diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98c10396c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+name: Backend Tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'translations**'
+    paths:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'uv.lock'
+      - 'docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'translations**'
+    paths:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+      - 'uv.lock'
+      - 'docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/ci-backend.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+concurrency:
+  group: backend-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+env:
+  DEFAULT_UV_VERSION: "0.9.x"
+  NLTK_DATA: "/usr/share/nltk_data"
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: "Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Start containers
+        run: |
+          docker compose --file docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml pull --quiet
+          docker compose --file docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml up --detach
+      - name: Set up Python
+        id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
+          enable-cache: true
+          python-version: ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends \
+            unpaper tesseract-ocr imagemagick ghostscript libzbar0 poppler-utils
+      - name: Configure ImageMagick
+        run: |
+          sudo cp docker/rootfs/etc/ImageMagick-6/paperless-policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv sync \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            --group testing \
+            --frozen
+      - name: List installed Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv pip list
+      - name: Install NLTK data
+        run: |
+          uv run python -m nltk.downloader punkt punkt_tab snowball_data stopwords -d ${{ env.NLTK_DATA }}
+      - name: Run tests
+        env:
+          NLTK_DATA: ${{ env.NLTK_DATA }}
+          PAPERLESS_CI_TEST: 1
+          PAPERLESS_MAIL_TEST_HOST: ${{ secrets.TEST_MAIL_HOST }}
+          PAPERLESS_MAIL_TEST_USER: ${{ secrets.TEST_MAIL_USER }}
+          PAPERLESS_MAIL_TEST_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.TEST_MAIL_PASSWD }}
+        run: |
+          uv run \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            --dev \
+            --frozen \
+            pytest
+      - name: Upload test results to Codecov
+        if: always()
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          flags: backend-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          files: junit.xml
+          report_type: test_results
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          flags: backend-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          files: coverage.xml
+          report_type: coverage
+      - name: Stop containers
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          docker compose --file docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml logs
+          docker compose --file docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml down
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-docker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5793ecfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-docker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+name: Docker Build
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.rc[0-9]+'
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - beta
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - dev
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+concurrency:
+  group: docker-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+jobs:
+  build-arch:
+    name: Build ${{ matrix.arch }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04
+            arch: amd64
+            platform: linux/amd64
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            arch: arm64
+            platform: linux/arm64
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    outputs:
+      can-push: ${{ steps.check-push.outputs.can-push }}
+      push-external: ${{ steps.check-push.outputs.push-external }}
+      repository: ${{ steps.repo.outputs.name }}
+      ref-name: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.name }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.1
+      - name: Determine ref name
+        id: ref
+        run: |
+          ref_name="${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-$GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          # Sanitize by replacing / with - for cache keys
+          cache_ref="${ref_name//\//-}"
+
+          echo "ref_name=${ref_name}"
+          echo "cache_ref=${cache_ref}"
+
+          echo "name=${ref_name}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "cache-ref=${cache_ref}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Check push permissions
+        id: check-push
+        env:
+          REF_NAME: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.name }}
+        run: |
+          # can-push: Can we push to GHCR?
+          # True for: pushes, or PRs from the same repo (not forks)
+          can_push=${{ github.event_name == 'push' || github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository }}
+          echo "can-push=${can_push}"
+          echo "can-push=${can_push}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # push-external: Should we also push to Docker Hub and Quay.io?
+          # Only for main repo on dev/beta branches or version tags
+          push_external="false"
+          if [[ "${can_push}" == "true" && "${{ github.repository_owner }}" == "paperless-ngx" ]]; then
+            case "${REF_NAME}" in
+              dev|beta)
+                push_external="true"
+                ;;
+            esac
+            case "${{ github.ref }}" in
+              refs/tags/v*|*beta.rc*)
+                push_external="true"
+                ;;
+            esac
+          fi
+          echo "push-external=${push_external}"
+          echo "push-external=${push_external}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Set repository name
+        id: repo
+        run: |
+          repo_name="${{ github.repository }}"
+          repo_name="${repo_name,,}"
+
+          echo "repository=${repo_name}"
+          echo "name=${repo_name}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3.12.0
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3.6.0
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Docker metadata
+        id: docker-meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5.10.0
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ steps.repo.outputs.name }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=raw,value=${{ steps.ref.outputs.name }},enable=${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+      - name: Build and push by digest
+        id: build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6.18.0
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./Dockerfile
+          platforms: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.docker-meta.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            PNGX_TAG_VERSION=${{ steps.docker-meta.outputs.version }}
+          outputs: type=image,name=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ steps.repo.outputs.name }},push-by-digest=true,name-canonical=true,push=${{ steps.check-push.outputs.can-push }}
+          cache-from: |
+            type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ steps.repo.outputs.name }}/cache/app:${{ steps.ref.outputs.cache-ref }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+            type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ steps.repo.outputs.name }}/cache/app:dev-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          cache-to: ${{ steps.check-push.outputs.can-push == 'true' && format('type=registry,mode=max,ref={0}/{1}/cache/app:{2}-{3}', env.REGISTRY, steps.repo.outputs.name, steps.ref.outputs.cache-ref, matrix.arch) || '' }}
+      - name: Export digest
+        if: steps.check-push.outputs.can-push == 'true'
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /tmp/digests
+          digest="${{ steps.build.outputs.digest }}"
+          echo "digest=${digest}"
+          touch "/tmp/digests/${digest#sha256:}"
+      - name: Upload digest
+        if: steps.check-push.outputs.can-push == 'true'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6.0.0
+        with:
+          name: digests-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path: /tmp/digests/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+  merge-and-push:
+    name: Merge and Push Manifest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    needs: build-arch
+    if: needs.build-arch.outputs.can-push == 'true'
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Download digests
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7.0.0
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/digests
+          pattern: digests-*
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: List digests
+        run: |
+          echo "Downloaded digests:"
+          ls -la /tmp/digests/
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3.12.0
+      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3.6.0
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        if: needs.build-arch.outputs.push-external == 'true'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3.6.0
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Login to Quay.io
+        if: needs.build-arch.outputs.push-external == 'true'
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3.6.0
+        with:
+          registry: quay.io
+          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Docker metadata
+        id: docker-meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5.10.0
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ needs.build-arch.outputs.repository }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=raw,value=${{ needs.build-arch.outputs.ref-name }},enable=${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+      - name: Create manifest list and push
+        working-directory: /tmp/digests
+        env:
+          REPOSITORY: ${{ needs.build-arch.outputs.repository }}
+        run: |
+          tags=$(jq -cr '.tags | map("-t " + .) | join(" ")' <<< "${DOCKER_METADATA_OUTPUT_JSON}")
+
+          digests=""
+          for digest in *; do
+            digests+="${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${REPOSITORY}@sha256:${digest} "
+          done
+
+          echo "Creating manifest with tags: ${tags}"
+          echo "From digests: ${digests}"
+
+          docker buildx imagetools create ${tags} ${digests}
+      - name: Inspect image
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools inspect ${{ fromJSON(steps.docker-meta.outputs.json).tags[0] }}
+      - name: Copy to Docker Hub
+        if: needs.build-arch.outputs.push-external == 'true'
+        env:
+          TAGS: ${{ steps.docker-meta.outputs.tags }}
+          GHCR_REPO: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ needs.build-arch.outputs.repository }}
+        run: |
+          for tag in ${TAGS}; do
+            dockerhub_tag="${tag/${GHCR_REPO}/docker.io/paperlessngx/paperless-ngx}"
+            echo "Copying ${tag} to ${dockerhub_tag}"
+            skopeo copy --all "docker://${tag}" "docker://${dockerhub_tag}"
+          done
+      - name: Copy to Quay.io
+        if: needs.build-arch.outputs.push-external == 'true'
+        env:
+          TAGS: ${{ steps.docker-meta.outputs.tags }}
+          GHCR_REPO: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ needs.build-arch.outputs.repository }}
+        run: |
+          for tag in ${TAGS}; do
+            quay_tag="${tag/${GHCR_REPO}/quay.io/paperlessngx/paperless-ngx}"
+            echo "Copying ${tag} to ${quay_tag}"
+            skopeo copy --all "docker://${tag}" "docker://${quay_tag}"
+          done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c7cf453c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+name: Documentation
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - dev
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'mkdocs.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'mkdocs.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/ci-docs.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+concurrency:
+  group: docs-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+env:
+  DEFAULT_UV_VERSION: "0.9.x"
+  DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build Documentation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Set up Python
+        id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
+          enable-cache: true
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv sync --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} --dev --frozen
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: |
+          uv run \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            --dev \
+            --frozen \
+            mkdocs build --config-file ./mkdocs.yml
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: documentation
+          path: site/
+          retention-days: 7
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy Documentation
+    needs: build
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Set up Python
+        id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
+          enable-cache: true
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv sync --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} --dev --frozen
+      - name: Deploy documentation
+        run: |
+          echo "docs.paperless-ngx.com" > "${{ github.workspace }}/docs/CNAME"
+          git config --global user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
+          git config --global user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
+          uv run \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            --dev \
+            --frozen \
+            mkdocs gh-deploy --force --no-history
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b66a6dd77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+name: Frontend Tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'translations**'
+    paths:
+      - 'src-ui/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml'
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'translations**'
+    paths:
+      - 'src-ui/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/ci-frontend.yml'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+concurrency:
+  group: frontend-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+jobs:
+  install-dependencies:
+    name: Install Dependencies
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Use Node.js 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
+        id: cache-frontend-deps
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.pnpm-store
+            ~/.cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontend-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm install
+  lint:
+    name: Lint
+    needs: install-dependencies
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Use Node.js 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.pnpm-store
+            ~/.cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontend-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+      - name: Re-link Angular CLI
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm link @angular/cli
+      - name: Run lint
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm run lint
+  unit-tests:
+    name: "Unit Tests (${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }})"
+    needs: install-dependencies
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [20.x]
+        shard-index: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+        shard-count: [4]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Use Node.js 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.pnpm-store
+            ~/.cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontend-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+      - name: Re-link Angular CLI
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm link @angular/cli
+      - name: Run Jest unit tests
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm run test --max-workers=2 --shard=${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }}
+      - name: Upload test results to Codecov
+        if: always()
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          flags: frontend-node-${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          directory: src-ui/
+          report_type: test_results
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          flags: frontend-node-${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          directory: src-ui/coverage/
+  e2e-tests:
+    name: "E2E Tests (${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }})"
+    needs: install-dependencies
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    container: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.57.0-noble
+    env:
+      PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: /ms-playwright
+      PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [20.x]
+        shard-index: [1, 2]
+        shard-count: [2]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Use Node.js 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.pnpm-store
+            ~/.cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontend-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+      - name: Re-link Angular CLI
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm link @angular/cli
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Run Playwright E2E tests
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm exec playwright test --shard ${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }}
+  bundle-analysis:
+    name: Bundle Analysis
+    needs: [unit-tests, e2e-tests]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Use Node.js 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.pnpm-store
+            ~/.cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontend-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
+      - name: Re-link Angular CLI
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm link @angular/cli
+      - name: Build and analyze
+        env:
+          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm run build --configuration=production
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91f0b0e33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Lint
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'translations**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'translations**'
+concurrency:
+  group: lint-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+jobs:
+  pre-commit:
+    name: Pre-commit Checks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Run pre-commit
+        uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f1a58e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.rc[0-9]+'
+concurrency:
+  group: release-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+env:
+  DEFAULT_UV_VERSION: "0.9.x"
+  DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
+jobs:
+  wait-for-docker:
+    name: Wait for Docker Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Wait for Docker build
+        uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.4.1
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
+          check-name: 'Build Docker Image'
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          wait-interval: 60
+  build-release:
+    name: Build Release
+    needs: wait-for-docker
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      # ---- Frontend Build ----
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10
+      - name: Use Node.js 20
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          cache: 'pnpm'
+          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
+      - name: Install frontend dependencies
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm install
+      - name: Build frontend
+        run: cd src-ui && pnpm run build --configuration production
+      # ---- Backend Setup ----
+      - name: Set up Python
+        id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
+          enable-cache: true
+          python-version: ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}
+      - name: Install Python dependencies
+        run: |
+          uv sync --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} --dev --frozen
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends gettext liblept5
+      # ---- Build Documentation ----
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: |
+          uv run \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            --dev \
+            --frozen \
+            mkdocs build --config-file ./mkdocs.yml
+      # ---- Prepare Release ----
+      - name: Generate requirements file
+        run: |
+          uv export --quiet --no-dev --all-extras --format requirements-txt --output-file requirements.txt
+      - name: Compile messages
+        run: |
+          cd src/
+          uv run \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            manage.py compilemessages
+      - name: Collect static files
+        run: |
+          cd src/
+          uv run \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            manage.py collectstatic --no-input --clear
+      - name: Assemble release package
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p dist/paperless-ngx/scripts
+
+          for file_name in .dockerignore \
+                          .env \
+                          Dockerfile \
+                          pyproject.toml \
+                          uv.lock \
+                          requirements.txt \
+                          LICENSE \
+                          README.md \
+                          paperless.conf.example
+          do
+            cp --verbose ${file_name} dist/paperless-ngx/
+          done
+          mv dist/paperless-ngx/paperless.conf.example dist/paperless-ngx/paperless.conf
+
+          cp --recursive docker/ dist/paperless-ngx/docker
+          cp scripts/*.service scripts/*.sh scripts/*.socket dist/paperless-ngx/scripts/
+          cp --recursive src/ dist/paperless-ngx/src
+          cp --recursive site/ dist/paperless-ngx/docs
+          mv static dist/paperless-ngx/
+
+          find dist/paperless-ngx -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} +
+      - name: Create release archive
+        run: |
+          cd dist
+          sudo chown -R 1000:1000 paperless-ngx/
+          tar -cJf paperless-ngx.tar.xz paperless-ngx/
+      - name: Upload release artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: release
+          path: dist/paperless-ngx.tar.xz
+          retention-days: 7
+  publish-release:
+    name: Publish Release
+    needs: build-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      prerelease: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.prerelease }}
+      changelog: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.body }}
+      version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Download release artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
+        with:
+          name: release
+          path: ./
+      - name: Get version info
+        id: get-version
+        run: |
+          echo "version=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref_name }}" == *"-beta.rc"* ]]; then
+            echo "prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+      - name: Create release and changelog
+        id: create-release
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+        with:
+          name: Paperless-ngx ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+          tag: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+          version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.prerelease }}
+          publish: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Upload release archive
+        uses: shogo82148/actions-upload-release-asset@v1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./paperless-ngx.tar.xz
+          asset_name: paperless-ngx-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}.tar.xz
+          asset_content_type: application/x-xz
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  # Append changelog to docs (only on non-prerelease)
+  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  append-changelog:
+    name: Append Changelog
+    needs: publish-release
+    if: needs.publish-release.outputs.prerelease == 'false'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: main
+      - name: Set up Python
+        id: setup-python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
+          enable-cache: true
+          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Update changelog
+        working-directory: docs
+        run: |
+          git branch ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog
+          git checkout ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog
+
+          echo -e "# Changelog\n\n${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.changelog }}\n" > changelog-new.md
+
+          echo "Manually linking usernames"
+          sed -i -r 's|@([a-zA-Z0-9_]+) \(\[#|[@\1](https://github.com/\1) ([#|g' changelog-new.md
+
+          echo "Removing unneeded comment tags"
+          sed -i -r 's|@<!---->|@|g' changelog-new.md
+
+          CURRENT_CHANGELOG=$(tail --lines +2 changelog.md)
+          echo -e "$CURRENT_CHANGELOG" >> changelog-new.md
+          mv changelog-new.md changelog.md
+
+          uv run \
+            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
+            --dev \
+            pre-commit run --files changelog.md || true
+
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions"
+          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git commit -am "Changelog ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }} - GHA"
+          git push origin ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog
+      - name: Create pull request
+        uses: actions/github-script@v8
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const { repo, owner } = context.repo;
+            const result = await github.rest.pulls.create({
+              title: 'Documentation: Add ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }} changelog',
+              owner,
+              repo,
+              head: '${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog',
+              base: 'main',
+              body: 'This PR is auto-generated by CI.'
+            });
+            github.rest.issues.addLabels({
+              owner,
+              repo,
+              issue_number: result.data.number,
+              labels: ['documentation', 'skip-changelog']
+            });
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 63ec57f16..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,699 +0,0 @@
-name: ci
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      # https://semver.org/#spec-item-2
-      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
-      # https://semver.org/#spec-item-9
-      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.rc[0-9]+'
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'translations**'
-  pull_request:
-    branches-ignore:
-      - 'translations**'
-env:
-  DEFAULT_UV_VERSION: "0.9.x"
-  # This is the default version of Python to use in most steps which aren't specific
-  DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.11"
-  NLTK_DATA: "/usr/share/nltk_data"
-jobs:
-  detect-duplicate:
-    name: Detect Duplicate Run
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    outputs:
-      should_run: ${{ steps.check.outputs.should_run }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Check if workflow should run
-        id: check
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          script: |
-            if (context.eventName !== 'push') {
-              core.info('Not a push event; running workflow.');
-              core.setOutput('should_run', 'true');
-              return;
-            }
-
-            const ref = context.ref || '';
-            if (!ref.startsWith('refs/heads/')) {
-              core.info('Push is not to a branch; running workflow.');
-              core.setOutput('should_run', 'true');
-              return;
-            }
-
-            const branch = ref.substring('refs/heads/'.length);
-            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
-            const prs = await github.paginate(github.rest.pulls.list, {
-              owner,
-              repo,
-              state: 'open',
-              head: `${owner}:${branch}`,
-              per_page: 100,
-            });
-
-            if (prs.length === 0) {
-              core.info(`No open PR found for ${branch}; running workflow.`);
-              core.setOutput('should_run', 'true');
-            } else {
-              core.info(`Found ${prs.length} open PR(s) for ${branch}; skipping duplicate push run.`);
-              core.setOutput('should_run', 'false');
-            }
-  pre-commit:
-    needs:
-      - detect-duplicate
-    if: needs.detect-duplicate.outputs.should_run == 'true'
-    name: Linting Checks
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Install python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Check files
-        uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.1
-  documentation:
-    name: "Build & Deploy Documentation"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - pre-commit
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Set up Python
-        id: setup-python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
-        with:
-          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
-          enable-cache: true
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          uv sync --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} --dev --frozen
-      - name: Make documentation
-        run: |
-          uv run \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            --dev \
-            --frozen \
-            mkdocs build --config-file ./mkdocs.yml
-      - name: Deploy documentation
-        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-        run: |
-          echo "docs.paperless-ngx.com" > "${{ github.workspace }}/docs/CNAME"
-          git config --global user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
-          git config --global user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
-          uv run \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            --dev \
-            --frozen \
-            mkdocs gh-deploy --force --no-history
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
-        with:
-          name: documentation
-          path: site/
-          retention-days: 7
-  tests-backend:
-    name: "Backend Tests (Python ${{ matrix.python-version }})"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - pre-commit
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
-      fail-fast: false
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Start containers
-        run: |
-          docker compose --file ${{ github.workspace }}/docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml pull --quiet
-          docker compose --file ${{ github.workspace }}/docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml up --detach
-      - name: Set up Python
-        id: setup-python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
-        with:
-          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
-          enable-cache: true
-          python-version: ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends unpaper tesseract-ocr imagemagick ghostscript libzbar0 poppler-utils
-      - name: Configure ImageMagick
-        run: |
-          sudo cp docker/rootfs/etc/ImageMagick-6/paperless-policy.xml /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml
-      - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          uv sync \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            --group testing \
-            --frozen
-      - name: List installed Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          uv pip list
-      - name: Install or update NLTK dependencies
-        run: uv run python -m nltk.downloader punkt punkt_tab snowball_data stopwords -d ${{ env.NLTK_DATA }}
-      - name: Tests
-        env:
-          NLTK_DATA: ${{ env.NLTK_DATA }}
-          PAPERLESS_CI_TEST: 1
-          # Enable paperless_mail testing against real server
-          PAPERLESS_MAIL_TEST_HOST: ${{ secrets.TEST_MAIL_HOST }}
-          PAPERLESS_MAIL_TEST_USER: ${{ secrets.TEST_MAIL_USER }}
-          PAPERLESS_MAIL_TEST_PASSWD: ${{ secrets.TEST_MAIL_PASSWD }}
-        run: |
-          uv run \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            --dev \
-            --frozen \
-            pytest
-      - name: Upload backend test results to Codecov
-        if: always()
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        with:
-          flags: backend-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          files: junit.xml
-          report_type: test_results
-      - name: Upload backend coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        with:
-          flags: backend-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          files: coverage.xml
-      - name: Stop containers
-        if: always()
-        run: |
-          docker compose --file ${{ github.workspace }}/docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml logs
-          docker compose --file ${{ github.workspace }}/docker/compose/docker-compose.ci-test.yml down
-  install-frontend-dependencies:
-    name: "Install Frontend Dependencies"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - pre-commit
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Install pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
-        with:
-          version: 10
-      - name: Use Node.js 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 20.x
-          cache: 'pnpm'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
-      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
-        id: cache-frontend-deps
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.pnpm-store
-            ~/.cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontenddeps-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm install
-  tests-frontend:
-    name: "Frontend Unit Tests (Node ${{ matrix.node-version }} - ${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }})"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - install-frontend-dependencies
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x]
-        shard-index: [1, 2, 3, 4]
-        shard-count: [4]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Install pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
-        with:
-          version: 10
-      - name: Use Node.js 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 20.x
-          cache: 'pnpm'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
-      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
-        id: cache-frontend-deps
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.pnpm-store
-            ~/.cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontenddeps-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
-      - name: Re-link Angular cli
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm link @angular/cli
-      - name: Linting checks
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm run lint
-      - name: Run Jest unit tests
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm run test --max-workers=2 --shard=${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }}
-      - name: Upload frontend test results to Codecov
-        if: always()
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        with:
-          flags: frontend-node-${{ matrix.node-version }}
-          directory: src-ui/
-          report_type: test_results
-      - name: Upload frontend coverage to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        with:
-          flags: frontend-node-${{ matrix.node-version }}
-          directory: src-ui/coverage/
-  tests-frontend-e2e:
-    name: "Frontend E2E Tests (Node ${{ matrix.node-version }} - ${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }})"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    container: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.57.0-noble
-    needs:
-      - install-frontend-dependencies
-    env:
-      PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH: /ms-playwright
-      PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x]
-        shard-index: [1, 2]
-        shard-count: [2]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Install pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
-        with:
-          version: 10
-      - name: Use Node.js 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 20.x
-          cache: 'pnpm'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
-      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
-        id: cache-frontend-deps
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.pnpm-store
-            ~/.cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontenddeps-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
-      - name: Re-link Angular cli
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm link @angular/cli
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
-      - name: Run Playwright e2e tests
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm exec playwright test --shard ${{ matrix.shard-index }}/${{ matrix.shard-count }}
-  frontend-bundle-analysis:
-    name: "Frontend Bundle Analysis"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - tests-frontend
-      - tests-frontend-e2e
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Install pnpm
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
-        with:
-          version: 10
-      - name: Use Node.js 20
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version: 20.x
-          cache: 'pnpm'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
-      - name: Cache frontend dependencies
-        id: cache-frontend-deps
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.pnpm-store
-            ~/.cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontenddeps-${{ hashFiles('src-ui/package-lock.json') }}
-      - name: Re-link Angular cli
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm link @angular/cli
-      - name: Build frontend and upload analysis
-        env:
-          CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-        run: cd src-ui && pnpm run build --configuration=production
-  build-docker-image:
-    name: Build Docker image for ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    if: (github.event_name == 'push' && (startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/feature-') || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/fix-') || github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/beta' || contains(github.ref, 'beta.rc') || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/l10n_'))) || (github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (startsWith(github.head_ref, 'feature-') || startsWith(github.head_ref, 'fix-') || github.head_ref == 'dev' || github.head_ref == 'beta' || contains(github.head_ref, 'beta.rc') || startsWith(github.head_ref, 'l10n_')))
-    concurrency:
-      group: ${{ github.workflow }}-build-docker-image-${{ github.ref_name }}
-      cancel-in-progress: true
-    needs:
-      - tests-backend
-      - tests-frontend
-      - tests-frontend-e2e
-    steps:
-      - name: Prepare build variables
-        id: build-vars
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        with:
-          result-encoding: string
-          script: |
-            const isPR = context.eventName === 'pull_request';
-            const defaultRefName = context.ref.replace('refs/heads/', '');
-            const headRef = isPR ? context.payload.pull_request.head.ref : defaultRefName;
-            const buildRef = isPR ? `refs/heads/${headRef}` : context.ref;
-            const buildCacheKey = headRef.split('/').join('-');
-            const canPush = context.eventName === 'push' || (isPR && context.payload.pull_request.head.repo.full_name === `${context.repo.owner}/${context.repo.repo}`);
-
-            core.setOutput('build-ref', buildRef);
-            core.setOutput('build-ref-name', headRef);
-            core.setOutput('build-cache-key', buildCacheKey);
-            core.setOutput('can-push', canPush ? 'true' : 'false');
-      - name: Check pushing to Docker Hub
-        id: push-other-places
-        # Only push to Dockerhub from the main repo AND the ref is either:
-        #  main
-        #  dev
-        #  beta
-        #  a tag
-        # Otherwise forks would require a Docker Hub account and secrets setup
-        env:
-          BUILD_REF: ${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.build-ref }}
-          BUILD_REF_NAME: ${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.build-ref-name }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.repository_owner }} == "paperless-ngx" && ( "$BUILD_REF_NAME" == "dev" || "$BUILD_REF_NAME" == "beta" || $BUILD_REF == refs/tags/v* || $BUILD_REF == *beta.rc* ) ]] ; then
-            echo "Enabling DockerHub image push"
-            echo "enable=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "Not pushing to DockerHub"
-            echo "enable=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-      - name: Set ghcr repository name
-        id: set-ghcr-repository
-        run: |
-          ghcr_name=$(echo "${{ github.repository }}" | awk '{ print tolower($0) }')
-          echo "Name is ${ghcr_name}"
-          echo "ghcr-repository=${ghcr_name}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Gather Docker metadata
-        id: docker-meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: |
-            ghcr.io/${{ steps.set-ghcr-repository.outputs.ghcr-repository }}
-            name=paperlessngx/paperless-ngx,enable=${{ steps.push-other-places.outputs.enable }}
-            name=quay.io/paperlessngx/paperless-ngx,enable=${{ steps.push-other-places.outputs.enable }}
-          tags: |
-            # Tag branches with branch name
-            type=ref,event=branch
-            # Pull requests need a sanitized branch tag for pushing images
-            type=raw,value=${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.build-cache-key }},enable=${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-            # Process semver tags
-            # For a tag x.y.z or vX.Y.Z, output an x.y.z and x.y image tag
-            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
-            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      # If https://github.com/docker/buildx/issues/1044 is resolved,
-      # the append input with a native arm64 arch could be used to
-      # significantly speed up building
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-        with:
-          platforms: arm64
-      - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        # Don't attempt to login if not pushing to Docker Hub
-        if: steps.push-other-places.outputs.enable == 'true'
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Login to Quay.io
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        # Don't attempt to login if not pushing to Quay.io
-        if: steps.push-other-places.outputs.enable == 'true'
-        with:
-          registry: quay.io
-          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_ROBOT_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Maximize space
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet
-          sudo rm -rf /opt/ghc
-          sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/boost
-          sudo rm -rf "$AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY"
-      - name: Build and push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          push: ${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.can-push == 'true' }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker-meta.outputs.tags }}
-          labels: ${{ steps.docker-meta.outputs.labels }}
-          build-args: |
-            PNGX_TAG_VERSION=${{ steps.docker-meta.outputs.version }}
-          # Get cache layers from this branch, then dev
-          # This allows new branches to get at least some cache benefits, generally from dev
-          cache-from: |
-            type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ steps.set-ghcr-repository.outputs.ghcr-repository }}/builder/cache/app:${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.build-cache-key }}
-            type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ steps.set-ghcr-repository.outputs.ghcr-repository }}/builder/cache/app:dev
-          cache-to: ${{ steps.build-vars.outputs.can-push == 'true' && format('type=registry,mode=max,ref=ghcr.io/{0}/builder/cache/app:{1}', steps.set-ghcr-repository.outputs.ghcr-repository, steps.build-vars.outputs.build-cache-key) || '' }}
-      - name: Inspect image
-        if: steps.build-vars.outputs.can-push == 'true'
-        run: |
-          docker buildx imagetools inspect ${{ fromJSON(steps.docker-meta.outputs.json).tags[0] }}
-      - name: Export frontend artifact from docker
-        if: steps.build-vars.outputs.can-push == 'true'
-        run: |
-          docker create --name frontend-extract ${{ fromJSON(steps.docker-meta.outputs.json).tags[0] }}
-          docker cp frontend-extract:/usr/src/paperless/src/documents/static/frontend src/documents/static/frontend/
-      - name: Upload frontend artifact
-        if: steps.build-vars.outputs.can-push == 'true'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
-        with:
-          name: frontend-compiled
-          path: src/documents/static/frontend/
-          retention-days: 7
-  build-release:
-    name: "Build Release"
-    needs:
-      - build-docker-image
-      - documentation
-    if: github.event_name == 'push'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - name: Set up Python
-        id: setup-python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
-        with:
-          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
-          enable-cache: true
-          python-version: ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }}
-      - name: Install Python dependencies
-        run: |
-          uv sync --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} --dev --frozen
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends gettext liblept5
-      - name: Download frontend artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: frontend-compiled
-          path: src/documents/static/frontend/
-      - name: Download documentation artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: documentation
-          path: docs/_build/html/
-      - name: Generate requirements file
-        run: |
-          uv export --quiet --no-dev --all-extras --format requirements-txt --output-file requirements.txt
-      - name: Compile messages
-        run: |
-          cd src/
-          uv run \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            manage.py compilemessages
-      - name: Collect static files
-        run: |
-          cd src/
-          uv run \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            manage.py collectstatic --no-input
-      - name: Move files
-        run: |
-          echo "Making dist folders"
-          for directory in dist \
-                          dist/paperless-ngx \
-                          dist/paperless-ngx/scripts;
-          do
-            mkdir --verbose --parents ${directory}
-          done
-
-          echo "Copying basic files"
-          for file_name in .dockerignore \
-                          .env \
-                          Dockerfile \
-                          pyproject.toml \
-                          uv.lock \
-                          requirements.txt \
-                          LICENSE \
-                          README.md \
-                          paperless.conf.example
-          do
-            cp --verbose ${file_name} dist/paperless-ngx/
-          done
-          mv --verbose dist/paperless-ngx/paperless.conf.example dist/paperless-ngx/paperless.conf
-
-          echo "Copying Docker related files"
-          cp --recursive docker/ dist/paperless-ngx/docker
-
-          echo "Copying startup scripts"
-          cp --verbose scripts/*.service scripts/*.sh scripts/*.socket dist/paperless-ngx/scripts/
-
-          echo "Copying source files"
-          cp --recursive src/ dist/paperless-ngx/src
-          echo "Copying documentation"
-          cp --recursive docs/_build/html/ dist/paperless-ngx/docs
-
-          mv --verbose static dist/paperless-ngx
-      - name: Make release package
-        run: |
-          echo "Creating release archive"
-          cd dist
-          sudo chown -R 1000:1000 paperless-ngx/
-          tar -cJf paperless-ngx.tar.xz paperless-ngx/
-      - name: Upload release artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v5
-        with:
-          name: release
-          path: dist/paperless-ngx.tar.xz
-          retention-days: 7
-  publish-release:
-    name: "Publish Release"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    outputs:
-      prerelease: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.prerelease }}
-      changelog: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.body }}
-      version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-    needs:
-      - build-release
-    if: github.ref_type == 'tag' && (startsWith(github.ref_name, 'v') || contains(github.ref_name, '-beta.rc'))
-    steps:
-      - name: Download release artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: release
-          path: ./
-      - name: Get version
-        id: get_version
-        run: |
-          echo "version=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          if [[ ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-beta.rc') }} == 'true' ]]; then
-            echo "prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-      - name: Create Release and Changelog
-        id: create-release
-        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
-        with:
-          name: Paperless-ngx ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          tag: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          prerelease: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.prerelease }}
-          publish: true # ensures release is not marked as draft
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Upload release archive
-        id: upload-release-asset
-        uses: shogo82148/actions-upload-release-asset@v1
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ./paperless-ngx.tar.xz
-          asset_name: paperless-ngx-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}.tar.xz
-          asset_content_type: application/x-xz
-  append-changelog:
-    name: "Append Changelog"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs:
-      - publish-release
-    if: needs.publish-release.outputs.prerelease == 'false'
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: main
-      - name: Set up Python
-        id: setup-python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
-        with:
-          version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_UV_VERSION }}
-          enable-cache: true
-          python-version: ${{ env.DEFAULT_PYTHON_VERSION }}
-      - name: Append Changelog to docs
-        id: append-Changelog
-        working-directory: docs
-        run: |
-          git branch ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog
-          git checkout ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog
-          echo -e "# Changelog\n\n${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.changelog }}\n" > changelog-new.md
-          echo "Manually linking usernames"
-          sed -i -r 's|@([a-zA-Z0-9_]+) \(\[#|[@\1](https://github.com/\1) ([#|g' changelog-new.md
-          echo "Removing unneeded comment tags"
-          sed -i -r 's|@<!---->|@|g' changelog-new.md
-          CURRENT_CHANGELOG=`tail --lines +2 changelog.md`
-          echo -e "$CURRENT_CHANGELOG" >> changelog-new.md
-          mv changelog-new.md changelog.md
-          uv run \
-            --python ${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-version }} \
-            --dev \
-            pre-commit run --files changelog.md || true
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions"
-          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git commit -am "Changelog ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }} - GHA"
-          git push origin ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: actions/github-script@v8
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { repo, owner } = context.repo;
-            const result = await github.rest.pulls.create({
-              title: 'Documentation: Add ${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }} changelog',
-              owner,
-              repo,
-              head: '${{ needs.publish-release.outputs.version }}-changelog',
-              base: 'main',
-              body: 'This PR is auto-generated by CI.'
-            });
-            github.rest.issues.addLabels({
-              owner,
-              repo,
-              issue_number: result.data.number,
-              labels: ['documentation', 'skip-changelog']
-            });
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yml b/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yml
index 75314918b..342165476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo-maintenance.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'paperless-ngx'
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: dessant/lock-threads@v5
+      - uses: dessant/lock-threads@v6
         with:
           issue-inactive-days: '30'
           pr-inactive-days: '30'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml b/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml
index 1a82a5cee..c2a2fdf1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/translate-strings.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-dependency-path: 'src-ui/pnpm-lock.yaml'
       - name: Cache frontend dependencies
         id: cache-frontend-deps
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        uses: actions/cache@v5
         with:
           path: |
             ~/.pnpm-store
diff --git a/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po b/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
index 53f2b32f5..75cd392ad 100644
--- a/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
+++ b/src/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/django.po
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: paperless-ngx\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: \n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-12-29 14:49+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2026-01-06 17:11+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2022-02-17 04:17\n"
 "Last-Translator: \n"
 "Language-Team: English\n"
@@ -1702,151 +1702,151 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "paperless application settings"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:773
+#: paperless/settings.py:767
 msgid "English (US)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:774
+#: paperless/settings.py:768
 msgid "Arabic"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:775
+#: paperless/settings.py:769
 msgid "Afrikaans"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:776
+#: paperless/settings.py:770
 msgid "Belarusian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:777
+#: paperless/settings.py:771
 msgid "Bulgarian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:778
+#: paperless/settings.py:772
 msgid "Catalan"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:779
+#: paperless/settings.py:773
 msgid "Czech"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:780
+#: paperless/settings.py:774
 msgid "Danish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:781
+#: paperless/settings.py:775
 msgid "German"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:782
+#: paperless/settings.py:776
 msgid "Greek"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:783
+#: paperless/settings.py:777
 msgid "English (GB)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:784
+#: paperless/settings.py:778
 msgid "Spanish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:785
+#: paperless/settings.py:779
 msgid "Persian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:786
+#: paperless/settings.py:780
 msgid "Finnish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:787
+#: paperless/settings.py:781
 msgid "French"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:788
+#: paperless/settings.py:782
 msgid "Hungarian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:789
+#: paperless/settings.py:783
 msgid "Indonesian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:790
+#: paperless/settings.py:784
 msgid "Italian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:791
+#: paperless/settings.py:785
 msgid "Japanese"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:792
+#: paperless/settings.py:786
 msgid "Korean"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:793
+#: paperless/settings.py:787
 msgid "Luxembourgish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:794
+#: paperless/settings.py:788
 msgid "Norwegian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:795
+#: paperless/settings.py:789
 msgid "Dutch"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:796
+#: paperless/settings.py:790
 msgid "Polish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:797
+#: paperless/settings.py:791
 msgid "Portuguese (Brazil)"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:798
+#: paperless/settings.py:792
 msgid "Portuguese"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:799
+#: paperless/settings.py:793
 msgid "Romanian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:800
+#: paperless/settings.py:794
 msgid "Russian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:801
+#: paperless/settings.py:795
 msgid "Slovak"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:802
+#: paperless/settings.py:796
 msgid "Slovenian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:803
+#: paperless/settings.py:797
 msgid "Serbian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:804
+#: paperless/settings.py:798
 msgid "Swedish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:805
+#: paperless/settings.py:799
 msgid "Turkish"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:806
+#: paperless/settings.py:800
 msgid "Ukrainian"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:807
+#: paperless/settings.py:801
 msgid "Vietnamese"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:808
+#: paperless/settings.py:802
 msgid "Chinese Simplified"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: paperless/settings.py:809
+#: paperless/settings.py:803
 msgid "Chinese Traditional"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index bb5842fa2..d335a0d92 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import os
 import tempfile
 from os import PathLike
 from pathlib import Path
-from platform import machine
 from typing import Final
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -449,14 +448,9 @@ ASGI_APPLICATION = "paperless.asgi.application"
 STATIC_URL = os.getenv("PAPERLESS_STATIC_URL", BASE_URL + "static/")
 WHITENOISE_STATIC_PREFIX = "/static/"
 
-if machine().lower() == "aarch64":  # pragma: no cover
-    _static_backend = "django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage"
-else:
-    _static_backend = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage"
-
 STORAGES = {
     "staticfiles": {
-        "BACKEND": _static_backend,
+        "BACKEND": "whitenoise.storage.CompressedStaticFilesStorage",
     },
     "default": {"BACKEND": "django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage"},
 }