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Use the task for remove from index
Also support choosing a doc as a version from detail view
2026-08-10 21:03:18 +00:00 · 2026-08-07 15:15:01 -07:00 · 2026-08-07 15:15:01 -07:00 · 2026-08-07 15:15:01 -07:00 · 2026-08-07 15:15:00 -07:00 · 2026-08-07 15:15:00 -07:00
85 changed files with 1812 additions and 2594 deletions
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ Version-aware endpoints:
 - `PATCH /api/documents/{id}/`: content updates target the selected version (`?version={version_id}`) or latest version by default; non-content metadata updates target the root document.
 - `GET /api/documents/{id}/download/`, `GET /api/documents/{id}/preview/`, `GET /api/documents/{id}/thumb/`, `GET /api/documents/{id}/metadata/`: accept `?version={version_id}`.
 - `POST /api/documents/{id}/update_version/`: uploads a new version using multipart form field `document` and optional `version_label`.
+- `POST /api/documents/merge_as_versions/`: merges existing top-level documents as versions of a selected root. The JSON body must contain `documents` (at least two document IDs) and `root_document_id` (one of those IDs). When merging one source document, an optional `version_label` may be provided.
 - `PATCH /api/documents/{id}/versions/{version_id}/`: updates the `version_label` of a specific version.
 - `DELETE /api/documents/{root_id}/versions/{version_id}/`: deletes a non-root version.

@@ -301,8 +302,7 @@ The following methods are supported:
 - `delete`
  - No `parameters` required
 - `reprocess`
-  - Optional `parameters`: `{ "remote_ocr": true }` to send the documents to the
-    remote OCR engine, see [Remote OCR](usage.md#remote-ocr). Defaults to false.
+  - No `parameters` required
 - `set_permissions`
  - Requires `parameters`:
    - `"set_permissions": PERMISSIONS_OBJ` (see format [above](#permissions)) and / or
@@ -2047,18 +2047,6 @@ password. All of these options come from their similarly-named [Django settings]

    Defaults to None.

-#### [`PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE=<str>`](#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE) {#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE}
-
-: Which documents are sent to the remote OCR engine.
-
-    - `always`: every document of a supported file type is sent to the remote
-      engine, bypassing the local OCR engine.
-    - `workflow_only`: documents are processed locally unless a workflow
-      explicitly enables remote OCR for them, letting you use the remote engine
-      selectively.
-
-    Defaults to "always".
-
 ## AI {#ai}

 #### [`PAPERLESS_AI_ENABLED=<bool>`](#PAPERLESS_AI_ENABLED) {#PAPERLESS_AI_ENABLED}
@@ -456,20 +456,6 @@ def score(
    return 10
 ```

-**Remote services**
-
-If your parser sends document content to a remote service, declare it:
-
-```python
-class MyCustomParser:
-    uses_remote_service = True
-```
-
-Paperless-ngx excludes such parsers when the document being consumed has not
-been marked for remote processing, so users can keep remote OCR off by default
-and enable it selectively with a workflow. Parsers that do not declare the
-attribute are treated as fully local and are always considered.
-
 **Archive and rendition flags**

 ```python
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ Think of versions as **file history** for a document.
 - By default, search and document content use the latest version.
 - In document detail, selecting a version switches the preview, file metadata and content (and download etc buttons) to that version.
 - Deleting a non-root version keeps metadata and falls back to the latest remaining version.
+- From the document list, select two or more documents and choose **Merge as versions** to combine them under one entry. Select the root document whose metadata and permissions should be retained; the other selected documents become file versions. The root may already have versions, but documents being added as versions must not have version histories of their own.
+- From a document's **Versions** menu, choose **Existing** to search for another document and add it as a version of the current document.

 ### Management Lists

@@ -1084,18 +1086,11 @@ Paperless-ngx supports performing OCR on documents using remote services. At the
 [Microsoft's Azure "Document Intelligence" service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-document-intelligence).
 This is of course a paid service (with a free tier) which requires an Azure account and subscription. Azure AI is not affiliated with
 Paperless-ngx in any way. When enabled, Paperless-ngx will automatically send appropriate documents to Azure for OCR processing, bypassing
-the local OCR engine. See the [configuration](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE) options for more details. These
-settings can be supplied as environment variables or via **Application Configuration**.
+the local OCR engine. See the [configuration](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE) options for more details.

 Additionally, when using a commercial service with this feature, consider both potential costs as well as any associated file size
 or page limitations (e.g. with a free tier).

-By default, every document of a supported file type is sent to the remote engine. To use it more selectively, set the
-[remote OCR mode](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE) to `workflow_only`. Documents are then processed locally
-unless a workflow explicitly enables remote OCR for them, so you can limit the remote engine to particular documents.
-
-Setting the mode to `workflow_only` also allows the **Reprocess** actions to selectively use remote OCR for individual documents.
-
 ## Architecture

 Paperless-ngx consists of the following components:
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "django-soft-delete~=1.0.18",
  "django-treenode>=0.24",
  "djangorestframework~=3.16",
+  "djangorestframework-guardian~=0.4.0",
  "drf-spectacular~=0.30",
  "drf-spectacular-sidecar~=2026.7.1",
  "drf-writable-nested~=0.7.1",
@@ -1703,7 +1703,7 @@
        </context-group>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">34</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">28</context>
        </context-group>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.html</context>
@@ -3279,7 +3279,7 @@
        </context-group>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">46</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">40</context>
        </context-group>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.html</context>
@@ -7070,39 +7070,32 @@
          <context context-type="linenumber">143</context>
        </context-group>
      </trans-unit>
-      <trans-unit id="8336346011691074629" datatype="html">
-        <source>No suggestions</source>
-        <context-group purpose="location">
-          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">11,12</context>
-        </context-group>
-      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="5320136382998259826" datatype="html">
        <source>Suggest</source>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">13,14</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">8,9</context>
        </context-group>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="6934085657687954669" datatype="html">
        <source>Show suggestions</source>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">23,24</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">17,18</context>
        </context-group>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="3834115140127576673" datatype="html">
        <source>No novel suggestions</source>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">30,31</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">24,25</context>
        </context-group>
      </trans-unit>
      <trans-unit id="4369111787961525769" datatype="html">
        <source>Document Types</source>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/common/suggestions-dropdown/suggestions-dropdown.component.html</context>
-          <context context-type="linenumber">40</context>
+          <context context-type="linenumber">34</context>
        </context-group>
        <context-group purpose="location">
          <context context-type="sourcefile">src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/statistics-widget/statistics-widget.component.html</context>
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@
    "ts-node": "~10.9.1",
    "typescript": "^6.0.3"
  },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@11.15.1"
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@10.26.0"
 }
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ trustPolicy: no-downgrade
 trustPolicyExclude:
  - "chokidar@4.0.3"
  - "semver@6.3.1 || 5.7.2"
-blockExoticSubdeps: true
 allowBuilds:
  "@parcel/watcher": true
  canvas: true
@@ -14,48 +14,43 @@
                <a ngbNavLink>{{category}}</a>
                <ng-template ngbNavContent>
                    <div class="p-3">
-                        @for (section of getCategorySections(category); track section) {
-                            @if (section) {
-                                <h5 class="mt-4 mb-3">{{section}}</h5>
-                            }
-                            <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-3 g-2">
-                                @for (option of getCategoryOptions(category, section); track option.key) {
-                                    <div class="col">
-                                        <div class="card bg-light">
-                                            <div class="card-body">
-                                                <div class="card-title d-flex align-items-center">
-                                                    <h6 class="mb-0">
-                                                      {{option.title}}
-                                                    </h6>
-                                                    <a class="btn btn-sm btn-link" title="Read the documentation about this setting" i18n-title [href]="getDocsUrl(option.config_key)" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
-                                                        <i-bs name="info-circle"></i-bs>
-                                                    </a>
-                                                    @if (isSet(option.key)) {
-                                                      <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-link text-danger ms-auto pe-0" title="Reset" i18n-title (click)="resetOption(option.key)">
-                                                          <i-bs class="me-1" name="x"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Reset</ng-container>
-                                                      </button>
-                                                    }
-                                                </div>
-                                                <div class="mb-n3">
-                                                    @switch (option.type) {
-                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Select) { <pngx-input-select [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [items]="option.choices" [allowNull]="true"></pngx-input-select> }
-                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Number) { <pngx-input-number [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showAdd]="false"></pngx-input-number> }
-                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Boolean) { <pngx-input-switch [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showUnsetNote]="true" [horizontal]="true" title="Enable" i18n-title></pngx-input-switch> }
-                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.String) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
-                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.JSON) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
-                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.File) { <pngx-input-file [formControlName]="option.key" (upload)="uploadFile($event, option.key)" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-file> }
-                                                        @case (ConfigOptionType.Password) { <pngx-input-password [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-password> }
-                                                    }
-                                                </div>
-                                                @if (option.note) {
-                                                    <div class="form-text fst-italic">{{option.note}}</div>
+                        <div class="row row-cols-1 row-cols-md-2 row-cols-lg-3 g-2">
+                            @for (option of getCategoryOptions(category); track option.key) {
+                                <div class="col">
+                                    <div class="card bg-light">
+                                        <div class="card-body">
+                                            <div class="card-title d-flex align-items-center">
+                                                <h6 class="mb-0">
+                                                  {{option.title}}
+                                                </h6>
+                                                <a class="btn btn-sm btn-link" title="Read the documentation about this setting" i18n-title [href]="getDocsUrl(option.config_key)" target="_blank" referrerpolicy="no-referrer">
+                                                    <i-bs name="info-circle"></i-bs>
+                                                </a>
+                                                @if (isSet(option.key)) {
+                                                  <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-link text-danger ms-auto pe-0" title="Reset" i18n-title (click)="resetOption(option.key)">
+                                                      <i-bs class="me-1" name="x"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Reset</ng-container>
+                                                  </button>
                                                }
                                            </div>
+                                            <div class="mb-n3">
+                                                @switch (option.type) {
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Select) { <pngx-input-select [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [items]="option.choices" [allowNull]="true"></pngx-input-select> }
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Number) { <pngx-input-number [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showAdd]="false"></pngx-input-number> }
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Boolean) { <pngx-input-switch [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]" [showUnsetNote]="true" [horizontal]="true" title="Enable" i18n-title></pngx-input-switch> }
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.String) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.JSON) { <pngx-input-text [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-text> }
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.File) { <pngx-input-file [formControlName]="option.key" (upload)="uploadFile($event, option.key)" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-file> }
+                                                    @case (ConfigOptionType.Password) { <pngx-input-password [formControlName]="option.key" [error]="errors[option.key]"></pngx-input-password> }
+                                                }
+                                            </div>
+                                            @if (option.note) {
+                                                <div class="form-text fst-italic">{{option.note}}</div>
+                                            }
                                        </div>
                                    </div>
-                                }
-                            </div>
-                        }
+                                </div>
+                            }
+                        </div>
                    </div>
                </ng-template>
            </li>
@@ -8,11 +8,7 @@ import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgSelectModule } from '@ng-select/ng-select'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule, allIcons } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
-import {
-  ConfigCategory,
-  ConfigSection,
-  OutputTypeConfig,
-} from 'src/app/data/paperless-config'
+import { OutputTypeConfig } from 'src/app/data/paperless-config'
 import { ConfigService } from 'src/app/services/config.service'
 import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
@@ -162,24 +158,4 @@ describe('ConfigComponent', () => {
    component.resetOption('barcodes_enabled')
    expect(component.configForm.get('barcodes_enabled').value).toBeNull()
  })
-
-  it('should group options into sections within a category, or not', () => {
-    const sections = component.getCategorySections(ConfigCategory.OCR)
-    expect(sections).toEqual([null, ConfigSection.RemoteOCR])
-    expect(
-      component
-        .getCategoryOptions(ConfigCategory.OCR)
-        .map((option) => option.key)
-    ).toContain('output_type')
-    expect(
-      component
-        .getCategoryOptions(ConfigCategory.OCR, ConfigSection.RemoteOCR)
-        .map((option) => option.key)
-    ).toEqual([
-      'remote_ocr_engine',
-      'remote_ocr_api_key',
-      'remote_ocr_endpoint',
-      'remote_ocr_mode',
-    ])
-  })
 })
@@ -74,20 +74,8 @@ export class ConfigComponent
    return Object.values(ConfigCategory)
  }

-  getCategorySections(category: string): string[] {
-    return [
-      ...new Set(
-        PaperlessConfigOptions.filter((o) => o.category === category).map(
-          (o) => o.section ?? null // null means no section
-        )
-      ),
-    ]
-  }
-
-  getCategoryOptions(category: string, section: string = null): ConfigOption[] {
-    return PaperlessConfigOptions.filter(
-      (o) => o.category === category && (o.section ?? null) === section
-    )
+  getCategoryOptions(category: string): ConfigOption[] {
+    return PaperlessConfigOptions.filter((o) => o.category === category)
  }

  initialConfig: PaperlessConfig
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<div class="modal-header">
+  <h4 class="modal-title" id="modal-basic-title">{{title}}</h4>
+  <button type="button" class="btn-close" aria-label="Close" (click)="cancel()"></button>
+</div>
+<div class="modal-body">
+  <p>{{message}}</p>
+  <div class="form-group">
+    <span class="form-label d-inline-block" i18n>Versions:</span>
+    <ul class="list-group">
+      @for (documentID of versionDocumentIDs(); track documentID) {
+        @let document = getDocument(documentID);
+        @if (document) {
+          <li class="list-group-item d-flex align-items-center">
+            <div class="d-flex flex-column">
+              <div>
+                @if (document.correspondent) {
+                  <b>{{document.correspondent | correspondentName | async}}: </b>
+                }{{document.title}}
+              </div>
+              <small class="text-muted">
+                {{document.created | customDate:'mediumDate'}}
+                @if (document.page_count) {
+                  | {document.page_count, plural, =1 {One page} other {{{document.page_count}} pages}}
+                }
+              </small>
+            </div>
+          </li>
+        }
+      }
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+  <div class="form-group mt-4">
+    <label class="form-label" for="rootDocumentID" i18n>Root document:</label>
+    <select id="rootDocumentID" class="form-select" [ngModel]="rootDocumentID()" (ngModelChange)="rootDocumentID.set($event)">
+      @for (document of documents(); track document.id) {
+        <option [ngValue]="document.id">{{document.title}}</option>
+      }
+    </select>
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div class="modal-footer">
+  <button type="button" class="btn" [class]="cancelBtnClass" (click)="cancel()" [disabled]="!buttonsEnabled">
+    <span class="d-inline-block" style="padding-bottom: 1px;">{{cancelBtnCaption}}</span>
+  </button>
+  <button type="button" class="btn" [class]="btnClass" (click)="confirm()" [disabled]="!confirmButtonEnabled || !buttonsEnabled">
+    {{btnCaption}}
+  </button>
+</div>
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { provideHttpClient, withInterceptorsFromDi } from '@angular/common/http'
+import { provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing'
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
+import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import { of } from 'rxjs'
+import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
+import { MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent } from './merge-as-versions-confirm-dialog.component'
+
+describe('MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent', () => {
+  let component: MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent>
+  let documentService: DocumentService
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent],
+      providers: [
+        NgbActiveModal,
+        provideHttpClient(withInterceptorsFromDi()),
+        provideHttpClientTesting(),
+      ],
+    }).compileComponents()
+
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent)
+    documentService = TestBed.inject(DocumentService)
+    component = fixture.componentInstance
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+  })
+
+  it('should fetch selected documents', () => {
+    const documents = [
+      { id: 1, title: 'Document 1' },
+      { id: 2, title: 'Document 2' },
+    ]
+    jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getFew').mockReturnValue(
+      of({
+        all: [1, 2],
+        count: 2,
+        results: documents,
+      })
+    )
+    component.documentIDs.set([1, 2])
+
+    component.ngOnInit()
+
+    expect(component.documents()).toEqual(documents)
+    expect(documentService.getFew).toHaveBeenCalledWith([1, 2])
+  })
+
+  it('should exclude the root from the draggable documents', () => {
+    component.documentIDs.set([1, 2, 3])
+    component.rootDocumentID.set(2)
+
+    expect(component.versionDocumentIDs()).toEqual([1, 3])
+  })
+})
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common'
+import { Component, OnInit, computed, inject, signal } from '@angular/core'
+import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
+import { takeUntil } from 'rxjs'
+import { Document } from 'src/app/data/document'
+import { CorrespondentNamePipe } from 'src/app/pipes/correspondent-name.pipe'
+import { CustomDatePipe } from 'src/app/pipes/custom-date.pipe'
+import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
+import { ConfirmDialogComponent } from '../confirm-dialog.component'
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'pngx-merge-as-versions-confirm-dialog',
+  templateUrl: './merge-as-versions-confirm-dialog.component.html',
+  imports: [AsyncPipe, CorrespondentNamePipe, CustomDatePipe, FormsModule],
+})
+export class MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent
+  extends ConfirmDialogComponent
+  implements OnInit
+{
+  private readonly documentService = inject(DocumentService)
+
+  readonly documentIDs = signal<number[]>([])
+  readonly documents = signal<Document[]>([])
+  readonly rootDocumentID = signal(-1)
+  readonly versionDocumentIDs = computed(() =>
+    this.documentIDs().filter(
+      (documentID) => documentID !== this.rootDocumentID()
+    )
+  )
+
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.documentService
+      .getFew(this.documentIDs())
+      .pipe(takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier))
+      .subscribe((response) => this.documents.set(response.results))
+  }
+
+  getDocument(documentID: number): Document {
+    return this.documents().find((document) => document.id === documentID)
+  }
+}
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
        </div>
    <div class="form-group mt-4">
        <label class="form-label" for="metadataDocumentID" i18n>Use metadata from:</label>
-        <select class="form-select" [ngModel]="metadataDocumentID()" (ngModelChange)="metadataDocumentID.set($event)">
+        <select id="metadataDocumentID" class="form-select" [ngModel]="metadataDocumentID()" (ngModelChange)="metadataDocumentID.set($event)">
            <option [ngValue]="-1" i18n>Regenerate all metadata</option>
            @for (document of documents(); track document.id) {
              <option [ngValue]="document.id">{{document.title}}</option>
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<div class="modal-header">
-  <h4 class="modal-title" id="modal-basic-title">{{title}}</h4>
-  <button type="button" class="btn-close" aria-label="Close" (click)="cancel()">
-  </button>
-</div>
-<div class="modal-body">
-  @if (messageBold) {
-    <p class="text-break"><b>{{messageBold}}</b></p>
-  }
-  @if (message) {
-    <p class="mb-0 text-break" [innerHTML]="message"></p>
-  }
-  @if (showRemoteOcr) {
-    <div class="form-check mt-3">
-      <input class="form-check-input" type="checkbox" id="reprocessRemoteOcr" [(ngModel)]="remoteOcr" />
-      <label class="form-check-label" for="reprocessRemoteOcr" i18n>Use remote OCR</label>
-      <div class="form-text" i18n>Sends the document to the configured remote OCR service, which may incur costs.</div>
-    </div>
-  }
-</div>
-<div class="modal-footer">
-  <button type="button" class="btn" [class]="cancelBtnClass" (click)="cancel()" [disabled]="!buttonsEnabled">
-    <span class="d-inline-block" style="padding-bottom: 1px;">{{cancelBtnCaption}}</span>
-  </button>
-  <button type="button" class="btn" [class]="btnClass" (click)="confirm()" [disabled]="!confirmButtonEnabled || !buttonsEnabled">
-    {{btnCaption}}
-  </button>
-</div>
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import { provideHttpClient, withInterceptorsFromDi } from '@angular/common/http'
-import { provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing'
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
-import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
-import { RemoteOCRModeConfig } from 'src/app/data/paperless-config'
-import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
-import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
-import { ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent } from './reprocess-confirm-dialog.component'
-
-describe('ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent', () => {
-  let component: ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent
-  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent>
-  let settingsService: SettingsService
-
-  const createComponent = (configured: boolean, mode: string) => {
-    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_CONFIGURED, configured)
-    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_MODE, mode)
-
-    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent)
-    component = fixture.componentInstance
-    fixture.detectChanges()
-  }
-
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
-      providers: [
-        NgbActiveModal,
-        provideHttpClient(withInterceptorsFromDi()),
-        provideHttpClientTesting(),
-      ],
-      imports: [ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent],
-    }).compileComponents()
-
-    settingsService = TestBed.inject(SettingsService)
-  })
-
-  it('should not request remote OCR by default', () => {
-    createComponent(true, RemoteOCRModeConfig.WORKFLOW_ONLY)
-
-    expect(component.remoteOcr).toBeFalsy()
-  })
-
-  it('should not offer remote OCR when no engine is configured', () => {
-    createComponent(false, RemoteOCRModeConfig.WORKFLOW_ONLY)
-
-    expect(component.showRemoteOcr).toBeFalsy()
-    expect(
-      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('#reprocessRemoteOcr')
-    ).toBeNull()
-  })
-
-  it('should not offer remote OCR when it already handles every document', () => {
-    createComponent(true, RemoteOCRModeConfig.ALWAYS)
-
-    expect(component.showRemoteOcr).toBeFalsy()
-    expect(
-      fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('#reprocessRemoteOcr')
-    ).toBeNull()
-  })
-
-  it('should offer remote OCR when configured and selective', () => {
-    createComponent(true, RemoteOCRModeConfig.WORKFLOW_ONLY)
-
-    expect(component.showRemoteOcr).toBeTruthy()
-    const checkbox = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('#reprocessRemoteOcr')
-    expect(checkbox).not.toBeNull()
-
-    checkbox.click()
-    fixture.detectChanges()
-    expect(component.remoteOcr).toBeTruthy()
-  })
-})
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, inject } from '@angular/core'
-import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
-import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
-import { ConfirmDialogComponent } from '../confirm-dialog.component'
-
-@Component({
-  selector: 'pngx-reprocess-confirm-dialog',
-  templateUrl: './reprocess-confirm-dialog.component.html',
-  imports: [FormsModule],
-})
-export class ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent extends ConfirmDialogComponent {
-  private settings = inject(SettingsService)
-
-  remoteOcr: boolean = false
-
-  public get showRemoteOcr(): boolean {
-    // Hidden when it is not configured, or when it already handles every document anyway.
-    return this.settings.remoteOCRIsSelectable
-  }
-}
@@ -151,13 +151,6 @@
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;

-  & section {
-    position: absolute;
-    text-align: initial;
-    box-sizing: border-box;
-    transform-origin: 0 0;
-  }
-
  & .annotationTextContent {
    opacity: 0;
  }
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
  ViewChild,
 } from '@angular/core'
 import {
-  AnnotationMode,
  getDocument,
  GlobalWorkerOptions,
  PDFDocumentLoadingTask,
@@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ export class PngxPdfViewerComponent
      linkService: this.linkService,
      findController: this.findController,
      textLayerMode,
-      annotationMode: AnnotationMode.ENABLE,
      enableSelectionRendering: false,
      removePageBorders: true,
    }
@@ -2,16 +2,10 @@
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" (click)="clickSuggest()" [disabled]="disabled() || loading() || (suggestions() && !aiEnabled())">
    @if (loading()) {
      <div class="spinner-border spinner-border-sm" role="status"></div>
-    } @else if (noSuggestions) {
-      <i-bs width="1.2em" height="1.2em" name="check-circle"></i-bs>
    } @else {
      <i-bs width="1.2em" height="1.2em" name="stars"></i-bs>
    }
-    @if (noSuggestions) {
-      <span class="d-none d-lg-inline ps-1" i18n>No suggestions</span>
-    } @else {
-      <span class="d-none d-lg-inline ps-1" i18n>Suggest</span>
-    }
+    <span class="d-none d-lg-inline ps-1" i18n>Suggest</span>
    @if (totalSuggestions > 0) {
      <span class="badge bg-primary ms-2">{{ totalSuggestions }}</span>
    }
@@ -25,7 +19,7 @@

      <div ngbDropdownMenu aria-labelledby="suggestionsDropdown" class="shadow suggestions-dropdown">
        <div class="list-group list-group-flush small pb-0">
-          @if (totalSuggestions === 0) {
+          @if (!suggestions()?.suggested_tags && !suggestions()?.suggested_document_types && !suggestions()?.suggested_correspondents) {
            <div class="list-group-item text-muted fst-italic">
              <small class="text-muted small fst-italic" i18n>No novel suggestions</small>
            </div>
@@ -30,34 +30,6 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
    expect(component.totalSuggestions).toBe(4)
  })

-  it('should show when a completed request returned no suggestions', () => {
-    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
-      correspondents: [],
-      tags: [],
-      document_types: [],
-      storage_paths: [],
-      dates: [],
-    })
-    fixture.detectChanges()
-
-    expect(component.noSuggestions).toBeTruthy()
-    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('No suggestions')
-  })
-
-  it('should not show the empty state before a request or with suggestions', () => {
-    expect(component.noSuggestions).toBeFalsy()
-
-    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', {
-      correspondents: [],
-      tags: [42],
-      document_types: [],
-      storage_paths: [],
-      dates: [],
-    })
-
-    expect(component.noSuggestions).toBeFalsy()
-  })
-
  it('should emit getSuggestions when clickSuggest is called and suggestions are null', () => {
    jest.spyOn(component.getSuggestions, 'emit')
    fixture.componentRef.setInput('suggestions', null)
@@ -87,6 +59,5 @@ describe('SuggestionsDropdownComponent', () => {
    })
    component.clickSuggest()
    expect(component.dropdown.open).toBeTruthy()
-    expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('No novel suggestions')
  })
 })
@@ -61,21 +61,4 @@ export class SuggestionsDropdownComponent {
        this.suggestions()?.suggested_document_types?.length || 0
    )
  }
-
-  get noSuggestions(): boolean {
-    const suggestions = this.suggestions()
-    return (
-      suggestions != null &&
-      !suggestions.title &&
-      !suggestions.tags?.length &&
-      !suggestions.suggested_tags?.length &&
-      !suggestions.correspondents?.length &&
-      !suggestions.suggested_correspondents?.length &&
-      !suggestions.document_types?.length &&
-      !suggestions.suggested_document_types?.length &&
-      !suggestions.storage_paths?.length &&
-      !suggestions.suggested_storage_paths?.length &&
-      !suggestions.dates?.length
-    )
-  }
 }
@@ -963,24 +963,12 @@ describe('DocumentDetailComponent', () => {
    component.reprocess()
    const modalCloseSpy = jest.spyOn(openModal, 'close')
    openModal.componentInstance.confirmClicked.next()
-    expect(reprocessSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ documents: [doc.id] }, false)
+    expect(reprocessSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ documents: [doc.id] })
    expect(modalSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
    expect(toastSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
    expect(modalCloseSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
  })

-  it('should pass remote OCR choice when reprocessing', () => {
-    initNormally()
-    const reprocessSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'reprocessDocuments')
-    reprocessSpy.mockReturnValue(of(true))
-    let openModal: NgbModalRef
-    modalService.activeInstances.subscribe((modal) => (openModal = modal[0]))
-    component.reprocess()
-    openModal.componentInstance.remoteOcr = true
-    openModal.componentInstance.confirmClicked.next()
-    expect(reprocessSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ documents: [doc.id] }, true)
-  })
-
  it('should show error if redo ocr call fails', () => {
    initNormally()
    const reprocessSpy = jest.spyOn(documentService, 'reprocessDocuments')
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ import { ISODateAdapter } from 'src/app/utils/ngb-iso-date-adapter'
 import * as UTIF from 'utif'
 import { DocumentDetailFieldID } from '../admin/settings/settings.component'
 import { ConfirmDialogComponent } from '../common/confirm-dialog/confirm-dialog.component'
-import { ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent } from '../common/confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog.component'
 import { PasswordRemovalConfirmDialogComponent } from '../common/confirm-dialog/password-removal-confirm-dialog/password-removal-confirm-dialog.component'
 import { CustomFieldsDropdownComponent } from '../common/custom-fields-dropdown/custom-fields-dropdown.component'
 import { CorrespondentEditDialogComponent } from '../common/edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog.component'
@@ -1403,7 +1402,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
  }

  reprocess() {
-    let modal = this.modalService.open(ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent, {
+    let modal = this.modalService.open(ConfirmDialogComponent, {
      backdrop: 'static',
    })
    modal.componentInstance.title = $localize`Reprocess confirm`
@@ -1414,10 +1413,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
    modal.componentInstance.confirmClicked.subscribe(() => {
      modal.componentInstance.buttonsEnabled = false
      this.documentsService
-        .reprocessDocuments(
-          { documents: [this.document().id] },
-          modal.componentInstance.remoteOcr
-        )
+        .reprocessDocuments({ documents: [this.document().id] })
        .subscribe({
          next: () => {
            this.toastService.showInfo(
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<div class="modal-header">
+  <h4 class="modal-title" i18n>Add existing document as version</h4>
+  <button type="button" class="btn-close" aria-label="Close" (click)="cancel()"></button>
+</div>
+<div class="modal-body">
+  <pngx-input-document-link
+    [(ngModel)]="selectedDocumentIDs"
+    [parentDocumentID]="rootDocumentID"
+    [minimal]="true"
+    placeholder="Search for a document"
+    i18n-placeholder
+  ></pngx-input-document-link>
+  <div class="form-text mt-2" i18n>Select one document to add as a version.</div>
+</div>
+<div class="modal-footer">
+  <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" (click)="cancel()" [disabled]="!buttonsEnabled" i18n>Cancel</button>
+  <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="confirm()" [disabled]="!buttonsEnabled || selectedDocumentIDs.length !== 1" i18n>Add version</button>
+</div>
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
+import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
+import { AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent } from './add-existing-document-version-dialog.component'
+
+describe('AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent', () => {
+  let component: AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent>
+  let activeModal: jest.Mocked<Pick<NgbActiveModal, 'dismiss'>>
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    activeModal = { dismiss: jest.fn() }
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent],
+      providers: [
+        {
+          provide: NgbActiveModal,
+          useValue: activeModal,
+        },
+        {
+          provide: DocumentService,
+          useValue: {},
+        },
+      ],
+    }).compileComponents()
+
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent)
+    component = fixture.componentInstance
+    component.rootDocumentID = 3
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+  })
+
+  it('should emit the single selected document', () => {
+    const emitSpy = jest.spyOn(component.confirmClicked, 'emit')
+    component.selectedDocumentIDs = [20]
+
+    component.confirm()
+
+    expect(emitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(20)
+  })
+
+  it('should require exactly one selected document', () => {
+    const emitSpy = jest.spyOn(component.confirmClicked, 'emit')
+    component.selectedDocumentIDs = [20, 21]
+
+    component.confirm()
+
+    expect(emitSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('should dismiss on cancel', () => {
+    component.cancel()
+
+    expect(activeModal.dismiss).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+})
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output, inject } from '@angular/core'
+import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
+import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import { DocumentLinkComponent } from 'src/app/components/common/input/document-link/document-link.component'
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'pngx-add-existing-document-version-dialog',
+  templateUrl: './add-existing-document-version-dialog.component.html',
+  imports: [DocumentLinkComponent, FormsModule],
+})
+export class AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent {
+  private readonly activeModal = inject(NgbActiveModal)
+
+  @Input() rootDocumentID: number
+  @Output() confirmClicked = new EventEmitter<number>()
+
+  selectedDocumentIDs: number[] = []
+  buttonsEnabled = true
+
+  confirm(): void {
+    if (this.selectedDocumentIDs.length !== 1) return
+    this.confirmClicked.emit(this.selectedDocumentIDs[0])
+  }
+
+  cancel(): void {
+    this.activeModal.dismiss()
+  }
+}
@@ -24,13 +24,26 @@
          class="visually-hidden"
          (change)="onVersionFileSelected($event)"
        />
-        <button
-          class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary w-100"
-          (click)="versionFileInput.click()"
-          [disabled]="!userIsOwner || !userCanEdit"
-        >
-          <i-bs name="file-earmark-plus"></i-bs><span class="ps-1" i18n>Add new version</span>
-        </button>
+        <div class="btn-group btn-group-sm w-100">
+          <button
+            class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary w-100"
+            (click)="versionFileInput.click()"
+            [disabled]="!userIsOwner || !userCanEdit"
+            title="Upload a new version"
+            i18n-title
+          >
+            <i-bs name="file-earmark-plus"></i-bs><span class="ps-1" i18n>Upload</span>
+          </button>
+          <button
+            class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary w-100"
+            (click)="addExistingDocumentAsVersion()"
+            [disabled]="!userIsOwner || !userCanEdit"
+            title="Use an existing document"
+            i18n-title
+          >
+            <i-bs name="file-earmark"></i-bs><span class="ps-1" i18n>Existing</span>
+          </button>
+        </div>
      } @else {
        @switch (versionUploadState()) {
          @case (UploadState.Uploading) {
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { DatePipe } from '@angular/common'
 import { SimpleChange } from '@angular/core'
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
+import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule, allIcons } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { Subject, of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
 import { DocumentVersionInfo } from 'src/app/data/document'
@@ -19,12 +20,17 @@ describe('DocumentVersionDropdownComponent', () => {
  let documentService: jest.Mocked<
    Pick<
      DocumentService,
-      'deleteVersion' | 'getVersions' | 'uploadVersion' | 'updateVersionLabel'
+      | 'deleteVersion'
+      | 'getVersions'
+      | 'mergeDocumentsAsVersions'
+      | 'uploadVersion'
+      | 'updateVersionLabel'
    >
  >
  let toastService: jest.Mocked<Pick<ToastService, 'showError' | 'showInfo'>>
  let finished$: Subject<{ taskId: string }>
  let failed$: Subject<{ taskId: string; message?: string }>
+  let modalService: jest.Mocked<Pick<NgbModal, 'open'>>

  beforeEach(async () => {
    finished$ = new Subject<{ taskId: string }>()
@@ -32,9 +38,11 @@ describe('DocumentVersionDropdownComponent', () => {
    documentService = {
      deleteVersion: jest.fn(),
      getVersions: jest.fn(),
+      mergeDocumentsAsVersions: jest.fn(),
      uploadVersion: jest.fn(),
      updateVersionLabel: jest.fn(),
    }
+    modalService = { open: jest.fn() }
    toastService = {
      showError: jest.fn(),
      showInfo: jest.fn(),
@@ -61,6 +69,10 @@ describe('DocumentVersionDropdownComponent', () => {
          provide: ToastService,
          useValue: toastService,
        },
+        {
+          provide: NgbModal,
+          useValue: modalService,
+        },
        {
          provide: WebsocketStatusService,
          useValue: {
@@ -323,4 +335,43 @@ describe('DocumentVersionDropdownComponent', () => {
    expect(component.editingVersionId).toBeNull()
    expect(component.versionLabelDraft).toEqual('')
  })
+
+  it('addExistingDocumentAsVersion should merge with a label and refresh versions', () => {
+    const confirmClicked = new Subject<number>()
+    const modal = {
+      componentInstance: {
+        rootDocumentID: null,
+        buttonsEnabled: true,
+        confirmClicked,
+      },
+      close: jest.fn(),
+    }
+    modalService.open.mockReturnValue(modal as any)
+    documentService.mergeDocumentsAsVersions.mockReturnValue(of({} as any))
+    const versions: DocumentVersionInfo[] = [
+      { id: 3, is_root: true, checksum: 'aaaa' },
+      { id: 20, is_root: false, checksum: 'cccc' },
+    ]
+    documentService.getVersions.mockReturnValue(of({ id: 3, versions } as any))
+    component.newVersionLabel = '  Imported  '
+    const versionsEmitSpy = jest.spyOn(component.versionsUpdated, 'emit')
+    const selectedEmitSpy = jest.spyOn(component.versionSelected, 'emit')
+
+    component.addExistingDocumentAsVersion()
+    expect(modal.componentInstance.rootDocumentID).toEqual(3)
+    confirmClicked.next(20)
+
+    expect(documentService.mergeDocumentsAsVersions).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      [3, 20],
+      3,
+      'Imported'
+    )
+    expect(documentService.updateVersionLabel).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(documentService.getVersions).toHaveBeenCalledWith(3)
+    expect(versionsEmitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(versions)
+    expect(selectedEmitSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(20)
+    expect(component.newVersionLabel).toEqual('')
+    expect(modal.close).toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(toastService.showInfo).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
 })
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
  SimpleChanges,
 } from '@angular/core'
 import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
-import { NgbDropdownModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import { NgbDropdownModule, NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { merge, of, Subject } from 'rxjs'
 import {
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
  WebsocketStatusService,
 } from 'src/app/services/websocket-status.service'
 import { ConfirmButtonComponent } from '../../common/confirm-button/confirm-button.component'
+import { AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent } from './add-existing-document-version-dialog/add-existing-document-version-dialog.component'

@Component({
  selector: 'pngx-document-version-dropdown',
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ export class DocumentVersionDropdownComponent implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
  private readonly documentsService = inject(DocumentService)
  private readonly toastService = inject(ToastService)
  private readonly websocketStatusService = inject(WebsocketStatusService)
+  private readonly modalService = inject(NgbModal)
  private readonly destroy$ = new Subject<void>()
  private readonly documentChange$ = new Subject<void>()

@@ -278,6 +280,56 @@ export class DocumentVersionDropdownComponent implements OnChanges, OnDestroy {
      })
  }

+  addExistingDocumentAsVersion(): void {
+    const modal = this.modalService.open(
+      AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent,
+      { backdrop: 'static' }
+    )
+    const dialog =
+      modal.componentInstance as AddExistingDocumentVersionDialogComponent
+    dialog.rootDocumentID = this.documentId
+    dialog.confirmClicked
+      .pipe(takeUntil(this.destroy$), takeUntil(this.documentChange$))
+      .subscribe((existingDocumentID) => {
+        dialog.buttonsEnabled = false
+        const versionLabel = this.newVersionLabel?.trim()
+        this.documentsService
+          .mergeDocumentsAsVersions(
+            [this.documentId, existingDocumentID],
+            this.documentId,
+            versionLabel
+          )
+          .pipe(
+            switchMap(() => this.documentsService.getVersions(this.documentId)),
+            first(),
+            finalize(() => (dialog.buttonsEnabled = true)),
+            takeUntil(this.destroy$),
+            takeUntil(this.documentChange$)
+          )
+          .subscribe({
+            next: (document) => {
+              if (document?.versions) {
+                this.versionsUpdated.emit(document.versions)
+                this.versionSelected.emit(
+                  Math.max(...document.versions.map((version) => version.id))
+                )
+              }
+              this.newVersionLabel = ''
+              modal.close()
+              this.toastService.showInfo(
+                $localize`Existing document added as a version.`
+              )
+            },
+            error: (error) => {
+              this.toastService.showError(
+                $localize`Error adding existing document as a version`,
+                error
+              )
+            },
+          })
+      })
+  }
+
  clearVersionUploadStatus(): void {
    this.versionUploadState.set(UploadState.Idle)
    this.versionUploadError.set(null)
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
          <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="mergeSelected()" [disabled]="!userCanAdd || list.allSelected || list.selectedCount < 2">
            <i-bs name="journals" class="me-1"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Merge</ng-container>
          </button>
+          <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="mergeSelectedAsVersions()" [disabled]="!userOwnsAll || !userCanEditAll || list.allSelected || list.selectedCount < 2">
+            <i-bs name="journal-bookmark-fill" class="me-1"></i-bs><ng-container i18n>Merge as versions</ng-container>
+          </button>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
@@ -1122,7 +1122,6 @@ describe('BulkEditorComponent', () => {
    req.flush(true)
    expect(req.request.body).toEqual({
      documents: [3, 4],
-      remote_ocr: false,
    })
    httpTestingController.match(
      `${environment.apiBaseUrl}documents/?page=1&page_size=50&ordering=-created&truncate_content=true&include_selection_data=true`
@@ -1249,6 +1248,52 @@ describe('BulkEditorComponent', () => {
    expect(documentListViewService.selected.size).toEqual(0)
  })

+  it('should support merging documents as versions', () => {
+    let modal: NgbModalRef
+    modalService.activeInstances.subscribe((m) => (modal = m[0]))
+    jest.spyOn(permissionsService, 'currentUserCan').mockReturnValue(true)
+    jest
+      .spyOn(documentListViewService, 'documents', 'get')
+      .mockReturnValue([{ id: 3 }, { id: 4 }])
+    jest.spyOn(documentService, 'getFew').mockReturnValue(
+      of({
+        all: [3, 4],
+        count: 2,
+        results: [
+          { id: 3, title: 'Document 3' },
+          { id: 4, title: 'Document 4' },
+        ],
+      })
+    )
+    jest
+      .spyOn(documentListViewService, 'selected', 'get')
+      .mockReturnValue(new Set([3, 4]))
+    jest
+      .spyOn(permissionsService, 'currentUserHasObjectPermissions')
+      .mockReturnValue(true)
+    jest
+      .spyOn(permissionsService, 'currentUserOwnsObject')
+      .mockReturnValue(true)
+    const mergeAsVersionsSpy = jest
+      .spyOn(documentService, 'mergeDocumentsAsVersions')
+      .mockReturnValue(of(true))
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    component.mergeSelectedAsVersions()
+    expect(modal).not.toBeUndefined()
+    modal.componentInstance.rootDocumentID.set(4)
+    modal.componentInstance.confirm()
+
+    expect(mergeAsVersionsSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([3, 4], 4)
+    httpTestingController.match(
+      `${environment.apiBaseUrl}documents/?page=1&page_size=50&ordering=-created&truncate_content=true&include_selection_data=true`
+    )
+    httpTestingController.match(
+      `${environment.apiBaseUrl}documents/?page=1&page_size=100000&fields=id`
+    )
+    expect(documentListViewService.selected.size).toEqual(0)
+  })
+
  it('should support bulk download with archive, originals or both and file formatting', () => {
    jest.spyOn(permissionsService, 'currentUserCan').mockReturnValue(true)
    jest
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
 import { flattenTags } from 'src/app/utils/flatten-tags'
 import { queryParamsFromFilterRules } from 'src/app/utils/query-params'
+import { MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent } from '../../common/confirm-dialog/merge-as-versions-confirm-dialog/merge-as-versions-confirm-dialog.component'
 import { MergeConfirmDialogComponent } from '../../common/confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog/merge-confirm-dialog.component'
-import { ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent } from '../../common/confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog.component'
 import { RotateConfirmDialogComponent } from '../../common/confirm-dialog/rotate-confirm-dialog/rotate-confirm-dialog.component'
 import { CorrespondentEditDialogComponent } from '../../common/edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog/correspondent-edit-dialog.component'
 import { CustomFieldEditDialogComponent } from '../../common/edit-dialog/custom-field-edit-dialog/custom-field-edit-dialog.component'
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
  }

  reprocessSelected() {
-    let modal = this.modalService.open(ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent, {
+    let modal = this.modalService.open(ConfirmDialogComponent, {
      backdrop: 'static',
    })
    modal.componentInstance.title = $localize`Reprocess confirm`
@@ -924,10 +924,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
        modal.componentInstance.buttonsEnabled = false
        this.executeDocumentAction(
          modal,
-          this.documentService.reprocessDocuments(
-            this.getSelectionQuery(),
-            modal.componentInstance.remoteOcr
-          )
+          this.documentService.reprocessDocuments(this.getSelectionQuery())
        )
      })
  }
@@ -1006,6 +1003,34 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
      })
  }

+  mergeSelectedAsVersions() {
+    let modal = this.modalService.open(MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent, {
+      backdrop: 'static',
+    })
+    const mergeDialog =
+      modal.componentInstance as MergeAsVersionsConfirmDialogComponent
+    const documentIDs = Array.from(this.list.selected)
+    mergeDialog.title = $localize`Merge as versions`
+    mergeDialog.message = $localize`The selected documents will become versions of the root document.`
+    mergeDialog.btnCaption = $localize`Proceed`
+    mergeDialog.documentIDs.set(documentIDs)
+    mergeDialog.rootDocumentID.set(documentIDs[0])
+    mergeDialog.confirmClicked
+      .pipe(takeUntil(this.unsubscribeNotifier))
+      .subscribe(() => {
+        mergeDialog.buttonsEnabled = false
+        this.executeDocumentAction(
+          modal,
+          this.documentService.mergeDocumentsAsVersions(
+            mergeDialog.documentIDs(),
+            mergeDialog.rootDocumentID()
+          ),
+          { deleteOriginals: true }
+        )
+        this.toastService.showInfo($localize`Documents merged as versions.`)
+      })
+  }
+
  public setCustomFieldValues(changedCustomFields: ChangedItems) {
    const modal = this.modalService.open(CustomFieldsBulkEditDialogComponent, {
      backdrop: 'static',
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
      @if (depth > 0) {
        <div class="indicator"></div>
      }
-      <button class="btn btn-link ms-0 ps-0 text-start" style="user-select: text;" [disabled]="!userCanEdit(object)" (click)="userCanEdit(object) ? openEditDialog(object) : null; $event.stopPropagation()">{{ object.name }}</button>
+      <button class="btn btn-link ms-0 ps-0 text-start" style="user-select: text;" (click)="userCanEdit(object) ? openEditDialog(object) : null; $event.stopPropagation()">{{ object.name }}</button>
    </td>
    <td class="d-none d-sm-table-cell">{{ getMatching(object) }}</td>
    <td>{{ getDocumentCount(object) }}</td>
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ export const ConfigCategory = {
  AI: $localize`AI Settings`,
 }

-export const ConfigSection = {
-  RemoteOCR: $localize`Remote OCR`,
-}
-
 export const LLMEmbeddingBackendConfig = {
  OPENAI_LIKE: 'openai-like',
  HUGGINGFACE: 'huggingface',
@@ -69,15 +65,6 @@ export const LLMBackendConfig = {
  OLLAMA: 'ollama',
 }

-export const RemoteOCREngineConfig = {
-  AZURE_AI: 'azureai',
-}
-
-export const RemoteOCRModeConfig = {
-  ALWAYS: 'always',
-  WORKFLOW_ONLY: 'workflow_only',
-}
-
 export interface ConfigOption {
  key: string
  title: string
@@ -85,7 +72,6 @@ export interface ConfigOption {
  choices?: Array<{ id: string; name: string }>
  config_key?: string
  category: string
-  section?: string
  note?: string
 }

@@ -195,43 +181,6 @@ export const PaperlessConfigOptions: ConfigOption[] = [
    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_OCR_USER_ARGS',
    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
  },
-  {
-    key: 'remote_ocr_engine',
-    title: $localize`Remote OCR Engine`,
-    type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
-    choices: mapToItems(RemoteOCREngineConfig),
-    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE',
-    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
-    section: ConfigSection.RemoteOCR,
-    note: $localize`Enabling remote OCR sends documents to a third-party service for processing. Consider the privacy implications as well as potential costs before enabling.`,
-  },
-  {
-    key: 'remote_ocr_api_key',
-    title: $localize`Remote OCR API Key`,
-    type: ConfigOptionType.Password,
-    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY',
-    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
-    section: ConfigSection.RemoteOCR,
-  },
-  {
-    key: 'remote_ocr_endpoint',
-    title: $localize`Remote OCR Endpoint`,
-    type: ConfigOptionType.String,
-    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT',
-    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
-    section: ConfigSection.RemoteOCR,
-    note: $localize`Required when using the Azure AI engine.`,
-  },
-  {
-    key: 'remote_ocr_mode',
-    title: $localize`Remote OCR Mode`,
-    type: ConfigOptionType.Select,
-    choices: mapToItems(RemoteOCRModeConfig),
-    config_key: 'PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE',
-    category: ConfigCategory.OCR,
-    section: ConfigSection.RemoteOCR,
-    note: $localize`Which documents are sent to the remote engine. Use 'workflow_only' to keep remote OCR off unless a workflow enables it for a document.`,
-  },
  {
    key: 'app_logo',
    title: $localize`Application Logo`,
@@ -449,10 +398,6 @@ export interface PaperlessConfig extends ObjectWithId {
  barcode_enable_tag: boolean
  barcode_tag_mapping: object
  barcode_tag_split: boolean
-  remote_ocr_engine: string
-  remote_ocr_api_key: string
-  remote_ocr_endpoint: string
-  remote_ocr_mode: string
  ai_enabled: boolean
  llm_embedding_backend: string
  llm_embedding_model: string
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { PdfEditorEditMode } from '../components/common/pdf-editor/pdf-editor-edit-mode'
 import { PdfZoomScale } from '../components/common/pdf-viewer/pdf-viewer.types'
-import { RemoteOCRModeConfig } from './paperless-config'
 import { User } from './user'

 export interface UiSettings {
@@ -95,8 +94,6 @@ export const SETTINGS_KEYS = {
  OUTLOOK_OAUTH_URL: 'outlook_oauth_url',
  EMAIL_ENABLED: 'email_enabled',
  AI_ENABLED: 'ai_enabled',
-  REMOTE_OCR_CONFIGURED: 'remote_ocr:configured',
-  REMOTE_OCR_MODE: 'remote_ocr:mode',
 }

 export const SETTINGS: UiSetting[] = [
@@ -350,14 +347,4 @@ export const SETTINGS: UiSetting[] = [
    type: 'string',
    default: PdfEditorEditMode.Create,
  },
-  {
-    key: SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_CONFIGURED,
-    type: 'boolean',
-    default: false,
-  },
-  {
-    key: SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_MODE,
-    type: 'string',
-    default: RemoteOCRModeConfig.ALWAYS,
-  },
 ]
@@ -284,21 +284,6 @@ describe(`DocumentService`, () => {
    expect(req.request.method).toEqual('POST')
    expect(req.request.body).toEqual({
      documents: ids,
-      remote_ocr: false,
-    })
-  })
-
-  it('should request remote OCR when reprocessing with it enabled', () => {
-    const ids = [1, 2, 3]
-    subscription = service
-      .reprocessDocuments({ documents: ids }, true)
-      .subscribe()
-    const req = httpTestingController.expectOne(
-      `${environment.apiBaseUrl}${endpoint}/reprocess/`
-    )
-    expect(req.request.body).toEqual({
-      documents: ids,
-      remote_ocr: true,
    })
  })

@@ -331,6 +316,34 @@ describe(`DocumentService`, () => {
    })
  })

+  it('should call appropriate api endpoint for merging documents as versions', () => {
+    const ids = [1, 2, 3]
+    subscription = service.mergeDocumentsAsVersions(ids, 2).subscribe()
+    const req = httpTestingController.expectOne(
+      `${environment.apiBaseUrl}${endpoint}/merge_as_versions/`
+    )
+    expect(req.request.method).toEqual('POST')
+    expect(req.request.body).toEqual({
+      documents: ids,
+      root_document_id: 2,
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('should include an optional label when merging one document as a version', () => {
+    const ids = [1, 2]
+    subscription = service
+      .mergeDocumentsAsVersions(ids, 2, 'Imported')
+      .subscribe()
+    const req = httpTestingController.expectOne(
+      `${environment.apiBaseUrl}${endpoint}/merge_as_versions/`
+    )
+    expect(req.request.body).toEqual({
+      documents: ids,
+      root_document_id: 2,
+      version_label: 'Imported',
+    })
+  })
+
  it('should call appropriate api endpoint for edit pdf', () => {
    const ids = [1]
    const args = { operations: [{ page: 1, rotate: 90, doc: 0 }] }
@@ -349,13 +349,9 @@ export class DocumentService extends AbstractPaperlessService<Document> {
    })
  }

-  reprocessDocuments(
-    selection: DocumentSelectionQuery,
-    remoteOcr: boolean = false
-  ) {
+  reprocessDocuments(selection: DocumentSelectionQuery) {
    return this.http.post(this.getResourceUrl(null, 'reprocess'), {
      ...selection,
-      remote_ocr: remoteOcr,
    })
  }

@@ -378,6 +374,18 @@ export class DocumentService extends AbstractPaperlessService<Document> {
    })
  }

+  mergeDocumentsAsVersions(
+    ids: number[],
+    rootDocumentId: number,
+    versionLabel?: string
+  ) {
+    return this.http.post(this.getResourceUrl(null, 'merge_as_versions'), {
+      documents: ids,
+      root_document_id: rootDocumentId,
+      ...(versionLabel ? { version_label: versionLabel } : {}),
+    })
+  }
+
  editPdfDocuments(ids: number[], request: EditPdfDocumentsRequest) {
    return this.http.post(this.getResourceUrl(null, 'edit_pdf'), {
      documents: ids,
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { environment } from 'src/environments/environment'
 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 { PermissionsService } from './permissions.service'
 import { CustomFieldsService } from './rest/custom-fields.service'
@@ -435,26 +434,4 @@ describe('SettingsService', () => {
        ).name
    ).toEqual(customFields[0].name)
  })
-  it('should offer remote OCR only when configured and selective', () => {
-    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_CONFIGURED, false)
-    settingsService.set(
-      SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_MODE,
-      RemoteOCRModeConfig.WORKFLOW_ONLY
-    )
-    expect(settingsService.remoteOCRIsSelectable).toBeFalsy()
-
-    // configured, but already handling every document
-    settingsService.set(SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_CONFIGURED, true)
-    settingsService.set(
-      SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_MODE,
-      RemoteOCRModeConfig.ALWAYS
-    )
-    expect(settingsService.remoteOCRIsSelectable).toBeFalsy()
-
-    settingsService.set(
-      SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_MODE,
-      RemoteOCRModeConfig.WORKFLOW_ONLY
-    )
-    expect(settingsService.remoteOCRIsSelectable).toBeTruthy()
-  })
 })
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
 } from 'src/app/utils/color'
 import { DEFAULT_APP_TITLE, environment } from 'src/environments/environment'
 import { DEFAULT_DISPLAY_FIELDS, DisplayField } from '../data/document'
-import { RemoteOCRModeConfig } from '../data/paperless-config'
 import { SavedView } from '../data/saved-view'
 import {
  PAPERLESS_GREEN_HEX,
@@ -688,17 +687,6 @@ export class SettingsService {
    return this.settingIsSet(SETTINGS_KEYS.UPDATE_CHECKING_ENABLED)
  }

-  /**
-   * Offering remote OCR as a  choice only makes sense when an engine
-   * is configured but is not already handling every document.
-   */
-  get remoteOCRIsSelectable(): boolean {
-    return (
-      this.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_CONFIGURED) &&
-      this.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.REMOTE_OCR_MODE) !== RemoteOCRModeConfig.ALWAYS
-    )
-  }
-
  offerTour(): boolean {
    return this.dashboardIsEmpty() && !this.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.TOUR_COMPLETE)
  }
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ import {
  house,
  infoCircle,
  journals,
+  journalBookmarkFill,
  link,
  listNested,
  listTask,
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ const icons = {
  hddStack,
  house,
  infoCircle,
+  journalBookmarkFill,
  journals,
  link,
  listNested,
@@ -19,13 +19,6 @@ export const GlobalWorkerOptions = {
  workerSrc: '',
 }

-export const AnnotationMode = {
-  DISABLE: 0,
-  ENABLE: 1,
-  ENABLE_FORMS: 2,
-  ENABLE_STORAGE: 3,
-}
-
 export const getDocument = (_src: unknown): PDFDocumentLoadingTask => {
  return new PDFDocumentLoadingTask(Promise.resolve(new PDFDocumentProxy()))
 }
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from celery import group
 from celery import shared_task
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import transaction
+from django.db.models import Max
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils import timezone

@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ from documents.permissions import set_permissions_for_object
 from documents.plugins.helpers import DocumentsStatusManager
 from documents.tasks import bulk_update_documents
 from documents.tasks import consume_file
+from documents.tasks import remove_document_from_index
 from documents.tasks import update_document_content_maybe_archive_file
 from documents.versioning import get_latest_version_for_root
 from documents.versioning import get_root_document
@@ -394,16 +396,10 @@ def delete(doc_ids: list[int]) -> Literal["OK"]:
    return "OK"


-def reprocess(doc_ids: list[int], *, remote_ocr: bool = False) -> Literal["OK"]:
-    """
-    Re-run parsing for the given documents.
-
-    Consumption workflows do not run here, so ``remote_ocr`` is how the user
-    asks for the remote engine when it is not configured to handle everything.
-    """
+def reprocess(doc_ids: list[int]) -> Literal["OK"]:
    for document_id in doc_ids:
        update_document_content_maybe_archive_file.apply_async(
-            kwargs={"document_id": document_id, "remote_ocr": remote_ocr},
+            kwargs={"document_id": document_id},
            headers={"trigger_source": PaperlessTask.TriggerSource.MANUAL},
        )

@@ -618,6 +614,77 @@ def merge(
    return "OK"


+def merge_as_versions(
+    doc_ids: list[int],
+    *,
+    root_document_id: int,
+    version_label: str | None = None,
+) -> Literal["OK"]:
+    with transaction.atomic():
+        documents = list(
+            Document.objects.select_for_update().filter(id__in=doc_ids),
+        )
+        documents_by_id = {document.id: document for document in documents}
+
+        if len(documents) != len(doc_ids):
+            raise ValueError("Some documents do not exist or were specified twice.")
+        if root_document_id not in documents_by_id:
+            raise ValueError("The root document must be selected.")
+        if any(document.root_document_id is not None for document in documents):
+            raise ValueError("Only top-level documents can be merged as versions.")
+
+        source_ids = sorted(doc_id for doc_id in doc_ids if doc_id != root_document_id)
+        if version_label is not None and len(source_ids) != 1:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "A version label can only be set when merging one source document.",
+            )
+        if Document.objects.filter(root_document_id__in=source_ids).exists():
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Documents with existing versions cannot be merged into another document.",
+            )
+
+        root_document = documents_by_id[root_document_id]
+        next_version_index = (
+            Document.global_objects.filter(
+                root_document_id=root_document_id,
+            ).aggregate(max_index=Max("version_index"))["max_index"]
+            or 0
+        )
+
+        for source_id in source_ids:
+            source_document = documents_by_id[source_id]
+            next_version_index += 1
+            source_document.root_document = root_document
+            source_document.version_index = next_version_index
+            update_fields = [
+                "root_document",
+                "version_index",
+                "archive_serial_number",
+            ]
+            if version_label is not None:
+                source_document.version_label = version_label
+                update_fields.append("version_label")
+            source_document.archive_serial_number = None
+            source_document.save(update_fields=update_fields)
+
+        root_document.modified = timezone.now()
+        root_document.save(update_fields=["modified"])
+
+    for source_id in source_ids:
+        remove_document_from_index.apply_async(args=[source_id])
+
+    bulk_update_documents.apply_async(
+        kwargs={"document_ids": [root_document_id]},
+        headers={"trigger_source": PaperlessTask.TriggerSource.SYSTEM},
+    )
+
+    # And as far as the frontend is concerned, they're deleted
+    status_mgr = DocumentsStatusManager()
+    status_mgr.send_documents_deleted(source_ids)
+
+    return "OK"
+
+
 def split(
    doc_ids: list[int],
    pages: list[list[int]],
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ from documents.utils import copy_basic_file_stats
 from documents.utils import copy_file_with_basic_stats
 from documents.utils import run_subprocess
 from paperless.config import OcrConfig
-from paperless.config import RemoteOCRConfig
 from paperless.models import ArchiveFileGenerationChoices
 from paperless.parsers import ParserContext
 from paperless.parsers import ParserProtocol
@@ -452,19 +451,12 @@ class ConsumerPlugin(
                except Exception as e:
                    self.log.error(f"Error attempting to clean PDF: {e}")

-            # Workflows have already run at this point, so the metadata knows
-            # whether this document was singled out for remote OCR
-            allow_remote = (
-                self.metadata.remote_ocr or RemoteOCRConfig().remote_ocr_by_default
-            )
-
            # Based on the mime type, get the parser for that type
            parser_class: type[ParserProtocol] | None = (
                get_parser_registry().get_parser_for_file(
                    mime_type,
                    self.filename,
                    self.working_copy,
-                    allow_remote=allow_remote,
                )
            )
            if not parser_class:
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class DocumentMetadataOverrides:
    skip_asn_if_exists: bool = False
    version_label: str | None = None
    actor_id: int | None = None
-    remote_ocr: bool = False

    def update(self, other: "DocumentMetadataOverrides") -> "DocumentMetadataOverrides":
        """
@@ -58,8 +57,6 @@ class DocumentMetadataOverrides:
            self.actor_id = other.actor_id
        if other.skip_asn_if_exists:
            self.skip_asn_if_exists = True
-        if other.remote_ocr:
-            self.remote_ocr = True
        if other.version_label is not None:
            self.version_label = other.version_label

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from guardian.utils import get_user_obj_perms_model
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.filters import BaseFilterBackend
 from rest_framework.filters import OrderingFilter
+from rest_framework_guardian.filters import ObjectPermissionsFilter

 from documents.models import Correspondent
 from documents.models import CustomField
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ from documents.models import ShareLink
 from documents.models import ShareLinkBundle
 from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.models import Tag
-from documents.permissions import permitted_object_ids
+from documents.permissions import permitted_document_ids

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from collections.abc import Callable
@@ -1027,41 +1028,59 @@ class PaperlessTaskFilterSet(FilterSet):
        return queryset.exclude(status__in=PaperlessTask.COMPLETE_STATUSES)


-class PermittedObjectsFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+class ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter(ObjectPermissionsFilter):
    """
-    Filters a queryset down to objects the requesting user owns, are
-    unowned, or (when ``include_granted`` is True) has an explicit
-    user/group guardian permission on. Backed by ``permitted_object_ids``
-    -- a single ``id__in`` subquery, not a join -- so it can't produce
-    duplicate rows even when the base queryset already carries independent
-    joins (e.g. multi-value ``tags__id__all`` filtering), and stays
-    index-friendly at scale instead of falling back to guardian's
-    varchar-cast join.
-
-    Set ``include_granted = False`` on a subclass for endpoints that
-    intentionally only show owned/unowned objects regardless of explicit
-    shares (e.g. ``TrashView``).
+    A filter backend that limits results to those where the requesting user
+    has read object level permissions, owns the objects, or objects without
+    an owner (for backwards compat)
    """

-    include_granted: bool = True
-    perm_codename: str | None = None
-
    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
-        # Before the superuser and owner-only paths, neither of which consults
-        # permitted_object_ids. Scoped to authenticated users so anonymous
-        # access (AnonymousUser.is_active is False) keeps its existing
-        # unowned-only behaviour.
-        if request.user.is_authenticated and not request.user.is_active:
-            return queryset.none()
        if request.user.is_superuser:
            return queryset
-        if not self.include_granted:
-            return queryset.filter(Q(owner=request.user) | Q(owner__isnull=True))
-        model = queryset.model
-        perm = self.perm_codename or f"view_{model._meta.model_name}"
-        return queryset.filter(
-            id__in=permitted_object_ids(request.user, model, perm),
-        )
+        objects_with_perms = super().filter_queryset(request, queryset, view)
+        objects_owned = queryset.filter(owner=request.user)
+        objects_unowned = queryset.filter(owner__isnull=True)
+        return objects_with_perms | objects_owned | objects_unowned
+
+
+class DocumentPermissionsFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
+    """
+    A filter backend limiting Document results to those the requesting user
+    owns, are unowned, or has explicit (user- or group-level) view
+    permission on.
+
+    Unlike ``ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter``, this does not build an
+    ``objects_with_perms | objects_owned | objects_unowned`` union of
+    querysets derived from the same base queryset. When that base queryset
+    already carries independent joins on a multi-valued relation (e.g. two
+    separate joins from ``tags__id__all`` filtering on two tags), each
+    OR-ed branch can end up pairing those joins' aliases differently,
+    letting more than one row out of the join's cross product satisfy the
+    combined WHERE -- returning the same document more than once. Filtering
+    via a single ``id__in`` against ``permitted_document_ids`` (a plain
+    subquery, not a join) sidesteps that entirely and is also cheaper than
+    guardian's join-based permission check.
+    """
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        if request.user.is_superuser:
+            return queryset
+        return queryset.filter(id__in=permitted_document_ids(request.user))
+
+
+class ObjectOwnedPermissionsFilter(ObjectPermissionsFilter):
+    """
+    A filter backend that limits results to those where the requesting user
+    owns the objects or objects without an owner (for backwards compat)
+    """
+
+    def filter_queryset(self, request, queryset, view):
+        if request.user.is_superuser:
+            return queryset
+        objects_owned = queryset.filter(owner=request.user)
+        objects_unowned = queryset.filter(owner__isnull=True)
+        return objects_owned | objects_unowned


 class DocumentsOrderingFilter(OrderingFilter):
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from documents.models import StoragePath
 from documents.models import Tag
 from documents.models import Workflow
 from documents.models import WorkflowTrigger
-from documents.permissions import permitted_object_ids
+from documents.permissions import get_objects_for_user_owner_aware
 from documents.regex import safe_regex_search

 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ def match_correspondents(document: Document, classifier: DocumentClassifier, use
        user = document.owner

    if user is not None:
-        correspondents = Correspondent.objects.filter(
-            id__in=permitted_object_ids(user, Correspondent, "view_correspondent"),
+        correspondents = get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(
+            user,
+            "documents.view_correspondent",
+            Correspondent,
        )
    else:
        correspondents = Correspondent.objects.all()
@@ -84,8 +86,10 @@ def match_document_types(document: Document, classifier: DocumentClassifier, use
        user = document.owner

    if user is not None:
-        document_types = DocumentType.objects.filter(
-            id__in=permitted_object_ids(user, DocumentType, "view_documenttype"),
+        document_types = get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(
+            user,
+            "documents.view_documenttype",
+            DocumentType,
        )
    else:
        document_types = DocumentType.objects.all()
@@ -112,9 +116,7 @@ def match_tags(document: Document, classifier: DocumentClassifier, user=None):
        user = document.owner

    if user is not None:
-        tags = Tag.objects.filter(
-            id__in=permitted_object_ids(user, Tag, "view_tag"),
-        )
+        tags = get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(user, "documents.view_tag", Tag)
    else:
        tags = Tag.objects.all()

@@ -143,8 +145,10 @@ def match_storage_paths(document: Document, classifier: DocumentClassifier, user
        user = document.owner

    if user is not None:
-        storage_paths = StoragePath.objects.filter(
-            id__in=permitted_object_ids(user, StoragePath, "view_storagepath"),
+        storage_paths = get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(
+            user,
+            "documents.view_storagepath",
+            StoragePath,
        )
    else:
        storage_paths = StoragePath.objects.all()
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.db.models import Case
 from django.db.models import Count
 from django.db.models import IntegerField
-from django.db.models import Model
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.db.models import QuerySet
 from django.db.models import Value
@@ -54,15 +53,11 @@ class PaperlessObjectPermissions(DjangoObjectPermissions):

 class PaperlessAdminPermissions(BasePermission):
    def has_permission(self, request, view):
-        return request.user.is_active and request.user.is_staff
+        return request.user.is_staff


 def has_global_statistics_permission(user: User | None) -> bool:
-    if (
-        user is None
-        or not getattr(user, "is_active", False)
-        or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False)
-    ):
+    if user is None or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False):
        return False

    return getattr(user, "is_superuser", False) or user.has_perm(
@@ -71,11 +66,7 @@ def has_global_statistics_permission(user: User | None) -> bool:


 def has_system_status_permission(user: User | None) -> bool:
-    if (
-        user is None
-        or not getattr(user, "is_active", False)
-        or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False)
-    ):
+    if user is None or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False):
        return False

    return (
@@ -172,39 +163,30 @@ def set_permissions_for_object(
                        )


-def permitted_object_ids(
-    user: User | None,
-    model: type[Model],
-    perm: str,
+def permitted_document_ids(
+    user,
    *,
+    perm: str = "view_document",
    include_deleted: bool = False,
-) -> QuerySet[int]:
+):
    """
-    Generic version of ``permitted_document_ids`` for any model with an
-    ``owner`` field and guardian object-level permissions. ``include_deleted``
-    only has an effect for models exposing a ``global_objects``/``deleted_at``
-    soft-delete pattern (currently only ``Document``); for every other model
-    it is accepted but has no effect, since those models have no soft-delete
-    concept.
+    Return a queryset of document IDs the user has ``perm`` on (default
+    ``"view_document"``). By default limited to non-deleted documents; pass
+    ``include_deleted=True`` for callers that need to check permission on
+    soft-deleted documents (e.g. trash restore). This intentionally avoids
+    ``get_objects_for_user`` to keep the subquery small and index-friendly.
    """
-    has_soft_delete = hasattr(model, "global_objects")
-    manager = (
-        model.global_objects if include_deleted and has_soft_delete else model.objects
-    )
-    base_qs = manager.all().only("id", "owner")
+
+    manager = Document.global_objects if include_deleted else Document.objects
+    base_docs = manager.all()
+    base_docs = base_docs.only("id", "owner")

    if user is None or not getattr(user, "is_authenticated", False):
-        return base_qs.filter(owner__isnull=True).values_list("id", flat=True)
-
-    # Deactivated users get nothing, deactivated superusers included, so this
-    # has to come before the superuser shortcut. guardian's
-    # ObjectPermissionChecker denies inactive users, but get_objects_for_user
-    # (the pattern this replaces) does not, so it would not be inherited.
-    if not getattr(user, "is_active", False):
-        return base_qs.none().values_list("id", flat=True)
+        # Just Anonymous user e.g. for drf-spectacular
+        return base_docs.filter(owner__isnull=True).values_list("id", flat=True)

    if getattr(user, "is_superuser", False):
-        return base_qs.values_list("id", flat=True)
+        return base_docs.values_list("id", flat=True)

    # Guardian's UserObjectPermission/GroupObjectPermission always store a bare
    # codename, but has_perm()-style callers commonly pass the qualified
@@ -212,46 +194,31 @@ def permitted_object_ids(
    # codename, so just drop any prefix rather than silently under-permitting.
    perm = perm.rsplit(".", 1)[-1]

-    content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model)
+    document_ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(Document)
    perm_filter = {
        "permission__codename": perm,
-        "permission__content_type": content_type,
+        "permission__content_type": document_ct,
    }

-    user_perm_ids = (
+    user_perm_docs = (
        UserObjectPermission.objects.filter(user=user, **perm_filter)
        .annotate(object_pk_int=Cast("object_pk", IntegerField()))
        .values_list("object_pk_int", flat=True)
    )
-    group_perm_ids = (
+
+    group_perm_docs = (
        GroupObjectPermission.objects.filter(group__user=user, **perm_filter)
        .annotate(object_pk_int=Cast("object_pk", IntegerField()))
        .values_list("object_pk_int", flat=True)
    )
-    permitted_ids = user_perm_ids.union(group_perm_ids)

-    return base_qs.filter(
-        Q(owner=user) | Q(owner__isnull=True) | Q(id__in=permitted_ids),
+    permitted_documents = user_perm_docs.union(group_perm_docs)
+
+    return base_docs.filter(
+        Q(owner=user) | Q(owner__isnull=True) | Q(id__in=permitted_documents),
    ).values_list("id", flat=True)


-def permitted_document_ids(
-    user: User | None,
-    *,
-    perm: str = "view_document",
-    include_deleted: bool = False,
-) -> QuerySet[int]:
-    """
-    Document-specific convenience wrapper around ``permitted_object_ids``.
-    Return a queryset of document IDs the user has ``perm`` on (default
-    ``"view_document"``). By default limited to non-deleted documents; pass
-    ``include_deleted=True`` for callers that need to check permission on
-    soft-deleted documents (e.g. trash restore). This intentionally avoids
-    ``get_objects_for_user`` to keep the subquery small and index-friendly.
-    """
-    return permitted_object_ids(user, Document, perm, include_deleted=include_deleted)
-
-
 def get_document_count_filter_for_user(user, related_name: str = "documents"):
    """
    Return the Q object used to filter document counts for the given user.
@@ -374,13 +341,6 @@ def get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(
    """
    Returns objects the user owns, are unowned, or has explicit perms.
    When include_deleted is True, soft-deleted items are also included.
-
-    Legacy slow path (guardian-backed, O(n) style permission resolution).
-    Most queryset-filtering call sites have migrated onto
-    ``PermittedObjectsFilter``/``permitted_object_ids()``, but this function
-    is kept because production callers still remain. Several callers remain
-    across ``documents/``, ``paperless_mail/``, and ``paperless_ai/`` --
-    grep for this function name before removing it.
    """
    manager = (
        Model.global_objects
@@ -400,15 +360,6 @@ def get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(


 def has_perms_owner_aware(user, perms, obj):
-    """
-    Legacy slow path (guardian-backed) single-object permission check.
-
-    The queryset-filtering side of this migrated onto
-    ``PermittedObjectsFilter``/``permitted_object_ids()``, but this
-    single-object check still has many production callers. Several callers
-    remain across ``documents/``, ``paperless_mail/``, and ``paperless_ai/``
-    -- grep for this function name before removing it.
-    """
    checker = ObjectPermissionChecker(user)
    return obj.owner is None or obj.owner == user or checker.has_perm(perms, obj)

@@ -1675,6 +1675,52 @@ class MergeDocumentsSerializer(DocumentListSerializer, SourceModeValidationMixin
    from_webui = serializers.BooleanField(required=False, default=False)


+class MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(DocumentListSerializer):
+    root_document_id = serializers.IntegerField(required=True)
+    version_label = serializers.CharField(
+        required=False,
+        allow_blank=True,
+        allow_null=True,
+        max_length=64,
+    )
+
+    def validate_version_label(self, value):
+        if value is None:
+            return None
+        normalized = value.strip()
+        return normalized or None
+
+    def validate(self, attrs):
+        documents = attrs["documents"]
+        if len(documents) < 2:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                "At least two documents are required.",
+            )
+        if "version_label" in attrs and len(documents) != 2:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                "version_label can only be used when merging one source document.",
+            )
+        if attrs["root_document_id"] not in documents:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                "root_document_id must be one of the selected documents.",
+            )
+
+        selected_documents = Document.objects.filter(id__in=documents)
+        if selected_documents.filter(root_document__isnull=False).exists():
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                "Only top-level documents can be merged as versions.",
+            )
+
+        source_document_ids = set(documents) - {attrs["root_document_id"]}
+        if Document.objects.filter(
+            root_document_id__in=source_document_ids,
+        ).exists():
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                "Documents with existing versions cannot be merged into another document.",
+            )
+        return attrs
+
+
 class EditPdfDocumentsSerializer(DocumentListSerializer, SourceModeValidationMixin):
    operations = serializers.ListField(required=True)
    delete_original = serializers.BooleanField(required=False, default=False)
@@ -1744,7 +1790,7 @@ class DeleteDocumentsSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer):


 class ReprocessDocumentsSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer):
-    remote_ocr = serializers.BooleanField(required=False, default=False)
+    pass


 class BulkEditSerializer(
@@ -2086,13 +2132,6 @@ class BulkEditSerializer(
                        f"Page {op['page']} is out of bounds for document with {doc.page_count} pages.",
                    )

-    def _validate_parameters_reprocess(self, parameters) -> None:
-        if "remote_ocr" in parameters:
-            if not isinstance(parameters["remote_ocr"], bool):
-                raise serializers.ValidationError("remote_ocr must be a boolean")
-        else:
-            parameters["remote_ocr"] = False
-
    def validate_parameters_remove_password(self, parameters):
        if "password" not in parameters:
            raise serializers.ValidationError("password not specified")
@@ -2157,8 +2196,6 @@ class BulkEditSerializer(
            self._validate_parameters_edit_pdf(parameters, attrs["documents"][0])
        elif method == bulk_edit.remove_password:
            self.validate_parameters_remove_password(parameters)
-        elif method == bulk_edit.reprocess:
-            self._validate_parameters_reprocess(parameters)

        return attrs

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ from documents.utils import compute_checksum
 from documents.utils import identity
 from documents.workflows.utils import get_workflows_for_trigger
 from paperless.config import AIConfig
-from paperless.config import RemoteOCRConfig
 from paperless.logging import consume_task_id
 from paperless.parsers import ParserContext
 from paperless.parsers.registry import get_parser_registry
@@ -338,17 +337,10 @@ def bulk_update_documents(document_ids) -> None:


@shared_task
-def update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(
-    document_id,
-    *,
-    remote_ocr: bool = False,
-) -> None:
+def update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(document_id) -> None:
    """
    Re-creates OCR content and thumbnail for a document, and archive file if
    it exists.
-
-    Remote OCR is used only when the engine is configured to handle everything
-    or if explicitly asked for via ``remote_ocr``.
    """
    document = Document.objects.get(id=document_id)

@@ -358,7 +350,6 @@ def update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(
        mime_type,
        document.original_filename or "",
        document.source_path,
-        allow_remote=remote_ocr or RemoteOCRConfig().remote_ocr_by_default,
    )

    if not parser_class:
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
                "barcode_enable_tag": None,
                "barcode_tag_mapping": None,
                "barcode_tag_split": None,
-                "remote_ocr_engine": None,
-                "remote_ocr_api_key": None,
-                "remote_ocr_endpoint": None,
-                "remote_ocr_mode": None,
                "ai_enabled": False,
                "llm_embedding_backend": None,
                "llm_embedding_model": None,
@@ -874,49 +870,6 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        config.refresh_from_db()
        self.assertEqual(config.llm_api_key, None)

-    def test_update_remote_ocr_api_key(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - Existing config with remote_ocr_api_key specified
-        WHEN:
-            - API to update remote_ocr_api_key is called with all *s
-            - API to update remote_ocr_api_key is called with empty string
-        THEN:
-            - remote_ocr_api_key is unchanged
-            - remote_ocr_api_key is set to None
-        """
-        config = ApplicationConfiguration.objects.first()
-        assert config is not None
-        config.remote_ocr_api_key = "1234567890"
-        config.save()
-
-        # Test with all *
-        response = self.client.patch(
-            f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/",
-            json.dumps(
-                {
-                    "remote_ocr_api_key": "*" * 32,
-                },
-            ),
-            content_type="application/json",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        config.refresh_from_db()
-        self.assertEqual(config.remote_ocr_api_key, "1234567890")
-        # Test with empty string
-        response = self.client.patch(
-            f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/",
-            json.dumps(
-                {
-                    "remote_ocr_api_key": "",
-                },
-            ),
-            content_type="application/json",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        config.refresh_from_db()
-        self.assertEqual(config.remote_ocr_api_key, None)
-
    def test_enable_ai_index_triggers_update(self) -> None:
        """
        GIVEN:
@@ -532,29 +532,7 @@ class TestBulkEditAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
        m.assert_called_once()
        args, kwargs = m.call_args
        self.assertEqual(args[0], [self.doc1.id])
-        self.assertEqual(kwargs, {"remote_ocr": False})
-
-    @mock.patch("documents.views.bulk_edit.reprocess")
-    def test_reprocess_documents_endpoint_remote_ocr(self, m) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - API data to reprocess a document with remote OCR requested
-        WHEN:
-            - API is called
-        THEN:
-            - reprocess is called with remote_ocr=True
-        """
-        self.setup_mock(m, "reprocess")
-        response = self.client.post(
-            "/api/documents/reprocess/",
-            json.dumps({"documents": [self.doc1.id], "remote_ocr": True}),
-            content_type="application/json",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        m.assert_called_once()
-        args, kwargs = m.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(args[0], [self.doc1.id])
-        self.assertEqual(kwargs, {"remote_ocr": True})
+        self.assertEqual(len(kwargs), 0)

    @mock.patch("documents.serialisers.bulk_edit.set_storage_path")
    def test_api_set_storage_path(self, m) -> None:
@@ -1575,29 +1553,6 @@ class TestBulkEditAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
                            ),
                        )

-    def test_legacy_bulk_edit_reprocess_invalid_remote_ocr(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - The deprecated bulk_edit endpoint with a non-boolean remote_ocr
-        WHEN:
-            - API is called
-        THEN:
-            - The request is rejected rather than passed through to the task
-        """
-        response = self.client.post(
-            "/api/documents/bulk_edit/",
-            json.dumps(
-                {
-                    "documents": [self.doc1.id],
-                    "method": "reprocess",
-                    "parameters": {"remote_ocr": "yes please"},
-                },
-            ),
-            content_type="application/json",
-        )
-
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
-
    @mock.patch("documents.views.bulk_edit.edit_pdf")
    def test_edit_pdf(self, m) -> None:
        self.setup_mock(m, "edit_pdf")
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ class TestApiSchema(APITestCase):
        self.assertIn("/api/documents/reprocess/", paths)
        self.assertIn("/api/documents/rotate/", paths)
        self.assertIn("/api/documents/merge/", paths)
+        self.assertIn("/api/documents/merge_as_versions/", paths)
        self.assertIn("/api/documents/edit_pdf/", paths)
        self.assertIn("/api/documents/remove_password/", paths)

@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ class TestApiUiSettings(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
                },
                "email_enabled": False,
                "ai_enabled": False,
-                "remote_ocr": {
-                    "configured": False,
-                    "mode": "always",
-                },
            },
        )

@@ -158,50 +154,6 @@ class TestApiUiSettings(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
            str(response.data["settings"]),
        )

-    @override_settings(
-        REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE="azureai",
-        REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY="somekey",
-        REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT="https://example.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
-        REMOTE_OCR_MODE="workflow_only",
-    )
-    def test_settings_reports_remote_ocr_when_configured(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - A fully configured remote OCR engine in workflow_only mode
-        WHEN:
-            - The ui_settings endpoint is called
-        THEN:
-            - The UI is told remote OCR is available and selective, so it can
-              offer it where it would actually change something
-        """
-        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT, format="json")
-
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            response.data["settings"]["remote_ocr"],
-            {"configured": True, "mode": "workflow_only"},
-        )
-
-    @override_settings(
-        REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE="azureai",
-        REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY=None,
-        REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT=None,
-    )
-    def test_settings_reports_remote_ocr_incompletely_configured(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - An engine named but missing its endpoint and API key
-        WHEN:
-            - The ui_settings endpoint is called
-        THEN:
-            - It is reported as not configured, matching what the parser
-              registry will actually do
-        """
-        response = self.client.get(self.ENDPOINT, format="json")
-
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        self.assertFalse(response.data["settings"]["remote_ocr"]["configured"])
-
    @override_settings(
        OAUTH_CALLBACK_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8000",
        GMAIL_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID="abc123",
@@ -1782,56 +1782,3 @@ class TestPDFActions(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):

        self.assertIn("wrong password", str(exc.exception))
        self.assertIn("Error removing password from document", cm.output[0])
-
-
-class TestBulkEditReprocess(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        super().setUp()
-
-        self.doc = Document.objects.create(
-            title="test",
-            checksum="A",
-            mime_type="application/pdf",
-        )
-
-    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.update_document_content_maybe_archive_file")
-    def test_reprocess_defaults_to_local(self, mock_task: mock.Mock) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - A reprocess request that says nothing about remote OCR
-        WHEN:
-            - reprocess is called
-        THEN:
-            - The task is queued without asking for the remote engine
-        """
-        result = bulk_edit.reprocess([self.doc.id])
-
-        self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
-        mock_task.apply_async.assert_called_once()
-        _, kwargs = mock_task.apply_async.call_args
-        self.assertEqual(
-            kwargs["kwargs"],
-            {"document_id": self.doc.id, "remote_ocr": False},
-        )
-
-    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.update_document_content_maybe_archive_file")
-    def test_reprocess_passes_remote_ocr(self, mock_task: mock.Mock) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - A reprocess request that explicitly asks for remote OCR
-        WHEN:
-            - reprocess is called
-        THEN:
-            - The request is forwarded to the task for every document
-        """
-        other = Document.objects.create(
-            title="test2",
-            checksum="B",
-            mime_type="application/pdf",
-        )
-
-        bulk_edit.reprocess([self.doc.id, other.id], remote_ocr=True)
-
-        self.assertEqual(mock_task.apply_async.call_count, 2)
-        for call in mock_task.apply_async.call_args_list:
-            self.assertTrue(call.kwargs["kwargs"]["remote_ocr"])
@@ -1559,72 +1559,6 @@ class PostConsumeTestCase(DirectoriesMixin, GetConsumerMixin, TestCase):
                        consumer.run_post_consume_script(doc)


-class TestConsumerRemoteOCR(
-    DirectoriesMixin,
-    FileSystemAssertsMixin,
-    GetConsumerMixin,
-    TestCase,
-):
-    """
-    The consumer resolves the remote OCR mode and the per-document request from
-    workflows into the allow_remote flag it hands to the parser registry.
-    """
-
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        super().setUp()
-
-        patcher = mock.patch("documents.consumer.get_parser_registry")
-        self.mock_registry = patcher.start()
-        self.mock_registry.return_value.get_parser_for_file.return_value = DummyParser
-        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
-
-    def _consume(self, *, overrides: DocumentMetadataOverrides | None = None) -> bool:
-        src = (
-            Path(__file__).parent
-            / "samples"
-            / "documents"
-            / "originals"
-            / "0000001.pdf"
-        )
-        dst = self.dirs.scratch_dir / "sample.pdf"
-        shutil.copy(src, dst)
-
-        with self.get_consumer(dst, overrides=overrides) as consumer:
-            consumer.run()
-
-        _, kwargs = self.mock_registry.return_value.get_parser_for_file.call_args
-        return kwargs["allow_remote"]
-
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_MODE="always")
-    def test_always_mode_allows_remote(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: Remote OCR mode is 'always'.
-        WHEN:  A document is consumed without any workflow asking for it.
-        THEN:  The registry is allowed to pick the remote parser.
-        """
-        self.assertTrue(self._consume())
-
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_MODE="workflow_only")
-    def test_workflow_only_mode_denies_remote_by_default(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: Remote OCR mode is 'workflow_only'.
-        WHEN:  A document is consumed and nothing asked for remote OCR.
-        THEN:  The remote parser is excluded.
-        """
-        self.assertFalse(self._consume())
-
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_MODE="workflow_only")
-    def test_workflow_only_mode_allows_remote_when_requested(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: Remote OCR mode is 'workflow_only'.
-        WHEN:  A workflow set remote_ocr on the metadata overrides.
-        THEN:  The registry is allowed to pick the remote parser.
-        """
-        self.assertTrue(
-            self._consume(overrides=DocumentMetadataOverrides(remote_ocr=True)),
-        )
-
-
 class TestMetadataOverrides(TestCase):
    def test_update_skip_asn_if_exists(self) -> None:
        base = DocumentMetadataOverrides()
@@ -1632,20 +1566,6 @@ class TestMetadataOverrides(TestCase):
        base.update(incoming)
        self.assertTrue(base.skip_asn_if_exists)

-    def test_update_remote_ocr(self) -> None:
-        base = DocumentMetadataOverrides()
-        base.update(DocumentMetadataOverrides(remote_ocr=True))
-        self.assertTrue(base.remote_ocr)
-
-    def test_update_remote_ocr_is_not_unset(self) -> None:
-        """
-        A later workflow that says nothing must not undo an earlier one that
-        asked for remote OCR.
-        """
-        base = DocumentMetadataOverrides(remote_ocr=True)
-        base.update(DocumentMetadataOverrides())
-        self.assertTrue(base.remote_ocr)
-
    def test_update_actor_and_version_label(self) -> None:
        base = DocumentMetadataOverrides(
            actor_id=1,
@@ -0,0 +1,402 @@
+import json
+from unittest import mock
+
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.test import TestCase
+from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
+
+from documents.bulk_edit import merge_as_versions
+from documents.models import Document
+from documents.serialisers import MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer
+
+
+class TestMergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.doc1 = Document.objects.create(checksum="A", title="A")
+        self.doc2 = Document.objects.create(checksum="B", title="B")
+        self.doc3 = Document.objects.create(checksum="C", title="C")
+
+    def test_accepts_selected_root_document(self) -> None:
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id, self.doc3.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc2.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid(), serializer.errors)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.validated_data,
+            {
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id, self.doc3.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc2.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+    def test_requires_at_least_two_documents(self) -> None:
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc1.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.errors["non_field_errors"][0],
+            "At least two documents are required.",
+        )
+
+    def test_accepts_version_label_for_one_source_document(self) -> None:
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc1.id,
+                "version_label": "  Imported  ",
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid(), serializer.errors)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.validated_data["version_label"], "Imported")
+
+    def test_rejects_version_label_for_multiple_source_documents(self) -> None:
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id, self.doc3.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc1.id,
+                "version_label": "Imported",
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.errors["non_field_errors"][0],
+            "version_label can only be used when merging one source document.",
+        )
+
+    def test_requires_root_document_to_be_selected(self) -> None:
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc3.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.errors["non_field_errors"][0],
+            "root_document_id must be one of the selected documents.",
+        )
+
+    def test_rejects_duplicate_documents(self) -> None:
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc1.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc1.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertIn("documents", serializer.errors)
+
+    def test_rejects_selected_version(self) -> None:
+        version = Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="D",
+            title="D",
+            root_document=self.doc1,
+            version_index=1,
+        )
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [version.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc2.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.errors["non_field_errors"][0],
+            "Only top-level documents can be merged as versions.",
+        )
+
+    def test_rejects_source_document_with_versions(self) -> None:
+        Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="D",
+            title="D",
+            root_document=self.doc1,
+            version_index=1,
+        )
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc2.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.is_valid())
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.errors["non_field_errors"][0],
+            "Documents with existing versions cannot be merged into another document.",
+        )
+
+    def test_allows_root_document_with_versions(self) -> None:
+        Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="D",
+            title="D",
+            root_document=self.doc1,
+            version_index=1,
+        )
+        serializer = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer(
+            data={
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc1.id,
+            },
+        )
+
+        self.assertTrue(serializer.is_valid(), serializer.errors)
+
+
+class TestMergeDocumentsAsVersions(TestCase):
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.DocumentsStatusManager")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.bulk_update_documents.apply_async")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.remove_document_from_index.apply_async")
+    def test_merges_documents_in_creation_order(
+        self,
+        remove_from_index_mock,
+        bulk_update_mock,
+        status_manager_mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        root = Document.objects.create(checksum="A", title="Root")
+        existing_version = Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="B",
+            title="Existing version",
+            root_document=root,
+            version_index=3,
+        )
+        source1 = Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="C",
+            title="Source 1",
+            archive_serial_number=1,
+        )
+        source2 = Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="D",
+            title="Source 2",
+            archive_serial_number=2,
+        )
+        original_modified = root.modified
+
+        result = merge_as_versions(
+            [source2.id, root.id, source1.id],
+            root_document_id=root.id,
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(result, "OK")
+        source1.refresh_from_db()
+        source2.refresh_from_db()
+        root.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(source2.root_document_id, root.id)
+        self.assertEqual(source2.version_index, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(source1.root_document_id, root.id)
+        self.assertEqual(source1.version_index, 4)
+        self.assertIsNone(source1.archive_serial_number)
+        self.assertIsNone(source2.archive_serial_number)
+        self.assertGreater(root.modified, original_modified)
+        self.assertEqual(existing_version.root_document_id, root.id)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [call.kwargs["args"] for call in remove_from_index_mock.call_args_list],
+            [[source1.id], [source2.id]],
+        )
+        bulk_update_mock.assert_called_once_with(
+            kwargs={"document_ids": [root.id]},
+            headers={"trigger_source": "system"},
+        )
+        status_manager_mock.return_value.send_documents_deleted.assert_called_once_with(
+            [source1.id, source2.id],
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.DocumentsStatusManager")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.bulk_update_documents.apply_async")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.remove_document_from_index.apply_async")
+    def test_sets_version_label_for_one_source_document(
+        self,
+        _remove_from_index_mock,
+        _bulk_update_mock,
+        _status_manager_mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        root = Document.objects.create(checksum="A", title="Root")
+        source = Document.objects.create(checksum="B", title="Source")
+
+        merge_as_versions(
+            [root.id, source.id],
+            root_document_id=root.id,
+            version_label="Imported",
+        )
+
+        source.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(source.version_label, "Imported")
+
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.DocumentsStatusManager")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.bulk_update_documents.apply_async")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.remove_document_from_index.apply_async")
+    def test_rejects_source_document_with_versions(
+        self,
+        remove_from_index_mock,
+        bulk_update_mock,
+        status_manager_mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        source = Document.objects.create(checksum="A", title="Source")
+        Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="B",
+            title="Source version",
+            root_document=source,
+            version_index=1,
+        )
+        root = Document.objects.create(checksum="C", title="Root")
+
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, "existing versions"):
+            merge_as_versions(
+                [source.id, root.id],
+                root_document_id=root.id,
+            )
+
+        source.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertIsNone(source.root_document_id)
+        remove_from_index_mock.assert_not_called()
+        bulk_update_mock.assert_not_called()
+        status_manager_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+
+class TestMergeDocumentsAsVersionsAPI(APITestCase):
+    def setUp(self) -> None:
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user(username="user")
+        self.user.user_permissions.add(
+            Permission.objects.get(codename="change_document"),
+            Permission.objects.get(codename="view_document"),
+        )
+        self.doc1 = Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="A",
+            title="A",
+            owner=self.user,
+        )
+        self.doc2 = Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="B",
+            title="B",
+            owner=self.user,
+        )
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=self.user)
+
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.bulk_edit.merge_as_versions")
+    def test_merges_documents_as_versions(self, merge_mock) -> None:
+        merge_mock.return_value = "OK"
+        merge_mock.__name__ = "merge_as_versions"
+
+        response = self.client.post(
+            "/api/documents/merge_as_versions/",
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                    "root_document_id": self.doc2.id,
+                    "version_label": "Imported",
+                },
+            ),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.assertEqual(response.data, {"result": "OK"})
+        merge_mock.assert_called_once_with(
+            [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+            root_document_id=self.doc2.id,
+            version_label="Imported",
+        )
+
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.bulk_edit.merge_as_versions")
+    def test_requires_change_permission(self, merge_mock) -> None:
+        merge_mock.__name__ = "merge_as_versions"
+        user = User.objects.create_user(username="no-change")
+        self.doc1.owner = user
+        self.doc1.save()
+        self.doc2.owner = user
+        self.doc2.save()
+        self.client.force_authenticate(user=user)
+
+        response = self.client.post(
+            "/api/documents/merge_as_versions/",
+            {
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc1.id,
+            },
+            format="json",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
+        merge_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+    @mock.patch("documents.views.bulk_edit.merge_as_versions")
+    def test_rejects_unselected_root(self, merge_mock) -> None:
+        doc3 = Document.objects.create(
+            checksum="C",
+            title="C",
+            owner=self.user,
+        )
+
+        response = self.client.post(
+            "/api/documents/merge_as_versions/",
+            {
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": doc3.id,
+            },
+            format="json",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        merge_mock.assert_not_called()
+
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.DocumentsStatusManager")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.bulk_update_documents.apply_async")
+    @mock.patch("documents.bulk_edit.remove_document_from_index.apply_async")
+    def test_merges_and_returns_documents_as_versions(
+        self,
+        remove_from_index_mock,
+        bulk_update_mock,
+        status_manager_mock,
+    ) -> None:
+        response = self.client.post(
+            "/api/documents/merge_as_versions/",
+            {
+                "documents": [self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id],
+                "root_document_id": self.doc2.id,
+                "version_label": "Imported",
+            },
+            format="json",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        self.doc1.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(self.doc1.root_document_id, self.doc2.id)
+        self.assertEqual(self.doc1.version_label, "Imported")
+
+        detail_response = self.client.get(
+            f"/api/documents/{self.doc2.id}/?fields=id,versions",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(detail_response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        versions = detail_response.data["versions"]
+        self.assertEqual(
+            {version["id"] for version in versions},
+            {self.doc1.id, self.doc2.id},
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [version["id"] for version in versions if version["is_root"]],
+            [self.doc2.id],
+        )
+        remove_from_index_mock.assert_called_once_with(args=[self.doc1.id])
+        bulk_update_mock.assert_called_once_with(
+            kwargs={"document_ids": [self.doc2.id]},
+            headers={"trigger_source": "system"},
+        )
+        status_manager_mock.return_value.send_documents_deleted.assert_called_once_with(
+            [self.doc1.id],
+        )
@@ -12,22 +12,9 @@ from django.test import override_settings
 from guardian.shortcuts import assign_perm
 from rest_framework.test import APIClient

-from documents.matching import match_correspondents
-from documents.matching import match_document_types
-from documents.matching import match_storage_paths
-from documents.matching import match_tags
-from documents.models import Correspondent
-from documents.models import DocumentType
-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.serialisers import _get_viewable_duplicates
-from documents.tests.factories import CorrespondentFactory
 from documents.tests.factories import DocumentFactory
-from documents.tests.factories import DocumentTypeFactory
-from documents.tests.factories import StoragePathFactory
-from documents.tests.factories import TagFactory


 def assert_visible_document_ids(actual_ids, *, expected_visible, expected_hidden):
@@ -444,342 +431,3 @@ class TestTrashRestorePermissionBoundary:
            format="json",
        )
        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
-
-
-@pytest.mark.django_db
-class TestTrashViewExcludesExplicitlyGrantedDocuments:
-    """
-    Regression test pinning TrashView's use of
-    ``_TrashPermittedObjectsFilter`` (``include_granted = False``). If that
-    flag were ever flipped to the default ``True``, or the subclass removed
-    in favor of the base ``PermittedObjectsFilter``, a trashed document
-    would leak into ``/api/trash/`` results for any user holding an
-    explicit guardian grant on it, even though they are neither the owner
-    nor a superuser.
-    """
-
-    def test_explicit_grant_does_not_leak_trashed_document(self, rest_api_client):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="trash_owner")
-        grantee = User.objects.create_user(username="trash_grantee")
-        doc = DocumentFactory(owner=owner)
-        doc.delete()  # soft delete
-        assign_perm("view_document", grantee, doc)
-
-        rest_api_client.force_authenticate(user=grantee)
-        response = rest_api_client.get("/api/trash/")
-
-        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
-        result_ids = {result["id"] for result in response.data["results"]}
-        assert doc.pk not in result_ids
-
-
-@pytest.mark.django_db
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    ("model", "factory", "perm"),
-    [
-        (Tag, TagFactory, "view_tag"),
-        (Correspondent, CorrespondentFactory, "view_correspondent"),
-        (DocumentType, DocumentTypeFactory, "view_documenttype"),
-        (StoragePath, StoragePathFactory, "view_storagepath"),
-    ],
-)
-class TestPermittedObjectIdsGenericModels:
-    def test_owner_sees_own_object(self, model, factory, perm):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username=f"owner_{model.__name__}")
-        stranger = User.objects.create_user(username=f"stranger_{model.__name__}")
-        owned = factory(owner=owner)
-        strangers = factory(owner=stranger)
-
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(owner, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[owned.pk],
-            expected_hidden=[strangers.pk],
-        )
-
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("is_superuser", [False, True])
-    def test_inactive_user_sees_nothing(self, model, factory, perm, is_superuser):
-        suffix = f"{model.__name__}_{is_superuser}"
-        user = User.objects.create_user(
-            username=f"inactive_{suffix}",
-            is_active=False,
-            is_superuser=is_superuser,
-        )
-        other = User.objects.create_user(username=f"other_{suffix}")
-        granted = factory(owner=other)
-        assign_perm(perm, user, granted)
-
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(user, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[],
-            expected_hidden=[
-                factory(owner=None).pk,
-                factory(owner=user).pk,
-                granted.pk,
-            ],
-        )
-
-    def test_unowned_object_visible_to_everyone(self, model, factory, perm):
-        user = User.objects.create_user(username=f"user_{model.__name__}")
-        unowned = factory(owner=None)
-
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(user, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[unowned.pk],
-            expected_hidden=[],
-        )
-
-    def test_explicit_permission_grants_visibility(self, model, factory, perm):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username=f"owner2_{model.__name__}")
-        grantee = User.objects.create_user(username=f"grantee_{model.__name__}")
-        stranger = User.objects.create_user(username=f"stranger2_{model.__name__}")
-        shared = factory(owner=owner)
-        not_shared = factory(owner=owner)
-        assign_perm(perm, grantee, shared)
-
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(grantee, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[shared.pk],
-            expected_hidden=[not_shared.pk],
-        )
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(stranger, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[],
-            expected_hidden=[shared.pk, not_shared.pk],
-        )
-
-    def test_group_permission_grants_visibility_to_members_only(
-        self,
-        model,
-        factory,
-        perm,
-    ):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username=f"owner3_{model.__name__}")
-        member = User.objects.create_user(username=f"member_{model.__name__}")
-        non_member = User.objects.create_user(username=f"nonmember_{model.__name__}")
-        group = Group.objects.create(name=f"group_{model.__name__}")
-        member.groups.add(group)
-        shared = factory(owner=owner)
-        assign_perm(perm, group, shared)
-
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(member, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[shared.pk],
-            expected_hidden=[],
-        )
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(non_member, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[],
-            expected_hidden=[shared.pk],
-        )
-
-    def test_superuser_sees_everything(self, model, factory, perm):
-        superuser = User.objects.create_superuser(username=f"root_{model.__name__}")
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username=f"owner4_{model.__name__}")
-        obj = factory(owner=owner)
-
-        assert_visible_document_ids(
-            permitted_object_ids(superuser, model, perm),
-            expected_visible=[obj.pk],
-            expected_hidden=[],
-        )
-
-
-@pytest.mark.django_db
-class TestMatchingRespectsObjectPermissions:
-    def test_match_tags_only_considers_tags_visible_to_user(self):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="tag_owner")
-        classifying_user = User.objects.create_user(username="classifier_user")
-        visible_tag = TagFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        hidden_tag = TagFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=Tag.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        assign_perm("view_tag", classifying_user, visible_tag)
-        doc = DocumentFactory(owner=classifying_user, content="an invoice document")
-
-        matched = match_tags(doc, classifier=None, user=classifying_user)
-        matched_ids = {t.pk for t in matched}
-        assert visible_tag.pk in matched_ids
-        assert hidden_tag.pk not in matched_ids
-
-    def test_match_correspondents_only_considers_correspondents_visible_to_user(self):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="correspondent_owner")
-        classifying_user = User.objects.create_user(username="classifier_user2")
-        visible_correspondent = CorrespondentFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=Correspondent.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        hidden_correspondent = CorrespondentFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=Correspondent.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        assign_perm("view_correspondent", classifying_user, visible_correspondent)
-        doc = DocumentFactory(owner=classifying_user, content="an invoice document")
-
-        matched = match_correspondents(doc, classifier=None, user=classifying_user)
-        matched_ids = {c.pk for c in matched}
-        assert visible_correspondent.pk in matched_ids
-        assert hidden_correspondent.pk not in matched_ids
-
-    def test_match_document_types_only_considers_document_types_visible_to_user(self):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="document_type_owner")
-        classifying_user = User.objects.create_user(username="classifier_user3")
-        visible_document_type = DocumentTypeFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=DocumentType.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        hidden_document_type = DocumentTypeFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=DocumentType.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        assign_perm("view_documenttype", classifying_user, visible_document_type)
-        doc = DocumentFactory(owner=classifying_user, content="an invoice document")
-
-        matched = match_document_types(doc, classifier=None, user=classifying_user)
-        matched_ids = {dt.pk for dt in matched}
-        assert visible_document_type.pk in matched_ids
-        assert hidden_document_type.pk not in matched_ids
-
-    def test_match_storage_paths_only_considers_storage_paths_visible_to_user(self):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="storage_path_owner")
-        classifying_user = User.objects.create_user(username="classifier_user4")
-        visible_storage_path = StoragePathFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=StoragePath.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        hidden_storage_path = StoragePathFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            match="invoice",
-            matching_algorithm=StoragePath.MATCH_LITERAL,
-        )
-        assign_perm("view_storagepath", classifying_user, visible_storage_path)
-        doc = DocumentFactory(owner=classifying_user, content="an invoice document")
-
-        matched = match_storage_paths(doc, classifier=None, user=classifying_user)
-        matched_ids = {sp.pk for sp in matched}
-        assert visible_storage_path.pk in matched_ids
-        assert hidden_storage_path.pk not in matched_ids
-
-
-@pytest.mark.django_db
-class TestBulkEditObjectsApplyToAllPermissionBoundary:
-    def test_apply_to_all_tags_excludes_unpermitted_tag(self, rest_api_client):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="tags_owner")
-        requester = User.objects.create_user(username="tags_requester")
-        # grant the global change_tag permission so the object-level
-        # filtering (not the global has_perm check) is what's under test
-        requester.user_permissions.add(
-            Permission.objects.get(codename="change_tag"),
-        )
-        rest_api_client.force_authenticate(user=requester)
-        visible = TagFactory(owner=owner)
-        hidden = TagFactory(owner=owner)
-        assign_perm("view_tag", requester, visible)
-        assign_perm("change_tag", requester, visible)
-
-        response = rest_api_client.post(
-            "/api/bulk_edit_objects/",
-            {
-                "object_type": "tags",
-                "operation": "set_permissions",
-                "all": True,
-                "filters": {},
-                "owner": requester.pk,
-            },
-            format="json",
-        )
-        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
-
-        # The apply_to_all dispatch must resolve permitted objects up front:
-        # the visible tag (object-level change_tag granted) gets its owner
-        # reassigned, while the hidden tag (no object-level grant) is
-        # excluded entirely and keeps its original owner.
-        visible.refresh_from_db()
-        hidden.refresh_from_db()
-        assert visible.owner == requester
-        assert hidden.owner == owner
-
-
-@pytest.mark.django_db
-class TestBulkEditObjectsTagDescendantPartialPermission:
-    def test_apply_to_all_descendant_expansion_respects_per_object_permissions(
-        self,
-        rest_api_client,
-    ):
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - A tag hierarchy (parent -> permitted_child, unpermitted_child)
-            - A non-superuser requester with object-level change_tag granted
-              on the parent and on only ONE of the two children
-        WHEN:
-            - bulk_edit_objects is called with all=True and a filter that
-              matches only the root (parent) tag, engaging the
-              tag-descendant-expansion logic in BulkEditObjectsView.post
-        THEN:
-            - The descendant expansion only pulls in descendants the
-              requester actually has permission on: the permitted child's
-              owner is reassigned alongside the parent's, while the
-              unpermitted child keeps its original owner. This pins that the
-              expansion checks per-object permissions (editable_ids), not
-              merely "is a descendant of a filter match".
-
-        NOTE: this uses ``set_permissions`` (owner reassignment) rather than
-        ``delete`` as the operation, because Tag.tn_parent (django-treenode)
-        cascades deletes to descendants at the database/ORM level regardless
-        of which tags the view resolved into ``objs`` -- a delete-based test
-        would pass/fail based on FK cascade behavior, not on whether the
-        descendant-expansion logic itself respected per-object permissions.
-        """
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="tag_hierarchy_owner")
-        requester = User.objects.create_user(username="tag_hierarchy_requester")
-        # global change_tag permission so the has_perm() gate passes and the
-        # object-level permitted_object_ids filtering is what's under test
-        requester.user_permissions.add(
-            Permission.objects.get(codename="change_tag"),
-        )
-        rest_api_client.force_authenticate(user=requester)
-
-        parent = TagFactory(owner=owner, name="parent-tag")
-        permitted_child = TagFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            name="permitted-child-tag",
-            tn_parent=parent,
-        )
-        unpermitted_child = TagFactory(
-            owner=owner,
-            name="unpermitted-child-tag",
-            tn_parent=parent,
-        )
-        assign_perm("change_tag", requester, parent)
-        assign_perm("change_tag", requester, permitted_child)
-        # unpermitted_child is intentionally NOT granted change_tag
-
-        response = rest_api_client.post(
-            "/api/bulk_edit_objects/",
-            {
-                "object_type": "tags",
-                "operation": "set_permissions",
-                "all": True,
-                "filters": {"is_root": True},
-                "owner": requester.pk,
-            },
-            format="json",
-        )
-        assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
-
-        parent.refresh_from_db()
-        permitted_child.refresh_from_db()
-        unpermitted_child.refresh_from_db()
-        assert parent.owner == requester
-        assert permitted_child.owner == requester
-        assert unpermitted_child.owner == owner
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-import pytest
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from guardian.shortcuts import assign_perm
-from rest_framework.test import APIRequestFactory
-
-from documents.filters import PermittedObjectsFilter
-from documents.models import Tag
-from documents.tests.factories import TagFactory
-
-
-class _DummyView:
-    queryset = Tag.objects.all()
-
-
-@pytest.mark.django_db
-class TestPermittedObjectsFilter:
-    def test_superuser_bypasses_filtering_entirely(self):
-        superuser = User.objects.create_superuser(username="root")
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="owner")
-        TagFactory(owner=owner)
-        request = APIRequestFactory().get("/")
-        request.user = superuser
-
-        result = PermittedObjectsFilter().filter_queryset(
-            request,
-            Tag.objects.all(),
-            _DummyView(),
-        )
-        assert result.count() == Tag.objects.count()
-
-    def test_non_superuser_sees_only_owned_unowned_and_granted(self):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="owner")
-        grantee = User.objects.create_user(username="grantee")
-        owned = TagFactory(owner=grantee)
-        unowned = TagFactory(owner=None)
-        granted = TagFactory(owner=owner)
-        hidden = TagFactory(owner=owner)
-        assign_perm("view_tag", grantee, granted)
-        request = APIRequestFactory().get("/")
-        request.user = grantee
-
-        result = PermittedObjectsFilter().filter_queryset(
-            request,
-            Tag.objects.all(),
-            _DummyView(),
-        )
-        visible_ids = set(result.values_list("id", flat=True))
-        assert visible_ids == {owned.pk, unowned.pk, granted.pk}
-        assert hidden.pk not in visible_ids
-
-    def test_include_granted_false_excludes_explicitly_shared_objects(self):
-        owner = User.objects.create_user(username="owner2")
-        grantee = User.objects.create_user(username="grantee2")
-        owned = TagFactory(owner=grantee)
-        granted = TagFactory(owner=owner)
-        assign_perm("view_tag", grantee, granted)
-        request = APIRequestFactory().get("/")
-        request.user = grantee
-
-        class _OwnerOnlyFilter(PermittedObjectsFilter):
-            include_granted = False
-
-        result = _OwnerOnlyFilter().filter_queryset(
-            request,
-            Tag.objects.all(),
-            _DummyView(),
-        )
-        visible_ids = set(result.values_list("id", flat=True))
-        assert visible_ids == {owned.pk}
-        assert granted.pk not in visible_ids
-
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        ("username", "is_superuser"),
-        [("inactive", False), ("inactive_super", True)],
-    )
-    def test_inactive_user_sees_nothing(self, username: str, *, is_superuser: bool):
-        user = User.objects.create_user(
-            username=username,
-            is_active=False,
-            is_superuser=is_superuser,
-        )
-        TagFactory(owner=None)
-        TagFactory(owner=user)
-        granted = TagFactory(owner=User.objects.create_user(username=f"o_{username}"))
-        assign_perm("view_tag", user, granted)
-        request = APIRequestFactory().get("/")
-        request.user = user
-
-        result = PermittedObjectsFilter().filter_queryset(
-            request,
-            Tag.objects.all(),
-            _DummyView(),
-        )
-        assert result.count() == 0
-
-    def test_inactive_user_sees_nothing_with_include_granted_false(self):
-        user = User.objects.create_user(username="inactive_owner", is_active=False)
-        TagFactory(owner=user)
-        TagFactory(owner=None)
-        request = APIRequestFactory().get("/")
-        request.user = user
-
-        class _OwnerOnlyFilter(PermittedObjectsFilter):
-            include_granted = False
-
-        result = _OwnerOnlyFilter().filter_queryset(
-            request,
-            Tag.objects.all(),
-            _DummyView(),
-        )
-        assert result.count() == 0
@@ -287,45 +287,6 @@ class TestUpdateContent(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
        self.assertNotEqual(Document.objects.get(pk=doc.pk).content, "test")


-class TestUpdateContentRemoteOCR(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
-    """
-    Consumption workflows do not run on reprocess, so the remote parser is
-    used only in 'always' mode or when the caller explicitly asks for it.
-    """
-
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        super().setUp()
-
-        patcher = mock.patch("documents.tasks.get_parser_registry")
-        self.mock_registry = patcher.start()
-        self.mock_registry.return_value.get_parser_for_file.return_value = None
-        self.addCleanup(patcher.stop)
-
-        self.doc = Document.objects.create(
-            title="test",
-            content="my document",
-            checksum="wow",
-            mime_type="application/pdf",
-        )
-
-    def _allow_remote(self, **kwargs) -> bool:
-        tasks.update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(self.doc.pk, **kwargs)
-        _, call_kwargs = self.mock_registry.return_value.get_parser_for_file.call_args
-        return call_kwargs["allow_remote"]
-
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_MODE="always")
-    def test_always_mode_allows_remote(self) -> None:
-        self.assertTrue(self._allow_remote())
-
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_MODE="workflow_only")
-    def test_workflow_only_mode_denies_remote_by_default(self) -> None:
-        self.assertFalse(self._allow_remote())
-
-    @override_settings(REMOTE_OCR_MODE="workflow_only")
-    def test_workflow_only_mode_allows_remote_when_requested(self) -> None:
-        self.assertTrue(self._allow_remote(remote_ocr=True))
-
-
 class TestAIIndex(DirectoriesMixin, TestCase):
    @override_settings(
        AI_ENABLED=True,
@@ -133,10 +133,12 @@ from documents.file_handling import format_filename
 from documents.filters import CorrespondentFilterSet
 from documents.filters import CustomFieldFilterSet
 from documents.filters import DocumentFilterSet
+from documents.filters import DocumentPermissionsFilter
 from documents.filters import DocumentsOrderingFilter
 from documents.filters import DocumentTypeFilterSet
+from documents.filters import ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter
+from documents.filters import ObjectOwnedPermissionsFilter
 from documents.filters import PaperlessTaskFilterSet
-from documents.filters import PermittedObjectsFilter
 from documents.filters import ShareLinkBundleFilterSet
 from documents.filters import ShareLinkFilterSet
 from documents.filters import StoragePathFilterSet
@@ -176,7 +178,6 @@ from documents.permissions import has_global_statistics_permission
 from documents.permissions import has_perms_owner_aware
 from documents.permissions import has_system_status_permission
 from documents.permissions import permitted_document_ids
-from documents.permissions import permitted_object_ids
 from documents.permissions import set_permissions_for_object
 from documents.plugins.date_parsing import get_date_parser
 from documents.schema import generate_object_with_permissions_schema
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ from documents.serialisers import DocumentVersionLabelSerializer
 from documents.serialisers import DocumentVersionSerializer
 from documents.serialisers import EditPdfDocumentsSerializer
 from documents.serialisers import EmailSerializer
+from documents.serialisers import MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer
 from documents.serialisers import MergeDocumentsSerializer
 from documents.serialisers import NotesSerializer
 from documents.serialisers import PostDocumentSerializer
@@ -236,10 +238,8 @@ from paperless import version
 from paperless.celery import app as celery_app
 from paperless.config import AIConfig
 from paperless.config import GeneralConfig
-from paperless.config import RemoteOCRConfig
 from paperless.models import ApplicationConfiguration
 from paperless.parsers.registry import get_parser_registry
-from paperless.parsers.remote import RemoteEngineConfig
 from paperless.serialisers import GroupSerializer
 from paperless.serialisers import UserSerializer
 from paperless.views import StandardPagination
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ class CorrespondentViewSet(
    filter_backends = (
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = CorrespondentFilterSet
    ordering_fields = (
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class TagViewSet(PermissionsAwareDocumentCountMixin, ModelViewSet[Tag]):
    filter_backends = (
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = TagFilterSet
    ordering_fields = ("color", "name", "matching_algorithm", "match", "document_count")
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ class DocumentTypeViewSet(
    filter_backends = (
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = DocumentTypeFilterSet
    ordering_fields = ("name", "matching_algorithm", "match", "document_count")
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ class DocumentViewSet(
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        SearchFilter,
        DocumentsOrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        DocumentPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = DocumentFilterSet
    search_fields = ("title", "correspondent__name", "effective_content")
@@ -2674,7 +2674,7 @@ class SavedViewViewSet(BulkPermissionMixin, PassUserMixin, ModelViewSet[SavedVie
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated, PaperlessObjectPermissions)
    filter_backends = (
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    ordering_fields = ("name",)

@@ -2809,6 +2809,7 @@ class DocumentOperationPermissionMixin(PassUserMixin, DocumentSelectionMixin):
                    bulk_edit.rotate,
                    bulk_edit.delete_pages,
                    bulk_edit.edit_pdf,
+                    bulk_edit.merge_as_versions,
                    bulk_edit.remove_password,
                ]
            )
@@ -3095,6 +3096,33 @@ class MergeDocumentsView(DocumentOperationPermissionMixin):
        )


+@extend_schema_view(
+    post=extend_schema(
+        operation_id="documents_merge_as_versions",
+        description="Merge selected documents as versions of a chosen root document",
+        responses={
+            200: inline_serializer(
+                name="MergeDocumentsAsVersionsResult",
+                fields={
+                    "result": serializers.CharField(),
+                },
+            ),
+        },
+    ),
+)
+class MergeDocumentsAsVersionsView(DocumentOperationPermissionMixin):
+    serializer_class = MergeDocumentsAsVersionsSerializer
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        return self._execute_document_action(
+            method=bulk_edit.merge_as_versions,
+            validated_data=serializer.validated_data,
+            operation_label="document merge as versions",
+        )
+
+
@extend_schema_view(
    post=extend_schema(
        operation_id="documents_delete",
@@ -3921,7 +3949,7 @@ class StoragePathViewSet(PermissionsAwareDocumentCountMixin, ModelViewSet[Storag
    filter_backends = (
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = StoragePathFilterSet
    ordering_fields = ("name", "path", "matching_algorithm", "match", "document_count")
@@ -4012,11 +4040,6 @@ class UiSettingsView(GenericAPIView[Any]):

        ui_settings["auditlog_enabled"] = settings.AUDIT_LOG_ENABLED

-        ui_settings["remote_ocr"] = {
-            "configured": RemoteEngineConfig.from_app_config().engine_is_valid(),
-            "mode": RemoteOCRConfig().remote_ocr_mode,
-        }
-
        if settings.GMAIL_OAUTH_ENABLED or settings.OUTLOOK_OAUTH_ENABLED:
            manager = PaperlessMailOAuth2Manager()
            if settings.GMAIL_OAUTH_ENABLED:
@@ -4457,7 +4480,7 @@ class ShareLinkViewSet(
    filter_backends = (
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = ShareLinkFilterSet
    ordering_fields = ("created", "expiration", "document")
@@ -4487,7 +4510,7 @@ class ShareLinkBundleViewSet(PassUserMixin, ModelViewSet[ShareLinkBundle]):
    filter_backends = (
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = ShareLinkBundleFilterSet
    ordering_fields = ("created", "expiration", "status")
@@ -4770,8 +4793,10 @@ class BulkEditObjectsView(PassUserMixin):
                "document_types": DocumentTypeFilterSet,
                "storage_paths": StoragePathFilterSet,
            }[object_type]
-            user_permitted_objects = object_class.objects.filter(
-                id__in=permitted_object_ids(user, object_class, perm_codename),
+            user_permitted_objects = get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(
+                user,
+                perm_codename,
+                object_class,
            )
            objs = filterset_class(
                data=filters,
@@ -4796,11 +4821,8 @@ class BulkEditObjectsView(PassUserMixin):

        if not user.is_superuser:
            perm = f"documents.{perm_codename}"
-            has_perms = (
-                user.has_perm(perm)
-                and not objs.exclude(
-                    pk__in=permitted_object_ids(user, object_class, perm_codename),
-                ).exists()
+            has_perms = user.has_perm(perm) and all(
+                has_perms_owner_aware(user, perm_codename, obj) for obj in objs
            )

            if not has_perms:
@@ -5301,11 +5323,7 @@ class SystemStatusView(PassUserMixin):
 class TrashView(ListModelMixin, PassUserMixin):
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
    serializer_class = TrashSerializer
-
-    class _TrashPermittedObjectsFilter(PermittedObjectsFilter):
-        include_granted = False
-
-    filter_backends = (_TrashPermittedObjectsFilter,)
+    filter_backends = (ObjectOwnedPermissionsFilter,)
    pagination_class = StandardPagination

    model = Document
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: paperless-ngx\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-08-10 02:25+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-08-07 20:00+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2022-02-17 04:17\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: English\n"
@@ -21,39 +21,39 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Documents"
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:471
+#: documents/filters.py:472
 msgid "Value must be valid JSON."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:490
+#: documents/filters.py:491
 msgid "Invalid custom field query expression"
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:500
+#: documents/filters.py:501
 msgid "Invalid expression list. Must be nonempty."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:521
+#: documents/filters.py:522
 msgid "Invalid logical operator {op!r}"
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:535
+#: documents/filters.py:536
 msgid "Maximum number of query conditions exceeded."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:599
+#: documents/filters.py:600
 msgid "{name!r} is not a valid custom field."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:636
+#: documents/filters.py:637
 msgid "{data_type} does not support query expr {expr!r}."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:755 documents/models.py:136
+#: documents/filters.py:756 documents/models.py:136
 msgid "Maximum nesting depth exceeded."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/filters.py:1079
+#: documents/filters.py:1098
 msgid "Custom field not found"
 msgstr ""

@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ msgid "workflow runs"
 msgstr ""

 #: documents/serialisers.py:521 documents/serialisers.py:873
-#: documents/serialisers.py:2767 documents/views.py:299 documents/views.py:2555
+#: documents/serialisers.py:2767 documents/views.py:300 documents/views.py:2556
 #: paperless_mail/serialisers.py:155
 msgid "Insufficient permissions."
 msgstr ""
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Duplicate document identifiers are not allowed."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/serialisers.py:2853 documents/views.py:4509
+#: documents/serialisers.py:2853 documents/views.py:4510
 #, python-format
 msgid "Documents not found: %(ids)s"
 msgstr ""
@@ -1661,36 +1661,36 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Unable to parse URI {value}"
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:292 documents/views.py:2552
+#: documents/views.py:293 documents/views.py:2553
 msgid "Invalid more_like_id"
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:1566
+#: documents/views.py:1567
 msgid "Invalid AI configuration."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:1575
+#: documents/views.py:1576
 msgid "AI backend request timed out."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:2377 documents/views.py:2698
+#: documents/views.py:2378 documents/views.py:2699
 msgid "Specify only one of text, title_search, query, or more_like_id."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:4522
+#: documents/views.py:4523
 #, python-format
 msgid "Insufficient permissions to share document %(id)s."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:4568
+#: documents/views.py:4569
 msgid "Bundle is already being processed."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:4629
+#: documents/views.py:4630
 msgid "The share link bundle is still being prepared. Please try again later."
 msgstr ""

-#: documents/views.py:4639
+#: documents/views.py:4640
 msgid "The share link bundle is unavailable."
 msgstr ""

@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ class AutoLoginMiddleware(MiddlewareMixin):
        if request.path.startswith("/api/token/") and request.method == "POST":
            return None
        try:
-            request.user = User.objects.get(
-                username=settings.AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME,
-                is_active=True,
-            )
+            request.user = User.objects.get(username=settings.AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME)
            auth.login(
                request=request,
                user=request.user,
@@ -339,30 +339,16 @@ def check_deprecated_v2_ocr_env_vars(

@register()
 def check_remote_parser_configured(app_configs: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> list[Error]:
-    # Import here because checks.py runs before the app registry is ready
-    from paperless.models import RemoteOCRMode
-
-    errors = []
-
    if settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE == "azureai" and not (
        settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT and settings.REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY
    ):
-        errors.append(
+        return [
            Error(
                "Azure AI remote parser requires endpoint and API key to be configured.",
            ),
-        )
+        ]

-    valid_modes = {mode.value for mode in RemoteOCRMode}
-    if settings.REMOTE_OCR_MODE not in valid_modes:
-        errors.append(
-            Error(
-                f"PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE is set to {settings.REMOTE_OCR_MODE!r}, "
-                f"expected one of {sorted(valid_modes)}.",
-            ),
-        )
-
-    return errors
+    return []


 def get_tesseract_langs():
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from paperless.models import CleanChoices
 from paperless.models import ColorConvertChoices
 from paperless.models import ModeChoices
 from paperless.models import OutputTypeChoices
-from paperless.models import RemoteOCRMode


@dataclasses.dataclass
@@ -186,45 +185,6 @@ class GeneralConfig(BaseConfig):
        self.app_logo = app_config.app_logo.url if app_config.app_logo else None


-@dataclasses.dataclass
-class RemoteOCRConfig(BaseConfig):
-    """
-    Settings for the remote (cloud) OCR parser
-    """
-
-    remote_ocr_engine: str | None = dataclasses.field(init=False)
-    remote_ocr_api_key: str | None = dataclasses.field(init=False)
-    remote_ocr_endpoint: str | None = dataclasses.field(init=False)
-    remote_ocr_mode: RemoteOCRMode = dataclasses.field(init=False)
-
-    def __post_init__(self) -> None:
-        app_config = self._get_config_instance()
-
-        self.remote_ocr_engine = (
-            app_config.remote_ocr_engine or settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE
-        )
-        self.remote_ocr_api_key = (
-            app_config.remote_ocr_api_key or settings.REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY
-        )
-        self.remote_ocr_endpoint = (
-            app_config.remote_ocr_endpoint or settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT
-        )
-        self.remote_ocr_mode = app_config.remote_ocr_mode or RemoteOCRMode(
-            settings.REMOTE_OCR_MODE,
-        )
-
-    @property
-    def remote_ocr_by_default(self) -> bool:
-        """
-        Whether every supported document goes to the remote engine.
-
-        When False the remote engine is used only for documents that
-        explicitly asked for it, i.e. a workflow matched during consumption or
-        the user ticked the box when reprocessing.
-        """
-        return self.remote_ocr_mode == RemoteOCRMode.ALWAYS
-
-
@dataclasses.dataclass
 class AIConfig(BaseConfig):
    """
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.2.16 on 2026-08-10 14:37
-
-from django.db import migrations
-from django.db import models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("paperless", "0013_applicationconfiguration_llm_request_timeout"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
-            name="remote_ocr_api_key",
-            field=models.CharField(
-                blank=True,
-                max_length=1024,
-                null=True,
-                verbose_name="Sets the remote OCR API key",
-            ),
-        ),
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
-            name="remote_ocr_endpoint",
-            field=models.CharField(
-                blank=True,
-                max_length=256,
-                null=True,
-                verbose_name="Sets the remote OCR endpoint",
-            ),
-        ),
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
-            name="remote_ocr_engine",
-            field=models.CharField(
-                blank=True,
-                choices=[("azureai", "Azure AI Document Intelligence")],
-                max_length=32,
-                null=True,
-                verbose_name="Sets the remote OCR engine",
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.2.16 on 2026-08-10 15:43
-
-from django.db import migrations
-from django.db import models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("paperless", "0014_applicationconfiguration_remote_ocr_api_key_and_more"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name="applicationconfiguration",
-            name="remote_ocr_mode",
-            field=models.CharField(
-                blank=True,
-                choices=[
-                    ("always", "All supported documents"),
-                    ("workflow_only", "Only when a workflow enables it"),
-                ],
-                max_length=32,
-                null=True,
-                verbose_name="Sets which documents are sent to the remote OCR engine",
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]
@@ -74,23 +74,6 @@ class ColorConvertChoices(models.TextChoices):
    CMYK = ("CMYK", _("CMYK"))


-class RemoteOCREngine(models.TextChoices):
-    """
-    Matches to PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE
-    """
-
-    AZURE_AI = ("azureai", _("Azure AI Document Intelligence"))
-
-
-class RemoteOCRMode(models.TextChoices):
-    """
-    Matches to PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE
-    """
-
-    ALWAYS = ("always", _("All supported documents"))
-    WORKFLOW_ONLY = ("workflow_only", _("Only when a workflow enables it"))
-
-
 class LLMEmbeddingBackend(models.TextChoices):
    OPENAI_LIKE = ("openai-like", _("OpenAI-compatible"))
    HUGGINGFACE = ("huggingface", _("Huggingface"))
@@ -303,44 +286,6 @@ class ApplicationConfiguration(AbstractSingletonModel):
        null=True,
    )

-    """
-    Settings for the remote OCR parser
-    """
-
-    # PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE
-    remote_ocr_engine = models.CharField(
-        verbose_name=_("Sets the remote OCR engine"),
-        blank=True,
-        null=True,
-        max_length=32,
-        choices=RemoteOCREngine.choices,
-    )
-
-    # PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY
-    remote_ocr_api_key = models.CharField(
-        verbose_name=_("Sets the remote OCR API key"),
-        blank=True,
-        null=True,
-        max_length=1024,
-    )
-
-    # PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT
-    remote_ocr_endpoint = models.CharField(
-        verbose_name=_("Sets the remote OCR endpoint"),
-        blank=True,
-        null=True,
-        max_length=256,
-    )
-
-    # PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE
-    remote_ocr_mode = models.CharField(
-        verbose_name=_("Sets which documents are sent to the remote OCR engine"),
-        blank=True,
-        null=True,
-        max_length=32,
-        choices=RemoteOCRMode.choices,
-    )
-
    """
    AI related settings
    """
@@ -134,11 +134,6 @@ class ParserProtocol(Protocol):
        Author or organisation name.
    url : str
        URL for documentation, source code, or issue tracker.
-
-    Parsers that send document content to a remote service should additionally
-    set ``uses_remote_service = True`` so the registry can exclude them when
-    remote processing has not been requested for a document. The attribute is
-    optional so a parser that omits it is treated as fully local.
    """

    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -150,10 +145,6 @@ class ParserProtocol(Protocol):
    author: str
    url: str

-    # NOTE: uses_remote_service is not declared here, the registry reads it
-    # with getattr(cls, ..., False) for backwards-compatibility with existing
-    # parsers
-
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Class methods
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -334,8 +334,6 @@ class ParserRegistry:
        mime_type: str,
        filename: str,
        path: Path | None = None,
-        *,
-        allow_remote: bool = True,
    ) -> type[ParserProtocol] | None:
        """Return the best parser class for the given file, or None.

@@ -361,11 +359,6 @@ class ParserRegistry:
        path:
            Optional filesystem path to the file. Forwarded to each
            parser's score method.
-        allow_remote:
-            When False, parsers that declare ``uses_remote_service = True``
-            are excluded from consideration, so a document is never sent to
-            a remote service. Parsers that do not declare the attribute
-            are treated as local and are always considered.

        Returns
        -------
@@ -381,13 +374,6 @@ class ParserRegistry:
            if mime_type not in parser_class.supported_mime_types():
                continue

-            if not allow_remote and getattr(
-                parser_class,
-                "uses_remote_service",
-                False,
-            ):
-                continue
-
            score = parser_class.score(mime_type, filename, path)
            if score is None:
                continue
@@ -57,18 +57,6 @@ class RemoteEngineConfig:
        self.api_key = api_key
        self.endpoint = endpoint

-    @classmethod
-    def from_app_config(cls) -> Self:
-        """Build the config from the app config, falling back to the env."""
-        from paperless.config import RemoteOCRConfig
-
-        app_config = RemoteOCRConfig()
-        return cls(
-            engine=app_config.remote_ocr_engine,
-            api_key=app_config.remote_ocr_api_key,
-            endpoint=app_config.remote_ocr_endpoint,
-        )
-
    def engine_is_valid(self) -> bool:
        """Return True when the engine is known and fully configured."""
        return (
@@ -95,9 +83,6 @@ class RemoteDocumentParser:
        Maintainer name.
    url : str
        Issue tracker / source URL.
-    uses_remote_service : bool
-        Content is sent to a remote service, True so that the registry
-        can skip this parser if remote processing was not requested.
    """

    name: str = "Paperless-ngx Remote OCR Parser"
@@ -105,8 +90,6 @@ class RemoteDocumentParser:
    author: str = "Paperless-ngx Contributors"
    url: str = "https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx"

-    uses_remote_service: bool = True
-
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
    # Class methods
    # ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -155,7 +138,11 @@ class RemoteDocumentParser:
            20 when the remote engine is configured and the MIME type is
            supported, otherwise None.
        """
-        config = RemoteEngineConfig.from_app_config()
+        config = RemoteEngineConfig(
+            engine=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE,
+            api_key=settings.REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY,
+            endpoint=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT,
+        )
        if not config.engine_is_valid():
            return None
        if mime_type not in _SUPPORTED_MIME_TYPES:
@@ -241,7 +228,11 @@ class RemoteDocumentParser:
            Ignored — the remote engine always returns a searchable PDF,
            which is stored as the archive copy regardless of this flag.
        """
-        config = RemoteEngineConfig.from_app_config()
+        config = RemoteEngineConfig(
+            engine=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE,
+            api_key=settings.REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY,
+            endpoint=settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT,
+        )

        if not config.engine_is_valid():
            logger.warning(
@@ -217,15 +217,7 @@ class ApplicationConfigurationSerializer(
    llm_api_key = ObfuscatedPasswordField(
        required=False,
        allow_null=True,
-        max_length=1024,
    )
-    remote_ocr_api_key = ObfuscatedPasswordField(
-        required=False,
-        allow_null=True,
-        max_length=1024,
-    )
-
-    OBFUSCATED_FIELDS = ("llm_api_key", "remote_ocr_api_key")

    def run_validation(self, data):
        # Empty strings treated as None to avoid unexpected behavior
@@ -237,13 +229,11 @@ class ApplicationConfigurationSerializer(
            data["language"] = None
        if "llm_output_language" in data and data["llm_output_language"] == "":
            data["llm_output_language"] = None
-        for field in self.OBFUSCATED_FIELDS:
-            if field in data and data[field] is not None:
-                if data[field] == "":
-                    data[field] = None
-                # Not a real value, don't overwrite the stored one
-                elif len(data[field].replace("*", "")) == 0:
-                    del data[field]
+        if "llm_api_key" in data and data["llm_api_key"] is not None:
+            if data["llm_api_key"] == "":
+                data["llm_api_key"] = None
+            elif len(data["llm_api_key"].replace("*", "")) == 0:
+                del data["llm_api_key"]
        return super().run_validation(data)

    def update(self, instance, validated_data):
@@ -1197,7 +1197,6 @@ WEBHOOKS_ALLOW_INTERNAL_REQUESTS = get_bool_from_env(
 REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE")
 REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY")
 REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT")
-REMOTE_OCR_MODE = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE", "always")

 ################################################################################
 # AI Settings                                                                  #
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ from unittest.mock import Mock
 import pytest

 from documents.parsers import ParseError
-from paperless.models import ApplicationConfiguration
 from paperless.parsers import ParserContext
 from paperless.parsers import ParserProtocol
 from paperless.parsers.remote import RemoteDocumentParser
@@ -34,10 +33,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
    from pytest_mock import MockerFixture


-# Remote ocr config from ApplicationConfiguration needs DB access
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.django_db
-
-
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Module-local fixtures
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -232,18 +227,6 @@ class TestRemoteParserScore:
        score = RemoteDocumentParser.score("application/pdf", "doc.pdf")
        assert score is not None and score > 10

-    @pytest.mark.usefixtures("no_engine_settings")
-    def test_score_uses_app_config_when_env_unset(self) -> None:
-        """The app config alone is enough to activate the parser."""
-        config = ApplicationConfiguration.objects.first()
-        assert config is not None
-        config.remote_ocr_engine = "azureai"
-        config.remote_ocr_api_key = "app-config-key"
-        config.remote_ocr_endpoint = "https://config.cognitiveservices.azure.com"
-        config.save()
-
-        assert RemoteDocumentParser.score("application/pdf", "doc.pdf") == 20
-

 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Properties
@@ -1277,8 +1277,6 @@ class TestParserFileTypes:
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------


-# Remote ocr config from ApplicationConfiguration needs DB access
-@pytest.mark.django_db
 class TestRasterisedDocumentParserRegistry:
    def test_registered_in_defaults(self) -> None:
        from paperless.parsers.registry import ParserRegistry
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.models import AnonymousUser
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.test import RequestFactory
-from django.test import TestCase
-from django.test import override_settings
-
-from paperless.auth import AutoLoginMiddleware
-
-
-@override_settings(AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME="autologin")
-class TestAutoLoginMiddleware(TestCase):
-    def setUp(self) -> None:
-        super().setUp()
-        self.factory = RequestFactory()
-        self.middleware = AutoLoginMiddleware(lambda request: None)
-
-    def _process(self, request):
-        # login() needs a session to write to
-        request.session = self.client.session
-        self.middleware.process_request(request)
-        return request
-
-    def test_active_user_is_logged_in(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME names an active user
-        WHEN:
-            - A request is processed by the middleware
-        THEN:
-            - That user is attached to the request
-        """
-        user = User.objects.create_user(username="autologin")
-
-        request = self._process(self.factory.get("/"))
-
-        self.assertEqual(request.user, user)
-
-    def test_deactivated_user_is_not_logged_in(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - AUTO_LOGIN_USERNAME names a user who has been deactivated
-        WHEN:
-            - A request is processed by the middleware
-        THEN:
-            - The request is left anonymous rather than authenticated as them
-        """
-        User.objects.create_user(username="autologin", is_active=False)
-
-        request = self.factory.get("/")
-        request.user = AnonymousUser()
-        self._process(request)
-
-        self.assertFalse(request.user.is_authenticated)
@@ -655,23 +655,6 @@ class TestRemoteParserChecks:
            in msg.msg
        )

-    def test_valid_mode(self, settings: SettingsWrapper) -> None:
-        settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE = None
-        settings.REMOTE_OCR_MODE = "workflow_only"
-
-        msgs = check_remote_parser_configured(None)
-
-        assert len(msgs) == 0
-
-    def test_invalid_mode(self, settings: SettingsWrapper) -> None:
-        settings.REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE = None
-        settings.REMOTE_OCR_MODE = "sometimes"
-
-        msgs = check_remote_parser_configured(None)
-
-        assert len(msgs) == 1
-        assert "PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_MODE is set to 'sometimes'" in msgs[0].msg
-

 class TestTesseractChecks:
    def test_default_language(self) -> None:
@@ -468,124 +468,6 @@ class TestParserRegistryGetParserForFile:
        assert result is AcceptingBuiltin


-class TestParserRegistryRemoteParsers:
-    """Verify the allow_remote filter in ParserRegistry.get_parser_for_file()."""
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _remote_parser_cls() -> type:
-        class RemoteParser:
-            name = "remote"
-            version = "1.0"
-            author = "A"
-            url = "https://example.com/remote"
-            uses_remote_service = True
-
-            @classmethod
-            def supported_mime_types(cls):
-                return {"text/plain": ".txt"}
-
-            @classmethod
-            def score(cls, mime_type, filename, path=None):
-                return 20
-
-        return RemoteParser
-
-    def test_remote_parser_wins_when_remote_allowed(
-        self,
-        dummy_parser_cls: type,
-    ) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: A remote parser scoring 20 and a local parser scoring 10.
-        WHEN:  get_parser_for_file() is called with allow_remote=True.
-        THEN:  The remote parser is returned.
-        """
-        remote_parser_cls = self._remote_parser_cls()
-        registry = ParserRegistry()
-        registry.register_builtin(dummy_parser_cls)
-        registry.register_builtin(remote_parser_cls)
-
-        result = registry.get_parser_for_file(
-            "text/plain",
-            "readme.txt",
-            allow_remote=True,
-        )
-        assert result is remote_parser_cls
-
-    def test_remote_parser_skipped_when_remote_not_allowed(
-        self,
-        dummy_parser_cls: type,
-    ) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: A remote parser scoring 20 and a local parser scoring 10.
-        WHEN:  get_parser_for_file() is called with allow_remote=False.
-        THEN:  The local parser is returned despite its lower score.
-        """
-        registry = ParserRegistry()
-        registry.register_builtin(dummy_parser_cls)
-        registry.register_builtin(self._remote_parser_cls())
-
-        result = registry.get_parser_for_file(
-            "text/plain",
-            "readme.txt",
-            allow_remote=False,
-        )
-        assert result is dummy_parser_cls
-
-    def test_no_parser_when_only_remote_available_and_not_allowed(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: A registry whose only candidate declares uses_remote_service.
-        WHEN:  get_parser_for_file() is called with allow_remote=False.
-        THEN:  None is returned — the remote parser is never used as a
-               fallback when remote processing was not requested.
-        """
-        registry = ParserRegistry()
-        registry.register_builtin(self._remote_parser_cls())
-
-        result = registry.get_parser_for_file(
-            "text/plain",
-            "readme.txt",
-            allow_remote=False,
-        )
-        assert result is None
-
-    def test_parser_without_attribute_treated_as_local(
-        self,
-        dummy_parser_cls: type,
-    ) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: A third-party parser predating uses_remote_service, so it does
-               not declare the attribute at all.
-        WHEN:  get_parser_for_file() is called with allow_remote=False.
-        THEN:  It is still considered, i.e. treated as fully local, rather
-               than raising AttributeError.
-        """
-        assert not hasattr(dummy_parser_cls, "uses_remote_service")
-
-        registry = ParserRegistry()
-        registry.register_builtin(dummy_parser_cls)
-
-        result = registry.get_parser_for_file(
-            "text/plain",
-            "readme.txt",
-            allow_remote=False,
-        )
-        assert result is dummy_parser_cls
-
-    def test_remote_allowed_by_default(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN: A registry containing only a remote parser.
-        WHEN:  get_parser_for_file() is called without allow_remote.
-        THEN:  The remote parser is returned — callers that do not opt in to
-               the filter keep the previous behaviour.
-        """
-        remote_parser_cls = self._remote_parser_cls()
-        registry = ParserRegistry()
-        registry.register_builtin(remote_parser_cls)
-
-        result = registry.get_parser_for_file("text/plain", "readme.txt")
-        assert result is remote_parser_cls
-
-
 class TestDiscover:
    """Verify entrypoint discovery in ParserRegistry.discover()."""

@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-"""Tests for RemoteOCRConfig precedence between app config and Django settings."""
-
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
-
-import pytest
-from django.test import override_settings
-
-from paperless.config import RemoteOCRConfig
-from paperless.models import RemoteOCRMode
-
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from unittest.mock import MagicMock
-
-
-@pytest.fixture()
-def null_app_config(mocker) -> MagicMock:
-    """Mock ApplicationConfiguration with all fields None → falls back to Django settings."""
-    return mocker.MagicMock(
-        remote_ocr_engine=None,
-        remote_ocr_api_key=None,
-        remote_ocr_endpoint=None,
-        remote_ocr_mode=None,
-    )
-
-
-@pytest.fixture()
-def make_remote_ocr_config(mocker):
-    def _make(app_config, **django_settings_overrides):
-        mocker.patch(
-            "paperless.config.BaseConfig._get_config_instance",
-            return_value=app_config,
-        )
-        with override_settings(**django_settings_overrides):
-            return RemoteOCRConfig()
-
-    return _make
-
-
-class TestRemoteOCRConfig:
-    def test_falls_back_to_settings(
-        self,
-        make_remote_ocr_config,
-        null_app_config,
-    ) -> None:
-        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
-            null_app_config,
-            REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE="azureai",
-            REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY="env-key",
-            REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT="https://env.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
-            REMOTE_OCR_MODE=RemoteOCRMode.WORKFLOW_ONLY,
-        )
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_engine == "azureai"
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_api_key == "env-key"
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_endpoint == "https://env.cognitiveservices.azure.com"
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_mode == RemoteOCRMode.WORKFLOW_ONLY
-
-    def test_app_config_takes_precedence(
-        self,
-        make_remote_ocr_config,
-        mocker,
-    ) -> None:
-        app_config = mocker.MagicMock(
-            remote_ocr_engine="azureai",
-            remote_ocr_api_key="db-key",
-            remote_ocr_endpoint="https://db.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
-            remote_ocr_mode=RemoteOCRMode.WORKFLOW_ONLY,
-        )
-        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
-            app_config,
-            REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE=None,
-            REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY="env-key",
-            REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT="https://env.cognitiveservices.azure.com",
-            REMOTE_OCR_MODE=RemoteOCRMode.ALWAYS,
-        )
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_engine == "azureai"
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_api_key == "db-key"
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_endpoint == "https://db.cognitiveservices.azure.com"
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_mode == RemoteOCRMode.WORKFLOW_ONLY
-
-    def test_unset_everywhere(
-        self,
-        make_remote_ocr_config,
-        null_app_config,
-    ) -> None:
-        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
-            null_app_config,
-            REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE=None,
-            REMOTE_OCR_API_KEY=None,
-            REMOTE_OCR_ENDPOINT=None,
-        )
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_engine is None
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_api_key is None
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_endpoint is None
-
-
-class TestRemoteOCRByDefault:
-    def test_always_mode(self, make_remote_ocr_config, null_app_config) -> None:
-        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
-            null_app_config,
-            REMOTE_OCR_MODE=RemoteOCRMode.ALWAYS,
-        )
-
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_by_default is True
-
-    def test_workflow_only_mode(self, make_remote_ocr_config, null_app_config) -> None:
-        cfg = make_remote_ocr_config(
-            null_app_config,
-            REMOTE_OCR_MODE=RemoteOCRMode.WORKFLOW_ONLY,
-        )
-
-        assert cfg.remote_ocr_by_default is False
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ from documents.views import EditPdfDocumentsView
 from documents.views import GlobalSearchView
 from documents.views import IndexView
 from documents.views import LogViewSet
+from documents.views import MergeDocumentsAsVersionsView
 from documents.views import MergeDocumentsView
 from documents.views import PostDocumentView
 from documents.views import RemoteVersionView
@@ -172,6 +173,11 @@ urlpatterns = [
                                MergeDocumentsView.as_view(),
                                name="merge_documents",
                            ),
+                            re_path(
+                                "^merge_as_versions/",
+                                MergeDocumentsAsVersionsView.as_view(),
+                                name="merge_documents_as_versions",
+                            ),
                            re_path(
                                "^edit_pdf/",
                                EditPdfDocumentsView.as_view(),
@@ -757,30 +757,3 @@ class TestAPIProcessedMails(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
            format="json",
        )
        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
-
-    def test_bulk_delete_processed_mails_rejects_mixed_batch_atomically(self) -> None:
-        """
-        GIVEN:
-            - A permitted processed mail and one the user may not delete
-        WHEN:
-            - API call bulk deletes both in a single request
-        THEN:
-            - The request is rejected and neither mail is deleted
-        """
-        user2 = User.objects.create_user(username="temp_admin2")
-        rule = MailRuleFactory()
-        # Created first so it sorts ahead of the forbidden mail, i.e. the
-        # permission check has to cover the whole batch before deleting rather
-        # than rejecting only once it reaches the forbidden one.
-        pm_owned = ProcessedMailFactory(rule=rule, owner=self.user)
-        pm_forbidden = ProcessedMailFactory(rule=rule, owner=user2)
-
-        response = self.client.post(
-            f"{self.ENDPOINT}bulk_delete/",
-            data={"mail_ids": [pm_owned.id, pm_forbidden.id]},
-            format="json",
-        )
-
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN)
-        self.assertTrue(ProcessedMail.objects.filter(id=pm_owned.id).exists())
-        self.assertTrue(ProcessedMail.objects.filter(id=pm_forbidden.id).exists())
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ReadOnlyModelViewSet

-from documents.filters import PermittedObjectsFilter
+from documents.filters import ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter
 from documents.models import PaperlessTask
 from documents.permissions import PaperlessObjectPermissions
 from documents.permissions import has_perms_owner_aware
-from documents.permissions import permitted_object_ids
 from documents.views import PassUserMixin
 from paperless.views import StandardPagination
 from paperless_mail.filters import ProcessedMailFilterSet
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ class MailAccountViewSet(PassUserMixin, ModelViewSet[MailAccount]):
    serializer_class = MailAccountSerializer
    pagination_class = StandardPagination
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated, PaperlessObjectPermissions)
-    filter_backends = (PermittedObjectsFilter,)
+    filter_backends = (ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,)

    def get_permissions(self):
        if self.action == "test":
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ class ProcessedMailViewSet(PassUserMixin, ReadOnlyModelViewSet[ProcessedMail]):
    filter_backends = (
        DjangoFilterBackend,
        OrderingFilter,
-        PermittedObjectsFilter,
+        ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,
    )
    filterset_class = ProcessedMailFilterSet

@@ -212,17 +211,10 @@ class ProcessedMailViewSet(PassUserMixin, ReadOnlyModelViewSet[ProcessedMail]):
        ):
            return HttpResponseBadRequest("mail_ids must be a list of integers")
        mails = ProcessedMail.objects.filter(id__in=mail_ids)
-        # Check every id up front so an unpermitted one rejects the whole
-        # request rather than deleting the mails ahead of it first.
-        if mails.exclude(
-            pk__in=permitted_object_ids(
-                request.user,
-                ProcessedMail,
-                "delete_processedmail",
-            ),
-        ).exists():
-            return HttpResponseForbidden("Insufficient permissions")
-        mails.delete()
+        for mail in mails:
+            if not has_perms_owner_aware(request.user, "delete_processedmail", mail):
+                return HttpResponseForbidden("Insufficient permissions")
+            mail.delete()
        return Response({"result": "OK", "deleted_mail_ids": mail_ids})


@@ -233,7 +225,7 @@ class MailRuleViewSet(PassUserMixin, ModelViewSet[MailRule]):
    serializer_class = MailRuleSerializer
    pagination_class = StandardPagination
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated, PaperlessObjectPermissions)
-    filter_backends = (PermittedObjectsFilter,)
+    filter_backends = (ObjectOwnedOrGrantedPermissionsFilter,)


@extend_schema_view(
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
shamoon	f38ce7a41a	Sonar	2026-08-07 15:15:01 -07:00
shamoon	837e79ff22	Use the task for remove from index	2026-08-07 15:15:01 -07:00
shamoon	8efe184fdf	Also support choosing a doc as a version from detail view See https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/discussions/13467	2026-08-07 15:15:01 -07:00
shamoon	675267b441	Support optional label with one doc	2026-08-07 15:15:00 -07:00
shamoon	1e8998f850	Derp, no re-ordering	2026-08-07 15:15:00 -07:00
shamoon	5b6b2d583d	Docs	2026-08-07 15:15:00 -07:00
shamoon	667e675be0	API docs, add to schema test Update api.md	2026-08-07 15:15:00 -07:00
shamoon	a00a288b0f	Actually at this point lets split the dialogs	2026-08-07 15:14:59 -07:00
shamoon	ca927d2c69	Dont show root in the list (and remove it from the sortable list)	2026-08-07 15:14:59 -07:00
shamoon	f51d4338dc	Basic merge dialog	2026-08-07 15:14:59 -07:00
shamoon	95452e79bd	Forgot to import the icon	2026-08-07 15:14:58 -07:00
shamoon	b74cc9a590	Frondend bulk edit stuff	2026-08-07 15:14:58 -07:00
shamoon	e3ac08d6c2	Ok frontend service	2026-08-07 15:14:58 -07:00
shamoon	3e96ec4c63	Tests for API view	2026-08-07 15:14:58 -07:00
shamoon	64565fd6d8	API view	2026-08-07 15:14:57 -07:00
shamoon	aa015423ac	Backend operation, also delete from search and notify the frontend	2026-08-07 15:14:57 -07:00
shamoon	ead3a46d3b	Basic merge as versions view	2026-08-07 15:14:57 -07:00