diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
index e8178549c..6ae370db2 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/document_consumer.py
@@ -424,11 +424,11 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         settings.SCRATCH_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
         # Get settings
-        recursive: bool = getattr(settings, "CONSUMER_RECURSIVE", False)
-        subdirs_as_tags: bool = getattr(settings, "CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS", False)
-        polling_interval: float = getattr(settings, "CONSUMER_POLLING_INTERVAL", 0)
-        stability_delay: float = getattr(settings, "CONSUMER_STABILITY_DELAY", 1.0)
-        ignore_patterns: list[str] = getattr(settings, "CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS", [])
+        recursive: bool = settings.CONSUMER_RECURSIVE
+        subdirs_as_tags: bool = settings.CONSUMER_SUBDIRS_AS_TAGS
+        polling_interval: float = settings.CONSUMER_POLLING_INTERVAL
+        stability_delay: float = settings.CONSUMER_STABILITY_DELAY
+        ignore_patterns: list[str] = settings.CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS
         is_testing: bool = options.get("testing", False)
         is_oneshot: bool = options.get("oneshot", False)
 
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py b/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
index 8a6b8d390..5ba368c7c 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_management_consumer.py
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ def start_consumer(
             if thread.is_alive():
                 failed_threads.append(thread)
 
-        # Clean up any Tags created by threads (they bypass test transaction isolation)
+        # Clean up any Tags created by threads
         Tag.objects.all().delete()
 
         if failed_threads:
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py b/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py
index b01b8d47e..2c5516cd7 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_management_exporter.py
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ class TestExportImport(
 
             call_command("document_importer", "--no-progress-bar", self.target)
             self.assertEqual(Document.objects.count(), 4)
+            for tag in Tag.objects.all():
+                print(f"id: {tag.pk}: {tag.name}")
             self.assertEqual(Tag.objects.count(), 1)
             self.assertEqual(Correspondent.objects.count(), 1)
             self.assertEqual(DocumentType.objects.count(), 1)
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index b4ac31010..21d494d42 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -1011,24 +1011,15 @@ IGNORABLE_FILES: Final[list[str]] = [
     "Thumbs.db",
 ]
 
-CONSUMER_POLLING = int(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING", 0))
+CONSUMER_POLLING_INTERVAL = float(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_INTERVAL", 0))
 
-CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY = int(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_DELAY", 5))
-
-CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT = int(
-    os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_POLLING_RETRY_COUNT", 5),
-)
-
-CONSUMER_INOTIFY_DELAY: Final[float] = __get_float(
-    "PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_INOTIFY_DELAY",
-    0.5,
-)
+CONSUMER_STABILITY_DELAY = float(os.getenv("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_STABILITY_DELAY", 5))
 
 CONSUMER_DELETE_DUPLICATES = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_DELETE_DUPLICATES")
 
 CONSUMER_RECURSIVE = __get_boolean("PAPERLESS_CONSUMER_RECURSIVE")
 
-# Ignore glob patterns, relative to PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR
+# Ignore regex patterns, relative to PAPERLESS_CONSUMPTION_DIR
 CONSUMER_IGNORE_PATTERNS = list(
     json.loads(
         os.getenv(