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docs/administration.md

@@ -699,7 +699,6 @@ document_fuzzy_match [--ratio] [--processes N]
 | --ratio     | No       | 85.0                | a number between 0 and 100, setting how similar a document must be for it to be reported. Higher numbers mean more similarity. |
 | --processes | No       | 1/4 of system cores | Number of processes to use for matching. Setting 1 disables multiple processes                                                 |
 | --delete    | No       | False               | If provided, one document of a matched pair above the ratio will be deleted.                                                   |
-| --url       | No       | blank               | If an instance URL is provided, the output table will show URLs to each documents instead of the document ID and name.         |
 
 !!! warning
 

docs/api.md

@@ -301,7 +301,8 @@ The following methods are supported:
 - `delete`
   - No `parameters` required
 - `reprocess`
-  - No `parameters` required
+  - Optional `parameters`: `{ "remote_ocr": true }` to send the documents to the
+    remote OCR engine, see [Remote OCR](usage.md#remote-ocr). Defaults to false.
 - `set_permissions`
   - Requires `parameters`:
     - `"set_permissions": PERMISSIONS_OBJ` (see format [above](#permissions)) and / or

docs/configuration.md

@@ -948,11 +948,10 @@ for display in the web interface.
 
     !!! note
 
-        The **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI) also honors this setting: when
+        The **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI) always produces a searchable
-        no archive is requested (`never`, or `auto` with a born-digital PDF),
+        PDF and stores it as the archive copy, regardless of this setting.
-        the remote engine is skipped entirely and locally-extracted text is
+        `ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION=never` has no effect when the remote
-        used instead, avoiding an unnecessary API call and a duplicate text
+        parser handles a document.
-        layer.
 
 #### [`PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN=<mode>`](#PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN) {#PAPERLESS_OCR_CLEAN}
 
@@ -2048,6 +2047,18 @@ 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}

docs/development.md

@@ -456,6 +456,20 @@ 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

docs/migration-v3.md

@@ -187,11 +187,10 @@ PAPERLESS_ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION=auto
 
 ### Remote OCR parser
 
-If you use the **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI), `ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION` is
+If you use the **remote OCR parser** (Azure AI), note that it always produces a
-honored the same way as for the local engine: when no archive is requested
+searchable PDF and stores it as the archive copy. `ARCHIVE_FILE_GENERATION=never`
-(`never`, or `auto` with a born-digital PDF), the remote engine is skipped
+has no effect for documents handled by the remote parser - the archive is produced
-entirely and locally-extracted text is used instead, avoiding an unnecessary
+unconditionally by the remote engine.
-API call and a duplicate text layer.
 
 ## Search Index (Whoosh -> Tantivy)
 

docs/usage.md

@@ -576,9 +576,7 @@ The following workflow action types are available:
 - Tags, correspondent, document type and storage path
 - Document owner
 - View and / or edit permissions to users or groups
-- Custom fields, optionally with a value. If no value is set, the field is only added to the
+- Custom fields. Note that no value for the field will be set
-  document and any value it may already have is left untouched. If a value is set, it will
-  overwrite an existing value of that field on the document.
 
 ##### Removal {#workflow-action-removal}
 
@@ -1086,11 +1084,18 @@ Paperless-ngx supports performing OCR on documents using remote services. At the
 [Microsoft's Azure "Document Intelligence" service](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/ai-services/ai-document-intelligence).
 This is of course a paid service (with a free tier) which requires an Azure account and subscription. Azure AI is not affiliated with
 Paperless-ngx in any way. When enabled, Paperless-ngx will automatically send appropriate documents to Azure for OCR processing, bypassing
-the local OCR engine. See the [configuration](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE) options for more details.
+the local OCR engine. See the [configuration](configuration.md#PAPERLESS_REMOTE_OCR_ENGINE) options for more details. These
+settings can be supplied as environment variables or via **Application Configuration**.
 
 Additionally, when using a commercial service with this feature, consider both potential costs as well as any associated file size
 or page limitations (e.g. with a free tier).
 
+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:

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

@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
                 <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); track option.key) {
+                                @for (option of getCategoryOptions(category, section); track option.key) {
                                     <div class="col">
                                         <div class="card bg-light">
                                             <div class="card-body">
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@
                                     </div>
                                 }
                             </div>
+                        }
                     </div>
                 </ng-template>
             </li>

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

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ import { NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgSelectModule } from '@ng-select/ng-select'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule, allIcons } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
-import { OutputTypeConfig } from 'src/app/data/paperless-config'
+import {
+  ConfigCategory,
+  ConfigSection,
+  OutputTypeConfig,
+} from 'src/app/data/paperless-config'
 import { ConfigService } from 'src/app/services/config.service'
 import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
 import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
@@ -158,4 +162,24 @@ 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',
+    ])
+  })
 })

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

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

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

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                     routerLinkActive="active" (click)="closeMenu()" [ngbPopover]="view.name"
                     [disablePopover]="!slimSidebarEnabled" placement="end" container="body" triggers="mouseenter:mouseleave"
                     popoverClass="popover-slim">
-                    <i-bs class="me-2" [name]="view.icon || 'funnel'"></i-bs><span><div class="d-inline-flex view-name"><span class="overflow-hidden" [class.text-wrap]="!slimSidebarEnabled">{{view.name}}</span></div>
+                    <i-bs class="me-2" name="funnel"></i-bs><span><div class="d-inline-flex view-name"><span class="overflow-hidden" [class.text-wrap]="!slimSidebarEnabled">{{view.name}}</span></div>
                         @if (showSidebarCounts && !slimSidebarEnabled) {
                           <span class="badge bg-info text-dark ms-2 d-inline">{{ savedViewService.getDocumentCount(view) }}</span>
                         }

src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog.component.html

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<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>

src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog.component.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+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()
+  })
+})

src-ui/src/app/components/common/confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog/reprocess-confirm-dialog.component.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+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
+  }
+}

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/custom-fields-values/custom-fields-values.component.spec.ts

@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ describe('CustomFieldsValuesComponent', () => {
   })
 
   it('should set selectedFields and map values correctly', () => {
-    component.value = { 1: 'value1', 3: 0, 4: false }
+    component.value = { 1: 'value1' }
-    component.selectedFields = [1, 2, 3, 4]
+    component.selectedFields = [1, 2]
-    expect(component.selectedFields).toEqual([1, 2, 3, 4])
+    expect(component.selectedFields).toEqual([1, 2])
-    expect(component.value).toEqual({ 1: 'value1', 2: null, 3: 0, 4: false })
+    expect(component.value).toEqual({ 1: 'value1', 2: null })
   })
 
   it('should return the correct custom field by id', () => {

src-ui/src/app/components/common/input/custom-fields-values/custom-fields-values.component.ts

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class CustomFieldsValuesComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<Object>
     this._selectedFields = newFields
     // map the selected fields to an object with field_id as key and value as value
     this.value = newFields.reduce((acc, fieldId) => {
-      acc[fieldId] = this.value?.[fieldId] ?? null
+      acc[fieldId] = this.value?.[fieldId] || null
       return acc
     }, {})
     this.onChange(this.value)

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

@@ -36,16 +36,7 @@
           (focus)="clearLastSearchTerm()"
           (clear)="clearLastSearchTerm()"
           (blur)="onBlur()">
-          <ng-template ng-label-tmp let-item="item">
-            @if (iconField && item[iconField]) {
-              <i-bs class="me-2" [name]="item[iconField]"></i-bs>
-            }
-            <span [title]="item[bindLabel]">{{item[bindLabel]}}</span>
-          </ng-template>
           <ng-template ng-option-tmp let-item="item">
-              @if (iconField && item[iconField]) {
-                <i-bs class="me-2" [name]="item[iconField]"></i-bs>
-              }
               <span [title]="item[bindLabel]">{{item[bindLabel]}}</span>
           </ng-template>
         </ng-select>

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

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import { AbstractInputComponent } from '../abstract-input'
     NgxBootstrapIconsModule,
   ],
 })
-export class SelectComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<number | string> {
+export class SelectComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<number> {
   constructor() {
     super()
     this.addItemRef = this.addItem.bind(this)
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ export class SelectComponent extends AbstractInputComponent<number | string> {
   @Input()
   bindLabel: string = 'name'
 
-  @Input()
-  iconField: string
-
   public searchFn = (term: string, item: any): boolean =>
     matchesSearchText(item?.[this.bindLabel], term)
 

src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/saved-view-widget/saved-view-widget.component.html

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <pngx-widget-frame
   *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.View, type: PermissionType.Document }"
   [title]="savedView.name"
-  [titleIcon]="savedView.icon || 'funnel'"
   [loading]="false"
   [draggable]="savedView"
   >

src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/widget-frame/widget-frame.component.html

@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@
               <i-bs name="grip-vertical"></i-bs>
             </div>
           }
-          <h6 class="card-title mb-0">
+          <h6 class="card-title mb-0">{{title()}}</h6>
-            @if (titleIcon()) {
-              <i-bs class="me-2" [name]="titleIcon()"></i-bs>
-            }
-            {{title()}}
-          </h6>
           <ng-content select="[title-badge]"></ng-content>
           @if (badge() !== null && badge() !== undefined) {
             <span class="badge bg-info text-dark ms-2">{{badge()}}</span>

src-ui/src/app/components/dashboard/widgets/widget-frame/widget-frame.component.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ export class WidgetFrameComponent implements AfterViewInit {
 
   title = input<string>()
 
-  titleIcon = input<string>()
-
   draggable = input<any>()
 
   cardless = input(false)

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

@@ -963,12 +963,24 @@ describe('DocumentDetailComponent', () => {
     component.reprocess()
     const modalCloseSpy = jest.spyOn(openModal, 'close')
     openModal.componentInstance.confirmClicked.next()
-    expect(reprocessSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ documents: [doc.id] })
+    expect(reprocessSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ documents: [doc.id] }, false)
     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')

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

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ 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'
@@ -1402,7 +1403,7 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
   }
 
   reprocess() {
-    let modal = this.modalService.open(ConfirmDialogComponent, {
+    let modal = this.modalService.open(ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent, {
       backdrop: 'static',
     })
     modal.componentInstance.title = $localize`Reprocess confirm`
@@ -1413,7 +1414,10 @@ export class DocumentDetailComponent
     modal.componentInstance.confirmClicked.subscribe(() => {
       modal.componentInstance.buttonsEnabled = false
       this.documentsService
-        .reprocessDocuments({ documents: [this.document().id] })
+        .reprocessDocuments(
+          { documents: [this.document().id] },
+          modal.componentInstance.remoteOcr
+        )
         .subscribe({
           next: () => {
             this.toastService.showInfo(

src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.spec.ts

@@ -1122,6 +1122,7 @@ 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`

src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/bulk-editor/bulk-editor.component.ts

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ 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 { 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'
@@ -909,7 +910,7 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
   }
 
   reprocessSelected() {
-    let modal = this.modalService.open(ConfirmDialogComponent, {
+    let modal = this.modalService.open(ReprocessConfirmDialogComponent, {
       backdrop: 'static',
     })
     modal.componentInstance.title = $localize`Reprocess confirm`
@@ -923,7 +924,10 @@ export class BulkEditorComponent
         modal.componentInstance.buttonsEnabled = false
         this.executeDocumentAction(
           modal,
-          this.documentService.reprocessDocuments(this.getSelectionQuery())
+          this.documentService.reprocessDocuments(
+            this.getSelectionQuery(),
+            modal.componentInstance.remoteOcr
+          )
         )
       })
   }

src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-list.component.html

@@ -97,9 +97,7 @@
     <div class="dropdown-menu shadow dropdown-menu-right" ngbDropdownMenu>
       @if (!list.activeSavedViewId) {
         @for (view of savedViewService.allViews; track view) {
-          <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="loadViewConfig(view.id)">
+          <button ngbDropdownItem (click)="loadViewConfig(view.id)">{{view.name}}</button>
-            <i-bs class="me-2" [name]="view.icon || 'funnel'"></i-bs>{{view.name}}
-          </button>
         }
         @if (savedViewService.allViews.length > 0) {
           <div class="dropdown-divider"></div>

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

@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ export class DocumentListComponent
       modal.componentInstance.buttonsEnabled.set(false)
       let savedView: SavedView = {
         name: formValue.name,
-        icon: formValue.icon,
         filter_rules: this.list.filterRules,
         sort_reverse: this.list.sortReverse,
         sort_field: this.list.sortField,

src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/save-view-config-dialog/save-view-config-dialog.component.html

@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@
   </div>
   <div class="modal-body">
     <pngx-input-text i18n-title title="Name" formControlName="name" [error]="error()?.name" autocomplete="off"></pngx-input-text>
-    <pngx-input-select
-      i18n-title
-      title="Icon"
-      formControlName="icon"
-      [items]="savedViewIcons"
-      iconField="icon"
-      [error]="error()?.icon">
-    </pngx-input-select>
     <pngx-input-check i18n-title title="Show in sidebar" formControlName="showInSideBar"></pngx-input-check>
     <pngx-input-check i18n-title title="Show on dashboard" formControlName="showOnDashboard"></pngx-input-check>
     <pngx-permissions-form accordion="true" formControlName="permissions_form"></pngx-permissions-form>

src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/save-view-config-dialog/save-view-config-dialog.component.spec.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { CheckComponent } from '../../common/input/check/check.component'
 import { PermissionsFormComponent } from '../../common/input/permissions/permissions-form/permissions-form.component'
 import { PermissionsGroupComponent } from '../../common/input/permissions/permissions-group/permissions-group.component'
 import { PermissionsUserComponent } from '../../common/input/permissions/permissions-user/permissions-user.component'
-import { SelectComponent } from '../../common/input/select/select.component'
 import { TextComponent } from '../../common/input/text/text.component'
 import { SaveViewConfigDialogComponent } from './save-view-config-dialog.component'
 
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ describe('SaveViewConfigDialogComponent', () => {
         ReactiveFormsModule,
         SaveViewConfigDialogComponent,
         TextComponent,
-        SelectComponent,
         CheckComponent,
         PermissionsFormComponent,
         PermissionsUserComponent,
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ describe('SaveViewConfigDialogComponent', () => {
     expect(component.defaultName()).toEqual(name)
     expect(result).toEqual({
       name,
-      icon: 'funnel',
       showInSideBar: false,
       showOnDashboard: false,
     })
@@ -97,7 +94,6 @@ describe('SaveViewConfigDialogComponent', () => {
     component.save()
     expect(result).toEqual({
       name,
-      icon: 'funnel',
       showInSideBar: true,
       showOnDashboard: true,
     })
@@ -117,7 +113,6 @@ describe('SaveViewConfigDialogComponent', () => {
     component.save()
     expect(result).toEqual({
       name: '',
-      icon: 'funnel',
       showInSideBar: false,
       showOnDashboard: false,
       permissions_form: permissions,

src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/save-view-config-dialog/save-view-config-dialog.component.ts

@@ -13,14 +13,9 @@ import {
   ReactiveFormsModule,
 } from '@angular/forms'
 import { NgbActiveModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
-import {
-  DEFAULT_SAVED_VIEW_ICON,
-  SAVED_VIEW_ICONS,
-} from 'src/app/data/saved-view-icons'
 import { User } from 'src/app/data/user'
 import { CheckComponent } from '../../common/input/check/check.component'
 import { PermissionsFormComponent } from '../../common/input/permissions/permissions-form/permissions-form.component'
-import { SelectComponent } from '../../common/input/select/select.component'
 import { TextComponent } from '../../common/input/text/text.component'
 
 @Component({
@@ -29,7 +24,6 @@ import { TextComponent } from '../../common/input/text/text.component'
   styleUrls: ['./save-view-config-dialog.component.scss'],
   imports: [
     CheckComponent,
-    SelectComponent,
     TextComponent,
     PermissionsFormComponent,
     FormsModule,
@@ -47,7 +41,6 @@ export class SaveViewConfigDialogComponent implements OnInit {
   public saveClicked = new EventEmitter()
 
   users: User[]
-  readonly savedViewIcons = SAVED_VIEW_ICONS
 
   setDefaultName(value: string) {
     this.defaultName.set(value)
@@ -56,7 +49,6 @@ export class SaveViewConfigDialogComponent implements OnInit {
 
   saveViewConfigForm = new FormGroup({
     name: new FormControl(''),
-    icon: new FormControl(DEFAULT_SAVED_VIEW_ICON),
     showInSideBar: new FormControl(false),
     showOnDashboard: new FormControl(false),
     permissions_form: new FormControl(null),
@@ -73,7 +65,6 @@ export class SaveViewConfigDialogComponent implements OnInit {
     const formValue = this.saveViewConfigForm.value
     const saveViewConfig = {
       name: formValue.name,
-      icon: formValue.icon,
       showInSideBar: formValue.showInSideBar,
       showOnDashboard: formValue.showOnDashboard,
     }

src-ui/src/app/components/manage/saved-views/saved-views.component.html

@@ -7,24 +7,15 @@
 </pngx-page-header>
 <form [formGroup]="savedViewsForm" (ngSubmit)="save()">
   <ul class="list-group mb-3" formGroupName="savedViews">
-    @for (view of pagedSavedViews(); track view) {
+    @for (view of savedViews(); track view) {
       <li class="list-group-item py-3">
       <div [formGroupName]="view.id">
         <div class="row">
-          <div class="col-md">
+          <div class="col">
             <pngx-input-text title="Name" formControlName="name"></pngx-input-text>
           </div>
-          <div class="col-md">
-            <pngx-input-select
-            i18n-title
-            title="Icon"
-            formControlName="icon"
-            [items]="savedViewIcons"
-            iconField="icon">
-            </pngx-input-select>
-          </div>
           @if (canSaveSettings) {
-            <div class="col-md">
+            <div class="col">
               <div class="form-check form-switch mt-3">
                 <input type="checkbox" class="form-check-input" id="show_on_dashboard_{{view.id}}" formControlName="show_on_dashboard">
                 <label class="form-check-label" for="show_on_dashboard_{{view.id}}" i18n>Show on dashboard</label>
@@ -90,11 +81,6 @@
     }
   </ul>
 
-  <div class="d-flex align-items-center mb-3">
   <button type="button" (click)="reset()" class="btn btn-outline-secondary mb-2" [disabled]="(isDirty$ | async) === false" i18n>Cancel</button>
   <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary ms-2 mb-2" [disabled]="(isDirty$ | async) === false" i18n>Save</button>
-    @if (savedViews()?.length > pageSize) {
-      <ngb-pagination class="ms-auto" [pageSize]="pageSize" [collectionSize]="savedViews().length" [page]="page()" [maxSize]="5" (pageChange)="page.set($event)" size="sm" aria-label="Pagination"></ngb-pagination>
-    }
-  </div>
 </form>

src-ui/src/app/components/manage/saved-views/saved-views.component.spec.ts

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing'
 import { signal } from '@angular/core'
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
-import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser'
 import { NgbModal, NgbModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule, allIcons } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { Subject, of, throwError } from 'rxjs'
@@ -26,20 +25,8 @@ import { PageHeaderComponent } from '../../common/page-header/page-header.compon
 import { SavedViewsComponent } from './saved-views.component'
 
 const savedViews = [
-  {
+  { id: 1, name: 'view1', show_in_sidebar: true, show_on_dashboard: true },
-    id: 1,
+  { id: 2, name: 'view2', show_in_sidebar: false, show_on_dashboard: false },
-    name: 'view1',
-    icon: 'archive',
-    show_in_sidebar: true,
-    show_on_dashboard: true,
-  },
-  {
-    id: 2,
-    name: 'view2',
-    icon: 'funnel',
-    show_in_sidebar: false,
-    show_on_dashboard: false,
-  },
 ]
 
 describe('SavedViewsComponent', () => {
@@ -170,24 +157,6 @@ describe('SavedViewsComponent', () => {
     expect(patchBody.show_in_sidebar).toBeUndefined()
   })
 
-  it('should persist a changed icon', () => {
-    const patchSpy = jest.spyOn(savedViewService, 'patchMany')
-    const view = savedViews[0]
-    const iconControl = component.savedViewsForm
-      .get('savedViews')
-      .get(view.id.toString())
-      .get('icon')
-
-    iconControl.setValue('bell')
-    iconControl.markAsDirty()
-    component.save()
-
-    expect(patchSpy.mock.calls[0][0][0]).toMatchObject({
-      id: view.id,
-      icon: 'bell',
-    })
-  })
-
   it('should persist visibility changes to user settings', () => {
     const patchSpy = jest.spyOn(savedViewService, 'patchMany')
     const updateVisibilitySpy = jest
@@ -253,44 +222,6 @@ describe('SavedViewsComponent', () => {
     ).toEqual(view.show_on_dashboard)
   })
 
-  it('should page saved views, clamp the page if views are removed', () => {
-    const manyViews = Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => ({
-      id: i + 1,
-      name: `view${i + 1}`,
-    })) as SavedView[]
-    const listSpy = jest.spyOn(savedViewService, 'list').mockReturnValue(
-      of({
-        all: manyViews.map((v) => v.id),
-        count: manyViews.length,
-        results: manyViews.concat([]),
-      })
-    )
-    component.ngOnInit()
-    fixture.detectChanges()
-    expect(listSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(1, 100000, null, false, {
-      full_perms: true,
-    })
-    expect(component.pagedSavedViews()).toHaveLength(25)
-    expect(fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('ngb-pagination'))).not.toBeNull()
-    // all views have controls, not just the current page
-    expect(
-      Object.keys(component.savedViewsForm.get('savedViews').value)
-    ).toHaveLength(30)
-
-    component.page.set(2)
-    expect(component.pagedSavedViews()).toHaveLength(5)
-
-    listSpy.mockReturnValue(
-      of({
-        all: manyViews.slice(0, 25).map((v) => v.id),
-        count: 25,
-        results: manyViews.slice(0, 25),
-      })
-    )
-    component.ngOnInit()
-    expect(component.page()).toEqual(1)
-  })
-
   it('should support editing permissions', () => {
     const confirmClicked = new Subject<any>()
     const modalRef = {

src-ui/src/app/components/manage/saved-views/saved-views.component.ts

@@ -1,29 +1,18 @@
 import { AsyncPipe } from '@angular/common'
-import {
+import { Component, OnDestroy, OnInit, inject, signal } from '@angular/core'
-  Component,
-  OnDestroy,
-  OnInit,
-  computed,
-  inject,
-  signal,
-} from '@angular/core'
 import {
   FormControl,
   FormGroup,
   FormsModule,
   ReactiveFormsModule,
 } from '@angular/forms'
-import { NgbModal, NgbPaginationModule } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
+import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { dirtyCheck } from '@ngneat/dirty-check-forms'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { BehaviorSubject, Observable, of, switchMap, takeUntil } from 'rxjs'
 import { PermissionsDialogComponent } from 'src/app/components/common/permissions-dialog/permissions-dialog.component'
 import { DisplayMode } from 'src/app/data/document'
 import { SavedView } from 'src/app/data/saved-view'
-import {
-  DEFAULT_SAVED_VIEW_ICON,
-  SAVED_VIEW_ICONS,
-} from 'src/app/data/saved-view-icons'
 import { IfPermissionsDirective } from 'src/app/directives/if-permissions.directive'
 import {
   PermissionAction,
@@ -36,7 +25,6 @@ import { ToastService } from 'src/app/services/toast.service'
 import { ConfirmButtonComponent } from '../../common/confirm-button/confirm-button.component'
 import { DragDropSelectComponent } from '../../common/input/drag-drop-select/drag-drop-select.component'
 import { NumberComponent } from '../../common/input/number/number.component'
-import { SelectComponent } from '../../common/input/select/select.component'
 import { TextComponent } from '../../common/input/text/text.component'
 import { PageHeaderComponent } from '../../common/page-header/page-header.component'
 import { LoadingComponentWithPermissions } from '../../loading-component/loading.component'
@@ -48,14 +36,12 @@ import { LoadingComponentWithPermissions } from '../../loading-component/loading
     PageHeaderComponent,
     ConfirmButtonComponent,
     NumberComponent,
-    SelectComponent,
     TextComponent,
     IfPermissionsDirective,
     DragDropSelectComponent,
     FormsModule,
     ReactiveFormsModule,
     AsyncPipe,
-    NgbPaginationModule,
     NgxBootstrapIconsModule,
   ],
 })
@@ -70,17 +56,8 @@ export class SavedViewsComponent
   private readonly modalService = inject(NgbModal)
 
   DisplayMode = DisplayMode
-  readonly savedViewIcons = SAVED_VIEW_ICONS
 
   readonly savedViews = signal<SavedView[]>(undefined)
-  readonly page = signal(1)
-  public readonly pageSize = 25
-  // All views are loaded at init, so paging is only for display
-  readonly pagedSavedViews = computed(() => {
-    const start = (this.page() - 1) * this.pageSize
-    return this.savedViews()?.slice(start, start + this.pageSize)
-  })
-
   private savedViewsGroup = new FormGroup({})
   public savedViewsForm: FormGroup = new FormGroup({
     savedViews: this.savedViewsGroup,
@@ -107,11 +84,9 @@ export class SavedViewsComponent
   private reloadViews(): void {
     this.loading.set(true)
     this.savedViewService
-      .list(1, 100000, null, false, { full_perms: true })
+      .list(null, null, null, false, { full_perms: true })
       .subscribe((r) => {
         this.savedViews.set(r.results)
-        const pageCount = Math.ceil(r.results.length / this.pageSize)
-        this.page.update((page) => Math.min(page, Math.max(1, pageCount)))
         this.initialize()
       })
   }
@@ -135,7 +110,6 @@ export class SavedViewsComponent
       storeData.savedViews[view.id.toString()] = {
         id: view.id,
         name: view.name,
-        icon: view.icon ?? DEFAULT_SAVED_VIEW_ICON,
         show_on_dashboard: view.show_on_dashboard,
         show_in_sidebar: view.show_in_sidebar,
         page_size: view.page_size,
@@ -148,7 +122,6 @@ export class SavedViewsComponent
         new FormGroup({
           id: new FormControl({ value: null, disabled: !canEdit }),
           name: new FormControl({ value: null, disabled: !canEdit }),
-          icon: new FormControl({ value: null, disabled: !canEdit }),
           show_on_dashboard: new FormControl({
             value: null,
             disabled: false,
@@ -227,7 +200,6 @@ export class SavedViewsComponent
 
       const modelFieldsChanged =
         group.get('name')?.dirty ||
-        group.get('icon')?.dirty ||
         group.get('page_size')?.dirty ||
         group.get('display_mode')?.dirty ||
         group.get('display_fields')?.dirty

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

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ export const ConfigCategory = {
   AI: $localize`AI Settings`,
 }
 
+export const ConfigSection = {
+  RemoteOCR: $localize`Remote OCR`,
+}
+
 export const LLMEmbeddingBackendConfig = {
   OPENAI_LIKE: 'openai-like',
   HUGGINGFACE: 'huggingface',
@@ -65,6 +69,15 @@ 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
@@ -72,6 +85,7 @@ export interface ConfigOption {
   choices?: Array<{ id: string; name: string }>
   config_key?: string
   category: string
+  section?: string
   note?: string
 }
 
@@ -181,6 +195,43 @@ 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`,
@@ -398,6 +449,10 @@ 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

src-ui/src/app/data/saved-view-icons.ts

@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-export const DEFAULT_SAVED_VIEW_ICON = 'funnel'
-
-export const SAVED_VIEW_ICONS = [
-  { id: 'archive', name: $localize`Archive`, icon: 'archive' },
-  { id: 'bank', name: $localize`Bank`, icon: 'bank' },
-  { id: 'basket', name: $localize`Basket`, icon: 'basket' },
-  { id: 'bell', name: $localize`Bell`, icon: 'bell' },
-  { id: 'bookmark', name: $localize`Bookmark`, icon: 'bookmark' },
-  { id: 'boxes', name: $localize`Boxes`, icon: 'boxes' },
-  { id: 'briefcase', name: $localize`Briefcase`, icon: 'briefcase' },
-  { id: 'building', name: $localize`Building`, icon: 'building' },
-  { id: 'calculator', name: $localize`Calculator`, icon: 'calculator' },
-  { id: 'calendar', name: $localize`Calendar`, icon: 'calendar' },
-  { id: 'camera', name: $localize`Camera`, icon: 'camera' },
-  {
-    id: 'card-checklist',
-    name: $localize`Checklist`,
-    icon: 'card-checklist',
-  },
-  { id: 'cash', name: $localize`Cash`, icon: 'cash' },
-  { id: 'chat-left-text', name: $localize`Chat`, icon: 'chat-left-text' },
-  { id: 'check-circle', name: $localize`Check`, icon: 'check-circle' },
-  { id: 'clipboard', name: $localize`Clipboard`, icon: 'clipboard' },
-  { id: 'clock-history', name: $localize`Clock`, icon: 'clock-history' },
-  { id: 'credit-card', name: $localize`Credit card`, icon: 'credit-card' },
-  { id: 'download', name: $localize`Download`, icon: 'download' },
-  { id: 'envelope', name: $localize`Envelope`, icon: 'envelope' },
-  {
-    id: 'exclamation-triangle',
-    name: $localize`Warning`,
-    icon: 'exclamation-triangle',
-  },
-  { id: 'file-earmark', name: $localize`File`, icon: 'file-earmark' },
-  {
-    id: 'file-earmark-check',
-    name: $localize`Checked file`,
-    icon: 'file-earmark-check',
-  },
-  {
-    id: 'file-earmark-lock',
-    name: $localize`Locked file`,
-    icon: 'file-earmark-lock',
-  },
-  {
-    id: 'file-earmark-medical',
-    name: $localize`Medical file`,
-    icon: 'file-earmark-medical',
-  },
-  {
-    id: 'file-earmark-person',
-    name: $localize`Person file`,
-    icon: 'file-earmark-person',
-  },
-  {
-    id: 'file-earmark-spreadsheet',
-    name: $localize`Spreadsheet`,
-    icon: 'file-earmark-spreadsheet',
-  },
-  { id: 'file-text', name: $localize`Text file`, icon: 'file-text' },
-  { id: 'files', name: $localize`Files`, icon: 'files' },
-  { id: 'folder', name: $localize`Folder`, icon: 'folder' },
-  { id: 'funnel', name: $localize`Filter`, icon: 'funnel' },
-  { id: 'gear', name: $localize`Gear`, icon: 'gear' },
-  { id: 'globe2', name: $localize`Globe`, icon: 'globe2' },
-  { id: 'hash', name: $localize`Hash`, icon: 'hash' },
-  { id: 'heart', name: $localize`Heart`, icon: 'heart' },
-  { id: 'house', name: $localize`House`, icon: 'house' },
-  { id: 'inbox', name: $localize`Inbox`, icon: 'inbox' },
-  { id: 'journals', name: $localize`Journals`, icon: 'journals' },
-  { id: 'list-task', name: $localize`Task list`, icon: 'list-task' },
-  { id: 'newspaper', name: $localize`Newspaper`, icon: 'newspaper' },
-  { id: 'paperclip', name: $localize`Attachment`, icon: 'paperclip' },
-  { id: 'people', name: $localize`People`, icon: 'people' },
-  { id: 'person', name: $localize`Person`, icon: 'person' },
-  { id: 'printer', name: $localize`Printer`, icon: 'printer' },
-  { id: 'receipt', name: $localize`Receipt`, icon: 'receipt' },
-  { id: 'safe', name: $localize`Safe`, icon: 'safe' },
-  { id: 'search', name: $localize`Search`, icon: 'search' },
-  { id: 'send', name: $localize`Send`, icon: 'send' },
-  { id: 'shop', name: $localize`Shop`, icon: 'shop' },
-  { id: 'stack', name: $localize`Stack`, icon: 'stack' },
-  { id: 'stars', name: $localize`Stars`, icon: 'stars' },
-  { id: 'tag', name: $localize`Tag`, icon: 'tag' },
-  { id: 'tags', name: $localize`Tags`, icon: 'tags' },
-  { id: 'telephone', name: $localize`Telephone`, icon: 'telephone' },
-  { id: 'truck', name: $localize`Truck`, icon: 'truck' },
-  { id: 'upc-scan', name: $localize`Barcode`, icon: 'upc-scan' },
-  { id: 'wallet2', name: $localize`Wallet`, icon: 'wallet2' },
-]

src-ui/src/app/data/saved-view.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import { ObjectWithPermissions } from './object-with-permissions'
 export interface SavedView extends ObjectWithPermissions {
   name?: string
 
-  icon?: string
-
   show_on_dashboard?: boolean
 
   show_in_sidebar?: boolean

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

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 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 {
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ 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[] = [
@@ -347,4 +350,14 @@ 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,
+  },
 ]

src-ui/src/app/services/rest/document.service.spec.ts

@@ -284,6 +284,21 @@ 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,
     })
   })
 

src-ui/src/app/services/rest/document.service.ts

@@ -349,9 +349,13 @@ export class DocumentService extends AbstractPaperlessService<Document> {
     })
   }
 
-  reprocessDocuments(selection: DocumentSelectionQuery) {
+  reprocessDocuments(
+    selection: DocumentSelectionQuery,
+    remoteOcr: boolean = false
+  ) {
     return this.http.post(this.getResourceUrl(null, 'reprocess'), {
       ...selection,
+      remote_ocr: remoteOcr,
     })
   }
 

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

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ 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'
@@ -434,4 +435,26 @@ 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()
+  })
 })

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

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ 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,
@@ -687,6 +688,17 @@ 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)
   }

src-ui/src/main.ts

@@ -35,27 +35,19 @@ import {
   arrowRightShort,
   arrowUpRight,
   asterisk,
-  bank,
-  basket,
   bell,
   bodyText,
-  bookmark,
   boxArrowUp,
   boxArrowUpRight,
   boxes,
   braces,
-  briefcase,
-  building,
-  calculator,
   calendar,
   calendarEvent,
   calendarEventFill,
-  camera,
   cardChecklist,
   cardHeading,
   caretDown,
   caretUp,
-  cash,
   chatLeftText,
   chatSquareDots,
   check,
@@ -73,7 +65,6 @@ import {
   clipboardCheckFill,
   clipboardFill,
   clockHistory,
-  creditCard,
   dash,
   dashCircle,
   diagram3,
@@ -92,12 +83,9 @@ import {
   fileEarmarkDiff,
   fileEarmarkFill,
   fileEarmarkLock,
-  fileEarmarkMedical,
   fileEarmarkMinus,
-  fileEarmarkPerson,
   fileEarmarkPlus,
   fileEarmarkRichtext,
-  fileEarmarkSpreadsheet,
   fileText,
   files,
   filter,
@@ -105,15 +93,12 @@ import {
   folderFill,
   funnel,
   gear,
-  globe2,
   google,
   grid,
   gripVertical,
   hash,
   hddStack,
-  heart,
   house,
-  inbox,
   infoCircle,
   journals,
   link,
@@ -121,9 +106,7 @@ import {
   listTask,
   listUl,
   microsoft,
-  newspaper,
   nodePlus,
-  paperclip,
   pencil,
   people,
   peopleFill,
@@ -138,12 +121,9 @@ import {
   plusCircle,
   printer,
   questionCircle,
-  receipt,
-  safe,
   scissors,
   search,
   send,
-  shop,
   slashCircle,
   sliders2Vertical,
   sortAlphaDown,
@@ -153,17 +133,14 @@ import {
   tag,
   tagFill,
   tags,
-  telephone,
   textIndentLeft,
   textLeft,
   threeDots,
   threeDotsVertical,
   trash,
-  truck,
   uiRadios,
   unlock,
   upcScan,
-  wallet2,
   windowStack,
   x,
   xCircle,
@@ -281,22 +258,15 @@ const icons = {
   arrowRightShort,
   arrowUpRight,
   asterisk,
-  bank,
-  basket,
   bell,
   braces,
   bodyText,
-  bookmark,
   boxArrowUp,
   boxArrowUpRight,
   boxes,
-  briefcase,
-  building,
-  calculator,
   calendar,
   calendarEvent,
   calendarEventFill,
-  camera,
   cardChecklist,
   cardHeading,
   caretDown,
@@ -318,8 +288,6 @@ const icons = {
   clipboardCheckFill,
   clipboardFill,
   clockHistory,
-  cash,
-  creditCard,
   dash,
   dashCircle,
   diagram3,
@@ -338,12 +306,9 @@ const icons = {
   fileEarmarkDiff,
   fileEarmarkFill,
   fileEarmarkLock,
-  fileEarmarkMedical,
   fileEarmarkMinus,
-  fileEarmarkPerson,
   fileEarmarkPlus,
   fileEarmarkRichtext,
-  fileEarmarkSpreadsheet,
   files,
   fileText,
   filter,
@@ -351,15 +316,12 @@ const icons = {
   folderFill,
   funnel,
   gear,
-  globe2,
   google,
   grid,
   gripVertical,
   hash,
   hddStack,
-  heart,
   house,
-  inbox,
   infoCircle,
   journals,
   link,
@@ -367,10 +329,8 @@ const icons = {
   listTask,
   listUl,
   microsoft,
-  newspaper,
   nodePlus,
   pencil,
-  paperclip,
   people,
   peopleFill,
   person,
@@ -384,13 +344,10 @@ const icons = {
   plusCircle,
   printer,
   questionCircle,
-  receipt,
-  safe,
   scissors,
   search,
   send,
   slashCircle,
-  shop,
   sliders2Vertical,
   sortAlphaDown,
   sortAlphaUpAlt,
@@ -401,15 +358,12 @@ const icons = {
   tags,
   textIndentLeft,
   textLeft,
-  telephone,
   threeDots,
   threeDotsVertical,
   trash,
-  truck,
   uiRadios,
   unlock,
   upcScan,
-  wallet2,
   windowStack,
   x,
   xCircle,

src/documents/bulk_edit.py

@@ -394,10 +394,16 @@ def delete(doc_ids: list[int]) -> Literal["OK"]:
     return "OK"
 
 
-def reprocess(doc_ids: list[int]) -> Literal["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.
+    """
     for document_id in doc_ids:
         update_document_content_maybe_archive_file.apply_async(
-            kwargs={"document_id": document_id},
+            kwargs={"document_id": document_id, "remote_ocr": remote_ocr},
             headers={"trigger_source": PaperlessTask.TriggerSource.MANUAL},
         )
 

src/documents/consumer.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ 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
@@ -451,12 +452,19 @@ 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:

src/documents/data_models.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 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":
         """
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ 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
 

src/documents/management/commands/document_fuzzy_match.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Command(PaperlessCommand):
             "--ratio",
             default=85.0,
             type=float,
-            help="Ratio to consider documents a match (0.0 - 100.0)",
+            help="Ratio to consider documents a match",
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             "--delete",
@@ -69,17 +69,6 @@ class Command(PaperlessCommand):
             action="store_true",
             help="Skip the confirmation prompt when used with --delete",
         )
-        parser.add_argument(
-            "--url",
-            default=None,
-            type=str,
-            help=(
-                "Base URL of the Paperless instance (e.g. "
-                "http://localhost:8000 or https://paperless.local). If set, matched "
-                "documents are shown as clickable (usually ctrl+click) links to "
-                "<url>/documents/<id>/details instead of by title."
-            ),
-        )
 
     def _render_results(
         self,
@@ -87,7 +76,6 @@ class Command(PaperlessCommand):
         *,
         opt_ratio: float,
         do_delete: bool,
-        base_url: str | None = None,
     ) -> list[int]:
         """Render match results as a Rich table. Returns list of PKs to delete."""
         if not matches:
@@ -100,23 +88,14 @@ class Command(PaperlessCommand):
             )
             return []
 
-        # Fetch titles for matched documents in a single query, unless we're
+        # Fetch titles for matched documents in a single query.
-        # going to show URLs instead.
-        titles: dict[int, str] = {}
-        if not base_url:
         all_pks = {pk for m in matches for pk in (m.doc_one_pk, m.doc_two_pk)}
-            titles = dict(
+        titles: dict[int, str] = dict(
             Document.objects.filter(pk__in=all_pks)
             .only("pk", "title")
             .values_list("pk", "title"),
         )
 
-        def _cell(pk: int) -> str:
-            if base_url:
-                doc_url = f"{base_url.rstrip('/')}/documents/{pk}/details"
-                return f"[link={doc_url}]{doc_url}[/link]"
-            return f"[dim]#{pk}[/dim] {titles.get(pk, 'Unknown')}"
-
         table = Table(
             title=f"Fuzzy Matches (threshold: {opt_ratio:.1f}%)",
             show_lines=True,
@@ -145,8 +124,8 @@ class Command(PaperlessCommand):
 
             table.add_row(
                 str(i),
-                _cell(pk_a),
+                f"[dim]#{pk_a}[/dim] {titles.get(pk_a, 'Unknown')}",
-                _cell(pk_b),
+                f"[dim]#{pk_b}[/dim] {titles.get(pk_b, 'Unknown')}",
                 Text(f"{ratio:.1f}%", style=ratio_style),
             )
             maybe_delete_ids.append(pk_b)
@@ -229,7 +208,6 @@ class Command(PaperlessCommand):
             matches,
             opt_ratio=opt_ratio,
             do_delete=options["delete"],
-            base_url=options["url"],
         )
 
         if options["delete"] and maybe_delete_ids:

src/documents/migrations/0023_savedview_icon.py

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-from django.db import migrations
-from django.db import models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-    dependencies = [
-        ("documents", "0022_add_perf_indexes"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name="savedview",
-            name="icon",
-            field=models.CharField(
-                choices=[
-                    ("archive", "Archive"),
-                    ("bank", "Bank"),
-                    ("basket", "Basket"),
-                    ("bell", "Bell"),
-                    ("bookmark", "Bookmark"),
-                    ("boxes", "Boxes"),
-                    ("briefcase", "Briefcase"),
-                    ("building", "Building"),
-                    ("calculator", "Calculator"),
-                    ("calendar", "Calendar"),
-                    ("camera", "Camera"),
-                    ("card-checklist", "Checklist"),
-                    ("cash", "Cash"),
-                    ("chat-left-text", "Chat"),
-                    ("check-circle", "Check"),
-                    ("clipboard", "Clipboard"),
-                    ("clock-history", "Clock"),
-                    ("credit-card", "Credit card"),
-                    ("download", "Download"),
-                    ("envelope", "Envelope"),
-                    ("exclamation-triangle", "Warning"),
-                    ("file-earmark", "File"),
-                    ("file-earmark-check", "Checked file"),
-                    ("file-earmark-lock", "Locked file"),
-                    ("file-earmark-medical", "Medical file"),
-                    ("file-earmark-person", "Person file"),
-                    ("file-earmark-spreadsheet", "Spreadsheet"),
-                    ("file-text", "Text file"),
-                    ("files", "Files"),
-                    ("folder", "Folder"),
-                    ("funnel", "Filter"),
-                    ("gear", "Gear"),
-                    ("globe2", "Globe"),
-                    ("hash", "Hash"),
-                    ("heart", "Heart"),
-                    ("house", "House"),
-                    ("inbox", "Inbox"),
-                    ("journals", "Journals"),
-                    ("list-task", "Task list"),
-                    ("newspaper", "Newspaper"),
-                    ("paperclip", "Attachment"),
-                    ("people", "People"),
-                    ("person", "Person"),
-                    ("printer", "Printer"),
-                    ("receipt", "Receipt"),
-                    ("safe", "Safe"),
-                    ("search", "Search"),
-                    ("send", "Send"),
-                    ("shop", "Shop"),
-                    ("stack", "Stack"),
-                    ("stars", "Stars"),
-                    ("tag", "Tag"),
-                    ("tags", "Tags"),
-                    ("telephone", "Telephone"),
-                    ("truck", "Truck"),
-                    ("upc-scan", "Barcode"),
-                    ("wallet2", "Wallet"),
-                ],
-                default="funnel",
-                max_length=64,
-                verbose_name="icon",
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]

src/documents/models.py

@@ -519,68 +519,6 @@ class Document(SoftDeleteModel, ModelWithOwner):  # type: ignore[django-manager-
 
 
 class SavedView(ModelWithOwner):
-    class Icon(models.TextChoices):
-        ARCHIVE = ("archive", _("Archive"))
-        BANK = ("bank", _("Bank"))
-        BASKET = ("basket", _("Basket"))
-        BELL = ("bell", _("Bell"))
-        BOOKMARK = ("bookmark", _("Bookmark"))
-        BOXES = ("boxes", _("Boxes"))
-        BRIEFCASE = ("briefcase", _("Briefcase"))
-        BUILDING = ("building", _("Building"))
-        CALCULATOR = ("calculator", _("Calculator"))
-        CALENDAR = ("calendar", _("Calendar"))
-        CAMERA = ("camera", _("Camera"))
-        CARD_CHECKLIST = ("card-checklist", _("Checklist"))
-        CASH = ("cash", _("Cash"))
-        CHAT_LEFT_TEXT = ("chat-left-text", _("Chat"))
-        CHECK_CIRCLE = ("check-circle", _("Check"))
-        CLIPBOARD = ("clipboard", _("Clipboard"))
-        CLOCK_HISTORY = ("clock-history", _("Clock"))
-        CREDIT_CARD = ("credit-card", _("Credit card"))
-        DOWNLOAD = ("download", _("Download"))
-        ENVELOPE = ("envelope", _("Envelope"))
-        EXCLAMATION_TRIANGLE = ("exclamation-triangle", _("Warning"))
-        FILE_EARMARK = ("file-earmark", _("File"))
-        FILE_EARMARK_CHECK = ("file-earmark-check", _("Checked file"))
-        FILE_EARMARK_LOCK = ("file-earmark-lock", _("Locked file"))
-        FILE_EARMARK_MEDICAL = ("file-earmark-medical", _("Medical file"))
-        FILE_EARMARK_PERSON = ("file-earmark-person", _("Person file"))
-        FILE_EARMARK_SPREADSHEET = (
-            "file-earmark-spreadsheet",
-            _("Spreadsheet"),
-        )
-        FILE_TEXT = ("file-text", _("Text file"))
-        FILES = ("files", _("Files"))
-        FOLDER = ("folder", _("Folder"))
-        FUNNEL = ("funnel", _("Filter"))
-        GEAR = ("gear", _("Gear"))
-        GLOBE = ("globe2", _("Globe"))
-        HASH = ("hash", _("Hash"))
-        HEART = ("heart", _("Heart"))
-        HOUSE = ("house", _("House"))
-        INBOX = ("inbox", _("Inbox"))
-        JOURNALS = ("journals", _("Journals"))
-        LIST_TASK = ("list-task", _("Task list"))
-        NEWSPAPER = ("newspaper", _("Newspaper"))
-        PAPERCLIP = ("paperclip", _("Attachment"))
-        PEOPLE = ("people", _("People"))
-        PERSON = ("person", _("Person"))
-        PRINTER = ("printer", _("Printer"))
-        RECEIPT = ("receipt", _("Receipt"))
-        SAFE = ("safe", _("Safe"))
-        SEARCH = ("search", _("Search"))
-        SEND = ("send", _("Send"))
-        SHOP = ("shop", _("Shop"))
-        STACK = ("stack", _("Stack"))
-        STARS = ("stars", _("Stars"))
-        TAG = ("tag", _("Tag"))
-        TAGS = ("tags", _("Tags"))
-        TELEPHONE = ("telephone", _("Telephone"))
-        TRUCK = ("truck", _("Truck"))
-        UPC_SCAN = ("upc-scan", _("Barcode"))
-        WALLET = ("wallet2", _("Wallet"))
-
     class DisplayMode(models.TextChoices):
         TABLE = ("table", _("Table"))
         SMALL_CARDS = ("smallCards", _("Small Cards"))
@@ -603,13 +541,6 @@ class SavedView(ModelWithOwner):
 
     name = models.CharField(_("name"), max_length=128)
 
-    icon = models.CharField(
-        _("icon"),
-        max_length=64,
-        choices=Icon.choices,
-        default=Icon.FUNNEL,
-    )
-
     sort_field = models.CharField(
         _("sort field"),
         max_length=128,

src/documents/serialisers.py

@@ -1383,7 +1383,6 @@ class SavedViewSerializer(OwnedObjectSerializer):
         fields = [
             "id",
             "name",
-            "icon",
             "sort_field",
             "sort_reverse",
             "filter_rules",
@@ -1745,7 +1744,7 @@ class DeleteDocumentsSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer):
 
 
 class ReprocessDocumentsSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer):
-    pass
+    remote_ocr = serializers.BooleanField(required=False, default=False)
 
 
 class BulkEditSerializer(
@@ -2087,6 +2086,13 @@ 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")
@@ -2151,6 +2157,8 @@ 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
 
@@ -3214,13 +3222,6 @@ class WorkflowActionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer[WorkflowAction]):
                         {"assign_title": f'Invalid f-string detected: "{e.args[0]}"'},
                     )
 
-        if attrs.get("assign_custom_fields_values"):
-            # Empty strings treated as None to avoid unexpected behavior
-            attrs["assign_custom_fields_values"] = {
-                field_id: (None if value == "" else value)
-                for field_id, value in attrs["assign_custom_fields_values"].items()
-            }
-
         if (
             "type" in attrs
             and attrs["type"] == WorkflowAction.WorkflowActionType.EMAIL

src/documents/tasks.py

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ 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
@@ -337,10 +338,17 @@ def bulk_update_documents(document_ids) -> None:
 
 
 @shared_task
-def update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(document_id) -> None:
+def update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(
+    document_id,
+    *,
+    remote_ocr: bool = False,
+) -> 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)
 
@@ -350,6 +358,7 @@ def update_document_content_maybe_archive_file(document_id) -> None:
         mime_type,
         document.original_filename or "",
         document.source_path,
+        allow_remote=remote_ocr or RemoteOCRConfig().remote_ocr_by_default,
     )
 
     if not parser_class:

src/documents/tests/test_api_app_config.py

@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ 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,
@@ -870,6 +874,49 @@ class TestApiAppConfig(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         config.refresh_from_db()
         self.assertEqual(config.llm_api_key, None)
 
+    def test_update_remote_ocr_api_key(self) -> None:
+        """
+        GIVEN:
+            - Existing config with remote_ocr_api_key specified
+        WHEN:
+            - API to update remote_ocr_api_key is called with all *s
+            - API to update remote_ocr_api_key is called with empty string
+        THEN:
+            - remote_ocr_api_key is unchanged
+            - remote_ocr_api_key is set to None
+        """
+        config = ApplicationConfiguration.objects.first()
+        assert config is not None
+        config.remote_ocr_api_key = "1234567890"
+        config.save()
+
+        # Test with all *
+        response = self.client.patch(
+            f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/",
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "remote_ocr_api_key": "*" * 32,
+                },
+            ),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        config.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(config.remote_ocr_api_key, "1234567890")
+        # Test with empty string
+        response = self.client.patch(
+            f"{self.ENDPOINT}1/",
+            json.dumps(
+                {
+                    "remote_ocr_api_key": "",
+                },
+            ),
+            content_type="application/json",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
+        config.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual(config.remote_ocr_api_key, None)
+
     def test_enable_ai_index_triggers_update(self) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN:

src/documents/tests/test_api_bulk_edit.py

@@ -532,7 +532,29 @@ class TestBulkEditAPI(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         m.assert_called_once()
         args, kwargs = m.call_args
         self.assertEqual(args[0], [self.doc1.id])
-        self.assertEqual(len(kwargs), 0)
+        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})
 
     @mock.patch("documents.serialisers.bulk_edit.set_storage_path")
     def test_api_set_storage_path(self, m) -> None:
@@ -1553,6 +1575,29 @@ 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")

src/documents/tests/test_api_documents.py

@@ -2905,20 +2905,18 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
 
         v1 = SavedView.objects.get(name="test")
         self.assertEqual(v1.sort_field, "created2")
-        self.assertEqual(v1.icon, SavedView.Icon.FUNNEL)
         self.assertEqual(v1.filter_rules.count(), 1)
         self.assertEqual(v1.owner, self.user)
 
         response = self.client.patch(
             f"/api/saved_views/{v1.id}/",
-            {"sort_reverse": True, "icon": SavedView.Icon.RECEIPT},
+            {"sort_reverse": True},
             format="json",
         )
 
         v1 = SavedView.objects.get(id=v1.id)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
         self.assertTrue(v1.sort_reverse)
-        self.assertEqual(v1.icon, SavedView.Icon.RECEIPT)
         self.assertEqual(v1.filter_rules.count(), 1)
 
         view["filter_rules"] = [{"rule_type": 12, "value": "secret"}]
@@ -2938,13 +2936,6 @@ class TestDocumentApi(DirectoriesMixin, ConsumeTaskMixin, APITestCase):
         v1 = SavedView.objects.get(id=v1.id)
         self.assertEqual(v1.filter_rules.count(), 0)
 
-        response = self.client.patch(
-            f"/api/saved_views/{v1.id}/",
-            {"icon": "not-an-icon"},
-            format="json",
-        )
-        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
-
     def test_saved_view_display_options(self) -> None:
         """
         GIVEN: