Feature/Chore: Replaces all usages of ImageMagik's convert binary with a simple Pillow based helper

This removes ImageMagik as a dependency entirly and all documentation is cleaned up from it. We no longer need to install it, have a policy for it to allow PDFs and no longer shell out to it either.
Chore: Supersample the PDF thumbnail render 2x
2026-10-13 19:47:13 +00:00 · 2026-10-13 10:24:44 -07:00 · 2026-10-10 15:09:59 -07:00 · 2026-10-10 15:09:59 -07:00 · 2026-10-10 07:17:54 -07:00
19 changed files with 969 additions and 336 deletions
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ ARG RUNTIME_PACKAGES="\
  ghostscript \
  gnupg \
  icc-profiles-free \
-  imagemagick \
  # PostgreSQL
  postgresql-client \
  # MySQL / MariaDB
@@ -93,21 +92,6 @@ RUN set -eux \
        https://github.com/paperless-ngx/builder/releases/download/jbig2enc-trixie-v${JBIG2ENC_VERSION}/jbig2enc_${JBIG2ENC_VERSION}-1_${TARGETARCH}.deb \
      && dpkg --install ./jbig2enc_${JBIG2ENC_VERSION}-1_${TARGETARCH}.deb

-# setup docker-specific things
-# These change sometimes, but rarely
-WORKDIR /usr/src/paperless/src/docker/
-
-COPY [ \
-  "docker/rootfs/etc/ImageMagick-6/paperless-policy.xml", \
-  "./" \
-]
-
-RUN set -eux \
-  && echo "Configuring ImageMagick" \
-    && mkdir -p /etc/ImageMagick-6 \
-    && mv paperless-policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
-
-
 # Packages needed only for building a few quick Python
 # dependencies
 ARG BUILD_PACKAGES="\
@@ -111,10 +111,7 @@ jobs:
        timeout-minutes: 12
        uses: $/.github/actions/apt-install
        with:
-          packages: unpaper tesseract-ocr imagemagick ghostscript poppler-utils
-      - name: Configure ImageMagick
-        run: |
-          sudo cp docker/rootfs/etc/ImageMagick-6/paperless-policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-7/policy.xml
+          packages: unpaper tesseract-ocr ghostscript poppler-utils qpdf
      - name: Install Python dependencies
        env:
          PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ ARG RUNTIME_PACKAGES="\
  ghostscript \
  gnupg \
  icc-profiles-free \
-  imagemagick \
  # PostgreSQL
  postgresql-client \
  # MySQL / MariaDB
@@ -167,8 +166,6 @@ RUN set -eux \
        https://github.com/paperless-ngx/builder/releases/download/jbig2enc-trixie-v${JBIG2ENC_VERSION}/jbig2enc_${JBIG2ENC_VERSION}-1_${TARGETARCH}.deb \
      && echo "Installing jbig2enc" \
        && dpkg --install ./jbig2enc_${JBIG2ENC_VERSION}-1_${TARGETARCH}.deb \
-      && echo "Configuring imagemagick" \
-        && cp /etc/ImageMagick-6/paperless-policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml \
      && echo "Cleaning up image layer" \
        && rm --force --verbose *.deb \
    && rm --recursive --force --verbose /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE policymap [
-  <!ELEMENT policymap (policy)+>
-  <!ATTLIST policymap xmlns CDATA #FIXED ''>
-  <!ELEMENT policy EMPTY>
-  <!ATTLIST policy xmlns CDATA #FIXED '' domain NMTOKEN #REQUIRED
-    name NMTOKEN #IMPLIED pattern CDATA #IMPLIED rights NMTOKEN #IMPLIED
-    stealth NMTOKEN #IMPLIED value CDATA #IMPLIED>
-]>
-<!--
-  Configure ImageMagick policies.
-
-  Domains include system, delegate, coder, filter, path, or resource.
-
-  Rights include none, read, write, execute and all.  Use | to combine them,
-  for example: "read | write" to permit read from, or write to, a path.
-
-  Use a glob expression as a pattern.
-
-  Suppose we do not want users to process MPEG video images:
-
-    <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="mpeg:decode" />
-
-  Here we do not want users reading images from HTTP:
-
-    <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="HTTP" />
-
-  The /repository file system is restricted to read only.  We use a glob
-  expression to match all paths that start with /repository:
-
-    <policy domain="path" rights="read" pattern="/repository/*" />
-
-  Lets prevent users from executing any image filters:
-
-    <policy domain="filter" rights="none" pattern="*" />
-
-  Any large image is cached to disk rather than memory:
-
-    <policy domain="resource" name="area" value="1GP"/>
-
-  Define arguments for the memory, map, area, width, height and disk resources
-  with SI prefixes (.e.g 100MB).  In addition, resource policies are maximums
-  for each instance of ImageMagick (e.g. policy memory limit 1GB, -limit 2GB
-  exceeds policy maximum so memory limit is 1GB).
-
-  Rules are processed in order.  Here we want to restrict ImageMagick to only
-  read or write a small subset of proven web-safe image types:
-
-    <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="*" />
-    <policy domain="filter" rights="none" pattern="*" />
-    <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="*" />
-    <policy domain="coder" rights="read|write" pattern="{GIF,JPEG,PNG,WEBP}" />
-->
-<policymap>
-  <!-- <policy domain="system" name="shred" value="2"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="system" name="precision" value="6"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="system" name="memory-map" value="anonymous"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="system" name="max-memory-request" value="256MiB"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="resource" name="temporary-path" value="/tmp"/> -->
-  <policy domain="resource" name="memory" value="256MiB"/>
-  <policy domain="resource" name="map" value="512MiB"/>
-  <policy domain="resource" name="width" value="16KP"/>
-  <policy domain="resource" name="height" value="16KP"/>
-  <!-- <policy domain="resource" name="list-length" value="128"/> -->
-  <policy domain="resource" name="area" value="128MB"/>
-  <policy domain="resource" name="disk" value="1GiB"/>
-  <!-- <policy domain="resource" name="file" value="768"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="resource" name="thread" value="4"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="resource" name="throttle" value="0"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="resource" name="time" value="3600"/> -->
-  <!-- Paperless does not process SVG or ImageMagick scripting formats. -->
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="SVG" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="SVGZ" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="MSVG" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="RSVG" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="MSL" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="MVG" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="EPHEMERAL" />
-  <!-- <policy domain="module" rights="none" pattern="{PS,PDF,XPS}" /> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="HTTPS" /> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="path" rights="none" pattern="@*" /> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="cache" name="memory-map" value="anonymous"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="cache" name="synchronize" value="True"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="cache" name="shared-secret" value="passphrase" stealth="true"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="system" name="pixel-cache-memory" value="anonymous"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="system" name="shred" value="2"/> -->
-  <!-- <policy domain="system" name="precision" value="6"/> -->
-  <!-- use curl -->
-  <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="URL" />
-  <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="HTTPS" />
-  <policy domain="delegate" rights="none" pattern="HTTP" />
-  <!-- in order to avoid to get image with password text -->
-  <policy domain="path" rights="none" pattern="@*"/>
-  <!-- disable ghostscript format types -->
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS2" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="PS3" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="EPS" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="read|write" pattern="PDF" />
-  <policy domain="coder" rights="none" pattern="XPS" />
-</policymap>
@@ -1315,29 +1315,17 @@ valid crontab(5) expression describing when to run.

 #### [`PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT=<num>`](#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT) {#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT}

-: On smaller systems, or even in the case of Very Large Documents, the
-consumer may explode, complaining about how it's "unable to extend
-pixel cache". In such cases, try setting this to a reasonably low
-value, like 32. The default is to use whatever is necessary to do
-everything without writing to disk, and units are in megabytes.
+!!! warning

-    For more information on how to use this value, you should search the
-    web for "MAGICK_MEMORY_LIMIT".
-
-    Defaults to 0, which disables the limit.
+    Deprecated and has no effect, since PDF thumbnails no longer use
+    ImageMagick. It will be removed in a future release.

 #### [`PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR=<path>`](#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR) {#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR}

-: Similar to the memory limit, if you've got a small system and your
-OS mounts /tmp as tmpfs, you should set this to a path that's on a
-physical disk, like /home/your_user/tmp or something. ImageMagick
-will use this as scratch space when crunching through very large
-documents.
+!!! warning

-    For more information on how to use this value, you should search the
-    web for "MAGICK_TMPDIR".
-
-    Default is none, which disables the temporary directory.
+    Deprecated and has no effect, since PDF thumbnails no longer use
+    ImageMagick. It will be removed in a future release.

 #### [`PAPERLESS_APPS=<string>`](#PAPERLESS_APPS) {#PAPERLESS_APPS}

@@ -1885,7 +1873,10 @@ the literal path for that program.

 #### [`PAPERLESS_CONVERT_BINARY=<path>`](#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_BINARY) {#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_BINARY}

-: Defaults to "convert".
+!!! warning
+
+    Deprecated and has no effect, since Paperless-ngx no longer uses
+    ImageMagick. It will be removed in a future release.

 #### [`PAPERLESS_GS_BINARY=<path>`](#PAPERLESS_GS_BINARY) {#PAPERLESS_GS_BINARY}

@@ -177,17 +177,16 @@ to a positive number to enable polling and disable native filesystem notificatio
    - `pkg-config` for mysqlclient (python dependency)
    - `fonts-liberation` for generating thumbnails for plain text
      files
-    - `imagemagick` >= 6 for PDF conversion
    - `gnupg` for decrypting GPG-encrypted email
    - `libpq-dev` for PostgreSQL
    - `libmagic-dev` for mime type detection
    - `mariadb-client` for MariaDB compile time
-    - `poppler-utils` for barcode detection
+    - `poppler-utils` for thumbnail generation and barcode detection

    Use this list for your preferred package management:

    ```
-    python3 python3-pip python3-dev imagemagick fonts-liberation gnupg libpq-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev pkg-config libmagic-dev poppler-utils
+    python3 python3-pip python3-dev fonts-liberation gnupg libpq-dev default-libmysqlclient-dev pkg-config libmagic-dev poppler-utils
    ```

    These dependencies are required for OCRmyPDF, which is used for text
@@ -416,16 +415,6 @@ to a positive number to enable polling and disable native filesystem notificatio
        You may need to change the path in the files. Example:
        `ExecStart=/opt/paperless/.local/bin/celery --app paperless worker --loglevel INFO`

-12. Configure ImageMagick to allow processing of PDF documents and disable
-    formats that Paperless-ngx does not use. Most distributions disable PDF
-    processing by default, since PDF documents can contain malware. If you
-    don't enable it, Paperless-ngx will fall back to Ghostscript for certain
-    steps such as thumbnail generation.
-
-    Configure the active ImageMagick policy file (commonly
-    `/etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml` or `/etc/ImageMagick-7/policy.xml`) and
-    adjust similar to [the docker policy file](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/refs/heads/main/docker/rootfs/etc/ImageMagick-6/paperless-policy.xml). You should also include restrictions as noted there.
-
 **Optional: Install the [jbig2enc](https://ocrmypdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/jbig2.html) encoder.**
 This will reduce the size of generated PDF documents. You'll most likely need to compile this yourself, because this
 software has been patented until around 2017 and binary packages are not available for most distributions.
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY=change-me
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES=true
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_ROTATE_PAGES_THRESHOLD=12.0
 #PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARGS={}
-#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT=0
-#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR=/var/tmp/paperless

 # Software tweaks

@@ -90,5 +88,4 @@ PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY=change-me

 # Binaries

-#PAPERLESS_CONVERT_BINARY=/usr/bin/convert
 #PAPERLESS_GS_BINARY=/usr/bin/gs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 from pathlib import Path

 import img2pdf
-from django.conf import settings
 from PIL import Image

 from documents.utils import copy_basic_file_stats
 from documents.utils import maybe_override_pixel_limit
-from documents.utils import run_subprocess
+from documents.utils import remove_alpha_channel


 def convert_from_tiff_to_pdf(tiff_path: Path, target_directory: Path) -> Path:
@@ -27,15 +26,7 @@ def convert_from_tiff_to_pdf(tiff_path: Path, target_directory: Path) -> Path:
        # Note the save into the temp folder, so as not to trigger a new
        # consume
        scratch_image = target_directory / tiff_path.name
-        run_subprocess(
-            [
-                settings.CONVERT_BINARY,
-                "-alpha",
-                "off",
-                tiff_path,
-                scratch_image,
-            ],
-        )
+        remove_alpha_channel(tiff_path, scratch_image)
    else:
        # Not modifying the original, safe to use in place
        scratch_image = tiff_path
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from __future__ import annotations

 import logging
+import math
 import mimetypes
-import os
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
@@ -68,58 +68,6 @@ def get_supported_file_extensions() -> set[str]:
    return extensions


-def run_convert(
-    input_file,
-    output_file,
-    *,
-    density=None,
-    scale=None,
-    alpha=None,
-    strip=False,
-    trim=False,
-    type=None,
-    depth=None,
-    auto_orient=False,
-    use_cropbox=False,
-    extra=None,
-    logging_group=None,
-) -> None:
-    environment = os.environ.copy()
-    if settings.CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT:
-        # MAGICK_MEMORY_LIMIT sets the maximum amount of RAM the pixel cache can use.
-        # MAGICK_MAP_LIMIT sets the maximum amount of memory-mapped I/O allowed.
-        #
-        # For large-format documents  ImageMagick will hit the RAM limit and
-        # immediately try to "map" the remaining data. If MAGICK_MAP_LIMIT isn't
-        # also set, the process may trigger an OOM kill because the default
-        # system/policy map limit is often too restrictive for these massive bitmaps.
-        environment["MAGICK_MEMORY_LIMIT"] = settings.CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT
-        environment["MAGICK_MAP_LIMIT"] = settings.CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT
-    if settings.CONVERT_TMPDIR:
-        environment["MAGICK_TMPDIR"] = settings.CONVERT_TMPDIR
-
-    args = [settings.CONVERT_BINARY]
-    args += ["-density", str(density)] if density else []
-    args += ["-scale", str(scale)] if scale else []
-    args += ["-alpha", str(alpha)] if alpha else []
-    args += ["-strip"] if strip else []
-    args += ["-trim"] if trim else []
-    args += ["-type", str(type)] if type else []
-    args += ["-depth", str(depth)] if depth else []
-    args += ["-auto-orient"] if auto_orient else []
-    args += ["-define", "pdf:use-cropbox=true"] if use_cropbox else []
-    args += [str(input_file), str(output_file)]
-
-    logger.debug("Execute: " + " ".join(args), extra={"group": logging_group})
-
-    try:
-        run_subprocess(args, environment, logger)
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        raise ParseError(f"Convert failed at {args}") from e
-    except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
-        raise ParseError("Unknown error running convert") from e
-
-
 def get_default_thumbnail() -> Path:
    """
    Returns the path to a generic thumbnail
@@ -127,46 +75,168 @@ def get_default_thumbnail() -> Path:
    return (Path(__file__).parent / "resources" / "document.webp").resolve()


-def make_thumbnail_from_pdf_gs_fallback(in_path, temp_dir, logging_group=None) -> Path:
-    out_path: Path = Path(temp_dir) / "convert_gs.webp"
+_THUMBNAIL_MAX_WIDTH = 500
+_THUMBNAIL_MAX_HEIGHT = 5000
+# Used only when the page geometry cannot be read
+_THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK_DPI = 150
+# Applied before supersampling, so tiny pages are not enlarged
+_THUMBNAIL_MAX_DPI = 300
+# Rendering at a multiple and downsampling keeps text crisper
+_THUMBNAIL_SUPERSAMPLE = 2

-    # if convert fails, fall back to extracting
-    # the first PDF page as a PNG using Ghostscript
-    logger.warning(
-        "Thumbnail generation with ImageMagick failed, falling back "
-        "to ghostscript. Check your /etc/ImageMagick-x/policy.xml!",
-        extra={"group": logging_group},
-    )
-    # Ghostscript doesn't handle WebP outputs
-    gs_out_path: Path = Path(temp_dir) / "gs_out.png"
-    cmd = [settings.GS_BINARY, "-q", "-sDEVICE=pngalpha", "-o", gs_out_path, in_path]
+
+def rasterize_pdf_page_to_png(
+    in_path: Path,
+    out_path: Path,
+    *,
+    dpi: int,
+    logging_group=None,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Rasterizes the first page of a PDF to a PNG with pdftoppm.
+    """
+    # -singlefile drops the page number and -png appends ".png", so pass the
+    # path without its suffix
+    args = [
+        "pdftoppm",
+        "-f",
+        "1",
+        "-l",
+        "1",
+        "-r",
+        str(dpi),
+        "-png",
+        "-singlefile",
+        "-cropbox",
+        str(in_path),
+        str(out_path.with_suffix("")),
+    ]
+
+    logger.debug("Execute: " + " ".join(args), extra={"group": logging_group})

    try:
-        try:
-            run_subprocess(cmd, logger=logger)
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-            raise ParseError(f"Thumbnail (gs) failed at {cmd}") from e
-        # then run convert on the output from gs to make WebP
-        run_convert(
-            density=300,
-            scale="500x5000>",
-            alpha="remove",
-            strip=True,
-            trim=False,
-            auto_orient=True,
-            input_file=gs_out_path,
-            output_file=out_path,
-            logging_group=logging_group,
-        )
+        run_subprocess(args, logger=logger)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        raise ParseError(f"pdftoppm failed at {args}") from e
+    except Exception as e:  # pragma: no cover
+        raise ParseError("Unknown error running pdftoppm") from e

+
+def encode_thumbnail_webp(
+    png_path: Path,
+    out_path: Path,
+    *,
+    supersample: int = 1,
+) -> None:
+    """
+    Flattens alpha onto white, undoes supersampling, shrinks to fit and saves as WebP.
+    """
+    from PIL import Image
+
+    try:
+        with Image.open(png_path) as im:
+            if im.mode in ("RGBA", "LA"):
+                flattened = Image.new("RGB", im.size, (255, 255, 255))
+                flattened.paste(im, mask=im.split()[-1])
+            else:
+                flattened = im.convert("RGB")
+
+        if supersample > 1:
+            flattened = flattened.resize(
+                (
+                    max(1, round(flattened.width / supersample)),
+                    max(1, round(flattened.height / supersample)),
+                ),
+                Image.Resampling.LANCZOS,
+            )
+
+        flattened.thumbnail((_THUMBNAIL_MAX_WIDTH, _THUMBNAIL_MAX_HEIGHT))
+        flattened.save(out_path, format="WEBP")
+    except (OSError, Image.DecompressionBombError) as e:
+        raise ParseError(f"Unable to encode thumbnail from {png_path}") from e
+
+
+def _compute_thumbnail_dpi(in_path: Path, logging_group=None) -> tuple[int, int]:
+    """
+    Returns (dpi, supersample). Unknown geometry is not supersampled, since
+    the render size cannot be bounded.
+    """
+    from paperless.parsers.utils import get_pdf_first_page_size_points
+
+    size = get_pdf_first_page_size_points(in_path)
+    if size is None:
+        logger.debug(
+            "Could not read PDF page size, using fallback DPI",
+            extra={"group": logging_group},
+        )
+        return _THUMBNAIL_FALLBACK_DPI, 1
+
+    width_pts, height_pts = size
+    dpi_for_width = _THUMBNAIL_MAX_WIDTH * 72 / width_pts
+    dpi_for_height = _THUMBNAIL_MAX_HEIGHT * 72 / height_pts
+    # Round up so the downsampled render is never a few pixels short of the
+    # target; the shrink-only clamp in encode_thumbnail_webp trims the excess.
+    dpi = max(
+        1,
+        math.ceil(min(_THUMBNAIL_MAX_DPI, dpi_for_width, dpi_for_height)),
+    )
+    # At the 1 DPI floor the page is already oversized, so do not supersample
+    return dpi, 1 if dpi == 1 else _THUMBNAIL_SUPERSAMPLE
+
+
+def _render_pdf_thumbnail(
+    in_path: Path,
+    png_path: Path,
+    out_path: Path,
+    logging_group=None,
+) -> None:
+    dpi, supersample = _compute_thumbnail_dpi(in_path, logging_group=logging_group)
+    rasterize_pdf_page_to_png(
+        in_path,
+        png_path,
+        dpi=dpi * supersample,
+        logging_group=logging_group,
+    )
+    encode_thumbnail_webp(png_path, out_path, supersample=supersample)
+
+
+def _repair_pdf_with_qpdf(in_path: Path, out_path: Path) -> None:
+    # qpdf exits 3 after a repair; --warning-exit-0 keeps that from failing
+    try:
+        shutil.copy(in_path, out_path)
+        run_subprocess(
+            ["qpdf", "--warning-exit-0", "--replace-input", str(out_path)],
+            logger=logger,
+        )
+    except (subprocess.CalledProcessError, OSError) as e:
+        raise ParseError(f"qpdf repair failed for {in_path}") from e
+
+
+def make_thumbnail_from_pdf_qpdf_fallback(
+    in_path: Path,
+    temp_dir: Path,
+    logging_group=None,
+) -> Path:
+    png_path = temp_dir / "page1_repaired.png"
+    out_path = temp_dir / "convert_qpdf.webp"
+    repaired_path = temp_dir / "repaired.pdf"
+
+    logger.warning(
+        "Thumbnail generation with pdftoppm failed, attempting qpdf repair and retry.",
+        extra={"group": logging_group},
+    )
+
+    try:
+        _repair_pdf_with_qpdf(in_path, repaired_path)
+        _render_pdf_thumbnail(repaired_path, png_path, out_path, logging_group)
        return out_path

    except ParseError as e:
-        logger.error(f"Unable to make thumbnail with Ghostscript: {e}")
+        logger.error(f"Unable to make thumbnail after qpdf repair: {e}")
        # The caller might expect a generated thumbnail that can be moved,
        # so we need to copy it before it gets moved.
        # https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/issues/3631
-        default_thumbnail_path: Path = Path(temp_dir) / "document.webp"
+        default_thumbnail_path = temp_dir / "document.webp"
        copy_file_with_basic_stats(get_default_thumbnail(), default_thumbnail_path)
        return default_thumbnail_path

@@ -175,25 +245,18 @@ def make_thumbnail_from_pdf(in_path: Path, temp_dir: Path, logging_group=None) -
    """
    The thumbnail of a PDF is just a 500px wide image of the first page.
    """
+    png_path: Path = temp_dir / "page1.png"
    out_path: Path = temp_dir / "convert.webp"

-    # Run convert to get a decent thumbnail
    try:
-        run_convert(
-            density=300,
-            scale="500x5000>",
-            alpha="remove",
-            strip=True,
-            trim=False,
-            auto_orient=True,
-            use_cropbox=True,
-            input_file=f"{in_path}[0]",
-            output_file=str(out_path),
-            logging_group=logging_group,
-        )
+        _render_pdf_thumbnail(in_path, png_path, out_path, logging_group)
    except ParseError as e:
-        logger.error(f"Unable to make thumbnail with convert: {e}")
-        out_path = make_thumbnail_from_pdf_gs_fallback(in_path, temp_dir, logging_group)
+        logger.error(f"Unable to make thumbnail with pdftoppm: {e}")
+        out_path = make_thumbnail_from_pdf_qpdf_fallback(
+            in_path,
+            temp_dir,
+            logging_group,
+        )

    return out_path

@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
+import subprocess
 from collections.abc import Generator
+from pathlib import Path

+import pikepdf
 import pytest
+from PIL import Image
 from pytest_django.fixtures import Settings
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture

+from documents.parsers import ParseError
+from documents.parsers import _compute_thumbnail_dpi
+from documents.parsers import encode_thumbnail_webp
 from documents.parsers import get_default_file_extension
+from documents.parsers import get_default_thumbnail
 from documents.parsers import get_supported_file_extensions
 from documents.parsers import is_file_ext_supported
+from documents.parsers import make_thumbnail_from_pdf
+from documents.parsers import rasterize_pdf_page_to_png
 from paperless.parsers.registry import get_parser_registry
 from paperless.parsers.registry import reset_parser_registry
 from paperless.parsers.tesseract import RasterisedDocumentParser
@@ -125,3 +136,374 @@ class TestParserAvailability:
        assert is_file_ext_supported(".pdf")
        assert not is_file_ext_supported(".hsdfh")
        assert not is_file_ext_supported("")
+
+
+class TestComputeThumbnailDpi:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("size", "expected"),
+        [
+            pytest.param((612.0, 792.0), (59, 2), id="letter-width-bound"),
+            pytest.param((792.0, 612.0), (46, 2), id="landscape-rounded-up"),
+            pytest.param((612.0, 100000.0), (4, 2), id="tall-strip-height-bound"),
+            pytest.param((200.0, 300.0), (180, 2), id="small-page-width-bound"),
+            pytest.param((72.0, 72.0), (300, 2), id="tiny-page-capped-at-300"),
+            pytest.param(
+                (1000000.0, 1000000.0),
+                (1, 1),
+                id="huge-page-minimum-one-unsupersampled",
+            ),
+            pytest.param(None, (150, 1), id="unreadable-geometry-fallback"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_dpi_from_page_size(
+        self,
+        mocker: MockerFixture,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        size: tuple[float, float] | None,
+        expected: tuple[int, int],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A first page of the given size, or unreadable geometry
+        WHEN:
+            - The thumbnail DPI is computed
+        THEN:
+            - The expected DPI and supersample factor are returned
+        """
+        mocker.patch(
+            "paperless.parsers.utils.get_pdf_first_page_size_points",
+            return_value=size,
+        )
+        assert _compute_thumbnail_dpi(tmp_path / "doc.pdf") == expected
+
+
+class TestMakeThumbnailFromPdf:
+    @pytest.fixture
+    def work_dir(self, tmp_path: Path) -> Path:
+        path = tmp_path / "work"
+        path.mkdir()
+        return path
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _write_blank_pdf(path: Path, page_size: tuple[int, int] = (612, 792)) -> Path:
+        pdf = pikepdf.new()
+        pdf.add_blank_page(page_size=page_size)
+        pdf.save(path, object_stream_mode=pikepdf.ObjectStreamMode.disable)
+        return path
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("size", "expected_dpi", "expected_supersample"),
+        [
+            pytest.param((612.0, 792.0), 118, 2, id="known-geometry-2x"),
+            pytest.param(None, 150, 1, id="unreadable-geometry-plain-fallback"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_render_dpi_requested(
+        self,
+        mocker: MockerFixture,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        work_dir: Path,
+        size: tuple[float, float] | None,
+        expected_dpi: int,
+        expected_supersample: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Readable or unreadable page geometry
+        WHEN:
+            - A thumbnail is made
+        THEN:
+            - Rasterize and encode get the matching DPI and supersample factor
+        """
+        mocker.patch(
+            "paperless.parsers.utils.get_pdf_first_page_size_points",
+            return_value=size,
+        )
+        rasterize = mocker.patch("documents.parsers.rasterize_pdf_page_to_png")
+        encode = mocker.patch("documents.parsers.encode_thumbnail_webp")
+
+        make_thumbnail_from_pdf(tmp_path / "in.pdf", work_dir)
+
+        assert rasterize.call_args.kwargs["dpi"] == expected_dpi
+        assert encode.call_args.kwargs["supersample"] == expected_supersample
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("page_size", "expected_width"),
+        [
+            pytest.param((612, 792), 500, id="letter"),
+            pytest.param((792, 612), 500, id="landscape-letter"),
+            pytest.param((595, 842), 500, id="a4"),
+            pytest.param((200, 300), 500, id="small-page"),
+            pytest.param((72, 72), 300, id="tiny-page-capped"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_thumbnail_width(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        work_dir: Path,
+        page_size: tuple[int, int],
+        expected_width: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF whose first page has the given size in points
+        WHEN:
+            - A thumbnail is made from it
+        THEN:
+            - The thumbnail has the expected width
+        """
+        pdf_path = self._write_blank_pdf(tmp_path / "in.pdf", page_size)
+
+        thumb = make_thumbnail_from_pdf(pdf_path, work_dir)
+
+        assert thumb == work_dir / "convert.webp"
+        with Image.open(thumb) as im:
+            assert im.format == "WEBP"
+            assert im.width == expected_width
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _write_pdf_without_xref(cls, path: Path) -> Path:
+        """
+        Cuts off the xref and trailer, which pdftoppm cannot recover from but qpdf can.
+        """
+        cls._write_blank_pdf(path)
+        data = path.read_bytes()
+        path.write_bytes(data[: data.rindex(b"\nxref")])
+        return path
+
+    def test_qpdf_repair_produces_real_thumbnail(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        work_dir: Path,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF with its xref table and trailer cut off
+        WHEN:
+            - A thumbnail is made from it
+        THEN:
+            - The thumbnail is rendered from a qpdf repaired copy
+            - The original file is unchanged
+        """
+        pdf_path = self._write_pdf_without_xref(tmp_path / "broken.pdf")
+        original_bytes = pdf_path.read_bytes()
+
+        with pytest.raises(ParseError):
+            rasterize_pdf_page_to_png(pdf_path, work_dir / "probe.png", dpi=50)
+
+        thumb = make_thumbnail_from_pdf(pdf_path, work_dir)
+
+        assert thumb == work_dir / "convert_qpdf.webp"
+        with Image.open(thumb) as im:
+            assert im.format == "WEBP"
+            assert im.width == 500
+        assert pdf_path.read_bytes() == original_bytes
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "qpdf_error",
+        [
+            pytest.param(subprocess.CalledProcessError(2, "qpdf"), id="qpdf-fails"),
+            pytest.param(None, id="repaired-still-unrenderable"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_double_failure_uses_default_thumbnail(
+        self,
+        mocker: MockerFixture,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        work_dir: Path,
+        qpdf_error: subprocess.CalledProcessError | None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF that cannot be rendered, even after qpdf repair
+        WHEN:
+            - A thumbnail is made from it
+        THEN:
+            - A copy of the default thumbnail is returned
+        """
+        mocker.patch(
+            "documents.parsers.rasterize_pdf_page_to_png",
+            side_effect=ParseError("Does not compute."),
+        )
+        if qpdf_error is not None:
+            mocker.patch("documents.parsers.run_subprocess", side_effect=qpdf_error)
+        pdf_path = self._write_blank_pdf(tmp_path / "in.pdf")
+
+        thumb = make_thumbnail_from_pdf(pdf_path, work_dir)
+
+        assert thumb == work_dir / "document.webp"
+        assert thumb.read_bytes() == get_default_thumbnail().read_bytes()
+
+
+class TestRasterizePdfPageToPng:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _write_pdf(
+        path: Path,
+        *,
+        crop_box: tuple[float, float, float, float] | None = None,
+        rotate: int | None = None,
+    ) -> Path:
+        pdf = pikepdf.new()
+        pdf.add_blank_page(page_size=(144, 72))
+        pdf.add_blank_page(page_size=(300, 300))
+        page = pdf.pages[0]
+        if crop_box is not None:
+            page.obj.CropBox = pikepdf.Array(crop_box)
+        if rotate is not None:
+            page.obj.Rotate = rotate
+        pdf.save(path)
+        return path
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("crop_box", "rotate", "expected_size"),
+        [
+            pytest.param(None, None, (144, 72), id="plain"),
+            pytest.param(None, 90, (72, 144), id="rotated-90"),
+            pytest.param((0, 0, 72, 36), None, (72, 36), id="crop-box"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_renders_first_page_to_exact_path(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        crop_box: tuple[float, float, float, float] | None,
+        rotate: int | None,
+        expected_size: tuple[int, int],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A two page PDF, first page optionally cropped or rotated
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page is rasterized at 72 DPI
+        THEN:
+            - Only out_path is written, sized to the first page's crop and rotation
+        """
+        pdf_path = self._write_pdf(
+            tmp_path / "in.pdf",
+            crop_box=crop_box,
+            rotate=rotate,
+        )
+        out_dir = tmp_path / "out"
+        out_dir.mkdir()
+        out_path = out_dir / "page1.png"
+
+        rasterize_pdf_page_to_png(pdf_path, out_path, dpi=72)
+
+        assert list(out_dir.iterdir()) == [out_path]
+        with Image.open(out_path) as im:
+            assert im.format == "PNG"
+            assert im.size == expected_size
+
+    def test_failure_raises_parse_error(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A file that is not a PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - Rasterization is attempted
+        THEN:
+            - A ParseError is raised
+        """
+        bad = tmp_path / "bad.pdf"
+        bad.write_bytes(b"not a pdf")
+
+        with pytest.raises(ParseError):
+            rasterize_pdf_page_to_png(bad, tmp_path / "page1.png", dpi=72)
+
+
+class TestEncodeThumbnailWebp:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("mode", "color"),
+        [
+            pytest.param("RGBA", (0, 0, 0, 0), id="rgba"),
+            pytest.param("LA", (0, 0), id="la"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_alpha_flattened_onto_white(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        mode: str,
+        color: tuple[int, ...],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A fully transparent PNG with an alpha channel
+        WHEN:
+            - It is encoded as a thumbnail
+        THEN:
+            - The WebP output is RGB with the transparency flattened to white
+        """
+        png_path = tmp_path / "in.png"
+        Image.new(mode, (20, 10), color).save(png_path)
+        out_path = tmp_path / "out.webp"
+
+        encode_thumbnail_webp(png_path, out_path)
+
+        with Image.open(out_path) as im:
+            assert im.format == "WEBP"
+            assert im.mode == "RGB"
+            assert im.size == (20, 10)
+            red, green, blue = im.getpixel((10, 5))
+            assert min(red, green, blue) >= 250
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("in_size", "supersample", "expected_size"),
+        [
+            pytest.param((1000, 2000), 1, (500, 1000), id="too-wide-shrunk"),
+            pytest.param((100, 10000), 1, (50, 5000), id="too-tall-shrunk"),
+            pytest.param((100, 200), 1, (100, 200), id="small-not-enlarged"),
+            pytest.param((1000, 1400), 2, (500, 700), id="2x-halved"),
+            pytest.param((1001, 1401), 2, (500, 700), id="2x-odd-rounded"),
+            pytest.param((600, 800), 2, (300, 400), id="2x-small-not-enlarged"),
+            pytest.param((900, 1200), 2, (450, 600), id="2x-below-clamp"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_size_clamped_and_downsampled(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        in_size: tuple[int, int],
+        supersample: int,
+        expected_size: tuple[int, int],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A rendered image and its supersample factor
+        WHEN:
+            - It is encoded as a thumbnail with that factor
+        THEN:
+            - It is downsampled, fit within 500x5000 and never enlarged
+        """
+        png_path = tmp_path / "in.png"
+        Image.new("RGB", in_size, (255, 255, 255)).save(png_path)
+        out_path = tmp_path / "out.webp"
+
+        encode_thumbnail_webp(png_path, out_path, supersample=supersample)
+
+        with Image.open(out_path) as im:
+            assert im.size == expected_size
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "error",
+        [
+            pytest.param(OSError("broken image"), id="os-error"),
+            pytest.param(Image.DecompressionBombError("too large"), id="bomb"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_decode_failure_raises_parse_error(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        mocker: MockerFixture,
+        error: Exception,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Opening the rendered image fails
+        WHEN:
+            - It is encoded as a thumbnail
+        THEN:
+            - A ParseError is raised
+        """
+        png_path = tmp_path / "in.png"
+        Image.new("RGB", (10, 10)).save(png_path)
+        mocker.patch("PIL.Image.open", side_effect=error)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ParseError):
+            encode_thumbnail_webp(png_path, tmp_path / "out.webp")
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
 import pytest_mock
+from PIL import Image

 from documents.utils import QuerySetStream
+from documents.utils import remove_alpha_channel


 class TestQuerySetStream:
@@ -33,3 +38,99 @@ class TestQuerySetStream:
        # the thing being verified here.
        mock_queryset.count.assert_called_with()
        mock_queryset.iterator.assert_called_once_with(chunk_size=1000)
+
+
+class TestRemoveAlphaChannel:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("image_format", "mode", "expected_mode", "color", "expected_pixel"),
+        [
+            pytest.param(
+                "PNG",
+                "RGBA",
+                "RGB",
+                (10, 20, 30, 0),
+                (10, 20, 30),
+                id="png-rgba",
+            ),
+            pytest.param(
+                "TIFF",
+                "RGBA",
+                "RGB",
+                (10, 20, 30, 128),
+                (10, 20, 30),
+                id="tiff-rgba",
+            ),
+            pytest.param("PNG", "LA", "L", (40, 0), 40, id="png-la"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_drops_alpha_and_keeps_format(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        image_format: str,
+        mode: str,
+        expected_mode: str,
+        color: tuple[int, ...],
+        expected_pixel: int | tuple[int, ...],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - An image with an alpha channel
+        WHEN:
+            - The alpha channel is removed to a destination without an extension
+        THEN:
+            - The destination has the matching opaque mode, the same size and
+              format, and the color values are kept rather than composited
+        """
+        source = tmp_path / "source"
+        Image.new(mode, (8, 6), color).save(source, format=image_format)
+        dest = tmp_path / "no-alpha"
+
+        result = remove_alpha_channel(source, dest)
+
+        assert result == dest
+        with Image.open(dest) as out:
+            assert out.mode == expected_mode
+            assert out.size == (8, 6)
+            assert out.format == image_format
+            assert out.getpixel((0, 0)) == expected_pixel
+
+    def test_keeps_every_frame_of_a_multi_page_tiff(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A multi-page TIFF where every page has an alpha channel
+        WHEN:
+            - The alpha channel is removed
+        THEN:
+            - All pages are kept and none has an alpha channel
+        """
+        source = tmp_path / "multi.tiff"
+        first = Image.new("RGBA", (8, 6), (255, 0, 0, 50))
+        rest = [Image.new("RGBA", (8, 6), (0, 255, 0, 50)) for _ in range(2)]
+        first.save(source, save_all=True, append_images=rest)
+        dest = tmp_path / "multi-no-alpha.tiff"
+
+        remove_alpha_channel(source, dest)
+
+        with Image.open(dest) as out:
+            assert out.n_frames == 3
+            for index in range(out.n_frames):
+                out.seek(index)
+                assert out.mode == "RGB"
+
+    def test_keeps_dpi(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - An alpha image with a DPI set
+        WHEN:
+            - The alpha channel is removed
+        THEN:
+            - The DPI is unchanged, since OCR scaling depends on it
+        """
+        source = tmp_path / "source.png"
+        Image.new("RGBA", (8, 6)).save(source, dpi=(300, 300))
+        dest = tmp_path / "dest.png"
+
+        remove_alpha_channel(source, dest)
+
+        with Image.open(dest) as out:
+            assert round(out.info["dpi"][0]) == 300
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import CompletedProcess
 from subprocess import run
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Any
 from typing import Generic
 from typing import TypeVar

 from django.conf import settings
 from PIL import Image
+from PIL import ImageSequence

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from django.db.models import Model
@@ -128,6 +130,30 @@ def maybe_override_pixel_limit() -> None:
        Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS = pixel_count


+def remove_alpha_channel(source: Path, dest: Path) -> Path:
+    """
+    Writes a copy of the image with its alpha channel dropped, keeping the
+    format, every frame, the DPI and any ICC profile.
+
+    The channel is dropped, not composited, so transparent pixels keep their
+    underlying color. Returns dest.
+    """
+    with Image.open(source) as im:
+        image_format = im.format
+        opaque_mode = "L" if im.mode == "LA" else "RGB"
+        frames = [frame.convert(opaque_mode) for frame in ImageSequence.Iterator(im)]
+        save_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
+        if "dpi" in im.info:
+            save_kwargs["dpi"] = im.info["dpi"]
+        if "icc_profile" in im.info:
+            save_kwargs["icc_profile"] = im.info["icc_profile"]
+        if len(frames) > 1:
+            save_kwargs["save_all"] = True
+            save_kwargs["append_images"] = frames[1:]
+    frames[0].save(dest, format=image_format, **save_kwargs)
+    return dest
+
+
 def run_subprocess(
    arguments: list[str],
    env: dict[str, str] | None = None,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def binaries_check(app_configs: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> list[Error]:
    error = "Paperless can't find {}. Without it, consumption is impossible."
    hint = "Either it's not in your ${PATH} or it's not installed."

-    binaries = (settings.CONVERT_BINARY, "tesseract", "gs")
+    binaries = ("tesseract", "gs")

    check_messages = []
    for binary in binaries:
@@ -272,27 +272,26 @@ def check_deprecated_db_settings(
    Detects legacy advanced options that should be migrated to
    PAPERLESS_DB_OPTIONS. Returns one Warning per deprecated variable found.
    """
-    deprecated_vars: dict[str, str] = {
-        "PAPERLESS_DB_TIMEOUT": "timeout",
-        "PAPERLESS_DB_POOLSIZE": "pool.min_size / pool.max_size",
-        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLMODE": "sslmode",
-        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLROOTCERT": "sslrootcert",
-        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLCERT": "sslcert",
-        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLKEY": "sslkey",
-    }
+    deprecated_vars = (
+        "PAPERLESS_DB_TIMEOUT",
+        "PAPERLESS_DB_POOLSIZE",
+        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLMODE",
+        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLROOTCERT",
+        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLCERT",
+        "PAPERLESS_DBSSLKEY",
+    )

    warnings: list[Warning] = []

-    for var_name, db_option_key in deprecated_vars.items():
+    for var_name in deprecated_vars:
        if not os.getenv(var_name):
            continue
        warnings.append(
            Warning(
                f"Deprecated environment variable: {var_name}",
                hint=(
-                    f"{var_name} is no longer supported and will be removed in v3.2. "
+                    f"{var_name} is deprecated. "
                    f"Set the equivalent option via PAPERLESS_DB_OPTIONS instead. "
-                    f'Example: PAPERLESS_DB_OPTIONS=\'{{"{db_option_key}": "<value>"}}\'. '
                    "See https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/migration-v3/ for the full reference."
                ),
                id="paperless.W001",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from documents.parsers import ParseError
 from documents.parsers import make_thumbnail_from_pdf
 from documents.utils import copy_file_with_basic_stats
 from documents.utils import maybe_override_pixel_limit
-from documents.utils import run_subprocess
+from documents.utils import remove_alpha_channel
 from paperless.config import OcrConfig
 from paperless.models import CleanChoices
 from paperless.models import ModeChoices
@@ -197,18 +197,7 @@ class RasterisedDocumentParser:
            return im.mode in ("RGBA", "LA")

    def remove_alpha(self, image_path: Path) -> Path:
-        no_alpha_image = Path(self.tempdir) / "image-no-alpha"
-        run_subprocess(
-            [
-                settings.CONVERT_BINARY,
-                "-alpha",
-                "off",
-                str(image_path),
-                str(no_alpha_image),
-            ],
-            logger=self.log,
-        )
-        return no_alpha_image
+        return remove_alpha_channel(image_path, Path(self.tempdir) / "image-no-alpha")

    def get_dpi(self, image: Path) -> int | None:
        try:
@@ -265,6 +265,52 @@ def get_page_count_for_pdf(
        return None


+def get_pdf_first_page_size_points(
+    path: Path,
+    log: logging.Logger | None = None,
+) -> tuple[float, float] | None:
+    """Return the first page's (width, height) in PDF points, post-rotation.
+
+    Uses the CropBox (MediaBox if absent), which must match pdftoppm's
+    ``-cropbox`` or the computed DPI targets the wrong box.
+
+    Swaps width and height for 90/270 rotation. ``page.rotation`` resolves
+    inherited and negative ``/Rotate`` values, a raw lookup does not.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    path:
+        Absolute path to the PDF file.
+    log:
+        Logger for warnings.  Falls back to the module-level logger when omitted.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    tuple[float, float] | None
+        ``(width_points, height_points)``, or ``None`` if the file cannot be
+        opened, has no pages, or the page box is degenerate.
+    """
+    import pikepdf
+
+    _log = log or logger
+    try:
+        with pikepdf.Pdf.open(path) as pdf:
+            if len(pdf.pages) == 0:
+                return None
+            page = pdf.pages[0]
+            llx, lly, urx, ury = (float(v) for v in page.cropbox)
+            width = abs(urx - llx)
+            height = abs(ury - lly)
+            if width <= 0 or height <= 0:
+                return None
+            if page.rotation in (90, 270):
+                width, height = height, width
+            return width, height
+    except Exception as e:
+        _log.warning("Could not determine PDF page size for %s: %s", path, e)
+        return None
+
+
 def extract_pdf_metadata(
    document_path: Path,
    log: logging.Logger | None = None,
@@ -984,11 +984,6 @@ MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS: Final[int | None] = get_int_from_env(
 # GNUPG needs a home directory for some reason
 GNUPG_HOME = os.getenv("HOME", "/tmp")

-# Convert is part of the ImageMagick package
-CONVERT_BINARY = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONVERT_BINARY", "convert")
-CONVERT_TMPDIR = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR")
-CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT")
-
 GS_BINARY = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_GS_BINARY", "gs")

 # Fallback layout for .eml consumption
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

 import pytest
 from ocrmypdf import SubprocessOutputError
+from PIL import Image

 from documents.parsers import ParseError
-from documents.parsers import run_convert
+from documents.parsers import rasterize_pdf_page_to_png
 from paperless.models import ModeChoices
 from paperless.parsers import ParserProtocol
 from paperless.parsers.tesseract import RasterisedDocumentParser
@@ -280,24 +281,71 @@ class TestGetThumbnail:
        )
        assert thumb.is_file()

-    def test_thumbnail_fallback_on_convert_error(
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("filename", "expected_height"),
+        [
+            pytest.param("simple-digital.pdf", 647, id="portrait-letter"),
+            pytest.param("rotated.pdf", 386, id="landscape"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_thumbnail_is_correct_format_and_size(
+        self,
+        tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
+        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
+        filename: str,
+        expected_height: int,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A portrait or landscape PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - A thumbnail is generated
+        THEN:
+            - A 500px wide WebP keeping the page's aspect ratio
+        """
+        thumb = tesseract_parser.get_thumbnail(
+            tesseract_samples_dir / filename,
+            "application/pdf",
+        )
+        with Image.open(thumb) as im:
+            assert im.format == "WEBP"
+            assert im.width == 500
+            assert im.height == pytest.approx(expected_height, abs=2)
+
+    def test_thumbnail_fallback_on_pdftoppm_error(
        self,
        mocker: MockerFixture,
        tesseract_parser: RasterisedDocumentParser,
        tesseract_samples_dir: Path,
    ) -> None:
-        def _raise_on_pdf(input_file, output_file, **kwargs) -> None:
-            if ".pdf" in str(input_file):
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Rasterizing the original PDF fails
+        WHEN:
+            - A thumbnail is generated
+        THEN:
+            - The PDF is repaired with qpdf and a real thumbnail is rendered
+        """
+        original = tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf"
+
+        def _fail_on_original(in_path: Path, out_path: Path, **kwargs) -> None:
+            if in_path == original:
                raise ParseError("Does not compute.")
-            run_convert(input_file=input_file, output_file=output_file, **kwargs)
+            rasterize_pdf_page_to_png(in_path, out_path, **kwargs)

-        mocker.patch("documents.parsers.run_convert", side_effect=_raise_on_pdf)
-
-        thumb = tesseract_parser.get_thumbnail(
-            tesseract_samples_dir / "simple-digital.pdf",
-            "application/pdf",
+        rasterize = mocker.patch(
+            "documents.parsers.rasterize_pdf_page_to_png",
+            side_effect=_fail_on_original,
        )
+
+        thumb = tesseract_parser.get_thumbnail(original, "application/pdf")
+
+        assert rasterize.call_count == 2
        assert thumb.is_file()
+        assert thumb.name == "convert_qpdf.webp"
+        with Image.open(thumb) as im:
+            assert im.format == "WEBP"
+            assert im.width == 500

    def test_thumbnail_encrypted_pdf(
        self,
@@ -25,9 +25,17 @@ class TestChecks:
    def test_binaries(self) -> None:
        assert binaries_check(None) == []

-    def test_binaries_fail(self, settings: Settings) -> None:
-        settings.CONVERT_BINARY = "uuuhh"
-        assert len(binaries_check(None)) == 1
+    def test_binaries_fail(self, mocker: MockerFixture) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Neither tesseract nor ghostscript can be found
+        WHEN:
+            - The binaries check runs
+        THEN:
+            - One warning is raised per missing binary
+        """
+        mocker.patch("paperless.checks.shutil.which", return_value=None)
+        assert len(binaries_check(None)) == 2

    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("paperless_dirs")
    def test_paths_check(self) -> None:
@@ -211,14 +219,14 @@ class TestAuditLogChecks:
        assert "auditlog table was found but audit log is disabled." in msgs[0].msg


-DEPRECATED_VARS: dict[str, str] = {
-    "PAPERLESS_DB_TIMEOUT": "timeout",
-    "PAPERLESS_DB_POOLSIZE": "pool.min_size / pool.max_size",
-    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLMODE": "sslmode",
-    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLROOTCERT": "sslrootcert",
-    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLCERT": "sslcert",
-    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLKEY": "sslkey",
-}
+DEPRECATED_VARS = (
+    "PAPERLESS_DB_TIMEOUT",
+    "PAPERLESS_DB_POOLSIZE",
+    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLMODE",
+    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLROOTCERT",
+    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLCERT",
+    "PAPERLESS_DBSSLKEY",
+)


 class TestDeprecatedDbSettings:
@@ -234,26 +242,11 @@ class TestDeprecatedDbSettings:
        result = check_deprecated_db_settings(None)
        assert result == []

-    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        ("env_var", "db_option_key"),
-        [
-            pytest.param("PAPERLESS_DB_TIMEOUT", "timeout", id="db-timeout"),
-            pytest.param(
-                "PAPERLESS_DB_POOLSIZE",
-                "pool.min_size / pool.max_size",
-                id="db-poolsize",
-            ),
-            pytest.param("PAPERLESS_DBSSLMODE", "sslmode", id="ssl-mode"),
-            pytest.param("PAPERLESS_DBSSLROOTCERT", "sslrootcert", id="ssl-rootcert"),
-            pytest.param("PAPERLESS_DBSSLCERT", "sslcert", id="ssl-cert"),
-            pytest.param("PAPERLESS_DBSSLKEY", "sslkey", id="ssl-key"),
-        ],
-    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("env_var", DEPRECATED_VARS)
    def test_single_deprecated_var_produces_one_warning(
        self,
        mocker: MockerFixture,
        env_var: str,
-        db_option_key: str,
    ) -> None:
        """Each deprecated var in isolation produces exactly one warning."""
        mocker.patch.dict(os.environ, {env_var: "some_value"}, clear=True)
@@ -264,7 +257,8 @@ class TestDeprecatedDbSettings:
        assert isinstance(warning, Warning)
        assert warning.id == "paperless.W001"
        assert env_var in warning.hint
-        assert db_option_key in warning.hint
+        assert "PAPERLESS_DB_OPTIONS" in warning.hint
+        assert "https://docs.paperless-ngx.com/migration-v3/" in warning.hint

    def test_multiple_deprecated_vars_produce_one_warning_each(
        self,
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ import codecs
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING

+import pikepdf
 import pytest

+from paperless.parsers.utils import get_pdf_first_page_size_points
 from paperless.parsers.utils import is_tagged_pdf
 from paperless.parsers.utils import pdf_born_digital_text
 from paperless.parsers.utils import post_process_text
@@ -70,6 +72,149 @@ class TestIsTaggedPdf:
        assert is_tagged_pdf(bad) is False


+class TestGetPdfFirstPageSizePoints:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _write_pdf(
+        path: Path,
+        *,
+        media_box: tuple[float, float, float, float] = (0, 0, 600, 800),
+        crop_box: tuple[float, float, float, float] | None = None,
+        page_rotate: int | None = None,
+        inherited_rotate: int | None = None,
+    ) -> Path:
+        pdf = pikepdf.new()
+        pdf.add_blank_page(page_size=(media_box[2], media_box[3]))
+        page = pdf.pages[0]
+        page.obj.MediaBox = pikepdf.Array(media_box)
+        if crop_box is not None:
+            page.obj.CropBox = pikepdf.Array(crop_box)
+        if page_rotate is not None:
+            page.obj.Rotate = page_rotate
+        if inherited_rotate is not None:
+            pdf.Root.Pages.Rotate = inherited_rotate
+        pdf.save(path)
+        return path
+
+    def test_letter_sample(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A US Letter sample PDF with no CropBox and no rotation
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - The MediaBox size in points is returned
+        """
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(SAMPLES / "simple-digital.pdf") == (
+            612.0,
+            792.0,
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        ("rotate", "expected"),
+        [
+            pytest.param(0, (600.0, 800.0), id="rotate-0"),
+            pytest.param(90, (800.0, 600.0), id="rotate-90"),
+            pytest.param(180, (600.0, 800.0), id="rotate-180"),
+            pytest.param(270, (800.0, 600.0), id="rotate-270"),
+            pytest.param(-90, (800.0, 600.0), id="rotate-negative-90"),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_page_rotation_swaps_dimensions(
+        self,
+        tmp_path: Path,
+        rotate: int,
+        expected: tuple[float, float],
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A portrait PDF page with /Rotate set directly on the page
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - Width and height are swapped for quarter-turn rotations only
+        """
+        pdf_path = self._write_pdf(tmp_path / "rotated.pdf", page_rotate=rotate)
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(pdf_path) == expected
+
+    def test_inherited_rotation_swaps_dimensions(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A page inheriting /Rotate 90 from the /Pages node
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - Width and height are swapped
+        """
+        pdf_path = self._write_pdf(tmp_path / "inherited.pdf", inherited_rotate=90)
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(pdf_path) == (800.0, 600.0)
+
+    def test_crop_box_preferred_over_media_box(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF page with a CropBox smaller than its MediaBox
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - The CropBox size is returned
+        """
+        pdf_path = self._write_pdf(
+            tmp_path / "cropped.pdf",
+            crop_box=(50, 100, 350, 500),
+        )
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(pdf_path) == (300.0, 400.0)
+
+    def test_degenerate_box_returns_none(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A PDF page whose box has zero width
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - None is returned
+        """
+        pdf_path = self._write_pdf(
+            tmp_path / "degenerate.pdf",
+            media_box=(0, 0, 600, 800),
+            crop_box=(100, 0, 100, 800),
+        )
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(pdf_path) is None
+
+    def test_nonexistent_path_returns_none(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A path that does not exist
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - None is returned and nothing is raised
+        """
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(Path("/nonexistent/file.pdf")) is None
+
+    def test_corrupt_pdf_returns_none(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A file that is not a PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - None is returned and nothing is raised
+        """
+        bad = tmp_path / "bad.pdf"
+        bad.write_bytes(b"not a pdf")
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(bad) is None
+
+    def test_encrypted_pdf_returns_none(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - A password protected PDF
+        WHEN:
+            - The first page size is requested
+        THEN:
+            - None is returned and nothing is raised
+        """
+        assert get_pdf_first_page_size_points(SAMPLES / "encrypted.pdf") is None
+
+
 class TestPostProcessText:
    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
        ("source", "expected"),
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
stumpylog	ea08908879	Feature/Chore: Replaces all usages of ImageMagik's convert binary with a simple Pillow based helper This removes ImageMagik as a dependency entirly and all documentation is cleaned up from it. We no longer need to install it, have a policy for it to allow PDFs and no longer shell out to it either.	2026-10-13 10:24:44 -07:00
stumpylogandClaude Sonnet 5.5	4c5927a45f	Chore: Supersample the PDF thumbnail render 2x Render the PDF page at twice the target size and downsample, with edge case handling for small and odd sized pages, simplified helpers and tests, and trimmed comments. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-10-10 15:09:59 -07:00
stumpylogandClaude Sonnet 5.5	884ddc401c	Chore: Generate PDF thumbnails with pdftoppm and Pillow instead of ImageMagick Replace the ImageMagick convert based PDF thumbnail path with pdftoppm and Pillow. Keeps thumbnails at 500px wide for small and odd sized pages, covers the qpdf repair and double failure paths, removes the unused run_convert helper, hardens thumbnail encoding, deprecates PAPERLESS_CONVERT_MEMORY_LIMIT and PAPERLESS_CONVERT_TMPDIR, and corrects the related docs and CI. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>	2026-10-10 15:09:59 -07:00
shamoon	e606dbffcd	Chore: update the db options warning (#14398 )	2026-10-10 07:17:54 -07:00