From 1188a89369a1ebd8f9ab72217051b0fcba42c40b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Lingohr Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 13:05:47 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: update FAQ about file extension handling (#12000) --------- Co-authored-by: shamoon <4887959+shamoon@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/faq.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md index 7db8d9dd7..8b0bf2c9c 100644 --- a/docs/faq.md +++ b/docs/faq.md @@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ elsewhere. Here are a couple notes about that. Paperless also supports various Office documents (.docx, .doc, odt, .ppt, .pptx, .odp, .xls, .xlsx, .ods). -Paperless-ngx determines the type of a file by inspecting its content. -The file extensions do not matter. +Paperless-ngx determines the type of a file by inspecting its content +rather than its file extensions. However, files processed via the +consumption directory will be rejected if they have a file extension that +not supported by any of the available parsers. ## _Will paperless-ngx run on Raspberry Pi?_