llm_api_key = ObfuscatedPasswordField(
@@ -227,6 +229,12 @@ class ApplicationConfigurationSerializer(
 
     OBFUSCATED_FIELDS = ("llm_api_key", "remote_ocr_api_key")
 
+    def get_externally_configured_variables(
+        self,
+        instance: ApplicationConfiguration,
+    ) -> list[str]:
+        return sorted(name for name in os.environ if name.startswith("PAPERLESS_"))
+
     def run_validation(self, data):
         # Empty strings treated as None to avoid unexpected behavior
         if "user_args" in data and data["user_args"] == "":

src/paperless/settings/__init__.py

@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ MODEL_FILE = get_path_from_env(
     "PAPERLESS_MODEL_FILE",
     DATA_DIR / "classification_model.pickle",
 )
+
+# Minimum confidence (0.0-1.0) for the ML classifier to assign a correspondent,
+# document type, or storage path. 0.0 disables the threshold.
+CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD: Final[float] = get_float_from_env(
+    "PAPERLESS_CLASSIFIER_MATCH_THRESHOLD",
+    0.6,
+)
 LLM_INDEX_DIR = DATA_DIR / "llm_index"
 LLM_INDEX_LOCK = LLM_INDEX_DIR / "index.lock"
 # Cross-process read/write lock guarding the LLM index compaction/migration

src/paperless_ai/ai_classifier.py

@@ -4,21 +4,24 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
 from documents.models import Document
-from documents.permissions import get_objects_for_user_owner_aware
+from documents.permissions import permitted_object_ids
+from documents.permissions import restrict_queryset_to_visible
+from documents.permissions import user_is_unrestricted
 from paperless.config import AIConfig
 from paperless_ai.base_model import ClassificationSuggestions
 from paperless_ai.base_model import TaxonomyChoiceDict
 from paperless_ai.base_model import classification_suggestions_to_model
 from paperless_ai.client import AIClient
 from paperless_ai.db import db_connection_released
-from paperless_ai.indexing import _node_document_ids
 from paperless_ai.indexing import retrieve_similar_nodes
 from paperless_ai.indexing import truncate_content
 from paperless_ai.prompts.context import ClassificationPromptContext
 from paperless_ai.prompts.context import LocalizationPromptContext
 from paperless_ai.prompts.context import RagContextPromptContext
 from paperless_ai.prompts.render import render_prompt
+from paperless_ai.taxonomy import SimilarDocument
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import TaxonomyCandidates
+from paperless_ai.taxonomy import _node_document_weights
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import build_taxonomy_candidates
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import empty_taxonomy_candidates
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import format_taxonomy_for_prompt
@@ -37,6 +40,48 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("paperless_ai.rag_classifier")
 TAXONOMY_CANDIDATE_TOP_K = 15
 
 
+def _fulltext_similar_documents(
+    document: Document,
+    user: User | None,
+    top_k: int,
+) -> list[SimilarDocument]:
+    """Rank-based fallback when no embedding backend is configured. Uses
+    Tantivy's "More Like This" (term-overlap similarity) instead of vector
+    similarity - cruder, but far better than no candidates at all.
+    more_like_this_ids returns only a ranked ID list, no scores, so weight is
+    synthesized from rank (descending from top_k) rather than claiming a
+    similarity magnitude that doesn't exist. An unrestricted user (none, or an
+    active superuser - see user_is_unrestricted) is normalized to ``None``
+    before calling, since the backend's permission filter has no superuser
+    short-circuit of its own. Results are re-checked with
+    restrict_queryset_to_visible() since Tantivy's indexed permission fields
+    lag the DB via async reindexing.
+    """
+    from documents.search import get_backend
+
+    unrestricted = user_is_unrestricted(user)
+    search_user = None if unrestricted else user
+    backend = get_backend()
+    similar_ids = backend.more_like_this_ids(
+        document.pk,
+        user=search_user,
+        limit=top_k,
+    )
+    if not unrestricted:
+        allowed_ids = set(
+            restrict_queryset_to_visible(
+                Document.objects.filter(pk__in=similar_ids),
+                user,
+                "view_document",
+            ).values_list("pk", flat=True),
+        )
+        similar_ids = [doc_id for doc_id in similar_ids if doc_id in allowed_ids]
+    return [
+        SimilarDocument(document_id=doc_id, weight=float(top_k - rank))
+        for rank, doc_id in enumerate(similar_ids)
+    ]
+
+
 def get_language_name(language_code: str) -> str:
     normalized_language_code = language_code.lower()
     for code, name in settings.LANGUAGES:
@@ -136,43 +181,52 @@ def get_taxonomy_context(
     user: User | None = None,
     max_docs: int = 5,
 ) -> tuple[TaxonomyCandidates, str]:
-    """One retrieval feeds both taxonomy candidates and RAG text context.
-    On any retrieval failure, degrades to empty candidates/context rather than
-    propagating the exception - a vector-store outage should not block
-    classification, only its RAG-assisted enrichment.
+    """One retrieval feeds both taxonomy candidates and RAG text context. Uses
+    vector similarity when an embedding backend is configured, otherwise
+    falls back to Tantivy full-text "More Like This" similarity - see
+    _fulltext_similar_documents. On any retrieval failure, degrades to empty
+    candidates/context rather than propagating the exception - neither a
+    vector-store outage nor a search-index issue should block classification,
+    only its context-assisted enrichment.
     """
+    ai_config = AIConfig()
     try:
-        # None means "no restriction" to retrieve_similar_nodes. A superuser
-        # (like no user at all) can see every document, so skip materializing
-        # every visible pk into a Python list and passing it through as an IN
-        # filter: for a large library that is a wasted quadratic scan in the
-        # vector store at best, and past ~32,763 documents a hard
-        # sqlite3.OperationalError (SQLite's bound-parameter limit) at worst.
-        # get_objects_for_user_owner_aware() would return every Document for a
-        # superuser anyway (guardian's own with_superuser shortcut), so this
-        # changes nothing about which documents are considered -- only how we
-        # get there.
-        visible_document_ids = (
-            None
-            if user is None or user.is_superuser
-            else list(
-                get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(
-                    user,
-                    "view_document",
-                    Document,
-                ).values_list("pk", flat=True),
+        if ai_config.llm_embedding_backend:
+            # None means "no restriction" to retrieve_similar_nodes. An
+            # unrestricted user (no user at all, or an active superuser -- see
+            # user_is_unrestricted) can see every document, so skip
+            # materializing every visible pk into a Python list and passing it
+            # through as an IN filter: for a large library that is a wasted
+            # quadratic scan in the vector store at best, and past ~32,763
+            # documents a hard sqlite3.OperationalError (SQLite's
+            # bound-parameter limit) at worst.
+            # permitted_object_ids() has its own superuser shortcut that would
+            # return every Document's id anyway, so this changes nothing about
+            # which documents are considered -- only how we get there.
+            visible_document_ids = (
+                None
+                if user_is_unrestricted(user)
+                else list(permitted_object_ids(user, Document, "view_document"))
+            )
+            nodes = retrieve_similar_nodes(
+                document,
+                top_k=TAXONOMY_CANDIDATE_TOP_K,
+                document_ids=visible_document_ids,
+            )
+            similar_documents = _node_document_weights(nodes)
+        else:
+            # See _fulltext_similar_documents: it applies its own permission
+            # filter via `user`, so no visible-document-id list is needed here.
+            similar_documents = _fulltext_similar_documents(
+                document,
+                user,
+                top_k=TAXONOMY_CANDIDATE_TOP_K,
             )
-        )
-        nodes = retrieve_similar_nodes(
-            document,
-            top_k=TAXONOMY_CANDIDATE_TOP_K,
-            document_ids=visible_document_ids,
-        )
 
-        candidates = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user)
+        candidates = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user)
 
-        # ``nodes`` are already ordered by descending vector similarity; don't lose it.
-        similar_document_ids = list(dict.fromkeys(_node_document_ids(nodes)))
+        # similar_documents is already ordered by descending weight; don't lose it.
+        similar_document_ids = [s["document_id"] for s in similar_documents]
         similar_documents_by_id = Document.objects.in_bulk(similar_document_ids)
         similar_docs = [
             similar_documents_by_id[document_id]
@@ -186,8 +240,8 @@ def get_taxonomy_context(
             context_blocks.append(f"TITLE: {title}\n{text}")
     except Exception:
         logger.exception(
-            "Failed to retrieve RAG neighbours for document %s; continuing "
-            "without taxonomy candidates or similar-document context.",
+            "Failed to retrieve similar-document context for document %s; "
+            "continuing without taxonomy candidates or similar-document context.",
             document.pk,
         )
         return empty_taxonomy_candidates(), ""
@@ -241,17 +295,13 @@ def get_ai_document_classification(
 ) -> ClassificationSuggestions:
     ai_config = AIConfig()
 
-    if ai_config.llm_embedding_backend:
-        candidates, context = get_taxonomy_context(document, user)
-        prompt = build_prompt_with_rag(
-            document,
-            ai_config,
-            candidates=candidates,
-            context=context,
-        )
-    else:
-        candidates = empty_taxonomy_candidates()
-        prompt = build_prompt_without_rag(document, ai_config, candidates=candidates)
+    candidates, context = get_taxonomy_context(document, user)
+    prompt = build_prompt_with_rag(
+        document,
+        ai_config,
+        candidates=candidates,
+        context=context,
+    )
 
     client = AIClient()
     # Hand the pooled DB connection back while the (slow) LLM query runs so it

src/paperless_ai/client.py

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from paperless.network import validate_outbound_http_url
 from paperless_ai.base_model import ClassificationSuggestions
 from paperless_ai.base_model import DocumentClassifierSchema
 from paperless_ai.base_model import model_to_classification_suggestions
+from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMProviderError
 from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMTimeoutError
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless_ai.client")
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ class AIClient:
         from llama_index.core.llms import ChatMessage
 
         if self.settings.llm_backend == LLMBackend.OLLAMA:
-            with self._normalize_timeouts():
+            with self._normalize_errors():
                 result = self.llm.chat(
                     [ChatMessage(role="user", content=prompt)],
                     format=DocumentClassifierSchema.model_json_schema(),
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ class AIClient:
             content=f"{prompt}\n\n"
             f"Answer by calling the {tool.metadata.name} tool. Do not write the answer as text.",
         )
-        with self._normalize_timeouts():
+        with self._normalize_errors():
             result = self.llm.chat_with_tools(
                 tools=[tool],
                 user_msg=user_msg,
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ class AIClient:
         )
 
     @contextmanager
-    def _normalize_timeouts(self) -> Iterator[None]:
+    def _normalize_errors(self) -> Iterator[None]:
         try:
             yield
         except httpx.TimeoutException as exc:
@@ -181,8 +182,23 @@ class AIClient:
         except Exception as exc:
             if self._is_openai_timeout(exc):
                 raise LLMTimeoutError from exc
+            if self._is_provider_error(exc):
+                raise LLMProviderError from exc
             raise
 
+    def _is_provider_error(self, exc: Exception) -> bool:
+        if self.settings.llm_backend == LLMBackend.OLLAMA:
+            from ollama import ResponseError
+
+            return isinstance(exc, ResponseError)
+
+        if self.settings.llm_backend == LLMBackend.OPENAI_LIKE:
+            from openai import APIStatusError
+
+            return isinstance(exc, APIStatusError)
+
+        return False
+
     def _is_openai_timeout(self, exc: Exception) -> bool:
         if self.settings.llm_backend != LLMBackend.OPENAI_LIKE:
             return False

src/paperless_ai/exceptions.py

@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 class LLMTimeoutError(Exception):
     pass
+
+
+class LLMProviderError(Exception):
+    """The LLM backend rejected the request."""

src/paperless_ai/indexing.py

@@ -721,20 +721,3 @@ def retrieve_similar_nodes(
             continue
         filtered.append(node)
     return filtered
-
-
-def _node_document_ids(nodes: list["NodeWithScore"]) -> list[int]:
-    document_ids: list[int] = []
-    for node in nodes:
-        document_id = node.metadata.get("document_id")
-        if document_id is None:  # pragma: no cover
-            # See the matching guard in retrieve_similar_nodes() above.
-            continue
-        try:
-            document_ids.append(int(document_id))
-        except ValueError:  # pragma: no cover
-            logger.warning(
-                "Skipping LLM index result with invalid document_id %r.",
-                document_id,
-            )
-    return document_ids

src/paperless_ai/taxonomy.py

@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ class TaxonomyCandidate(TypedDict):
     weight: float
 
 
+class SimilarDocument(TypedDict):
+    document_id: int
+    weight: float
+
+
 class TaxonomyCandidates(TypedDict):
     tags: list[TaxonomyCandidate]
     document_types: list[TaxonomyCandidate]
@@ -49,10 +54,10 @@ def empty_taxonomy_candidates() -> TaxonomyCandidates:
     )
 
 
-def _node_document_weights(nodes: list["NodeWithScore"]) -> dict[int, float]:
-    """document_id -> that node's similarity score, summed if a document_id
-    appears more than once across the retrieved nodes (e.g. multiple chunks
-    of the same source document)."""
+def _node_document_weights(nodes: list["NodeWithScore"]) -> list[SimilarDocument]:
+    """Sum each node's similarity score into its document_id (a document can
+    appear via multiple chunks/nodes) and return one SimilarDocument per
+    distinct document_id."""
     weights: dict[int, float] = defaultdict(float)
     for node in nodes:
         document_id = node.metadata.get("document_id")
@@ -65,7 +70,14 @@ def _node_document_weights(nodes: list["NodeWithScore"]) -> dict[int, float]:
             weights[int(document_id)] += float(node.score or 0.0)
         except (TypeError, ValueError):  # pragma: no cover
             continue
-    return weights
+    return sorted(
+        (
+            SimilarDocument(document_id=document_id, weight=weight)
+            for document_id, weight in weights.items()
+        ),
+        key=lambda similar: similar["weight"],
+        reverse=True,
+    )
 
 
 def _visible_ranked_candidates(
@@ -101,21 +113,26 @@ def _visible_ranked_candidates(
 
 
 def build_taxonomy_candidates(
-    nodes: list["NodeWithScore"],
+    similar_documents: list[SimilarDocument],
     user: User | None,
 ) -> TaxonomyCandidates:
-    """Resolve each neighbour node's document_id to a live Document, read its
-    *current* tags/type/correspondent/storage_path via the ORM (never the
-    possibly-stale names cached in vector-index node metadata), weight each
-    distinct taxonomy object by aggregate neighbour similarity, permission-filter
+    """Resolve each similar document's id to a live Document, read its
+    *current* tags/type/correspondent/storage_path via the ORM (never any
+    possibly-stale names an adapter's source might have cached), weight each
+    distinct taxonomy object by aggregate similarity weight, permission-filter
     against what ``user`` can see, and return each category ranked by weight
-    and capped.
+    and capped. ``similar_documents`` may come from either the vector-RAG
+    adapter or the full-text fallback adapter - both produce this same shape.
     """
-
-    document_weights = _node_document_weights(nodes)
-    if not document_weights:
+    if not similar_documents:
         return empty_taxonomy_candidates()
 
+    # Both adapters guarantee at most one SimilarDocument per document_id, so
+    # this never silently drops a duplicate's weight.
+    document_weights: dict[int, float] = {
+        s["document_id"]: s["weight"] for s in similar_documents
+    }
+
     # Only .tags.all() needs prefetching (a reverse M2M, one extra query for
     # the whole batch). document_type/correspondent/storage_path are read
     # below via their *_id columns (neighbour.document_type_id, etc.), which

src/paperless_ai/tests/test_ai_classifier.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+from collections.abc import Generator
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 from unittest.mock import patch
@@ -6,18 +7,24 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 import pytest
 import pytest_mock
 from django.test import override_settings
+from guardian.shortcuts import assign_perm
+from guardian.shortcuts import remove_perm
 
 from documents.models import Document
+from documents.search import TantivyBackend
 from documents.tests.factories import DocumentFactory
 from documents.tests.factories import TagFactory
 from documents.tests.factories import UserFactory
 from paperless.config import AIConfig
+from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import TAXONOMY_CANDIDATE_TOP_K
+from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import _fulltext_similar_documents
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import build_localization_prompt
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import build_prompt_with_rag
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import build_prompt_without_rag
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import get_ai_document_classification
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import get_language_name
 from paperless_ai.ai_classifier import get_taxonomy_context
+from paperless_ai.taxonomy import SimilarDocument
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import TaxonomyCandidate
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import TaxonomyCandidates
 
@@ -220,12 +227,10 @@ def test_use_rag_if_configured(
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
 @patch("paperless_ai.client.AIClient.run_llm_query")
-@patch("paperless_ai.ai_classifier.build_prompt_without_rag")
-@patch("paperless_ai.ai_classifier.AIConfig")
+@patch("paperless_ai.ai_classifier.build_prompt_with_rag")
 @override_settings(LLM_BACKEND="ollama", LLM_MODEL="some_model")
-def test_use_without_rag_if_not_configured(
-    mock_ai_config,
-    mock_build_prompt_without_rag,
+def test_use_rag_prompt_even_without_embedding_backend(
+    mock_build_prompt_with_rag,
     mock_run_llm_query,
     mock_document,
 ):
@@ -235,13 +240,13 @@ def test_use_without_rag_if_not_configured(
     WHEN:
         - get_ai_document_classification() is called
     THEN:
-        - The non-RAG prompt builder is used
+        - The RAG-context prompt builder is still used (fed by the full-text
+          fallback's context/candidates instead of the vector store's)
     """
-    mock_ai_config.return_value.llm_embedding_backend = None
-    mock_build_prompt_without_rag.return_value = "Prompt without RAG"
+    mock_build_prompt_with_rag.return_value = "Prompt with RAG"
     mock_run_llm_query.return_value = NESTED_SUGGESTIONS
     get_ai_document_classification(mock_document)
-    mock_build_prompt_without_rag.assert_called_once()
+    mock_build_prompt_with_rag.assert_called_once()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -320,6 +325,7 @@ def test_build_localization_prompt_preserves_unicode_characters():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
+@override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
 def test_get_taxonomy_context_assembles_rag_text_and_candidates():
     """
     GIVEN:
@@ -354,6 +360,7 @@ def test_get_taxonomy_context_assembles_rag_text_and_candidates():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
+@override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
 def test_get_taxonomy_context_preserves_similarity_order_and_distinct_documents():
     """
     GIVEN:
@@ -424,6 +431,7 @@ def test_get_taxonomy_context_preserves_similarity_order_and_distinct_documents(
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
+@override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
 def test_get_taxonomy_context_no_similar_docs():
     """
     GIVEN:
@@ -447,6 +455,67 @@ def test_get_taxonomy_context_no_similar_docs():
     }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_get_taxonomy_context_uses_fulltext_fallback_when_no_embedding_backend(
+    mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    GIVEN:
+        - No LLM embedding backend is configured (the default test settings)
+    WHEN:
+        - get_taxonomy_context() is called
+    THEN:
+        - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called with the document, the user
+          and TAXONOMY_CANDIDATE_TOP_K
+        - retrieve_similar_nodes() (the vector path) is never called
+    """
+    document = DocumentFactory.create(content="Some content")
+    mock_fulltext = mocker.patch(
+        "paperless_ai.ai_classifier._fulltext_similar_documents",
+        return_value=[],
+    )
+    mock_retrieve = mocker.patch("paperless_ai.ai_classifier.retrieve_similar_nodes")
+
+    get_taxonomy_context(document, user=None)
+
+    mock_fulltext.assert_called_once_with(
+        document,
+        None,
+        top_k=TAXONOMY_CANDIDATE_TOP_K,
+    )
+    mock_retrieve.assert_not_called()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
+def test_get_taxonomy_context_uses_vector_path_when_embedding_backend_configured(
+    mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    GIVEN:
+        - An LLM embedding backend is configured
+    WHEN:
+        - get_taxonomy_context() is called
+    THEN:
+        - retrieve_similar_nodes() (the vector path) is called
+        - _fulltext_similar_documents() (the no-embedding-backend fallback)
+          is never called
+    """
+    document = DocumentFactory.create(content="Some content")
+    mock_retrieve = mocker.patch(
+        "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.retrieve_similar_nodes",
+        return_value=[],
+    )
+    mock_fulltext = mocker.patch(
+        "paperless_ai.ai_classifier._fulltext_similar_documents",
+    )
+
+    get_taxonomy_context(document, user=None)
+
+    mock_retrieve.assert_called_once()
+    mock_fulltext.assert_not_called()
+
+
 class TestGetTaxonomyContextVisibility:
     """get_taxonomy_context must not materialize every visible document id
     for a user who can already see the whole library: a superuser (like no
@@ -459,6 +528,7 @@ class TestGetTaxonomyContextVisibility:
     """
 
     @pytest.mark.django_db
+    @override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
     def test_skips_permission_lookup_for_superuser(
         self,
         mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
@@ -477,17 +547,18 @@ class TestGetTaxonomyContextVisibility:
             "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.retrieve_similar_nodes",
             return_value=[],
         )
-        mock_get_objects = mocker.patch(
-            "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.get_objects_for_user_owner_aware",
+        mock_permitted = mocker.patch(
+            "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.permitted_object_ids",
         )
         user = UserFactory.create(is_superuser=True)
 
         get_taxonomy_context(document, user)
 
-        mock_get_objects.assert_not_called()
+        mock_permitted.assert_not_called()
         assert mock_retrieve.call_args.kwargs["document_ids"] is None
 
     @pytest.mark.django_db
+    @override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
     def test_skips_permission_lookup_when_no_user(
         self,
         mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
@@ -506,16 +577,17 @@ class TestGetTaxonomyContextVisibility:
             "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.retrieve_similar_nodes",
             return_value=[],
         )
-        mock_get_objects = mocker.patch(
-            "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.get_objects_for_user_owner_aware",
+        mock_permitted = mocker.patch(
+            "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.permitted_object_ids",
         )
 
         get_taxonomy_context(document, None)
 
-        mock_get_objects.assert_not_called()
+        mock_permitted.assert_not_called()
         assert mock_retrieve.call_args.kwargs["document_ids"] is None
 
     @pytest.mark.django_db
+    @override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
     def test_restricts_to_visible_documents_for_non_superuser(
         self,
         mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
@@ -526,7 +598,7 @@ class TestGetTaxonomyContextVisibility:
         WHEN:
             - get_taxonomy_context() is called
         THEN:
-            - The user's visible document ids are looked up and passed to
+            - The user's permitted document ids are looked up and passed to
               retrieve_similar_nodes() as a restriction
         """
         document = DocumentFactory.create(content="Some content")
@@ -534,21 +606,232 @@ class TestGetTaxonomyContextVisibility:
             "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.retrieve_similar_nodes",
             return_value=[],
         )
-        mock_queryset = mocker.MagicMock()
-        mock_queryset.values_list.return_value = [1, 2, 3]
-        mock_get_objects = mocker.patch(
-            "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.get_objects_for_user_owner_aware",
-            return_value=mock_queryset,
+        mock_permitted = mocker.patch(
+            "paperless_ai.ai_classifier.permitted_object_ids",
+            return_value=[1, 2, 3],
         )
         user = UserFactory.create(is_superuser=False)
 
         get_taxonomy_context(document, user)
 
-        mock_get_objects.assert_called_once_with(user, "view_document", Document)
+        mock_permitted.assert_called_once_with(user, Document, "view_document")
         assert mock_retrieve.call_args.kwargs["document_ids"] == [1, 2, 3]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
+class TestFulltextSimilarDocuments:
+    """_fulltext_similar_documents is the no-embedding-backend fallback: it
+    asks the Tantivy full-text index for "More Like This" neighbours instead
+    of the vector store, and synthesizes a rank-based weight since Tantivy's
+    more_like_this_ids returns only an ordered id list, no scores.
+    """
+
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def fulltext_backend(
+        self,
+        mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
+    ) -> Generator[TantivyBackend, None, None]:
+        """An in-memory Tantivy backend, wired up as the module-level
+        singleton _fulltext_similar_documents resolves via get_backend()."""
+        backend = TantivyBackend(path=None)
+        backend.open()
+        mocker.patch("documents.search.get_backend", return_value=backend)
+        try:
+            yield backend
+        finally:
+            backend.close()
+
+    def test_ranks_by_rank_based_weight_descending(
+        self,
+        fulltext_backend: TantivyBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A source document and two similar documents indexed in Tantivy
+        WHEN:
+            - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called
+        THEN:
+            - Each result's weight reflects its rank (first result weighted
+              higher than the second), not a raw similarity score
+        """
+        source = DocumentFactory.create(content="quarterly financial report details")
+        first = DocumentFactory.create(content="quarterly financial report details")
+        second = DocumentFactory.create(content="financial report")
+        for doc in (source, first, second):
+            fulltext_backend.add_or_update(doc)
+
+        result = _fulltext_similar_documents(source, user=None, top_k=5)
+
+        assert len(result) == 2
+        weight_by_id = {s["document_id"]: s["weight"] for s in result}
+        assert weight_by_id[first.pk] > weight_by_id[second.pk]
+
+    def test_excludes_source_document(
+        self,
+        fulltext_backend: TantivyBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A source document indexed in Tantivy with no other documents
+        WHEN:
+            - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called
+        THEN:
+            - An empty list is returned - the source document is never its
+              own similar document
+        """
+        source = DocumentFactory.create(content="unique unrelated content")
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(source)
+
+        result = _fulltext_similar_documents(source, user=None, top_k=5)
+
+        assert result == []
+
+    def test_empty_index_returns_empty_list(
+        self,
+        fulltext_backend: TantivyBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A document that has never been indexed (fresh/empty Tantivy index)
+        WHEN:
+            - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called
+        THEN:
+            - An empty list is returned rather than raising
+        """
+        source = DocumentFactory.create(content="never indexed")
+
+        result = _fulltext_similar_documents(source, user=None, top_k=5)
+
+        assert result == []
+
+    def test_respects_top_k_limit(
+        self,
+        fulltext_backend: TantivyBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A source document and four similar documents indexed
+        WHEN:
+            - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called with top_k=2
+        THEN:
+            - At most 2 results are returned
+        """
+        source = DocumentFactory.create(content="shared overlapping keyword text")
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(source)
+        for _ in range(4):
+            fulltext_backend.add_or_update(
+                DocumentFactory.create(content="shared overlapping keyword text"),
+            )
+
+        result = _fulltext_similar_documents(source, user=None, top_k=2)
+
+        assert len(result) == 2
+
+    def test_result_shape_is_similar_document(
+        self,
+        fulltext_backend: TantivyBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A source document and one similar document indexed
+        WHEN:
+            - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called
+        THEN:
+            - Each result is a SimilarDocument (document_id + weight only)
+        """
+        source = DocumentFactory.create(content="shared content phrase")
+        other = DocumentFactory.create(content="shared content phrase")
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(source)
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(other)
+
+        result = _fulltext_similar_documents(source, user=None, top_k=5)
+
+        # rank 0 (the only/best result) with top_k=5 -> weight = top_k - rank = 5.0,
+        # per the "first result gets top_k, the last gets 1" formula.
+        assert result == [SimilarDocument(document_id=other.pk, weight=5.0)]
+
+    def test_superuser_sees_other_users_documents(
+        self,
+        fulltext_backend: TantivyBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A source document owned by one user and a similar document
+              owned by a different user, with no sharing between them
+        WHEN:
+            - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called with a superuser
+        THEN:
+            - The other user's document is still returned as a similar
+              document - a superuser must not be narrowed by the backend's
+              owner-based permission filter
+        """
+        owner = UserFactory.create()
+        other_owner = UserFactory.create()
+        superuser = UserFactory.create(is_superuser=True)
+        source = DocumentFactory.create(
+            content="shared content phrase",
+            owner=owner,
+        )
+        other = DocumentFactory.create(
+            content="shared content phrase",
+            owner=other_owner,
+        )
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(source)
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(other)
+
+        result = _fulltext_similar_documents(source, user=superuser, top_k=5)
+
+        assert [s["document_id"] for s in result] == [other.pk]
+
+    def test_excludes_stale_permitted_document_for_regular_user(
+        self,
+        fulltext_backend: TantivyBackend,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A regular (non-superuser) user
+            - A similar document the user is permitted to view, and another
+              similar document indexed while the user still had view
+              permission but which has since had that permission revoked in
+              the database, i.e. the Tantivy index has stale permission data
+        WHEN:
+            - _fulltext_similar_documents() is called with that user
+        THEN:
+            - Only the still-permitted document is returned - the DB
+              re-check via restrict_queryset_to_visible() must catch the
+              document Tantivy's stale index still thinks is visible
+        """
+        owner = UserFactory.create()
+        viewer = UserFactory.create(is_superuser=False)
+        source = DocumentFactory.create(
+            content="shared content phrase",
+            owner=owner,
+        )
+        permitted = DocumentFactory.create(
+            content="shared content phrase",
+            owner=owner,
+        )
+        now_private = DocumentFactory.create(
+            content="shared content phrase",
+            owner=owner,
+        )
+        assign_perm("view_document", viewer, permitted)
+        assign_perm("view_document", viewer, now_private)
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(source)
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(permitted)
+        fulltext_backend.add_or_update(now_private)
+
+        # Revoke access after indexing, without reindexing: the index still
+        # carries viewer as a permitted viewer for `now_private`.
+        remove_perm("view_document", viewer, now_private)
+
+        result = _fulltext_similar_documents(source, user=viewer, top_k=5)
+
+        assert [s["document_id"] for s in result] == [permitted.pk]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
 @patch("paperless_ai.ai_classifier.retrieve_similar_nodes")
 def test_get_taxonomy_context_retrieval_failure_degrades_to_no_hints(mock_retrieve):
     """
@@ -575,6 +858,7 @@ def test_get_taxonomy_context_retrieval_failure_degrades_to_no_hints(mock_retrie
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
+@override_settings(LLM_EMBEDDING_BACKEND="huggingface")
 @patch("paperless_ai.ai_classifier.build_taxonomy_candidates")
 @patch("paperless_ai.ai_classifier.retrieve_similar_nodes")
 def test_get_taxonomy_context_candidate_building_failure_degrades_to_no_hints(

src/paperless_ai/tests/test_ai_indexing.py

@@ -1188,9 +1188,7 @@ class TestRetrieveSimilarNodesAgainstRealIndex:
 
         nodes = indexing.retrieve_similar_nodes(a, document_ids=[b.id])
 
-        assert all(
-            document_id == b.id for document_id in indexing._node_document_ids(nodes)
-        )
+        assert all(int(node.metadata["document_id"]) == b.id for node in nodes)
 
     def test_excludes_self(
         self,
@@ -1212,7 +1210,7 @@ class TestRetrieveSimilarNodesAgainstRealIndex:
 
         nodes = indexing.retrieve_similar_nodes(a, top_k=5)
 
-        assert set(indexing._node_document_ids(nodes)) == {b.id}
+        assert {int(node.metadata["document_id"]) for node in nodes} == {b.id}
 
     def test_excludes_self_with_multiple_chunks(
         self,
@@ -1235,4 +1233,4 @@ class TestRetrieveSimilarNodesAgainstRealIndex:
 
         nodes = indexing.retrieve_similar_nodes(a, top_k=3)
 
-        assert set(indexing._node_document_ids(nodes)) == {b.id}
+        assert {int(node.metadata["document_id"]) for node in nodes} == {b.id}

src/paperless_ai/tests/test_client.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import httpx
+import ollama
 import openai
 import pytest
 from llama_index.core.llms.llm import ToolSelection
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ from llama_index.core.llms.llm import ToolSelection
 from paperless_ai.client import LLM_SYSTEM_PROMPT
 from paperless_ai.client import PLACEHOLDER_API_KEY
 from paperless_ai.client import AIClient
+from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMProviderError
 from paperless_ai.exceptions import LLMTimeoutError
 
 
@@ -214,6 +216,52 @@ def test_run_llm_query_openai_timeout_raises_local_error(
         client.run_llm_query("test_prompt")
 
 
+def test_run_llm_query_openai_status_error_raises_provider_error(
+    mock_ai_config,
+    mock_openai_llm,
+):
+    mock_ai_config.llm_backend = "openai-like"
+    mock_ai_config.llm_model = "test_model"
+    mock_ai_config.llm_endpoint = "http://test-url"
+
+    request = httpx.Request("POST", "http://test-url/v1/chat/completions")
+    body = {"error": {"message": "Thinking mode does not support this tool_choice"}}
+    mock_openai_llm.return_value.chat_with_tools.side_effect = openai.BadRequestError(
+        "Error code: 400",
+        response=httpx.Response(400, request=request, json=body),
+        body=body,
+    )
+
+    client = AIClient()
+
+    with pytest.raises(LLMProviderError) as exc_info:
+        client.run_llm_query("test_prompt")
+    assert str(exc_info.value) == ""
+    assert isinstance(exc_info.value.__cause__, openai.BadRequestError)
+
+
+def test_run_llm_query_ollama_response_error_raises_provider_error(
+    mock_ai_config,
+    mock_ollama_llm,
+):
+    mock_ai_config.llm_backend = "ollama"
+    mock_ai_config.llm_model = "test_model"
+    mock_ai_config.llm_endpoint = "http://test-url"
+
+    response_error = ollama.ResponseError(
+        "confidential provider response",
+        status_code=400,
+    )
+    mock_ollama_llm.return_value.chat.side_effect = response_error
+
+    client = AIClient()
+
+    with pytest.raises(LLMProviderError) as exc_info:
+        client.run_llm_query("test_prompt")
+    assert str(exc_info.value) == ""
+    assert exc_info.value.__cause__ is response_error
+
+
 def test_run_llm_query_httpx_timeout_raises_local_error(
     mock_ai_config,
     mock_ollama_llm,

src/paperless_ai/tests/test_taxonomy.py

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import json
-from types import SimpleNamespace
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_mock
@@ -10,14 +9,14 @@ from documents.tests.factories import DocumentTypeFactory
 from documents.tests.factories import StoragePathFactory
 from documents.tests.factories import TagFactory
 from documents.tests.factories import UserFactory
+from paperless_ai.taxonomy import SimilarDocument
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import TaxonomyCandidates
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import build_taxonomy_candidates
 from paperless_ai.taxonomy import format_taxonomy_for_prompt
 
 
-def make_node(document_id: int, score: float) -> SimpleNamespace:
-    """A stand-in for NodeWithScore: only ``.metadata``/``.score`` are read."""
-    return SimpleNamespace(metadata={"document_id": str(document_id)}, score=score)
+def make_similar(document_id: int, weight: float) -> SimilarDocument:
+    return SimilarDocument(document_id=document_id, weight=weight)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -53,9 +52,9 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         doc_a.tags.add(tag)
         doc_b = DocumentFactory.create()
         doc_b.tags.add(tag)
-        nodes = [make_node(doc_a.pk, 0.9), make_node(doc_b.pk, 0.4)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(doc_a.pk, 0.9), make_similar(doc_b.pk, 0.4)]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert len(result["tags"]) == 1
         assert result["tags"][0]["id"] == tag.pk
@@ -80,9 +79,9 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         document.tags.add(tag)
         tag.name = "New Name"
         tag.save()
-        nodes = [make_node(document.pk, 0.5)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(document.pk, 0.5)]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert result["tags"][0]["name"] == "New Name"
 
@@ -102,9 +101,9 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         document = DocumentFactory.create()
         document.tags.add(tag)
         tag.delete()
-        nodes = [make_node(document.pk, 0.5)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(document.pk, 0.5)]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert result["tags"] == []
 
@@ -123,9 +122,12 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         strong_doc.tags.add(strong_tag)
         weak_doc = DocumentFactory.create()
         weak_doc.tags.add(weak_tag)
-        nodes = [make_node(strong_doc.pk, 0.9), make_node(weak_doc.pk, 0.1)]
+        similar_documents = [
+            make_similar(strong_doc.pk, 0.9),
+            make_similar(weak_doc.pk, 0.1),
+        ]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert [c["name"] for c in result["tags"]] == ["Strong", "Weak"]
 
@@ -141,9 +143,9 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         document = DocumentFactory.create()
         for i in range(15):
             document.tags.add(TagFactory.create(name=f"Tag{i}"))
-        nodes = [make_node(document.pk, 0.5)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(document.pk, 0.5)]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert len(result["tags"]) == 10
 
@@ -157,12 +159,12 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
             - Only 5 correspondents are returned
         """
         correspondents = CorrespondentFactory.create_batch(7)
-        nodes = [
-            make_node(DocumentFactory.create(correspondent=c).pk, 0.5)
+        similar_documents = [
+            make_similar(DocumentFactory.create(correspondent=c).pk, 0.5)
             for c in correspondents
         ]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert len(result["correspondents"]) == 5
 
@@ -177,9 +179,9 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         """
         document_type = DocumentTypeFactory.create(name="Invoice")
         document = DocumentFactory.create(document_type=document_type)
-        nodes = [make_node(document.pk, 0.5)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(document.pk, 0.5)]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert len(result["document_types"]) == 1
         assert result["document_types"][0]["id"] == document_type.pk
@@ -195,12 +197,12 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
             - Only 5 document_types are returned
         """
         document_types = DocumentTypeFactory.create_batch(7)
-        nodes = [
-            make_node(DocumentFactory.create(document_type=dt).pk, 0.5)
+        similar_documents = [
+            make_similar(DocumentFactory.create(document_type=dt).pk, 0.5)
             for dt in document_types
         ]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert len(result["document_types"]) == 5
 
@@ -215,9 +217,9 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         """
         storage_path = StoragePathFactory.create(name="Invoices")
         document = DocumentFactory.create(storage_path=storage_path)
-        nodes = [make_node(document.pk, 0.5)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(document.pk, 0.5)]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert len(result["storage_paths"]) == 1
         assert result["storage_paths"][0]["id"] == storage_path.pk
@@ -233,12 +235,12 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
             - Only 5 storage_paths are returned
         """
         storage_paths = StoragePathFactory.create_batch(7)
-        nodes = [
-            make_node(DocumentFactory.create(storage_path=sp).pk, 0.5)
+        similar_documents = [
+            make_similar(DocumentFactory.create(storage_path=sp).pk, 0.5)
             for sp in storage_paths
         ]
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert len(result["storage_paths"]) == 5
 
@@ -258,14 +260,14 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         tag = TagFactory.create(name="Restricted")
         document = DocumentFactory.create()
         document.tags.add(tag)
-        nodes = [make_node(document.pk, 0.5)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(document.pk, 0.5)]
         user = UserFactory.create()
         mocker.patch(
             "documents.permissions.permitted_object_ids",
             return_value=[],  # user cannot see this tag
         )
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=user)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=user)
 
         assert result["tags"] == []
 
@@ -295,10 +297,10 @@ class TestBuildTaxonomyCandidates:
         tag.save()
         document = DocumentFactory.create()
         document.tags.add(tag)
-        nodes = [make_node(document.pk, 0.5)]
+        similar_documents = [make_similar(document.pk, 0.5)]
         spy = mocker.patch("documents.permissions.permitted_object_ids")
 
-        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(nodes, user=None)
+        result = build_taxonomy_candidates(similar_documents, user=None)
 
         assert result["tags"][0]["name"] == "Owned"
         spy.assert_not_called()

src/paperless_mail/tasks.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import logging
 
+from celery import Task
 from celery import shared_task
 
+from documents.models import PaperlessTask
 from paperless_mail.mail import MailAccountHandler
 from paperless_mail.mail import MailError
 from paperless_mail.models import MailAccount
@@ -10,8 +12,26 @@ from paperless_mail.models import MailRule
 logger = logging.getLogger("paperless.mail.tasks")
 
 
-@shared_task
-def process_mail_accounts(account_ids: list[int] | None = None) -> str:
+@shared_task(bind=True)
+def process_mail_accounts(self: Task, account_ids: list[int] | None = None) -> str:
+    # A scheduled check can still be running (or queued) when the next one
+    # ProcessedMail dedup only records a message once its
+    # handling has finished, so an overlapping run can still pick up the same
+    # not-yet-recorded message. Skip outright rather than race it.
+    other_mail_fetch_running = (
+        PaperlessTask.objects.filter(
+            task_type=PaperlessTask.TaskType.MAIL_FETCH,
+            status__in=[PaperlessTask.Status.PENDING, PaperlessTask.Status.STARTED],
+        )
+        .exclude(task_id=self.request.id)
+        .exists()
+    )
+    if other_mail_fetch_running:
+        logger.info(
+            "Mail account processing is already running; skipping this run.",
+        )
+        return "Skipped: mail account processing already in progress."
+
     total_new_documents = 0
     accounts = (
         MailAccount.objects.filter(pk__in=account_ids)

src/paperless_mail/tests/test_process_mail_accounts_overlap.py

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+from typing import Final
+
+import pytest
+import pytest_mock
+
+from documents.models import PaperlessTask
+from documents.tests.factories import PaperlessTaskFactory
+from paperless_mail import tasks
+from paperless_mail.tests.factories import MailAccountFactory
+from paperless_mail.tests.factories import MailRuleFactory
+
+NO_DOCUMENTS_ADDED: Final = "No new documents were added."
+SKIPPED: Final = "Skipped: mail account processing already in progress."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("account_with_rule")
+class TestProcessMailAccountsOverlap:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def account_with_rule(self) -> None:
+        """An enabled mail account with a single enabled rule."""
+        account = MailAccountFactory.create()
+        MailRuleFactory.create(account=account, enabled=True)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("status", "expected_result", "expected_call_count"),
+        [
+            pytest.param(
+                PaperlessTask.Status.PENDING,
+                SKIPPED,
+                0,
+                id="pending-task-blocks",
+            ),
+            pytest.param(
+                PaperlessTask.Status.STARTED,
+                SKIPPED,
+                0,
+                id="started-task-blocks",
+            ),
+            pytest.param(
+                PaperlessTask.Status.SUCCESS,
+                NO_DOCUMENTS_ADDED,
+                1,
+                id="finished-task-does-not-block",
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_skips_only_while_another_mail_fetch_task_runs(
+        self,
+        mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
+        status: PaperlessTask.Status,
+        expected_result: str,
+        expected_call_count: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - An enabled mail account with a rule
+            - Another mail fetch task row in the given status
+        WHEN:
+            - Mail accounts are processed
+        THEN:
+            - Processing is skipped only if that other task is pending or running
+        """
+        PaperlessTaskFactory.create(
+            task_type=PaperlessTask.TaskType.MAIL_FETCH,
+            trigger_source=PaperlessTask.TriggerSource.SCHEDULED,
+            status=status,
+        )
+
+        mocked_handle = mocker.patch.object(
+            tasks.MailAccountHandler,
+            "handle_mail_account",
+            return_value=0,
+        )
+
+        result = tasks.process_mail_accounts()
+
+        assert mocked_handle.call_count == expected_call_count
+        assert result == expected_result
+
+    def test_runs_when_no_other_mail_fetch_task_exists(
+        self,
+        mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - An enabled mail account with a rule
+            - No other mail fetch task rows
+        WHEN:
+            - Mail accounts are processed
+        THEN:
+            - The account is handled
+        """
+        mocked_handle = mocker.patch.object(
+            tasks.MailAccountHandler,
+            "handle_mail_account",
+            return_value=0,
+        )
+
+        result = tasks.process_mail_accounts()
+
+        mocked_handle.assert_called_once()
+        assert result == NO_DOCUMENTS_ADDED
+
+    def test_does_not_skip_due_to_its_own_task_row(
+        self,
+        mocker: pytest_mock.MockerFixture,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - An enabled mail account with a rule
+            - A running mail fetch task row belonging to this very task
+        WHEN:
+            - Mail accounts are processed under that task id
+        THEN:
+            - The task does not skip itself and handles the account
+        """
+        PaperlessTaskFactory.create(
+            task_id="self-task-id",
+            task_type=PaperlessTask.TaskType.MAIL_FETCH,
+            trigger_source=PaperlessTask.TriggerSource.SCHEDULED,
+            status=PaperlessTask.Status.STARTED,
+        )
+
+        mocked_handle = mocker.patch.object(
+            tasks.MailAccountHandler,
+            "handle_mail_account",
+            return_value=0,
+        )
+
+        result = tasks.process_mail_accounts.apply(task_id="self-task-id").result
+
+        mocked_handle.assert_called_once()
+        assert result == NO_DOCUMENTS_ADDED