Merge branch 'main' into pipeline_controller_20260525

.dockerignore

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ frontend/playwright-report/
 # Tauri/desktop builds
 src-tauri/target/
 src-tauri/dist/
-frontend/src-tauri/target/
-frontend/src-tauri/dist/
+frontend/editor/src-tauri/target/
+frontend/editor/src-tauri/dist/
 
 # IDE and editor
 .idea/

.github/config/.files.yaml

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ project: &project
   - frontend/**
   - docker/**
   - scripts/RestartHelper.java
+  - scripts/db-migration/**
+  - .github/workflows/db-migration-test.yml
 
 frontend: &frontend
   - frontend/**

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ updates:
       - "/docker/frontend"
       - "/docker/base"
       - "/docker/engine"
+      - "/docker/unoserver"
+      - "/engine"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
     cooldown:

.github/labeler-config-srvaroa.yml

@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ labels:
 
   - label: 'Tauri'
     files:
-      - 'frontend/src-tauri/**'
-      - 'frontend/src-tauri/.*'
+      - 'frontend/editor/src-tauri/**'
+      - 'frontend/editor/src-tauri/.*'
 
   - label: 'engine'
     files:

.github/scripts/check_language_toml.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Usage:
 """
 
 # Sample for Windows:
-# python .github/scripts/check_language_toml.py --reference-file frontend/public/locales/en-GB/translation.toml --branch "" --files frontend/public/locales/de-DE/translation.toml frontend/public/locales/fr-FR/translation.toml
+# python .github/scripts/check_language_toml.py --reference-file frontend/editor/public/locales/en-GB/translation.toml --branch "" --files frontend/editor/public/locales/de-DE/translation.toml frontend/editor/public/locales/fr-FR/translation.toml
 
 import argparse
 import glob
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def check_for_differences(reference_file, file_list, branch, actor):
     if len(file_list) == 1:
         file_arr = file_list[0].split()
 
-    base_dir = Path.cwd() / "frontend" / "public" / "locales"
+    base_dir = Path.cwd() / "frontend" / "editor" / "public" / "locales"
 
     for file_path in file_arr:
         file_path = Path(file_path)
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def check_for_differences(reference_file, file_list, branch, actor):
         report.append("## ❌ Overall Check Status: **_Failed_**")
         report.append("")
         report.append(
-            f"@{actor} please check your translation if it conforms to the standard. Follow the format of [en-GB/translation.toml](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/frontend/public/locales/en-GB/translation.toml)"
+            f"@{actor} please check your translation if it conforms to the standard. Follow the format of [en-GB/translation.toml](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/frontend/editor/public/locales/en-GB/translation.toml)"
         )
     else:
         report.append("## ✅ Overall Check Status: **_Success_**")
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 os.path.join(
                     os.getcwd(),
                     "frontend",
+                    "editor",
                     "public",
                     "locales",
                     "*",

.github/workflows/PR-Auto-Deploy-V2.yml

@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ jobs:
                 - /stirling/V2-PR-${{ needs.check-pr.outputs.pr_number }}/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
                 - /stirling/V2-PR-${{ needs.check-pr.outputs.pr_number }}/config:/configs:rw
                 - /stirling/V2-PR-${{ needs.check-pr.outputs.pr_number }}/logs:/logs:rw
+                - /stirling/V2-PR-${{ needs.check-pr.outputs.pr_number }}/storage:/storage:rw
               environment:
                 DISABLE_ADDITIONAL_FEATURES: "false"
                 SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: "true"
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ jobs:
 
           ssh -i ../private.key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -T ${{ secrets.NEW_VPS_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.NEW_VPS_HOST }} << ENDSSH
             # Create V2 PR-specific directories
-            mkdir -p /stirling/V2-PR-${{ needs.check-pr.outputs.pr_number }}/{data,config,logs}
+            mkdir -p /stirling/V2-PR-${{ needs.check-pr.outputs.pr_number }}/{data,config,logs,storage}
 
             # Move docker-compose file to correct location
             mv /tmp/docker-compose-v2.yml /stirling/V2-PR-${{ needs.check-pr.outputs.pr_number }}/docker-compose.yml

.github/workflows/_runner-pick.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       is_fork: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.is_fork }}
     steps:
+      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@ab7a9404c0f3da075243ca237b5fac12c98deaa5 # v2.19.3
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
       - name: Classify the trigger
         id: decide
         env:

.github/workflows/ai-engine.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 name: AI Engine CI
 
-# Validates the Python AI engine: regenerates tool models, runs fixers,
-# lint, type-check, and tests. Called from build.yml on PRs and merge_group;
-# also runs directly on push to main as a post-merge safety net.
+# Validates the Python AI engine: regenerates tool models and runs the
+# engine quality gate (lint, type-check, format-check, tests). Called from
+# build.yml on PRs and merge_group; also runs directly on push to main as
+# a post-merge safety net.
 on:
   workflow_call:
   push:
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@08807647e7069bb48b6ef5acd8ec9567f424441b # v8.1.0
@@ -51,27 +52,95 @@ jobs:
         run: task engine:tool-models
 
       - name: Verify tool models are up to date
+        id: tool-models-check
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: git diff --exit-code engine/src/stirling/models/tool_models.py
+
+      - name: Comment on tool models check failure
+        # Only post a comment on PRs. github-script's PR helpers need an
+        # issue/PR number, which doesn't exist on merge_group runs.
+        if: steps.tool-models-check.outcome == 'failure' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const marker = '<!-- tool-models-check -->';
+            const body = [
+              marker,
+              '### Tool Models Check Failed',
+              '',
+              'The generated `engine/src/stirling/models/tool_models.py` is out of date with the Java OpenAPI spec and will need to be regenerated before it can be merged in.',
+              '',
+              'Run `task engine:tool-models` to regenerate, then commit the updated file.',
+            ].join('\n');
+            const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            });
+            const existing = comments.find(c => c.body.includes(marker));
+            if (existing) {
+              await github.rest.issues.updateComment({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                comment_id: existing.id,
+                body,
+              });
+            } else {
+              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                issue_number: context.issue.number,
+                body,
+              });
+            }
+
+      - name: Fail if tool models check failed
+        if: steps.tool-models-check.outcome == 'failure'
         run: |
-          if ! git diff --exit-code engine/src/stirling/models/tool_models.py; then
-            echo "tool_models.py is out of date."
-            echo "Run 'task engine:tool-models' locally and commit the updated file."
-            exit 1
-          fi
+          echo "============================================"
+          echo "  Tool Models Check Failed"
+          echo "============================================"
+          echo ""
+          echo "The generated engine/src/stirling/models/tool_models.py"
+          echo "is out of date with the Java OpenAPI spec and will"
+          echo "need to be regenerated before it can be merged in."
+          echo ""
+          echo "Run 'task engine:tool-models' to regenerate, then"
+          echo "commit the updated file."
+          echo "============================================"
+          exit 1
 
-      - name: Run fixers
-        run: task engine:fix
+      - name: Remove tool models check comment on success
+        if: steps.tool-models-check.outcome == 'success' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const marker = '<!-- tool-models-check -->';
+            const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            });
+            const existing = comments.find(c => c.body.includes(marker));
+            if (existing) {
+              await github.rest.issues.deleteComment({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                comment_id: existing.id,
+              });
+            }
 
-      - name: Verify fixes are committed
-        id: fixer_changes
-        run: |
-          if ! git diff --quiet; then
-            git --no-pager diff --stat
-            echo "::error::There are issues with your Python code that will need to be fixed before they can be merged in. Run 'task engine:fix' to auto-fix what can be fixed automatically, then run 'task engine:check' to see what still needs fixing manually."
-            exit 1
-          fi
+      - name: Quality-check engine
+        id: engine-check
+        run: task engine:check
+        continue-on-error: true
 
-      - name: Comment on fixer failures
-        if: steps.fixer_changes.outcome == 'failure' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+      - name: Comment on engine check failure
+        # Only post a comment on PRs. github-script's PR helpers need an
+        # issue/PR number, which doesn't exist on merge_group runs.
+        if: steps.engine-check.outcome == 'failure' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         continue-on-error: true
         uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
         with:
@@ -107,11 +176,39 @@ jobs:
               });
             }
 
-      - name: Run linting
-        run: task engine:lint
+      - name: Fail if engine check failed
+        if: steps.engine-check.outcome == 'failure'
+        run: |
+          echo "============================================"
+          echo "  Engine Check Failed"
+          echo "============================================"
+          echo ""
+          echo "There are issues with your Python code that"
+          echo "will need to be fixed before they can be merged in."
+          echo ""
+          echo "Run 'task engine:fix' to auto-fix what can be"
+          echo "fixed automatically, then run 'task engine:check'"
+          echo "to see what still needs fixing manually."
+          echo "============================================"
+          exit 1
 
-      - name: Run type checking
-        run: task engine:typecheck
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: task engine:test
+      - name: Remove engine check comment on success
+        if: steps.engine-check.outcome == 'success' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const marker = '<!-- engine-check -->';
+            const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            });
+            const existing = comments.find(c => c.body.includes(marker));
+            if (existing) {
+              await github.rest.issues.deleteComment({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                comment_id: existing.id,
+              });
+            }

.github/workflows/aur-publish.yml

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Checkout repository (for PKGBUILD templates)
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
       - name: Update stirling-pdf-desktop PKGBUILD
         env:

.github/workflows/backend-build.yml

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
           MAVEN_PUBLIC_URL: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PUBLIC_URL }}
 
-      - name: Comment on Java formatting failure
+      - name: Comment on backend format check failure
         # Only post a comment on PRs. github-script's PR helpers need an
         # issue/PR number, which doesn't exist on merge_group runs.
         if: steps.spotless-check.outcome == 'failure' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -78,15 +78,11 @@ jobs:
             const marker = '<!-- java-formatting-check -->';
             const body = [
               marker,
-              '### Java Formatting Check Failed',
+              '### Backend Format Check Failed',
               '',
-              'Your code has formatting issues. Run the following command to fix them:',
+              'There are formatting issues in your Java code that will need to be fixed before they can be merged in.',
               '',
-              '```bash',
-              'task backend:format',
-              '```',
-              '',
-              'Then commit and push the changes.',
+              'Run `task backend:format` to auto-fix, then commit and push the changes.',
             ].join('\n');
             const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
@@ -110,22 +106,43 @@ jobs:
               });
             }
 
-      - name: Fail if Java formatting issues found
+      - name: Fail if backend format check failed
         if: steps.spotless-check.outcome == 'failure'
         run: |
           echo "============================================"
-          echo "  Java Formatting Check Failed"
+          echo "  Backend Format Check Failed"
           echo "============================================"
           echo ""
-          echo "Your code has formatting issues."
-          echo "Run the following command to fix them:"
+          echo "There are formatting issues in your Java code"
+          echo "that will need to be fixed before they can be"
+          echo "merged in."
           echo ""
-          echo "  task backend:format"
-          echo ""
-          echo "Then commit and push the changes."
+          echo "Run 'task backend:format' to auto-fix, then"
+          echo "commit and push the changes."
           echo "============================================"
           exit 1
 
+      - name: Remove backend format check comment on success
+        if: steps.spotless-check.outcome == 'success' && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: actions/github-script@3a2844b7e9c422d3c10d287c895573f7108da1b3 # v9.0.0
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const marker = '<!-- java-formatting-check -->';
+            const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              issue_number: context.issue.number,
+            });
+            const existing = comments.find(c => c.body.includes(marker));
+            if (existing) {
+              await github.rest.issues.deleteComment({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                comment_id: existing.id,
+              });
+            }
+
       - name: Build with Gradle and spring security ${{ matrix.spring-security }}
         run: task backend:build:ci
         env:

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -68,6 +68,18 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/backend-build.yml
     secrets: inherit
 
+  db-migration-test:
+    # Boots the current bootJar against H2 fixtures captured from past
+    # releases (v2.0.0 / v2.5.0 / v2.10.0) and verifies admin login still
+    # works after Hibernate's ddl-auto=update migrates the schema. Gated on
+    # the `project` filter so doc-only PRs skip this ~5-minute job.
+    if: needs.files-changed.outputs.project == 'true'
+    needs: [files-changed]
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/db-migration-test.yml
+    secrets: inherit
+
   check-generateOpenApiDocs:
     if: needs.files-changed.outputs.openapi == 'true'
     needs: [files-changed]
@@ -184,6 +196,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - files-changed
       - build
+      - db-migration-test
       - check-generateOpenApiDocs
       - frontend-validation
       - playwright-e2e
@@ -198,11 +211,17 @@ jobs:
       - dependency-review
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@ab7a9404c0f3da075243ca237b5fac12c98deaa5 # v2.19.3
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
       - name: Verify every required job passed (or was legitimately skipped)
         env:
           RESULTS: |
             files-changed=${{ needs.files-changed.result }}
             build=${{ needs.build.result }}
+            db-migration-test=${{ needs.db-migration-test.result }}
             check-generateOpenApiDocs=${{ needs.check-generateOpenApiDocs.result }}
             frontend-validation=${{ needs.frontend-validation.result }}
             playwright-e2e=${{ needs.playwright-e2e.result }}

.github/workflows/db-migration-test.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+name: DB migration smoke test
+
+# Boots the current Stirling-PDF JAR against H2 fixtures captured from past
+# releases (v2.0.0 / v2.5.0 / v2.10.0) and verifies admin login still works.
+# Catches schema changes that would break existing user databases under
+# Hibernate's `ddl-auto=update` upgrade path.
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  pick:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_runner-pick.yml
+
+  migration-test:
+    needs: pick
+    runs-on: ${{ needs.pick.outputs.is_fork == 'true' && 'ubuntu-latest' || 'depot-ubuntu-24.04-8' }}
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    env:
+      DEPOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEPOT_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@ab7a9404c0f3da075243ca237b5fac12c98deaa5 # v2.19.3
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 25
+        uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
+        with:
+          java-version: 25
+          distribution: temurin
+
+      - name: Cache Gradle dependency artifacts
+        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/metadata-2.*
+          key: gradle-deps-${{ runner.os }}-jdk-25-${{ hashFiles('**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties', '**/*.gradle', '**/*.gradle.kts', 'settings.gradle', 'settings.gradle.kts', 'gradle/libs.versions.toml') }}
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@50e97c2cd7a37755bbfafc9c5b7cafaece252f6e # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          gradle-version: 9.3.1
+          cache-disabled: true
+
+      # No `-PnoSpotless` here yet because the upstream cache layer matches the
+      # backend build's; reuse keeps cold-cache cost identical.
+      - name: Build Stirling-PDF JAR
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USER: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USER }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_PUBLIC_URL: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PUBLIC_URL }}
+        run: ./gradlew :stirling-pdf:bootJar -PnoSpotless --no-daemon
+
+      - name: Locate built JAR
+        id: jar
+        run: |
+          jar=$(find app/core/build/libs -maxdepth 1 -name 'Stirling-PDF*.jar' -o -name 'stirling-pdf*.jar' 2>/dev/null \
+              | grep -vE '(-plain|-sources)\.jar$' | head -n 1)
+          if [[ -z "$jar" ]]; then
+            echo "::error::No JAR under app/core/build/libs"
+            ls -lah app/core/build/libs || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          # Absolute path - the migration script pushd's into a temp workdir
+          # before invoking java, which would dangle a relative path.
+          jar=$(realpath "$jar")
+          echo "path=$jar" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Built JAR: $jar"
+
+      - name: Run migration smoke test
+        env:
+          STIRLING_JAR: ${{ steps.jar.outputs.path }}
+        run: bash scripts/db-migration/run-migration-test.sh
+
+      - name: Upload app logs on failure
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          name: db-migration-app-logs
+          # Path matches the preserved workdir in run-migration-test.sh -
+          # only failing fixtures leave a directory behind.
+          path: /tmp/stirling-migration-failed-*/app.log
+          retention-days: 7
+          if-no-files-found: warn

.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml

@@ -586,21 +586,23 @@ jobs:
         if: always() && steps.digicert-setup.conclusion != 'failure'
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          mkdir -p ./dist
+          # Absolute dist path so the cd below can't break the copy targets.
+          DIST="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist"
+          mkdir -p "$DIST"
           cd ./frontend/editor/src-tauri/target
 
           # Find and rename artifacts based on platform
           if [ "${{ matrix.platform }}" = "windows-latest" ]; then
             # Only ship the MSI installer on Windows. The loose exe and WiX toolset exes
             # are not the user-facing installer - the MSI contains the signed inner exe.
-            find . -name "*.msi" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.msi" \;
+            find . -name "*.msi" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.msi" \;
           elif [ "${{ matrix.platform }}" = "macos-15" ]; then
-            find . -name "*.dmg" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.dmg" \;
-            find . -name "*.app" -exec cp -r {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.app" \;
+            find . -name "*.dmg" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.dmg" \;
+            find . -name "*.app" -exec cp -r {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.app" \;
           else
-            find . -name "*.deb" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.deb" \;
-            find . -name "*.rpm" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.rpm" \;
-            find . -name "*.AppImage" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.AppImage" \;
+            find . -name "*.deb" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.deb" \;
+            find . -name "*.rpm" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.rpm" \;
+            find . -name "*.AppImage" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.AppImage" \;
           fi
 
       - name: Upload build artifacts

.github/workflows/package-managers.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Update Package Manager Manifests
 
 on:
   release:
-    types: [ released ]
+    types: [released]
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           egress-policy: audit
 
       - name: Checkout homebrew-stirling-pdf tap (also hosts Scoop bucket)
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
         with:
           repository: Stirling-Tools/homebrew-stirling-pdf
           token: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/tauri-build.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ name: Build Tauri Applications
 # Linux). Called from build.yml on PRs that touch desktop sources (gated
 # via the `tauri` filter in .github/config/.files.yaml). Also runnable
 # on demand via workflow_dispatch with a per-platform selector.
+#
+# Note: editing this file is itself enough to make the `tauri` path filter
+# match, which is how non-desktop PRs (e.g. backend-only fixes) opt into a
+# desktop smoke build.
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
@@ -153,6 +157,9 @@ jobs:
           JPDFIUM_PLATFORMS: ${{ matrix.jpdfium_platforms }}
         run: task desktop:prepare
 
+      - name: Run Tauri/Cargo tests
+        run: task desktop:test
+
       # DigiCert KeyLocker Setup (Cloud HSM)
       - name: Setup DigiCert KeyLocker
         id: digicert-setup
@@ -413,20 +420,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Rename artifacts
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          mkdir -p ./dist
+          # Absolute dist path so the cd below can't break the copy targets.
+          DIST="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist"
+          mkdir -p "$DIST"
           cd ./frontend/editor/src-tauri/target
 
           # Find and rename artifacts based on platform
           if [ "${{ matrix.platform }}" = "windows-latest" ]; then
             # Only ship the MSI installer. The loose exe and WiX toolset exes
             # are not the user-facing installer - the MSI contains the signed inner exe.
-            find . -name "*.msi" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.msi" \;
+            find . -name "*.msi" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.msi" \;
           elif [ "${{ matrix.platform }}" = "macos-15" ]; then
-            find . -name "*.dmg" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.dmg" \;
+            find . -name "*.dmg" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.dmg" \;
           else
-            find . -name "*.deb" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.deb" \;
-            find . -name "*.rpm" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.rpm" \;
-            find . -name "*.AppImage" -exec cp {} "../../../dist/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.AppImage" \;
+            find . -name "*.deb" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.deb" \;
+            find . -name "*.rpm" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.rpm" \;
+            find . -name "*.AppImage" -exec cp {} "$DIST/Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.name }}.AppImage" \;
           fi
 
       # Verify the MSI AND the inner exe extracted from it are signed.

.gitignore

@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ customFiles/
 configs/
 watchedFolders/
 clientWebUI/
+# Scratch dir used by local fixture-regeneration runs (see
+# app/proprietary/src/test/resources/db-migration-fixtures/README.md).
+# Holds downloaded JARs and disposable workdirs. Never committed.
+.alpha-local/
 !cucumber/
 !cucumber/exampleFiles/
 !cucumber/exampleFiles/example_html.zip
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ app/proprietary/build
 common/build
 proprietary/build
 stirling-pdf/build
-frontend/src-tauri/provisioner/target
+frontend/editor/src-tauri/provisioner/target
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
@@ -273,3 +277,6 @@ docs/type3/signatures/
 # Playwright MCP screenshots / traces
 .playwright-mcp/
 *.playwright-mcp.png
+
+# Local screenshot artifacts from *-screenshots.spec.ts
+frontend/screenshots/

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.15.11
+    rev: v0.15.14
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args:

.taskfiles/backend.yml

@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ tasks:
     vars:
       PORT: '{{.PORT | default "8080"}}'
       AIENGINE_URL: '{{.AIENGINE_URL | default ""}}'
+      AIENGINE_TIMEOUTSECONDS: '{{.AIENGINE_TIMEOUTSECONDS | default "120"}}'
     env:
       SERVER_PORT: '{{.PORT}}'
     cmds:
-      - cmd: '{{if .AIENGINE_URL}}AIENGINE_URL={{.AIENGINE_URL}} AIENGINE_ENABLED=true {{end}}cmd /c ".\gradlew.bat :stirling-pdf:bootRun"'
+      - cmd: '{{if .AIENGINE_URL}}AIENGINE_URL={{.AIENGINE_URL}} AIENGINE_ENABLED=true AIENGINE_TIMEOUTSECONDS={{.AIENGINE_TIMEOUTSECONDS}} {{end}}cmd /c ".\gradlew.bat :stirling-pdf:bootRun"'
         platforms: [windows]
-      - cmd: '{{if .AIENGINE_URL}}AIENGINE_URL={{.AIENGINE_URL}} AIENGINE_ENABLED=true {{end}}./gradlew :stirling-pdf:bootRun'
+      - cmd: '{{if .AIENGINE_URL}}AIENGINE_URL={{.AIENGINE_URL}} AIENGINE_ENABLED=true AIENGINE_TIMEOUTSECONDS={{.AIENGINE_TIMEOUTSECONDS}} {{end}}./gradlew :stirling-pdf:bootRun'
         platforms: [linux, darwin]
 
   dev:bundled:
@@ -39,6 +40,25 @@ tasks:
       - cmd: ./gradlew clean bootRun -PbuildWithFrontend=true
         platforms: [linux, darwin]
 
+  dev:saas:
+    desc: "Start backend in SaaS flavor against Supabase"
+    # `dotenv:` reads from the root Taskfile's directory (".") because this
+    # subtaskfile is included with `dir: .`.
+    dotenv: ['app/.env.saas.local', 'app/.env.saas']
+    ignore_error: true
+    vars:
+      PORT: '{{.PORT | default "8080"}}'
+      # Override to "" to run the pure `saas` profile against your own SAAS_DB_*.
+      PROFILES: '{{.PROFILES | default "dev"}}'
+    env:
+      SERVER_PORT: '{{.PORT}}'
+      STIRLING_FLAVOR: saas
+    cmds:
+      - cmd: cmd /c ".\gradlew.bat :stirling-pdf:bootRun {{if .PROFILES}}--args=\"--spring.profiles.include={{.PROFILES}}\"{{end}}"
+        platforms: [windows]
+      - cmd: ./gradlew :stirling-pdf:bootRun {{if .PROFILES}}--args='--spring.profiles.include={{.PROFILES}}'{{end}}
+        platforms: [linux, darwin]
+
   build:
     desc: "Full backend build"
     cmds:

.taskfiles/desktop.yml

@@ -31,52 +31,67 @@ tasks:
   provisioner:
     desc: "Build installer provisioner"
     platforms: [windows]
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
-      - node editor/scripts/build-provisioner.mjs
+      - node scripts/build-provisioner.mjs
 
   dev:
     desc: "Start Tauri desktop dev mode"
     deps: [prepare]
     ignore_error: true
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
-      - cd editor && npx tauri dev --no-watch
+      - npx tauri dev --no-watch
 
   build:
     desc: "Build Tauri desktop app (production)"
     deps: [prepare]
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
-      - cd editor && npx tauri build
+      - npx tauri build
 
   build:dev:
     desc: "Build Tauri desktop app (dev, no bundling)"
     deps: [prepare]
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
-      - cd editor && npx tauri build --no-bundle
+      - npx tauri build --no-bundle
 
   build:dev:mac:
     desc: "Build Tauri desktop .app bundle (macOS)"
     deps: [prepare]
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
-      - cd editor && npx tauri build --bundles app
+      - npx tauri build --bundles app
 
   build:dev:windows:
     desc: "Build Tauri desktop NSIS installer (Windows)"
     deps: [prepare]
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
-      - cd editor && npx tauri build --bundles nsis
+      - npx tauri build --bundles nsis
 
   build:dev:linux:
     desc: "Build Tauri desktop AppImage (Linux)"
     deps: [prepare]
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
-      - cd editor && npx tauri build --bundles appimage
+      - npx tauri build --bundles appimage
+
+  test:
+    desc: "Run Tauri/Cargo tests"
+    deps: [prepare]
+    dir: editor/src-tauri
+    cmds:
+      - cargo test
 
   clean:
     desc: "Clean Tauri/Cargo build artifacts"
+    dir: editor
     cmds:
       - task: jlink:clean
-      - cd editor/src-tauri && cargo clean
-      - rm -rf editor/dist editor/build
+      - cd src-tauri && cargo clean
+      - rm -rf dist build
 
   # ============================================================
   # JLink — Build bundled Java runtime for Tauri
@@ -106,9 +121,10 @@ tasks:
   jlink:runtime:
     desc: "Create custom JRE with jlink"
     deps: [jlink:jar]
+    dir: editor/src-tauri
     cmds:
-      - rm -rf editor/src-tauri/runtime/jre
-      - mkdir -p editor/src-tauri/runtime
+      - rm -rf runtime/jre
+      - mkdir -p runtime
       - >-
         jlink
         --add-modules {{.JLINK_MODULES}}
@@ -116,14 +132,36 @@ tasks:
         --compress=zip-6
         --no-header-files
         --no-man-pages
-        --output editor/src-tauri/runtime/jre
+        --output runtime/jre
+      # jlink emits its files mode 444 (read-only). Tauri's build-script
+      # resource copier preserves source permissions when staging
+      # `runtime/jre/**/*` into `target/<profile>/runtime/jre/...`, so the
+      # staged copies are read-only too. On any subsequent incremental
+      # build the copier tries to overwrite them and fails with a bare
+      # `Permission denied (os error 13)` (Rust's io::Error Display drops
+      # the path, so the failure is opaque). Make the source writable here
+      # so the staged destinations are writable and can be overwritten.
+      #
+      # Trade-off: this task runs for both `task desktop:dev` and
+      # `task desktop:build`, so production bundles also ship mode-644
+      # JRE files instead of 444. Functionally harmless on POSIX (the
+      # `other` bit is `r--` either way, and on macOS code signing is the
+      # real integrity check) and on Windows the DOS read-only attribute
+      # isn't load-bearing for the bundled JDK. If we ever need strict
+      # 444 in production, split the chmod into a dev-only step and have
+      # `desktop:build` run `jlink:clean` first to force a fresh build.
+      - cmd: chmod -R u+w runtime/jre
+        platforms: [linux, darwin]
+      - cmd: powershell -NoProfile -Command "Get-ChildItem -Recurse runtime/jre | ForEach-Object { $_.IsReadOnly = $false }"
+        platforms: [windows]
     status:
-      - test -d editor/src-tauri/runtime/jre
+      - test -f runtime/jre/release
 
   jlink:clean:
     desc: "Remove JLink runtime and bundled JARs"
+    dir: editor/src-tauri
     cmds:
-      - rm -rf editor/src-tauri/libs editor/src-tauri/runtime
+      - rm -rf libs runtime
 
   # macOS-only. Replaces jlink:runtime's single-arch JRE with a universal
   # (arm64 + x86_64) one for the universal Tauri shell. Runs the x86_64
@@ -134,8 +172,9 @@ tasks:
     desc: "Create universal (arm64+x86_64) JRE for the macOS Tauri build"
     deps: [jlink:jar]
     platforms: [darwin]
+    dir: editor
     env:
       JLINK_MODULES: "{{.JLINK_MODULES}}"
-      OUTPUT_DIR: editor/src-tauri/runtime/jre
+      OUTPUT_DIR: src-tauri/runtime/jre
     cmds:
-      - editor/scripts/build-universal-mac-jre.sh
+      - scripts/build-universal-mac-jre.sh

Taskfile.yml

@@ -58,6 +58,23 @@ tasks:
           BACKEND_URL: 'http://localhost:{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'
           OPEN: "true"
 
+  dev:saas:
+    desc: "Start SaaS backend + frontend concurrently on free ports"
+    vars:
+      PORTS:
+        sh: '{{if eq OS "windows"}}{{.FIND_FREE_PORT_PS}} 8080 5173{{else}}{{.FIND_FREE_PORT_SH}} 8080 5173{{end}}'
+      BACKEND_PORT: '{{index (splitList "\n" .PORTS) 0}}'
+      FRONTEND_PORT: '{{index (splitList "\n" .PORTS) 1}}'
+    deps:
+      - task: backend:dev:saas
+        vars:
+          PORT: '{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'
+      - task: frontend:dev:saas
+        vars:
+          PORT: '{{.FRONTEND_PORT}}'
+          BACKEND_URL: 'http://localhost:{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'
+          OPEN: "true"
+
   dev:all:
     desc: "Start backend + frontend + engine concurrently on free ports"
     vars:
@@ -74,7 +91,7 @@ tasks:
         vars:
           PORT: '{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'
           AIENGINE_URL: 'http://localhost:{{.ENGINE_PORT}}'
-      - task: frontend:dev:prototypes
+      - task: frontend:dev
         vars:
           PORT: '{{.FRONTEND_PORT}}'
           BACKEND_URL: 'http://localhost:{{.BACKEND_PORT}}'

app/.env.saas

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+###############################################################################
+# Stirling-PDF SaaS environment defaults.
+#
+# This file is committed and provides non-secret defaults loaded by
+# `task backend:dev:saas`. Put real values for secrets (passwords, project
+# refs, edge function secrets) in `.env.saas.local` - any variable set there
+# takes precedence over what's defined here.
+#
+# DO NOT commit `.env.saas.local`. Only `.env.saas` is checked in.
+###############################################################################
+
+# ---------- Supabase project ----------
+# Project reference (the subdomain part of <ref>.supabase.co). Required.
+# Set in .env.saas.local.
+SAAS_DB_PROJECT_REF=
+
+# Edge function secret used by billing/license rollup calls. Set in .env.saas.local.
+SUPABASE_EDGE_FUNCTION_SECRET=
+
+# ---------- Database (saas profile) ----------
+# Direct JDBC URL to the Supabase Postgres. Required when running the plain
+# `saas` profile (i.e. without `--spring.profiles.include=dev`).
+# Example: jdbc:postgresql://db.<project-ref>.supabase.co:5432/postgres
+SAAS_DB_URL=
+SAAS_DB_USERNAME=postgres
+SAAS_DB_PASSWORD=
+
+# ---------- Database (dev profile overrides) ----------
+# Used when `--spring.profiles.include=dev` is active. The dev profile
+# defaults the URL/username to the shared dev Supabase project, but the
+# password must still be provided in .env.saas.local.
+SAAS_DEV_DB_URL=
+SAAS_DEV_DB_USERNAME=postgres
+SAAS_DEV_DB_PASSWORD=

app/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Whitelist committed env defaults. `.env.saas.local` (and any other .env*)
+# stays ignored via the root .gitignore.
+!.env.saas

app/allowed-licenses.json

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
       "moduleName": ".*",
       "moduleLicense": "The MIT License"
     },
+    {
+      "moduleName": ".*",
+      "moduleLicense": "MIT-0"
+    },
     {
       "moduleName": "com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-core",
       "moduleLicense": "LICENSE.txt"

app/common/build.gradle

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'com.google.code.gson', module: 'gson'
     }
 
-    api 'com.stirling:jpdfium:1.0.0'
+    api 'com.stirling:jpdfium:1.0.1'
 
     // -PjpdfiumPlatforms=all|<csv of linux-x64,linux-arm64,darwin-x64,darwin-arm64,windows-x64>
     def jpdfiumPlatformsProp = (project.findProperty('jpdfiumPlatforms') ?: 'all').toString().trim()
@@ -75,9 +75,12 @@ dependencies {
     }
     logger.lifecycle("JPDFium native platforms: ${jpdfiumPlatforms.join(', ')}")
     jpdfiumPlatforms.each { platform ->
-        runtimeOnly "com.stirling:jpdfium-natives-${platform}:1.0.0"
+        runtimeOnly "com.stirling:jpdfium-natives-${platform}:1.0.1"
     }
 
+    // Bucket4j (local in-process token bucket for RateLimitStore default impl)
+    implementation 'com.bucket4j:bucket4j_jdk17-core:8.19.0'
+
     // ArchUnit: enforces module dependency direction (see ArchitectureTest)
     testImplementation 'com.tngtech.archunit:archunit-junit5:1.4.2'
 }

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/annotations/AutoJobPostMapping.java

@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ public @interface AutoJobPostMapping {
     /**
      * Relative resource weight (1-100). See {@link
      * stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight} for the standard tiers.
+     *
+     * <p>The default is a sentinel ({@link Integer#MIN_VALUE}); {@code
+     * AutoJobPostMappingWeightTest} fails the build if any endpoint leaves it unset. Runtime
+     * readers clamp the value into {@code [1, 100]}.
      */
-    int resourceWeight() default 1;
+    int resourceWeight() default Integer.MIN_VALUE;
 }

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/ClusterBackplane.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+/** Health and identity facade for the active cluster backplane. */
+public interface ClusterBackplane {
+
+    /** Returns {@code true} when the backplane is reachable; used for health endpoints. */
+    boolean isHealthy();
+
+    /** Returns {@code "inprocess"} or {@code "valkey"}. */
+    String backplaneType();
+
+    /** Returns this JVM's stable node id (matches {@code Cluster.resolvedNodeId()}). */
+    String localNodeId();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this JVM should run the local {@link
+     * stirling.software.common.service.TaskManager#cleanupOldJobs()} loop. Distributed backplanes
+     * own job expiry via their own TTL, so they should override this to return {@code false}.
+     * Defaults to {@code true} so in-process behavior is preserved without an explicit override.
+     */
+    default boolean shouldRunLocalCleanup() {
+        return true;
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/ClusterConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.Cluster;
+
+/**
+ * Validates that cluster mode is internally consistent.
+ *
+ * <p>Cluster settings are bound on the central {@link ApplicationProperties} under {@code
+ * cluster.*}; this class reads {@link ApplicationProperties#getCluster()} and runs guards in {@link
+ * PostConstruct}. When {@code cluster.enabled=false} (the default) all checks are skipped so a
+ * single-instance install needs no new config.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+@Configuration
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class ClusterConfig {
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    void validate() {
+        Cluster cluster = applicationProperties.getCluster();
+        if (!cluster.isEnabled()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        String backplane = cluster.getBackplane();
+        if ("valkey".equalsIgnoreCase(backplane)) {
+            String url = cluster.getValkey() == null ? null : cluster.getValkey().getUrl();
+            if (url == null || url.isBlank()) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(
+                        "cluster.enabled=true with backplane=valkey requires"
+                                + " cluster.valkey.url to be set (e.g."
+                                + " redis://valkey:6379).");
+            }
+        } else if ("inprocess".equalsIgnoreCase(backplane)) {
+            // enabled+inprocess only coordinates the local JVM; cross-node lookups will 410.
+            log.warn(
+                    "cluster.enabled=true with backplane=inprocess - only the local"
+                            + " JVM is coordinated. Cross-node lookups and the file proxy will fail."
+                            + " Use backplane=valkey for real multi-node deployments.");
+        } else {
+            // Fail fast on typos like "valky" so Spring doesn't later report a cryptic
+            // "no ClusterBackplane bean" - the operator-facing error names the bad value.
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "cluster.enabled=true with unknown backplane '"
+                            + backplane
+                            + "'. Valid values: inprocess | valkey.");
+        }
+        log.info(
+                "Cluster mode enabled (backplane={}, nodeRole={}, nodeId={}).",
+                backplane,
+                cluster.resolvedRole(),
+                cluster.resolvedNodeId());
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/ClusterNode.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+/**
+ * Snapshot of a peer node as recorded in the {@link InstanceRegistry}.
+ *
+ * @param internalAddress {@code host:port} the node listens on for {@code /internal/cluster/**}
+ * @param role one of {@code WEB}, {@code WORKER}, {@code BOTH}
+ */
+public record ClusterNode(
+        String nodeId, String internalAddress, Instant lastHeartbeat, String role) {}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/DistributedLock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/** Cluster-wide mutual exclusion primitive; non-reentrant by contract. */
+public interface DistributedLock {
+
+    Optional<LockHandle> tryAcquire(String lockKey, Duration leaseTime);
+
+    interface LockHandle extends AutoCloseable {
+        void release();
+
+        boolean renew(Duration leaseTime);
+
+        @Override
+        default void close() {
+            release();
+        }
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/FileStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+/** Low-level storage seam for result/job files. */
+public interface FileStore {
+
+    /** Stored file record. */
+    record Stored(String fileId, long size) {}
+
+    /** Store the given stream and return a generated file id and total bytes written. */
+    Stored store(InputStream in, String originalName) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Store the file at {@code source} and return a generated file id and total bytes written.
+     *
+     * <p>Default implementation opens {@code source} as a stream and delegates to {@link
+     * #store(InputStream, String)}. Local-disk implementations should override to use a direct
+     * file-to-file copy ({@code Files.copy(source, dest)} can use {@code sendfile(2)} on Linux),
+     * which avoids the two-memory-copy hit of streaming a disk-backed upload through the JVM heap.
+     */
+    default Stored store(Path source, String originalName) throws IOException {
+        try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(source)) {
+            return store(in, originalName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Open the stored file for streaming reads. Caller closes. */
+    InputStream retrieve(String fileId) throws IOException;
+
+    /** Load the stored file into a byte array. */
+    byte[] retrieveBytes(String fileId) throws IOException;
+
+    /** Size of the stored file in bytes. */
+    long size(String fileId) throws IOException;
+
+    /** Delete the stored file. Returns true if a file was removed. */
+    boolean delete(String fileId);
+
+    /** Whether the file id exists in the store. */
+    boolean exists(String fileId);
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/InstanceRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/** Maps {@code nodeId} to its internal cluster address, with TTL'd heartbeats. */
+public interface InstanceRegistry {
+
+    /** Register or refresh this node. Idempotent so a wiped backplane self-heals on next tick. */
+    void register(ClusterNode node, Duration heartbeatTtl);
+
+    Optional<ClusterNode> lookup(String nodeId);
+
+    Collection<ClusterNode> activeNodes();
+
+    void deregister(String nodeId);
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/JobStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/** Cluster-visible storage for job status and result metadata, with TTL'd entries. */
+public interface JobStore {
+
+    /** Persist or overwrite a job entry. {@code ttl} sets the lifetime of the entry. */
+    void put(JobStoreEntry entry, Duration ttl);
+
+    Optional<JobStoreEntry> get(String jobId);
+
+    void delete(String jobId);
+
+    boolean exists(String jobId);
+
+    /** Reverse lookup: which job owns this result file id? */
+    Optional<String> findJobIdByFileId(String fileId);
+
+    /** Snapshot of every active entry. Used by admin/stats endpoints; may be O(n). */
+    Collection<JobStoreEntry> all();
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/JobStoreEntry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Cluster-visible projection of a job's status and result metadata, as persisted in {@link
+ * JobStore}.
+ *
+ * @param owningNodeId the node id that originally executed the job
+ */
+public record JobStoreEntry(
+        String jobId,
+        JobState state,
+        String owningNodeId,
+        Instant createdAt,
+        Instant completedAt,
+        String error,
+        List<String> fileIds,
+        Map<String, String> resultMeta) {
+
+    /** Lifecycle states for a job as observed by the cluster. */
+    public enum JobState {
+        PENDING,
+        RUNNING,
+        COMPLETE,
+        FAILED
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/KeyValueCache.java

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/** Short-TTL namespaced key/value cache backed by the cluster backplane. */
+public interface KeyValueCache {
+
+    void put(String namespace, String key, String value, Duration ttl);
+
+    Optional<String> get(String namespace, String key);
+
+    void evict(String namespace, String key);
+
+    void evictNamespace(String namespace);
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/RateLimitStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+/** Token-bucket rate limiting backed by the cluster backplane. */
+public interface RateLimitStore {
+
+    /**
+     * Attempt to consume one token from the bucket identified by {@code bucketKey}.
+     *
+     * @param bucketKey opaque key identifying the bucket (e.g. {@code api:user:123})
+     * @param capacity bucket capacity
+     * @param refillPeriod time window over which {@code capacity} tokens refill
+     */
+    RateLimitDecision tryConsume(String bucketKey, long capacity, Duration refillPeriod);
+
+    record RateLimitDecision(boolean allowed, long remainingTokens, long nanosToWaitForRefill) {}
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/StickyMissRecorder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+/** Records one increment per sticky-session miss (a 410 Gone for a job owned by another node). */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface StickyMissRecorder {
+    void recordStickyMiss();
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessClusterBackplane.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.ClusterBackplane;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class InProcessClusterBackplane implements ClusterBackplane {
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
+    public InProcessClusterBackplane(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
+        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isHealthy() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String backplaneType() {
+        return "inprocess";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String localNodeId() {
+        return applicationProperties.getCluster().resolvedNodeId();
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessClusterConfiguration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnExpression;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.ClusterBackplane;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.DistributedLock;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.InstanceRegistry;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStore;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.KeyValueCache;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.RateLimitStore;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+
+/**
+ * Default cluster backplane wiring: every interface gets an {@code InProcess*} bean. Active when
+ * cluster mode is off or {@code cluster.backplane=inprocess}.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+@Configuration
+@ConditionalOnExpression(
+        "!${cluster.enabled:false} ||"
+                + " '${cluster.backplane:inprocess}'.equalsIgnoreCase('inprocess')")
+public class InProcessClusterConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public ClusterBackplane clusterBackplane(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
+        log.info("Cluster backplane: in-process (single node)");
+        return new InProcessClusterBackplane(applicationProperties);
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public JobStore jobStore() {
+        return new InProcessJobStore();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public RateLimitStore rateLimitStore() {
+        return new InProcessRateLimitStore();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public DistributedLock distributedLock() {
+        return new InProcessDistributedLock();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public KeyValueCache keyValueCache() {
+        return new InProcessKeyValueCache();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public InstanceRegistry instanceRegistry() {
+        return new InProcessInstanceRegistry();
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessDistributedLock.java

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.DistributedLock;
+
+/**
+ * In-process {@link DistributedLock}, non-reentrant per the interface contract, with lease-expiry
+ * semantics that mirror a SET-NX-EX style distributed backend.
+ *
+ * <p>Each lock state carries a per-acquire {@code ownerToken} and an {@code expiryNanos}; another
+ * caller can take over once the lease has elapsed even if the original holder never called {@link
+ * LockHandle#release()}. This matters mostly for parity with the Valkey-backed implementation
+ * (Redis {@code SETEX} auto-expires the key); within a single JVM a crashed holder takes its lock
+ * state with it, but tests and code that rely on the {@code leaseTime} parameter still need it to
+ * be honored.
+ *
+ * <p>Expiry is lazy: an expired lock state lingers in the map until the next acquire attempt for
+ * the same key replaces it. Per-key cleanup also happens on explicit {@link LockHandle#release()},
+ * so a balanced acquire/release workload keeps the map size bounded.
+ */
+public class InProcessDistributedLock implements DistributedLock {
+
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, LockState> locks = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+    private final AtomicLong tokenSeq = new AtomicLong();
+
+    /**
+     * Lease state for a single acquired lock. {@code ownerToken} prevents a former holder from
+     * releasing or renewing a lock now owned by someone else after lease expiry; {@code
+     * expiryNanos} is read/written only inside {@link ConcurrentHashMap#compute} so the bin lock
+     * provides the necessary happens-before guarantee.
+     */
+    private static final class LockState {
+        final long ownerToken;
+        long expiryNanos;
+
+        LockState(long ownerToken, long expiryNanos) {
+            this.ownerToken = ownerToken;
+            this.expiryNanos = expiryNanos;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<LockHandle> tryAcquire(String lockKey, Duration leaseTime) {
+        long token = tokenSeq.incrementAndGet();
+        long nowNanos = System.nanoTime();
+        long expiryNanos = nowNanos + leaseTime.toNanos();
+        boolean[] acquired = {false};
+        locks.compute(
+                lockKey,
+                (k, existing) -> {
+                    if (existing == null || existing.expiryNanos - nowNanos <= 0L) {
+                        // No lock, or the previous lease has expired - we take it. Subtraction
+                        // form avoids the long-overflow trap that would bite a naive
+                        // expiryNanos <= nowNanos comparison around System.nanoTime() rollover.
+                        acquired[0] = true;
+                        return new LockState(token, expiryNanos);
+                    }
+                    return existing;
+                });
+        if (!acquired[0]) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        return Optional.of(new InProcessHandle(lockKey, token));
+    }
+
+    private void releaseInternal(String lockKey, long token) {
+        locks.compute(
+                lockKey,
+                (k, existing) -> {
+                    if (existing == null || existing.ownerToken != token) {
+                        // Already removed, expired-and-replaced, or never ours.
+                        return existing;
+                    }
+                    return null;
+                });
+    }
+
+    private boolean renewInternal(String lockKey, long token, Duration leaseTime) {
+        long nowNanos = System.nanoTime();
+        boolean[] renewed = {false};
+        locks.compute(
+                lockKey,
+                (k, existing) -> {
+                    if (existing == null
+                            || existing.ownerToken != token
+                            || existing.expiryNanos - nowNanos <= 0L) {
+                        // Lock is gone or expired; renewal is a no-op so the caller can detect it.
+                        return existing;
+                    }
+                    existing.expiryNanos = nowNanos + leaseTime.toNanos();
+                    renewed[0] = true;
+                    return existing;
+                });
+        return renewed[0];
+    }
+
+    private final class InProcessHandle implements LockHandle {
+        private final String lockKey;
+        private final long token;
+        private boolean released;
+
+        InProcessHandle(String lockKey, long token) {
+            this.lockKey = lockKey;
+            this.token = token;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public synchronized void release() {
+            if (released) {
+                return;
+            }
+            released = true;
+            releaseInternal(lockKey, token);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public synchronized boolean renew(Duration leaseTime) {
+            if (released) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return renewInternal(lockKey, token, leaseTime);
+        }
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessInstanceRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.ClusterNode;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.InstanceRegistry;
+
+public class InProcessInstanceRegistry implements InstanceRegistry {
+
+    private final AtomicReference<ClusterNode> self = new AtomicReference<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public void register(ClusterNode node, Duration heartbeatTtl) {
+        self.set(node);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<ClusterNode> lookup(String nodeId) {
+        ClusterNode current = self.get();
+        return current != null && current.nodeId().equals(nodeId)
+                ? Optional.of(current)
+                : Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<ClusterNode> activeNodes() {
+        ClusterNode current = self.get();
+        return current == null ? Collections.emptyList() : Collections.singletonList(current);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void deregister(String nodeId) {
+        ClusterNode current = self.get();
+        if (current != null && current.nodeId().equals(nodeId)) {
+            self.set(null);
+        }
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessJobStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStore;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class InProcessJobStore implements JobStore {
+
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Holder> entries = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public void put(JobStoreEntry entry, Duration ttl) {
+        Instant expiry = ttl == null ? Instant.MAX : Instant.now().plus(ttl);
+        entries.put(entry.jobId(), new Holder(entry, expiry));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<JobStoreEntry> get(String jobId) {
+        Holder h = entries.get(jobId);
+        if (h == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        if (h.isExpired()) {
+            entries.remove(jobId, h);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        return Optional.of(h.entry);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void delete(String jobId) {
+        entries.remove(jobId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean exists(String jobId) {
+        return get(jobId).isPresent();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> findJobIdByFileId(String fileId) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Holder> e : entries.entrySet()) {
+            Holder h = e.getValue();
+            if (h.isExpired()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            List<String> fileIds = h.entry.fileIds();
+            if (fileIds != null && fileIds.contains(fileId)) {
+                return Optional.of(e.getKey());
+            }
+        }
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Collection<JobStoreEntry> all() {
+        List<JobStoreEntry> result = new ArrayList<>(entries.size());
+        for (Holder h : entries.values()) {
+            if (!h.isExpired()) {
+                result.add(h.entry);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /** Drop entries whose TTL has elapsed. Called by the {@code TaskManager} cleanup scheduler. */
+    public int purgeExpired() {
+        int removed = 0;
+        Instant now = Instant.now();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Holder> e : entries.entrySet()) {
+            if (!e.getValue().expiry.equals(Instant.MAX) && e.getValue().expiry.isBefore(now)) {
+                if (entries.remove(e.getKey(), e.getValue())) {
+                    removed++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return removed;
+    }
+
+    private record Holder(JobStoreEntry entry, Instant expiry) {
+        boolean isExpired() {
+            return !expiry.equals(Instant.MAX) && expiry.isBefore(Instant.now());
+        }
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessKeyValueCache.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.KeyValueCache;
+
+public class InProcessKeyValueCache implements KeyValueCache {
+
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, ConcurrentHashMap<String, Expiring>> namespaces =
+            new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    @Override
+    public void put(String namespace, String key, String value, Duration ttl) {
+        Instant expiry = ttl == null ? Instant.MAX : Instant.now().plus(ttl);
+        namespaces
+                .computeIfAbsent(namespace, n -> new ConcurrentHashMap<>())
+                .put(key, new Expiring(value, expiry));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> get(String namespace, String key) {
+        Map<String, Expiring> ns = namespaces.get(namespace);
+        if (ns == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        Expiring e = ns.get(key);
+        if (e == null) {
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        if (e.expiry.isBefore(Instant.now())) {
+            ns.remove(key, e);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        return Optional.of(e.value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void evict(String namespace, String key) {
+        Map<String, Expiring> ns = namespaces.get(namespace);
+        if (ns != null) {
+            ns.remove(key);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void evictNamespace(String namespace) {
+        namespaces.remove(namespace);
+    }
+
+    private record Expiring(String value, Instant expiry) {}
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessRateLimitStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import io.github.bucket4j.Bandwidth;
+import io.github.bucket4j.Bucket;
+import io.github.bucket4j.ConsumptionProbe;
+import io.github.bucket4j.local.LocalBucketBuilder;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.RateLimitStore;
+
+/** Bucket4j-backed token bucket implementation of {@link RateLimitStore}. */
+public class InProcessRateLimitStore implements RateLimitStore {
+
+    /** Cap to bound memory; oldest accessed buckets are evicted. */
+    private static final int MAX_BUCKETS = 10_000;
+
+    private final Map<String, Bucket> buckets =
+            Collections.synchronizedMap(
+                    new LinkedHashMap<String, Bucket>(256, 0.75f, true) {
+                        @Override
+                        protected boolean removeEldestEntry(Map.Entry<String, Bucket> eldest) {
+                            return size() > MAX_BUCKETS;
+                        }
+                    });
+
+    @Override
+    public RateLimitDecision tryConsume(String bucketKey, long capacity, Duration refillPeriod) {
+        String compositeKey = bucketKey + "|" + capacity + "|" + refillPeriod.toNanos();
+        Bucket bucket =
+                buckets.computeIfAbsent(compositeKey, k -> buildBucket(capacity, refillPeriod));
+        ConsumptionProbe probe = bucket.tryConsumeAndReturnRemaining(1);
+        return new RateLimitDecision(
+                probe.isConsumed(),
+                probe.getRemainingTokens(),
+                probe.isConsumed() ? 0L : probe.getNanosToWaitForRefill());
+    }
+
+    private static Bucket buildBucket(long capacity, Duration refillPeriod) {
+        Bandwidth limit =
+                Bandwidth.builder().capacity(capacity).refillGreedy(capacity, refillPeriod).build();
+        LocalBucketBuilder builder = Bucket.builder();
+        builder.addLimit(limit);
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/LocalDiskFileStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.FileStore;
+
+/** Local-disk {@link FileStore} storing files under a base directory keyed by a UUID file id. */
+@Slf4j
+public class LocalDiskFileStore implements FileStore {
+
+    private final String baseDirPath;
+
+    public LocalDiskFileStore(String baseDirPath) {
+        this.baseDirPath = baseDirPath;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Stored store(InputStream in, String originalName) throws IOException {
+        String fileId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        Path filePath = resolve(fileId);
+        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
+        boolean success = false;
+        try {
+            long size = Files.copy(in, filePath);
+            success = true;
+            return new Stored(fileId, size);
+        } finally {
+            if (!success) {
+                try {
+                    Files.deleteIfExists(filePath);
+                } catch (IOException cleanupEx) {
+                    log.warn(
+                            "Failed to clean up partial file {} after store failure",
+                            filePath,
+                            cleanupEx);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * File-to-file copy. {@link Files#copy(Path, Path, java.nio.file.CopyOption...)} can use {@code
+     * sendfile(2)} on Linux for a zero-copy kernel transfer when source and destination share a
+     * filesystem, avoiding the streaming overhead of pulling the bytes through the JVM heap. Reads
+     * the source size before copying so the post-copy stat is unnecessary.
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Stored store(Path source, String originalName) throws IOException {
+        String fileId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        Path filePath = resolve(fileId);
+        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
+        long size = Files.size(source);
+        boolean success = false;
+        try {
+            Files.copy(source, filePath);
+            success = true;
+            return new Stored(fileId, size);
+        } finally {
+            if (!success) {
+                try {
+                    Files.deleteIfExists(filePath);
+                } catch (IOException cleanupEx) {
+                    log.warn(
+                            "Failed to clean up partial file {} after store failure",
+                            filePath,
+                            cleanupEx);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream retrieve(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        return new BufferedInputStream(Files.newInputStream(resolve(fileId)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] retrieveBytes(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        Path filePath = resolve(fileId);
+        if (!Files.exists(filePath)) {
+            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId);
+        }
+        return Files.readAllBytes(filePath);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long size(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        Path filePath = resolve(fileId);
+        if (!Files.exists(filePath)) {
+            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId);
+        }
+        return Files.size(filePath);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean delete(String fileId) {
+        try {
+            return Files.deleteIfExists(resolve(fileId));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Error deleting file with ID: {}", fileId, e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean exists(String fileId) {
+        return Files.exists(resolve(fileId));
+    }
+
+    public Path resolve(String fileId) {
+        if (fileId.contains("..") || fileId.contains("/") || fileId.contains("\\")) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid file ID");
+        }
+        Path basePath = Path.of(baseDirPath).normalize().toAbsolutePath();
+        Path resolvedPath = basePath.resolve(fileId).normalize();
+        if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(basePath)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File ID resolves to an invalid path");
+        }
+        return resolvedPath;
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/LocalDiskFileStoreConfiguration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.FileStore;
+
+/**
+ * Always-on wiring for the per-node local-disk {@link FileStore}. Active when {@code
+ * cluster.artifactStore=local} (the default; {@code matchIfMissing=true}). The S3 artifact-store
+ * supplies its own bean when {@code cluster.artifactStore=s3}.
+ */
+@Configuration
+@ConditionalOnProperty(
+        prefix = "cluster",
+        name = "artifactStore",
+        havingValue = "local",
+        matchIfMissing = true)
+public class LocalDiskFileStoreConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public FileStore fileStore(@Value("${stirling.tempDir:/tmp/stirling-files}") String tempDir) {
+        return new LocalDiskFileStore(tempDir);
+    }
+}

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/configuration/ConfigInitializer.java

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public class ConfigInitializer {
             YamlHelper settingsFile = new YamlHelper(settingTempPath);
 
             migrateEnterpriseEditionToPremium(settingsFile, settingsTemplateFile);
+            migrateProFeaturesKeyCasing(settingsFile, settingsTemplateFile);
 
             boolean changesMade =
                     settingsTemplateFile.updateValuesFromYaml(settingsFile, settingsTemplateFile);
@@ -116,31 +117,52 @@ public class ConfigInitializer {
         }
         if (yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "SSOAutoLogin") != null) {
             template.updateValue(
-                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "SSOAutoLogin"),
+                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"),
                     yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "SSOAutoLogin"));
         }
         if (yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "autoUpdateMetadata")
                 != null) {
             template.updateValue(
-                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "CustomMetadata", "autoUpdateMetadata"),
+                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "autoUpdateMetadata"),
                     yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath(
                             "enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "autoUpdateMetadata"));
         }
         if (yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "author") != null) {
             template.updateValue(
-                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "CustomMetadata", "author"),
+                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "author"),
                     yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "author"));
         }
         if (yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "creator") != null) {
             template.updateValue(
-                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "CustomMetadata", "creator"),
+                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "creator"),
                     yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "creator"));
         }
         if (yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "producer")
                 != null) {
             template.updateValue(
-                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "CustomMetadata", "producer"),
+                    List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "producer"),
                     yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("enterpriseEdition", "CustomMetadata", "producer"));
         }
     }
+
+    // TODO: Remove post migration
+    // settings.yml.template renamed the two non-camelCase proFeatures keys
+    // ("SSOAutoLogin" -> "ssoAutoLogin", "CustomMetadata" -> "customMetadata") so the whole
+    // settings pipeline is consistent camelCase. The save path (YamlHelper.updateValue) matches
+    // keys case-sensitively, so without this carry-forward an existing install's values written
+    // under the old PascalCase keys would be dropped on upgrade and reset to template defaults.
+    void migrateProFeaturesKeyCasing(YamlHelper yaml, YamlHelper template) {
+        Object ssoAutoLogin = yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("premium", "proFeatures", "SSOAutoLogin");
+        if (ssoAutoLogin != null) {
+            template.updateValue(List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"), ssoAutoLogin);
+        }
+        for (String field : List.of("autoUpdateMetadata", "author", "creator", "producer")) {
+            Object value =
+                    yaml.getValueByExactKeyPath("premium", "proFeatures", "CustomMetadata", field);
+            if (value != null) {
+                template.updateValue(
+                        List.of("premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", field), value);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/model/ApplicationProperties.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
     private PdfEditor pdfEditor = new PdfEditor();
     private AiEngine aiEngine = new AiEngine();
     private InternalApi internalApi = new InternalApi();
+    private Cluster cluster = new Cluster();
 
     @Bean
     public PropertySource<?> dynamicYamlPropertySource(ConfigurableEnvironment environment)
@@ -254,6 +256,106 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
         private int longRunningTimeoutSeconds = 600;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Cluster backplane configuration. All keys live under the top-level {@code cluster.*} prefix
+     * (e.g. env var {@code CLUSTER_ENABLED}). The master switch is {@link #enabled} and defaults to
+     * off; when off the in-process backplane is wired and no other cluster keys are required.
+     */
+    @Data
+    public static class Cluster {
+
+        /** Master switch. When {@code false} (default) the in-process backplane is wired. */
+        private boolean enabled = false;
+
+        /** Backplane implementation selector. Valid values: {@code inprocess} | {@code valkey}. */
+        private String backplane = "inprocess";
+
+        /**
+         * Transient cluster job-artifact store selector. Valid values: {@code local} | {@code s3}.
+         *
+         * <p>This is distinct from {@code storage.provider}, which selects the backend for
+         * persistent user-uploaded files. The two switches exist because the user-facing storage
+         * feature is optional ({@code storage.enabled=false} is common) but every multi-node
+         * cluster still needs a shared artifact store to serve cross-node downloads. Both
+         * implementations share credentials from {@code storage.s3.*} when set to {@code s3}.
+         */
+        private String artifactStore = "local";
+
+        private Valkey valkey = new Valkey();
+        private Node node = new Node();
+
+        private transient String cachedNodeId;
+
+        public NodeRole resolvedRole() {
+            if (node == null || node.getRole() == null) {
+                return NodeRole.BOTH;
+            }
+            String value = node.getRole().trim().toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+            try {
+                return NodeRole.valueOf(value);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+                return NodeRole.BOTH;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public synchronized String resolvedNodeId() {
+            if (node != null && node.getId() != null && !node.getId().isBlank()) {
+                return node.getId();
+            }
+            if (cachedNodeId == null) {
+                cachedNodeId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+            }
+            return cachedNodeId;
+        }
+
+        public enum NodeRole {
+            WEB,
+            WORKER,
+            BOTH
+        }
+
+        @Data
+        public static class Valkey {
+            /**
+             * {@code redis://host:6379} or {@code rediss://...} for TLS. Required when cluster mode
+             * is on and backplane is valkey.
+             */
+            private String url = "";
+
+            private Tls tls = new Tls();
+
+            @Data
+            public static class Tls {
+                /**
+                 * When {@code true}, skip Valkey/Redis TLS certificate verification (dev/test
+                 * only). Leave {@code false} in production.
+                 */
+                private boolean skipCertVerification = false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Data
+        public static class Node {
+            /** Optional explicit node id. Blank = auto-generated UUID at startup. */
+            private String id = "";
+
+            /** {@code web} | {@code worker} | {@code both}. */
+            private String role = "both";
+
+            /**
+             * Internal cluster address advertised in the instance registry (host:port). Blank =
+             * derived at startup.
+             */
+            private String internalAddress = "";
+
+            /** {@code http} | {@code https} - scheme used when peers call this node. */
+            private String scheme = "http";
+
+            /** Heartbeat publish interval for the instance registry, in milliseconds. */
+            private long heartbeatIntervalMs = 5000;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * HTTP timeouts for loopback calls to internal Stirling API endpoints, used by the AI workflow
      * executor and the pipeline processor. A bounded read timeout prevents a hung tool (e.g. an
@@ -426,6 +528,16 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
             private String provider;
             private Client client = new Client();
 
+            /**
+             * When true, the OAuth2/OIDC login flow logs the full set of ID token and UserInfo
+             * claims at INFO level (and again at ERROR level if the username attribute cannot be
+             * resolved). Used to diagnose provider misconfiguration (for example ADFS not returning
+             * an {@code email} claim). WARNING: writes PII (sub, email, name) to application logs.
+             * Leave disabled in production; enable only while actively troubleshooting and disable
+             * again afterwards.
+             */
+            private Boolean debugLogging = false;
+
             public void setScopes(String scopes) {
                 List<String> scopesList =
                         Arrays.stream(scopes.split(",")).map(String::trim).toList();
@@ -676,6 +788,7 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
         private boolean enabled = false;
         private String provider = "local";
         private Local local = new Local();
+        private S3 s3 = new S3();
         private Quotas quotas = new Quotas();
         private Sharing sharing = new Sharing();
         private Signing signing = new Signing();
@@ -685,6 +798,57 @@ public class ApplicationProperties {
             private String basePath = InstallationPathConfig.getPath() + "storage";
         }
 
+        @Data
+        public static class S3 {
+            /**
+             * Optional custom endpoint (e.g. {@code https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com},
+             * {@code https://<project>.supabase.co/storage/v1/s3}, or {@code http://localhost:9000}
+             * for MinIO). Blank = use AWS regional default.
+             */
+            private String endpoint = "";
+
+            private String bucket = "";
+
+            private String region = "us-east-1";
+
+            private String accessKey = "";
+            private String secretKey = "";
+
+            /**
+             * When {@code true} use path-style URLs ({@code <endpoint>/<bucket>/<key>}) instead of
+             * virtual-hosted ({@code <bucket>.<endpoint>/<key>}). MinIO and most S3-compatible
+             * gateways require path-style; AWS S3 prefers virtual-hosted.
+             */
+            private boolean pathStyleAccess = false;
+
+            /**
+             * When {@code false} (default), {@code endpoint} hostnames that resolve to private,
+             * loopback, or link-local addresses are rejected at startup to block SSRF attacks via
+             * the cloud metadata service (e.g. {@code http://169.254.169.254/}). Set to {@code
+             * true} to opt in for MinIO / in-cluster S3 endpoints on private networks.
+             */
+            private boolean allowPrivateEndpoints = false;
+
+            /**
+             * Controls when the SDK adds an {@code x-amz-checksum-*} header on PUT/UploadPart.
+             * Default {@code WHEN_SUPPORTED} (the SDK default since 2.30) makes the SDK send a
+             * CRC32 checksum on every upload - this works on AWS S3, MinIO, current Supabase,
+             * Backblaze B2 (post-July-2025), and modern R2. Set to {@code WHEN_REQUIRED} to
+             * suppress the auto-checksum on vendors that reject unknown {@code x-amz-checksum-*}
+             * headers (older Backblaze B2, some R2 corner cases, GCS S3 endpoint). Invalid values
+             * fall back to {@code WHEN_SUPPORTED}.
+             */
+            private String requestChecksumCalculation = "WHEN_SUPPORTED";
+
+            /**
+             * Controls when the SDK validates returned {@code x-amz-checksum-*} headers on GET
+             * responses. Default {@code WHEN_SUPPORTED}. Set to {@code WHEN_REQUIRED} if your
+             * vendor never returns these headers and you see false-positive checksum-mismatch
+             * errors. Invalid values fall back to {@code WHEN_SUPPORTED}.
+             */
+            private String responseChecksumValidation = "WHEN_SUPPORTED";
+        }
+
         @Data
         public static class Sharing {
             private boolean enabled = false;

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/service/FileStorage.java

@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 package stirling.software.common.service;
 
-import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
-import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.UUID;
+import java.io.PipedInputStream;
+import java.io.PipedOutputStream;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
@@ -18,9 +16,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.StreamingResponseBo
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.FileStore;
+
 /**
  * Service for storing and retrieving files with unique file IDs. Used by the AutoJobPostMapping
- * system to handle file references.
+ * system to handle file references. Disk I/O is delegated to the injected {@link FileStore} bean.
  */
 @Service
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
@@ -30,251 +30,150 @@ public class FileStorage {
     /** Holds the result of a stream-to-disk store operation: the file ID and the bytes written. */
     public record StoredFile(String fileId, long size) {}
 
-    @Value("${stirling.tempDir:/tmp/stirling-files}")
-    private String tempDirPath;
-
     private final FileOrUploadService fileOrUploadService;
+    private final FileStore fileStore;
 
-    /**
-     * Store a file and return its unique ID
-     *
-     * @param file The file to store
-     * @return The unique ID assigned to the file
-     * @throws IOException If there is an error storing the file
-     */
     public String storeFile(MultipartFile file) throws IOException {
-        String fileId = generateFileId();
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-
-        // Ensure the directory exists
-        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
-
-        // Transfer the file to the storage location
-        file.transferTo(filePath.toFile());
-
-        log.debug("Stored file with ID: {}", fileId);
-        return fileId;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Store a byte array as a file and return its unique ID
-     *
-     * @param bytes The byte array to store
-     * @param originalName The original name of the file (for extension)
-     * @return The unique ID assigned to the file
-     * @throws IOException If there is an error storing the file
-     */
-    public String storeBytes(byte[] bytes, String originalName) throws IOException {
-        String fileId = generateFileId();
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-
-        // Ensure the directory exists
-        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
-
-        // Write the bytes to the file
-        Files.write(filePath, bytes);
-
-        log.debug("Stored byte array with ID: {}", fileId);
-        return fileId;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Retrieve a file by its ID as a MultipartFile
-     *
-     * @param fileId The ID of the file to retrieve
-     * @return The file as a MultipartFile
-     * @throws IOException If the file doesn't exist or can't be read
-     */
-    public MultipartFile retrieveFile(String fileId) throws IOException {
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-
-        if (!Files.exists(filePath)) {
-            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId);
+        // Fast path: when Spring buffered the multipart to disk (typical for large uploads), the
+        // backing Resource exposes a real File. Hand the Path to the FileStore so it can do a
+        // file-to-file copy (Linux sendfile, no copy through Java heap) rather than streaming
+        // the bytes through an 8K buffer. Falls back to the InputStream path for in-memory
+        // multiparts, exotic Resource impls, and anything that does not back onto a File.
+        Resource res;
+        try {
+            res = file.getResource();
+        } catch (RuntimeException ignored) {
+            res = null;
         }
+        if (res != null && res.isFile()) {
+            try {
+                FileStore.Stored stored =
+                        fileStore.store(res.getFile().toPath(), file.getOriginalFilename());
+                log.debug("Stored file with ID: {} (fast path)", stored.fileId());
+                return stored.fileId();
+            } catch (IOException ex) {
+                // Some Resource impls advertise isFile()=true but throw on getFile(); fall through.
+                log.debug("Resource fast path failed, falling back to stream copy", ex);
+            }
+        }
+        try (InputStream in = file.getInputStream()) {
+            FileStore.Stored stored = fileStore.store(in, file.getOriginalFilename());
+            log.debug("Stored file with ID: {}", stored.fileId());
+            return stored.fileId();
+        }
+    }
 
-        byte[] fileData = Files.readAllBytes(filePath);
+    public String storeBytes(byte[] bytes, String originalName) throws IOException {
+        FileStore.Stored stored = fileStore.store(new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes), originalName);
+        log.debug("Stored byte array with ID: {}", stored.fileId());
+        return stored.fileId();
+    }
+
+    public MultipartFile retrieveFile(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        byte[] fileData = fileStore.retrieveBytes(fileId);
         return fileOrUploadService.toMockMultipartFile(fileId, fileData);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieve a file by its ID as a byte array
-     *
-     * @param fileId The ID of the file to retrieve
-     * @return The file as a byte array
-     * @throws IOException If the file doesn't exist or can't be read
-     */
     public byte[] retrieveBytes(String fileId) throws IOException {
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-
-        if (!Files.exists(filePath)) {
-            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId);
-        }
-
-        return Files.readAllBytes(filePath);
+        return fileStore.retrieveBytes(fileId);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Retrieve a file by its ID as a streaming InputStream. The caller is responsible for closing
-     * the returned stream.
-     *
-     * @param fileId The ID of the file to retrieve
-     * @return A buffered InputStream for the file
-     * @throws IOException If the file doesn't exist or can't be read
-     */
     public InputStream retrieveInputStream(String fileId) throws IOException {
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-        // Let Files.newInputStream throw NoSuchFileException naturally — avoids TOCTOU race
-        // between exists-check and open when another thread may delete concurrently.
-        return new BufferedInputStream(Files.newInputStream(filePath));
+        return fileStore.retrieve(fileId);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Store data from an InputStream as a file and return its unique ID and byte count. Streams
-     * directly to disk without buffering the entire content in heap.
-     *
-     * @param inputStream The input stream to read from
-     * @param originalName The original name of the file (unused, kept for API symmetry)
-     * @return A {@link StoredFile} containing the file ID and the number of bytes written
-     * @throws IOException If there is an error storing the file
-     */
     public StoredFile storeInputStream(InputStream inputStream, String originalName)
             throws IOException {
-        String fileId = generateFileId();
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
-        long size = Files.copy(inputStream, filePath);
-        log.debug("Stored input stream with ID: {}", fileId);
-        return new StoredFile(fileId, size);
+        FileStore.Stored stored = fileStore.store(inputStream, originalName);
+        log.debug("Stored input stream with ID: {}", stored.fileId());
+        return new StoredFile(stored.fileId(), stored.size());
     }
 
     public String storeFromStreamingBody(StreamingResponseBody body, String originalName)
             throws IOException {
-        String fileId = generateFileId();
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
-        boolean success = false;
-        try (OutputStream os = new BufferedOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(filePath))) {
-            body.writeTo(os);
-            success = true;
-        } finally {
-            if (!success) {
+        // Hold Throwable not IOException: an unchecked failure (NPE, IllegalState, OOM, etc.)
+        // from the body writer would otherwise close the pipe with EOF and the consumer would
+        // return a truncated file with no error surfaced to the caller.
+        AtomicReference<Throwable> bodyError = new AtomicReference<>();
+        try (PipedOutputStream out = new PipedOutputStream();
+                PipedInputStream in = new PipedInputStream(out, 8192)) {
+            var executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor(Thread.ofVirtual().factory());
+            java.util.concurrent.Future<?> task = null;
+            try {
+                task =
+                        executor.submit(
+                                () -> {
+                                    try {
+                                        body.writeTo(out);
+                                    } catch (Throwable ex) {
+                                        bodyError.set(ex);
+                                    } finally {
+                                        try {
+                                            out.close();
+                                        } catch (IOException ignored) {
+                                            // closed on the consumer side too
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                });
+                FileStore.Stored stored = fileStore.store(in, originalName);
+                Throwable writerErr = bodyError.get();
+                if (writerErr != null) {
+                    // Body failed mid-write: the FileStore persisted a truncated entry.
+                    // Best-effort delete so we don't leak partial files; never let cleanup
+                    // mask the original writer error.
+                    try {
+                        fileStore.delete(stored.fileId());
+                    } catch (RuntimeException cleanupEx) {
+                        log.warn(
+                                "Failed to delete partial file {} after writer error: {}",
+                                stored.fileId(),
+                                cleanupEx.getMessage());
+                    }
+                    if (writerErr instanceof IOException ioe) {
+                        throw ioe;
+                    }
+                    throw new IOException(
+                            "StreamingResponseBody writer failed: " + writerErr.getMessage(),
+                            writerErr);
+                }
+                log.debug("Stored StreamingResponseBody with ID: {}", stored.fileId());
+                return stored.fileId();
+            } finally {
+                // Interrupt and join the writer task: shutdown() alone returns immediately and a
+                // failed store leaves the writer running, leaking a thread per failed upload.
+                if (task != null && !task.isDone()) {
+                    task.cancel(true);
+                }
+                executor.shutdown();
                 try {
-                    Files.deleteIfExists(filePath);
-                } catch (IOException cleanupEx) {
-                    log.warn(
-                            "Failed to clean up partial file {} after store failure",
-                            filePath,
-                            cleanupEx);
+                    if (!executor.awaitTermination(5, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+                        executor.shutdownNow();
+                    }
+                } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+                    executor.shutdownNow();
+                    Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                 }
             }
         }
-        log.debug("Stored StreamingResponseBody with ID: {}", fileId);
-        return fileId;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Persist a {@link Resource} body to disk, returning the generated file ID. Used by the async
-     * job pipeline to capture {@code ResponseEntity<Resource>} results produced by controllers.
-     */
     public String storeFromResource(Resource resource, String originalName) throws IOException {
-        String fileId = generateFileId();
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-        Files.createDirectories(filePath.getParent());
-        boolean success = false;
         try (InputStream in = resource.getInputStream()) {
-            Files.copy(in, filePath);
-            success = true;
-        } finally {
-            if (!success) {
-                try {
-                    Files.deleteIfExists(filePath);
-                } catch (IOException cleanupEx) {
-                    log.warn(
-                            "Failed to clean up partial file {} after store failure",
-                            filePath,
-                            cleanupEx);
-                }
-            }
+            FileStore.Stored stored = fileStore.store(in, originalName);
+            log.debug("Stored Resource with ID: {}", stored.fileId());
+            return stored.fileId();
         }
-        log.debug("Stored Resource with ID: {}", fileId);
-        return fileId;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Delete a file by its ID
-     *
-     * @param fileId The ID of the file to delete
-     * @return true if the file was deleted, false otherwise
-     */
     public boolean deleteFile(String fileId) {
-        try {
-            Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-            return Files.deleteIfExists(filePath);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Error deleting file with ID: {}", fileId, e);
-            return false;
-        }
+        return fileStore.delete(fileId);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Check if a file exists by its ID
-     *
-     * @param fileId The ID of the file to check
-     * @return true if the file exists, false otherwise
-     */
     public boolean fileExists(String fileId) {
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-        return Files.exists(filePath);
+        return fileStore.exists(fileId);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Get the size of a file by its ID without loading the content into memory
-     *
-     * @param fileId The ID of the file
-     * @return The size of the file in bytes
-     * @throws IOException If the file doesn't exist or can't be read
-     */
     public long getFileSize(String fileId) throws IOException {
-        Path filePath = getFilePath(fileId);
-
-        if (!Files.exists(filePath)) {
-            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId);
-        }
-
-        return Files.size(filePath);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the path for a file ID
-     *
-     * @param fileId The ID of the file
-     * @return The path to the file
-     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if fileId contains path traversal characters or resolves
-     *     outside base directory
-     */
-    private Path getFilePath(String fileId) {
-        // Validate fileId to prevent path traversal
-        if (fileId.contains("..") || fileId.contains("/") || fileId.contains("\\")) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid file ID");
-        }
-
-        Path basePath = Path.of(tempDirPath).normalize().toAbsolutePath();
-        Path resolvedPath = basePath.resolve(fileId).normalize();
-
-        // Ensure resolved path is within the base directory
-        if (!resolvedPath.startsWith(basePath)) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File ID resolves to an invalid path");
-        }
-
-        return resolvedPath;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Generate a unique file ID
-     *
-     * @return A unique file ID
-     */
-    private String generateFileId() {
-        return UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        return fileStore.size(fileId);
     }
 }

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/service/TaskManager.java

@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ package stirling.software.common.service;
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -16,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -26,6 +31,10 @@ import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.ClusterBackplane;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStore;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry.JobState;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.JobResult;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.JobStats;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.ResultFile;
@@ -40,20 +49,20 @@ public class TaskManager {
     private int jobResultExpiryMinutes = 30;
 
     private final FileStorage fileStorage;
+    private final JobStore jobStore;
+    private final ClusterBackplane clusterBackplane;
     private final ScheduledExecutorService cleanupExecutor =
             Executors.newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(
                     Thread.ofVirtual().name("task-cleanup-", 0).factory());
 
-    /** Initialize the task manager and start the cleanup scheduler */
-    public TaskManager(FileStorage fileStorage) {
+    @Autowired
+    public TaskManager(
+            FileStorage fileStorage, JobStore jobStore, ClusterBackplane clusterBackplane) {
         this.fileStorage = fileStorage;
+        this.jobStore = jobStore;
+        this.clusterBackplane = clusterBackplane;
 
-        // Schedule periodic cleanup of old job results
-        cleanupExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(
-                this::cleanupOldJobs,
-                10, // Initial delay
-                10, // Interval
-                TimeUnit.MINUTES);
+        cleanupExecutor.scheduleAtFixedRate(this::cleanupOldJobs, 10, 10, TimeUnit.MINUTES);
 
         log.debug(
                 "Task manager initialized with job result expiry of {} minutes",
@@ -66,7 +75,9 @@ public class TaskManager {
      * @param jobId The job ID
      */
     public void createTask(String jobId) {
-        jobResults.put(jobId, JobResult.createNew(jobId));
+        JobResult result = JobResult.createNew(jobId);
+        jobResults.put(jobId, result);
+        writeThrough(jobId, result);
         log.debug("Created task with job ID: {}", jobId);
     }
 
@@ -79,6 +90,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
     public void setResult(String jobId, Object result) {
         JobResult jobResult = getOrCreateJobResult(jobId);
         jobResult.completeWithResult(result);
+        writeThrough(jobId, jobResult);
         log.debug("Set result for job ID: {}", jobId);
     }
 
@@ -101,6 +113,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
                         extractZipToIndividualFiles(fileId, originalFileName);
                 if (!extractedFiles.isEmpty()) {
                     jobResult.completeWithFiles(extractedFiles);
+                    writeThrough(jobId, jobResult);
                     log.debug(
                             "Set multiple file results for job ID: {} with {} files extracted from"
                                     + " ZIP",
@@ -127,6 +140,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
                     "Failed to get file size for job {}: {}. Using size 0.", jobId, e.getMessage());
             jobResult.completeWithSingleFile(fileId, originalFileName, contentType, 0);
         }
+        writeThrough(jobId, jobResult);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -138,6 +152,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
     public void setMultipleFileResults(String jobId, List<ResultFile> resultFiles) {
         JobResult jobResult = getOrCreateJobResult(jobId);
         jobResult.completeWithFiles(resultFiles);
+        writeThrough(jobId, jobResult);
         log.debug(
                 "Set multiple file results for job ID: {} with {} files",
                 jobId,
@@ -153,6 +168,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
     public void setError(String jobId, String error) {
         JobResult jobResult = getOrCreateJobResult(jobId);
         jobResult.failWithError(error);
+        writeThrough(jobId, jobResult);
         log.debug("Set error for job ID: {}: {}", jobId, error);
     }
 
@@ -169,6 +185,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
             // If no result or error has been set, mark it as complete with an empty result
             jobResult.completeWithResult("Task completed successfully");
         }
+        writeThrough(jobId, jobResult);
         log.debug("Marked job ID: {} as complete", jobId);
     }
 
@@ -205,6 +222,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
         JobResult jobResult = jobResults.get(jobId);
         if (jobResult != null) {
             jobResult.addNote(note);
+            writeThrough(jobId, jobResult);
             log.debug("Added note to job ID: {}: {}", jobId, note);
             return true;
         }
@@ -295,8 +313,11 @@ public class TaskManager {
         return jobResults.computeIfAbsent(jobId, JobResult::createNew);
     }
 
-    /** Clean up old completed job results */
+    /** Clean up old completed job results. No-op in cluster mode; the backplane TTL owns expiry. */
     public void cleanupOldJobs() {
+        if (clusterBackplane != null && !clusterBackplane.shouldRunLocalCleanup()) {
+            return;
+        }
         LocalDateTime expiryThreshold =
                 LocalDateTime.now().minus(jobResultExpiryMinutes, ChronoUnit.MINUTES);
         int removedCount = 0;
@@ -315,6 +336,9 @@ public class TaskManager {
 
                     // Remove the job result
                     jobResults.remove(entry.getKey());
+                    if (jobStore != null) {
+                        jobStore.delete(entry.getKey());
+                    }
                     removedCount++;
                 }
             }
@@ -327,6 +351,53 @@ public class TaskManager {
         }
     }
 
+    /** Mirror the in-memory {@code JobResult} into the cluster-visible {@link JobStore}. */
+    private void writeThrough(String jobId, JobResult result) {
+        if (jobStore == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            jobStore.put(toEntry(jobId, result), Duration.ofMinutes(jobResultExpiryMinutes));
+        } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+            log.warn("JobStore write-through failed for job {}: {}", jobId, ex.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private JobStoreEntry toEntry(String jobId, JobResult result) {
+        JobState state;
+        if (result.isComplete()) {
+            state = result.getError() != null ? JobState.FAILED : JobState.COMPLETE;
+        } else {
+            state = JobState.PENDING;
+        }
+        Instant createdAt = toInstant(result.getCreatedAt());
+        Instant completedAt = toInstant(result.getCompletedAt());
+        List<String> fileIds = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (result.hasFiles()) {
+            for (ResultFile rf : result.getAllResultFiles()) {
+                fileIds.add(rf.getFileId());
+            }
+        }
+        Map<String, String> meta = new HashMap<>();
+        if (result.getNotes() != null && !result.getNotes().isEmpty()) {
+            meta.put("notesCount", Integer.toString(result.getNotes().size()));
+        }
+        String owningNodeId = clusterBackplane == null ? "local" : clusterBackplane.localNodeId();
+        return new JobStoreEntry(
+                jobId,
+                state,
+                owningNodeId,
+                createdAt,
+                completedAt,
+                result.getError(),
+                fileIds,
+                meta);
+    }
+
+    private Instant toInstant(LocalDateTime ldt) {
+        return ldt == null ? null : ldt.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant();
+    }
+
     /** Shutdown the cleanup executor */
     @PreDestroy
     public void shutdown() {
@@ -370,7 +441,7 @@ public class TaskManager {
             while ((entry = zipIn.getNextEntry()) != null) {
                 if (!entry.isDirectory()) {
                     String contentType = determineContentType(entry.getName());
-                    // storeInputStream returns the fileId and byte count — no extra stat needed
+                    // storeInputStream returns the fileId and byte count - no extra stat needed
                     FileStorage.StoredFile stored =
                             fileStorage.storeInputStream(zipIn, entry.getName());
 
@@ -458,7 +529,8 @@ public class TaskManager {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Find the job key that owns a given file ID.
+     * Find the job key that owns a given file ID. Checks the local in-memory map first, then falls
+     * back to the cluster-visible {@link JobStore}.
      *
      * @param fileId file identifier to look up
      * @return scoped job key if found, otherwise null
@@ -474,6 +546,18 @@ public class TaskManager {
                 }
             }
         }
+        if (jobStore != null) {
+            // Propagate JobStore failures: returning null on a backplane outage would conflate
+            // "no such file" with "lookup unavailable" and the caller would respond 404 to a
+            // transient blip that should be retried. Let Spring's exception handler surface a
+            // 5xx so clients know to retry.
+            try {
+                return jobStore.findJobIdByFileId(fileId).orElse(null);
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                log.warn("JobStore findJobIdByFileId failed for {}: {}", fileId, e.getMessage());
+                throw e;
+            }
+        }
         return null;
     }
 }

app/common/src/main/java/stirling/software/common/util/RequestUriUtils.java

@@ -83,7 +83,16 @@ public class RequestUriUtils {
             return false;
         }
 
-        // Blocklist of backend/non-frontend paths that should still go through filters
+        // Blocklist of backend/non-frontend paths that should still go through filters.
+        //
+        // `/files` was historically a backend route; it is now a frontend route
+        // owned by HomePage / FileManagerView. Direct-nav or refresh on /files
+        // (or /files/<folder-uuid>) was returning the Spring auth filter's 401
+        // JSON instead of serving index.html, so the SPA never got a chance to
+        // mount and the user saw a raw error response. There are no `/files`
+        // backend mappings at the servlet root - the real storage endpoints
+        // live under `/api/v1/storage/files`, which is filtered out a few lines
+        // up by the `startsWith("/api/")` guard.
         String[] backendOnlyPrefixes = {
             "/register",
             "/pipeline",
@@ -91,7 +100,6 @@ public class RequestUriUtils {
             "/pdfjs-legacy",
             "/fonts",
             "/images",
-            "/files",
             "/css",
             "/js",
             "/swagger",
@@ -172,7 +180,7 @@ public class RequestUriUtils {
                         "/api/v1/ui-data/footer-info") // Public footer configuration
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith("/api/v1/invite/validate")
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith("/api/v1/invite/accept")
-                // Health Endoints
+                // Health Endpoints
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith("/actuator/health")
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith("/health")
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith("/healthz")
@@ -181,7 +189,7 @@ public class RequestUriUtils {
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith(
                         "/api/v1/mobile-scanner/") // Mobile scanner endpoints (no auth)
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith("/v1/api-docs")
-                // Workflow participant endpoints — access controlled by share tokens, not login
+                // Workflow participant endpoints - access controlled by share tokens, not login
                 || trimmedUri.startsWith("/api/v1/workflow/participant/")
                 // Share-link SPA bootstrap; data APIs remain protected
                 || trimmedUri.matches("^/share/[^/]+/?$");

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/architecture/ArchitectureTest.java

@@ -56,4 +56,17 @@ class ArchitectureTest {
                         .resideInAPackage("stirling.software.saas..");
         rule.check(commonClasses);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void clusterInterfacesHaveNoImplementationDependencies() {
+        ArchRule rule =
+                noClasses()
+                        .that()
+                        .resideInAPackage("stirling.software.common.cluster..")
+                        .should()
+                        .dependOnClassesThat()
+                        .resideInAnyPackage(
+                                "stirling.software.proprietary..", "stirling.software.saas..");
+        rule.check(commonClasses);
+    }
 }

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/BackplaneContractCompilationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class BackplaneContractCompilationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void jobStoreEntryRecordRoundTrips() {
+        Instant now = Instant.now();
+        JobStoreEntry entry =
+                new JobStoreEntry(
+                        "job-1",
+                        JobStoreEntry.JobState.PENDING,
+                        "node-a",
+                        now,
+                        null,
+                        null,
+                        List.of("file-1"),
+                        Map.of("k", "v"));
+        assertEquals("job-1", entry.jobId());
+        assertEquals(JobStoreEntry.JobState.PENDING, entry.state());
+        assertEquals("node-a", entry.owningNodeId());
+        assertEquals(now, entry.createdAt());
+        assertEquals(List.of("file-1"), entry.fileIds());
+        assertEquals("v", entry.resultMeta().get("k"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void clusterNodeRecordRoundTrips() {
+        Instant heartbeat = Instant.now();
+        ClusterNode node = new ClusterNode("node-a", "10.0.0.1:8080", heartbeat, "BOTH");
+        assertEquals("node-a", node.nodeId());
+        assertEquals("10.0.0.1:8080", node.internalAddress());
+        assertEquals(heartbeat, node.lastHeartbeat());
+        assertEquals("BOTH", node.role());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void rateLimitDecisionRecordRoundTrips() {
+        RateLimitStore.RateLimitDecision d = new RateLimitStore.RateLimitDecision(true, 7, 0L);
+        assertEquals(true, d.allowed());
+        assertEquals(7, d.remainingTokens());
+        assertEquals(0L, d.nanosToWaitForRefill());
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/ClusterConfigValidationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.Cluster;
+
+class ClusterConfigValidationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void validationPassesWhenDisabled() {
+        ApplicationProperties props = new ApplicationProperties();
+        ClusterConfig config = new ClusterConfig(props);
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> invokeValidate(config));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validationFailsWhenValkeyEnabledWithoutUrl() {
+        ApplicationProperties props = new ApplicationProperties();
+        Cluster cluster = props.getCluster();
+        cluster.setEnabled(true);
+        cluster.setBackplane("valkey");
+        ClusterConfig config = new ClusterConfig(props);
+        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> invokeValidate(config));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validationPassesWhenValkeyEnabledWithUrl() {
+        ApplicationProperties props = new ApplicationProperties();
+        Cluster cluster = props.getCluster();
+        cluster.setEnabled(true);
+        cluster.setBackplane("valkey");
+        cluster.getValkey().setUrl("redis://localhost:6379");
+        ClusterConfig config = new ClusterConfig(props);
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> invokeValidate(config));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void validationPassesWhenInProcessEnabled() {
+        ApplicationProperties props = new ApplicationProperties();
+        Cluster cluster = props.getCluster();
+        cluster.setEnabled(true);
+        cluster.setBackplane("inprocess");
+        ClusterConfig config = new ClusterConfig(props);
+        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> invokeValidate(config));
+    }
+
+    private void invokeValidate(ClusterConfig config) throws Exception {
+        Method m = ClusterConfig.class.getDeclaredMethod("validate");
+        m.setAccessible(true);
+        try {
+            m.invoke(config);
+        } catch (java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException ex) {
+            if (ex.getCause() instanceof RuntimeException re) {
+                throw re;
+            }
+            throw ex;
+        }
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/ClusterPropertiesTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.Cluster;
+
+class ClusterPropertiesTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void defaultsAreDisabledAndInprocess() {
+        Cluster props = new ApplicationProperties().getCluster();
+        assertFalse(props.isEnabled());
+        assertEquals("inprocess", props.getBackplane());
+        assertEquals("local", props.getArtifactStore());
+        assertEquals(Cluster.NodeRole.BOTH, props.resolvedRole());
+        assertEquals("", props.getValkey().getUrl());
+        assertFalse(props.getValkey().getTls().isSkipCertVerification());
+        assertEquals("both", props.getNode().getRole());
+        assertEquals("http", props.getNode().getScheme());
+        assertEquals(5000L, props.getNode().getHeartbeatIntervalMs());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolvedRoleParsesCaseInsensitively() {
+        Cluster props = new ApplicationProperties().getCluster();
+        props.getNode().setRole("WEB");
+        assertEquals(Cluster.NodeRole.WEB, props.resolvedRole());
+
+        props.getNode().setRole("web");
+        assertEquals(Cluster.NodeRole.WEB, props.resolvedRole());
+
+        props.getNode().setRole("Worker");
+        assertEquals(Cluster.NodeRole.WORKER, props.resolvedRole());
+
+        props.getNode().setRole("garbage");
+        assertEquals(Cluster.NodeRole.BOTH, props.resolvedRole());
+
+        props.getNode().setRole(null);
+        assertEquals(Cluster.NodeRole.BOTH, props.resolvedRole());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolvedNodeIdIsStableAcrossCalls() {
+        Cluster props = new ApplicationProperties().getCluster();
+        String first = props.resolvedNodeId();
+        String second = props.resolvedNodeId();
+        assertNotNull(first);
+        assertEquals(first, second);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolvedNodeIdHonoursExplicitId() {
+        Cluster props = new ApplicationProperties().getCluster();
+        props.getNode().setId("abc");
+        assertEquals("abc", props.resolvedNodeId());
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/InProcessConfigurationConditionalTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.context.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess.InProcessClusterConfiguration;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies the {@link InProcessClusterConfiguration} conditional wiring: in-process beans wire when
+ * cluster mode is off or {@code backplane=inprocess}, and are skipped when {@code
+ * backplane=valkey}.
+ */
+class InProcessConfigurationConditionalTest {
+
+    private final ApplicationContextRunner runner =
+            new ApplicationContextRunner()
+                    .withConfiguration(
+                            org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurations.of(
+                                    PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration.class))
+                    .withUserConfiguration(
+                            TestAppPropertiesConfig.class,
+                            ClusterConfig.class,
+                            InProcessClusterConfiguration.class);
+
+    @Test
+    void inProcessBeansWireWhenClusterDisabled() {
+        runner.run(
+                context ->
+                        assertThat(context)
+                                .hasNotFailed()
+                                .hasSingleBean(ClusterBackplane.class)
+                                .hasSingleBean(JobStore.class)
+                                .hasSingleBean(RateLimitStore.class)
+                                .hasSingleBean(DistributedLock.class)
+                                .hasSingleBean(KeyValueCache.class)
+                                .hasSingleBean(InstanceRegistry.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void inProcessBeansWireWhenEnabledWithInProcessBackplane() {
+        runner.withPropertyValues("cluster.enabled=true", "cluster.backplane=inprocess")
+                .run(
+                        context ->
+                                assertThat(context)
+                                        .hasNotFailed()
+                                        .hasSingleBean(ClusterBackplane.class)
+                                        .hasSingleBean(JobStore.class)
+                                        .hasSingleBean(RateLimitStore.class)
+                                        .hasSingleBean(DistributedLock.class)
+                                        .hasSingleBean(KeyValueCache.class)
+                                        .hasSingleBean(InstanceRegistry.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void inProcessBeansSkippedWhenEnabledWithDistributedBackplane() {
+        runner.withPropertyValues(
+                        "cluster.enabled=true",
+                        "cluster.backplane=valkey",
+                        "cluster.valkey.url=redis://localhost:6379")
+                .run(
+                        context ->
+                                assertThat(context)
+                                        .hasNotFailed()
+                                        .doesNotHaveBean(ClusterBackplane.class)
+                                        .doesNotHaveBean(JobStore.class)
+                                        .doesNotHaveBean(RateLimitStore.class)
+                                        .doesNotHaveBean(DistributedLock.class)
+                                        .doesNotHaveBean(KeyValueCache.class)
+                                        .doesNotHaveBean(InstanceRegistry.class));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Hand-rolled {@link ApplicationProperties} bean: the production class loads YAML at startup
+     * via a {@code @PostConstruct} hook that isn't appropriate for the slice runner, so we wire a
+     * defaults-only instance here.
+     */
+    @Configuration
+    static class TestAppPropertiesConfig {
+        @Bean
+        ApplicationProperties applicationProperties() {
+            return new ApplicationProperties();
+        }
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessDistributedLockTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.DistributedLock;
+
+class InProcessDistributedLockTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void acquireReleaseAcquire() {
+        DistributedLock lock = new InProcessDistributedLock();
+        DistributedLock.LockHandle h1 = lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).orElseThrow();
+        h1.release();
+        assertTrue(lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void reentryFromSameThreadFails() {
+        DistributedLock lock = new InProcessDistributedLock();
+        DistributedLock.LockHandle h1 = lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).orElseThrow();
+        Optional<DistributedLock.LockHandle> reentry = lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+        assertFalse(reentry.isPresent(), "in-process lock must be non-reentrant");
+        h1.release();
+        // After release, anyone can acquire again.
+        assertTrue(lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void secondAcquireFromAnotherThreadFails() throws InterruptedException {
+        DistributedLock lock = new InProcessDistributedLock();
+        DistributedLock.LockHandle h1 = lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).orElseThrow();
+
+        CountDownLatch done = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        AtomicBoolean acquired = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+        Thread t =
+                new Thread(
+                        () -> {
+                            Optional<DistributedLock.LockHandle> attempt =
+                                    lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+                            acquired.set(attempt.isPresent());
+                            attempt.ifPresent(DistributedLock.LockHandle::release);
+                            done.countDown();
+                        });
+        t.start();
+        assertTrue(done.await(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
+        assertFalse(acquired.get());
+        h1.release();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void leaseExpiryAllowsTakeoverEvenWithoutRelease() throws InterruptedException {
+        // Acquire with a short lease, never call release, then try to acquire again after the
+        // lease has elapsed. Matches Redis SET-NX-EX semantics - the second caller gets the lock
+        // because the first lease auto-expired. 250ms lease + 350ms wait gives CI generous slack.
+        DistributedLock lock = new InProcessDistributedLock();
+        DistributedLock.LockHandle h1 = lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofMillis(250)).orElseThrow();
+        Thread.sleep(350);
+        Optional<DistributedLock.LockHandle> takeover =
+                lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+        assertTrue(
+                takeover.isPresent(),
+                "expired lease must release the lock so a new caller can take over");
+        // Calling release() on the original handle after takeover must be a no-op (token check).
+        h1.release();
+        // The takeover holder is still the legitimate owner.
+        assertFalse(lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).isPresent());
+        takeover.get().release();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void renewExtendsLease() throws InterruptedException {
+        // Acquire with a short lease, renew it before it expires, then verify the lock is still
+        // held past the original expiry point. 200ms initial + renew to 2s + wait 350ms.
+        DistributedLock lock = new InProcessDistributedLock();
+        DistributedLock.LockHandle h1 = lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofMillis(200)).orElseThrow();
+        assertTrue(h1.renew(Duration.ofSeconds(2)), "renew on a held lease must succeed");
+        Thread.sleep(350);
+        assertFalse(
+                lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).isPresent(),
+                "renew should have pushed expiry well past the original 200ms");
+        h1.release();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void renewAfterReleaseFails() {
+        DistributedLock lock = new InProcessDistributedLock();
+        DistributedLock.LockHandle h1 = lock.tryAcquire("k", Duration.ofSeconds(30)).orElseThrow();
+        h1.release();
+        assertFalse(h1.renew(Duration.ofSeconds(30)), "renew on a released handle must fail");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Concurrency stress: many threads contending on the same key with each holder respecting the
+     * lease (hold &lt;&lt; lease). The lock behaves as a strict mutex in this regime so asserting
+     * mutual exclusion is meaningful. A separate test ({@link
+     * #leaseExpiryAllowsTakeoverEvenWithoutRelease}) covers the takeover-across-expiry branch,
+     * which legitimately allows two holders momentarily and is split-brain behaviour inherent to
+     * any lease-based lock.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void concurrentContentionPreservesMutualExclusion() throws InterruptedException {
+        DistributedLock lock = new InProcessDistributedLock();
+        int threads = 16;
+        int attemptsPerThread = 200;
+        // Lease far exceeds any plausible hold time, so the takeover branch never triggers in
+        // this test and the lock acts as a strict mutex.
+        Duration lease = Duration.ofSeconds(5);
+        java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger concurrentHolders =
+                new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger();
+        java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger maxConcurrent =
+                new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger();
+        java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger acquires =
+                new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger();
+        java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference<Throwable> firstFailure =
+                new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference<>();
+        CountDownLatch start = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        CountDownLatch done = new CountDownLatch(threads);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < threads; i++) {
+            new Thread(
+                            () -> {
+                                try {
+                                    start.await();
+                                    for (int j = 0; j < attemptsPerThread; j++) {
+                                        Optional<DistributedLock.LockHandle> h =
+                                                lock.tryAcquire("hot", lease);
+                                        if (h.isPresent()) {
+                                            int now = concurrentHolders.incrementAndGet();
+                                            maxConcurrent.accumulateAndGet(now, Math::max);
+                                            acquires.incrementAndGet();
+                                            // Trivial critical section; well within lease.
+                                            concurrentHolders.decrementAndGet();
+                                            h.get().release();
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                } catch (Throwable t) {
+                                    firstFailure.compareAndSet(null, t);
+                                } finally {
+                                    done.countDown();
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "lock-stress-" + i)
+                    .start();
+        }
+        start.countDown();
+        assertTrue(done.await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS), "stress workers must finish in time");
+        org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull(firstFailure.get(), "no worker may throw");
+        org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals(
+                1,
+                maxConcurrent.get(),
+                "mutual exclusion violated: more than one holder observed simultaneously");
+        assertTrue(
+                acquires.get() > 0,
+                "at least some acquires must succeed under contention (saw "
+                        + acquires.get()
+                        + ")");
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessInstanceRegistryTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.ClusterNode;
+
+class InProcessInstanceRegistryTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void registerThenLookupAndActiveNodes() {
+        InProcessInstanceRegistry registry = new InProcessInstanceRegistry();
+        ClusterNode node = new ClusterNode("node-1", "127.0.0.1:8080", Instant.now(), "BOTH");
+        registry.register(node, Duration.ofSeconds(30));
+
+        assertTrue(registry.lookup("node-1").isPresent());
+        assertEquals("node-1", registry.lookup("node-1").get().nodeId());
+        assertEquals(1, registry.activeNodes().size());
+
+        registry.deregister("node-1");
+        assertTrue(registry.lookup("node-1").isEmpty());
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessJobStoreTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry;
+
+class InProcessJobStoreTest {
+
+    private final InProcessJobStore store = new InProcessJobStore();
+
+    @Test
+    void putGetDeleteExistsRoundTrip() {
+        JobStoreEntry entry = entry("job-1");
+        store.put(entry, Duration.ofMinutes(30));
+
+        assertTrue(store.exists("job-1"));
+        assertEquals(entry, store.get("job-1").orElseThrow());
+
+        store.delete("job-1");
+        assertFalse(store.exists("job-1"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ttlExpiry() throws InterruptedException {
+        store.put(entry("job-2"), Duration.ofMillis(50));
+        Thread.sleep(100);
+        assertFalse(store.get("job-2").isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void purgeExpiredRemovesOnlyStaleEntries() throws InterruptedException {
+        store.put(entry("job-fresh"), Duration.ofMinutes(30));
+        store.put(entry("job-stale"), Duration.ofMillis(20));
+        Thread.sleep(80);
+
+        int removed = store.purgeExpired();
+        assertEquals(1, removed);
+        assertTrue(store.exists("job-fresh"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void findJobIdByFileIdReturnsTheRightJob() {
+        store.put(
+                new JobStoreEntry(
+                        "job-a",
+                        JobStoreEntry.JobState.COMPLETE,
+                        "node-1",
+                        Instant.now(),
+                        Instant.now(),
+                        null,
+                        List.of("file-1", "file-2"),
+                        Map.of()),
+                Duration.ofMinutes(30));
+        store.put(
+                new JobStoreEntry(
+                        "job-b",
+                        JobStoreEntry.JobState.COMPLETE,
+                        "node-1",
+                        Instant.now(),
+                        Instant.now(),
+                        null,
+                        List.of("file-3"),
+                        Map.of()),
+                Duration.ofMinutes(30));
+
+        assertEquals("job-a", store.findJobIdByFileId("file-1").orElseThrow());
+        assertEquals("job-b", store.findJobIdByFileId("file-3").orElseThrow());
+        assertFalse(store.findJobIdByFileId("missing").isPresent());
+    }
+
+    private JobStoreEntry entry(String id) {
+        return new JobStoreEntry(
+                id,
+                JobStoreEntry.JobState.PENDING,
+                "node-1",
+                Instant.now(),
+                null,
+                null,
+                List.of(),
+                Map.of());
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessKeyValueCacheTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.KeyValueCache;
+
+class InProcessKeyValueCacheTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void putGetEvict() {
+        KeyValueCache cache = new InProcessKeyValueCache();
+        cache.put("apikey", "a", "userA", Duration.ofMinutes(1));
+        assertEquals("userA", cache.get("apikey", "a").orElseThrow());
+
+        cache.evict("apikey", "a");
+        assertFalse(cache.get("apikey", "a").isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ttlExpiry() throws InterruptedException {
+        KeyValueCache cache = new InProcessKeyValueCache();
+        cache.put("ns", "k", "v", Duration.ofMillis(40));
+        Thread.sleep(80);
+        assertFalse(cache.get("ns", "k").isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void evictNamespace() {
+        KeyValueCache cache = new InProcessKeyValueCache();
+        cache.put("ns", "a", "1", Duration.ofMinutes(1));
+        cache.put("ns", "b", "2", Duration.ofMinutes(1));
+        cache.evictNamespace("ns");
+        assertFalse(cache.get("ns", "a").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(cache.get("ns", "b").isPresent());
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/InProcessRateLimitStoreTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.RateLimitStore;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.RateLimitStore.RateLimitDecision;
+
+class InProcessRateLimitStoreTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void firstNConsumesAllowed() {
+        RateLimitStore store = new InProcessRateLimitStore();
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            assertTrue(store.tryConsume("k", 5, Duration.ofSeconds(60)).allowed(), "i=" + i);
+        }
+        assertFalse(store.tryConsume("k", 5, Duration.ofSeconds(60)).allowed());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void remainingTokensDecrements() {
+        RateLimitStore store = new InProcessRateLimitStore();
+        RateLimitDecision d1 = store.tryConsume("k", 5, Duration.ofSeconds(60));
+        RateLimitDecision d2 = store.tryConsume("k", 5, Duration.ofSeconds(60));
+        assertTrue(d1.allowed());
+        assertTrue(d2.allowed());
+        assertEquals(4, d1.remainingTokens());
+        assertEquals(3, d2.remainingTokens());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void refillRestoresTokens() throws InterruptedException {
+        RateLimitStore store = new InProcessRateLimitStore();
+        // Capacity 2 with smooth refill over 100 ms -> ~1 token per 50 ms.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            assertTrue(store.tryConsume("k", 2, Duration.ofMillis(100)).allowed());
+        }
+        assertFalse(store.tryConsume("k", 2, Duration.ofMillis(100)).allowed());
+        Thread.sleep(150);
+        assertTrue(store.tryConsume("k", 2, Duration.ofMillis(100)).allowed());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void deniedConsumeReportsWaitNanos() {
+        RateLimitStore store = new InProcessRateLimitStore();
+        assertTrue(store.tryConsume("wait", 1, Duration.ofSeconds(10)).allowed());
+        RateLimitDecision denied = store.tryConsume("wait", 1, Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+        assertFalse(denied.allowed());
+        assertTrue(denied.nanosToWaitForRefill() > 0L);
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/cluster/inprocess/LocalDiskFileStoreTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.FileStore;
+
+class LocalDiskFileStoreTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void storeRetrieveSizeDeleteExistsRoundTrip(@TempDir Path dir) throws IOException {
+        LocalDiskFileStore store = new LocalDiskFileStore(dir.toString());
+        byte[] payload = "hello-bytes".getBytes();
+
+        FileStore.Stored stored = store.store(new ByteArrayInputStream(payload), "x.txt");
+        assertEquals(payload.length, stored.size());
+        assertTrue(store.exists(stored.fileId()));
+        assertEquals(payload.length, store.size(stored.fileId()));
+        assertArrayEquals(payload, store.retrieveBytes(stored.fileId()));
+
+        assertTrue(store.delete(stored.fileId()));
+        assertFalse(store.exists(stored.fileId()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void traversalIdsAreRejected(@TempDir Path dir) {
+        LocalDiskFileStore store = new LocalDiskFileStore(dir.toString());
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> store.resolve("../foo"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> store.resolve("a/b"));
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> store.resolve("a\\b"));
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/configuration/ConfigInitializerTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package stirling.software.common.configuration;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.snakeyaml.engine.v2.api.LoadSettings;
+
+import stirling.software.common.util.YamlHelper;
+
+class ConfigInitializerTest {
+
+    private static final LoadSettings LOAD_SETTINGS =
+            LoadSettings.builder()
+                    .setUseMarks(true)
+                    .setMaxAliasesForCollections(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+                    .setAllowRecursiveKeys(true)
+                    .setParseComments(true)
+                    .build();
+
+    // Mirrors the proFeatures block of settings.yml.template after the camelCase rename.
+    private static final String CAMEL_CASE_TEMPLATE =
+            """
+            premium:
+              proFeatures:
+                ssoAutoLogin: false
+                customMetadata:
+                  autoUpdateMetadata: false
+                  author: username
+                  creator: Stirling-PDF
+                  producer: Stirling-PDF
+            """;
+
+    @Test
+    void migrateProFeaturesKeyCasing_carriesForwardLegacyPascalCaseValues() {
+        // An existing install whose settings.yml still uses the old PascalCase keys.
+        String legacy =
+                """
+                premium:
+                  proFeatures:
+                    SSOAutoLogin: true
+                    CustomMetadata:
+                      autoUpdateMetadata: true
+                      author: alice
+                      creator: bob
+                      producer: carol
+                """;
+        YamlHelper template = new YamlHelper(LOAD_SETTINGS, CAMEL_CASE_TEMPLATE);
+        YamlHelper existing = new YamlHelper(LOAD_SETTINGS, legacy);
+
+        new ConfigInitializer().migrateProFeaturesKeyCasing(existing, template);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                "true", template.getValueByExactKeyPath("premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"));
+        assertEquals(
+                "true",
+                template.getValueByExactKeyPath(
+                        "premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "autoUpdateMetadata"));
+        assertEquals(
+                "alice",
+                template.getValueByExactKeyPath(
+                        "premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "author"));
+        assertEquals(
+                "bob",
+                template.getValueByExactKeyPath(
+                        "premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "creator"));
+        assertEquals(
+                "carol",
+                template.getValueByExactKeyPath(
+                        "premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "producer"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void migrateProFeaturesKeyCasing_withoutLegacyKeys_keepsTemplateDefaults() {
+        // No PascalCase keys present -> this migration step must be a no-op.
+        String alreadyCamel =
+                """
+                premium:
+                  proFeatures:
+                    ssoAutoLogin: true
+                    customMetadata:
+                      author: dave
+                """;
+        YamlHelper template = new YamlHelper(LOAD_SETTINGS, CAMEL_CASE_TEMPLATE);
+        YamlHelper existing = new YamlHelper(LOAD_SETTINGS, alreadyCamel);
+
+        new ConfigInitializer().migrateProFeaturesKeyCasing(existing, template);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                "false", template.getValueByExactKeyPath("premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"));
+        assertEquals(
+                "username",
+                template.getValueByExactKeyPath(
+                        "premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "author"));
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/service/FileStorageDelegationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package stirling.software.common.service;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess.LocalDiskFileStore;
+
+class FileStorageDelegationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void storeBytesThenRetrieveBytesRoundTripsThroughFileStore(@TempDir Path tempDir)
+            throws IOException {
+        FileStorage fs =
+                new FileStorage(
+                        mock(FileOrUploadService.class),
+                        new LocalDiskFileStore(tempDir.toString()));
+        byte[] payload = "round-trip".getBytes();
+        String id = fs.storeBytes(payload, "x.bin");
+        assertArrayEquals(payload, fs.retrieveBytes(id));
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/service/FileStorageTest.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package stirling.software.common.service;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
@@ -13,29 +14,30 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
-import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ByteArrayResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
-import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess.LocalDiskFileStore;
+
 class FileStorageTest {
 
     @TempDir Path tempDir;
 
     @Mock private FileOrUploadService fileOrUploadService;
 
-    @InjectMocks private FileStorage fileStorage;
+    private FileStorage fileStorage;
 
     private MultipartFile mockFile;
 
     @BeforeEach
-    void setUp() {
+    void setUp() throws IOException {
         MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
-        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(fileStorage, "tempDirPath", tempDir.toString());
+        fileStorage =
+                new FileStorage(fileOrUploadService, new LocalDiskFileStore(tempDir.toString()));
 
         // Create a mock MultipartFile
         mockFile = mock(MultipartFile.class);
@@ -47,17 +49,7 @@ class FileStorageTest {
     void testStoreFile() throws IOException {
         // Arrange
         byte[] fileContent = "Test PDF content".getBytes();
-        when(mockFile.getBytes()).thenReturn(fileContent);
-
-        // Set up mock to handle transferTo by writing the file
-        doAnswer(
-                        invocation -> {
-                            java.io.File file = invocation.getArgument(0);
-                            Files.write(file.toPath(), fileContent);
-                            return null;
-                        })
-                .when(mockFile)
-                .transferTo(any(java.io.File.class));
+        when(mockFile.getInputStream()).thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream(fileContent));
 
         // Act
         String fileId = fileStorage.storeFile(mockFile);
@@ -65,7 +57,7 @@ class FileStorageTest {
         // Assert
         assertNotNull(fileId);
         assertTrue(Files.exists(tempDir.resolve(fileId)));
-        verify(mockFile).transferTo(any(java.io.File.class));
+        assertArrayEquals(fileContent, Files.readAllBytes(tempDir.resolve(fileId)));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -247,11 +239,11 @@ class FileStorageTest {
             filesBefore = s.count();
         }
 
-        // Act + Assert: IOException must propagate out — not be swallowed.
+        // Act + Assert: IOException must propagate out - not be swallowed.
         assertThrows(
                 IOException.class, () -> fileStorage.storeFromResource(flakyResource, "n.pdf"));
 
-        // Assert: no partial file lingers under the storage directory — the finally
+        // Assert: no partial file lingers under the storage directory - the finally
         // branch's deleteIfExists must have cleaned it up.
         long filesAfter;
         try (Stream<Path> s = Files.list(tempDir)) {

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/service/TaskManagerJobStoreDelegationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package stirling.software.common.service;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.ClusterBackplane;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry.JobState;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess.InProcessClusterBackplane;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.inprocess.InProcessJobStore;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.model.job.JobResult;
+
+class TaskManagerJobStoreDelegationTest {
+
+    @Mock private FileStorage fileStorage;
+
+    private InProcessJobStore jobStore;
+    private ClusterBackplane backplane;
+    private TaskManager taskManager;
+
+    @BeforeEach
+    void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
+        jobStore = spy(new InProcessJobStore());
+        backplane = new InProcessClusterBackplane(new ApplicationProperties());
+        taskManager = new TaskManager(fileStorage, jobStore, backplane);
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(taskManager, "jobResultExpiryMinutes", 30);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void createTaskWritesPendingEntry() {
+        taskManager.createTask("job-1");
+        JobStoreEntry entry = jobStore.get("job-1").orElseThrow();
+        assertEquals(JobState.PENDING, entry.state());
+        assertEquals(backplane.localNodeId(), entry.owningNodeId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void setCompleteFlipsToComplete() {
+        taskManager.createTask("job-2");
+        taskManager.setResult("job-2", "ok");
+        taskManager.setComplete("job-2");
+        JobStoreEntry entry = jobStore.get("job-2").orElseThrow();
+        assertEquals(JobState.COMPLETE, entry.state());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void setErrorFlipsToFailed() {
+        taskManager.createTask("job-3");
+        taskManager.setError("job-3", "boom");
+        JobStoreEntry entry = jobStore.get("job-3").orElseThrow();
+        assertEquals(JobState.FAILED, entry.state());
+        assertEquals("boom", entry.error());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void cleanupOldJobsIsNoopWhenBackplaneIsNotInProcess() {
+        ClusterBackplane mockedValkeyBackplane =
+                new ClusterBackplane() {
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean isHealthy() {
+                        return true;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public String backplaneType() {
+                        return "valkey";
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public String localNodeId() {
+                        return "node-1";
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean shouldRunLocalCleanup() {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                };
+        TaskManager tm = new TaskManager(fileStorage, jobStore, mockedValkeyBackplane);
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(tm, "jobResultExpiryMinutes", 30);
+        tm.createTask("job-4");
+        tm.setComplete("job-4");
+        ageJobPastExpiry(tm, "job-4");
+        tm.cleanupOldJobs();
+        // cleanup must short-circuit before touching jobStore in cluster mode; the backplane
+        // TTL owns expiry there. If the gate fired correctly, delete is never called.
+        verify(jobStore, never()).delete(any());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void cleanupOldJobsDeletesFromJobStoreWhenBackplaneIsInProcess() {
+        taskManager.createTask("job-5");
+        taskManager.setComplete("job-5");
+        ageJobPastExpiry(taskManager, "job-5");
+        taskManager.cleanupOldJobs();
+        verify(jobStore).delete("job-5");
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static void ageJobPastExpiry(TaskManager tm, String jobId) {
+        var jobResults =
+                (java.util.Map<String, JobResult>) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(tm, "jobResults");
+        JobResult result = jobResults.get(jobId);
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(result, "completedAt", LocalDateTime.now().minusHours(2));
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(result, "complete", true);
+    }
+}

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/service/TaskManagerTest.java

@@ -1,20 +1,28 @@
 package stirling.software.common.service;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.ClusterBackplane;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStore;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry;
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.JobStoreEntry.JobState;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.JobResult;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.JobStats;
 import stirling.software.common.model.job.ResultFile;
@@ -22,6 +30,8 @@ import stirling.software.common.model.job.ResultFile;
 class TaskManagerTest {
 
     @Mock private FileStorage fileStorage;
+    @Mock private JobStore jobStore;
+    @Mock private ClusterBackplane clusterBackplane;
 
     @InjectMocks private TaskManager taskManager;
 
@@ -30,6 +40,10 @@ class TaskManagerTest {
     @BeforeEach
     void setUp() {
         closeable = MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
+        // Treat the backplane as in-process so cleanupOldJobs is not short-circuited.
+        lenient().when(clusterBackplane.backplaneType()).thenReturn("inprocess");
+        lenient().when(clusterBackplane.localNodeId()).thenReturn("test-node");
+        lenient().when(clusterBackplane.shouldRunLocalCleanup()).thenReturn(true);
         ReflectionTestUtils.setField(taskManager, "jobResultExpiryMinutes", 30);
     }
 
@@ -270,6 +284,33 @@ class TaskManagerTest {
         verify(fileStorage).deleteFile("file-id");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testCleanupOldJobs_NoOpWhenBackplaneOwnsExpiry() {
+        // When the backplane reports it should NOT run local cleanup (e.g. a distributed
+        // backplane with its own TTL), the cleanup loop must leave local state untouched.
+        when(clusterBackplane.shouldRunLocalCleanup()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        // Seed an old completed job that would normally be removed.
+        String oldJobId = "old-job-distributed";
+        taskManager.createTask(oldJobId);
+        JobResult oldJob = taskManager.getJobResult(oldJobId);
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(oldJob, "completedAt", LocalDateTime.now().minusHours(1));
+        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(oldJob, "complete", true);
+
+        Map<String, JobResult> jobResultsMap =
+                (Map<String, JobResult>) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(taskManager, "jobResults");
+        assertNotNull(jobResultsMap);
+        assertTrue(jobResultsMap.containsKey(oldJobId));
+
+        // Act
+        taskManager.cleanupOldJobs();
+
+        // Assert: nothing was removed locally, and no jobStore.delete was issued.
+        assertTrue(jobResultsMap.containsKey(oldJobId));
+        verify(jobStore, never()).delete(anyString());
+        verify(fileStorage, never()).deleteFile(anyString());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testShutdown() {
         // This mainly tests that the shutdown method doesn't throw exceptions
@@ -310,4 +351,33 @@ class TaskManagerTest {
         // Assert
         assertFalse(result);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testWriteThroughOnUpdate() {
+        // Mutating calls must write through to the injected JobStore.
+        String jobId = "write-through-job";
+        taskManager.createTask(jobId);
+        taskManager.setResult(jobId, "done");
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<JobStoreEntry> captor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(JobStoreEntry.class);
+        verify(jobStore, atLeast(2)).put(captor.capture(), any());
+
+        JobStoreEntry last = captor.getValue();
+        assertEquals(jobId, last.jobId());
+        assertEquals(JobState.COMPLETE, last.state());
+        assertEquals("test-node", last.owningNodeId());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testFindJobKeyByFileId_FallsBackToJobStore() {
+        // When the file id is not in the local map, TaskManager delegates to JobStore.
+        String fileId = "remote-file-id";
+        String expectedJobKey = "remote-job-key";
+        when(jobStore.findJobIdByFileId(fileId)).thenReturn(Optional.of(expectedJobKey));
+
+        String actual = taskManager.findJobKeyByFileId(fileId);
+
+        assertEquals(expectedJobKey, actual);
+        verify(jobStore).findJobIdByFileId(fileId);
+    }
 }

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/util/GeneralUtilsTest.java

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package stirling.software.common.util;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -12,9 +14,47 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+
+import stirling.software.common.configuration.InstallationPathConfig;
 
 public class GeneralUtilsTest {
 
+    // Regression guard for the SSO auto-login persistence bug: the admin UI writes camelCase
+    // proFeatures keys, so saveKeyToSettings must match (and persist) them against the camelCase
+    // settings.yml.template. A case mismatch makes YamlHelper.updateValue silently no-op.
+    @Test
+    void saveKeyToSettings_persistsCamelCaseProFeatureKeys(@TempDir Path tempDir) throws Exception {
+        Path settings = tempDir.resolve("settings.yml");
+        Files.writeString(
+                settings,
+                """
+                premium:
+                  proFeatures:
+                    ssoAutoLogin: false
+                    customMetadata:
+                      author: username
+                """);
+
+        try (MockedStatic<InstallationPathConfig> mocked =
+                Mockito.mockStatic(InstallationPathConfig.class)) {
+            mocked.when(InstallationPathConfig::getSettingsPath).thenReturn(settings.toString());
+
+            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToSettings("premium.proFeatures.ssoAutoLogin", true);
+            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToSettings("premium.proFeatures.customMetadata.author", "alice");
+        }
+
+        YamlHelper reloaded = new YamlHelper(settings);
+        assertEquals(
+                "true", reloaded.getValueByExactKeyPath("premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"));
+        assertEquals(
+                "alice",
+                reloaded.getValueByExactKeyPath(
+                        "premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "author"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testParsePageListWithAll() {
         List<Integer> result = GeneralUtils.parsePageList(new String[] {"all"}, 5, false);

app/common/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/util/RequestUriUtilsTest.java

@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ class RequestUriUtilsTest {
         assertTrue(RequestUriUtils.isFrontendRoute("", "/split-pdf"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testIsFrontendRoute_filesRouteOwnedByFrontend() {
+        // /files and /files/<folder-uuid> are FileManagerView routes - they
+        // must fall through to the SPA index.html, not get blocked by the
+        // backend auth filter. Regression test for direct-nav/refresh on
+        // the file manager returning a 401 JSON.
+        assertTrue(RequestUriUtils.isFrontendRoute("", "/files"));
+        assertTrue(
+                RequestUriUtils.isFrontendRoute("", "/files/3331910a-4155-4f71-8111-e38c896bc458"));
+    }
+
     @Test
     void testIsFrontendRoute_pathWithExtension() {
         assertFalse(RequestUriUtils.isFrontendRoute("", "/some/file.pdf"));
@@ -183,7 +194,7 @@ class RequestUriUtilsTest {
 
     @Test
     void testIsPublicAuthEndpoint_shareRootNotPublic() {
-        // Avoid matching bare "/share" or "/share/" — must have a token segment
+        // Avoid matching bare "/share" or "/share/" - must have a token segment
         assertFalse(RequestUriUtils.isPublicAuthEndpoint("/share", ""));
         assertFalse(RequestUriUtils.isPublicAuthEndpoint("/share/", ""));
     }
@@ -197,7 +208,7 @@ class RequestUriUtilsTest {
 
     @Test
     void testIsPublicAuthEndpoint_shareApiStillProtected() {
-        // Share-link data APIs must NOT be public — they enforce auth + access checks
+        // Share-link data APIs must NOT be public - they enforce auth + access checks
         assertFalse(RequestUriUtils.isPublicAuthEndpoint("/api/v1/storage/share-links/abc123", ""));
         assertFalse(
                 RequestUriUtils.isPublicAuthEndpoint(

app/core/build.gradle

@@ -196,9 +196,13 @@ if (buildPrototypes) {
 }
 def frontendBuildTask = "frontend:build:${frontendMode}"
 
+// Workspace root holds package.json and node_modules (shared across editor /
+// future portal). Editor-specific paths (src, public, dist, tauri) live one
+// level deeper under frontend/editor/. When the portal lands as an embedded
+// app, add a sibling frontendPortalDir / frontendPortalDistDir alongside.
 def frontendDir = file('../../frontend')
 def frontendEditorDir = file('../../frontend/editor')
-def frontendDistDir = file('../../frontend/editor/dist')
+def frontendEditorDistDir = file('../../frontend/editor/dist')
 def resourcesStaticDir = file('src/main/resources/static')
 def generatedFrontendPaths = [
     'assets',
@@ -263,13 +267,13 @@ tasks.register('npmBuild', Exec) {
     doNotTrackState("Frontend build depends on untracked npmInstall task")
     enabled = buildWithFrontend
     group = 'frontend'
-    description = 'Build frontend application'
+    description = 'Build editor frontend application'
     workingDir file('../..')
     commandLine = ['task', frontendBuildTask]
     inputs.dir(new File(frontendEditorDir, 'src'))
     inputs.dir(new File(frontendEditorDir, 'public'))
     inputs.file(new File(frontendDir, 'package.json'))
-    outputs.dir(frontendDistDir)
+    outputs.dir(frontendEditorDistDir)
 
     // Show live output
     standardOutput = System.out
@@ -280,17 +284,17 @@ tasks.register('npmBuild', Exec) {
     environment 'VITE_API_BASE_URL', '/'
 
     doFirst {
-        println "Building frontend application for production (mode=${frontendMode}, VITE_API_BASE_URL=/)"
+        println "Building editor frontend application for production (mode=${frontendMode}, VITE_API_BASE_URL=/)"
     }
 }
 
 tasks.register('copyFrontendAssets', Copy) {
     enabled = buildWithFrontend
     group = 'frontend'
-    description = 'Copy frontend build to static resources'
+    description = 'Copy editor frontend build to static resources'
     dependsOn npmBuild
     dependsOn cleanFrontendAssets
-    from(frontendDistDir) {
+    from(frontendEditorDistDir) {
         // Exclude files that conflict with backend static resources
         exclude 'robots.txt'  // Backend already has this
         exclude 'favicon.ico' // Backend already has this
@@ -298,7 +302,7 @@ tasks.register('copyFrontendAssets', Copy) {
     into resourcesStaticDir
     duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE  // Let frontend overwrite when needed
     doFirst {
-        println "Copying frontend build from ${frontendDistDir} to ${resourcesStaticDir}..."
+        println "Copying frontend build from ${frontendEditorDistDir} to ${resourcesStaticDir}..."
         println "Backend static resources will be preserved"
     }
     doLast {
@@ -330,7 +334,7 @@ tasks.named('copyFrontendAssets').configure {
 }
 
 if (buildWithFrontend) {
-    println "Frontend build enabled - JAR will include React frontend (mode=${frontendMode})"
+    println "Editor frontend build enabled - JAR will include React frontend (mode=${frontendMode})"
     processResources.dependsOn copyFrontendAssets
 } else {
     println "Frontend build disabled - JAR will be backend-only with API landing page"

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/EditTextController.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.json.PdfJsonTextElement;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.PdfJsonConversionService;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.AutoJobPostMapping;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.GeneralApi;
+import stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight;
 import stirling.software.common.model.api.general.EditTextOperation;
 import stirling.software.common.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import stirling.software.common.util.GeneralUtils;
@@ -75,7 +76,10 @@ public class EditTextController {
                 new StringToArrayListPropertyEditor<>(EditTextOperation.class));
     }
 
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = "multipart/form-data", value = "/edit-text")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = "multipart/form-data",
+            value = "/edit-text",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
     @StandardPdfResponse
     @Operation(
             summary = "Edit text in a PDF via find and replace",

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/ScalePagesController.java

@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ public class ScalePagesController {
     private final CustomPDFDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
     private final TempFileManager tempFileManager;
 
-    private static PDRectangle getTargetSize(String targetPDRectangle, PDDocument sourceDocument) {
+    private static PDRectangle getTargetSize(
+            String targetPDRectangle, String orientation, PDDocument sourceDocument) {
         if ("KEEP".equals(targetPDRectangle)) {
             if (sourceDocument.getNumberOfPages() == 0) {
                 throw ExceptionUtils.createInvalidPageSizeException("KEEP");
@@ -57,18 +58,19 @@ public class ScalePagesController {
         }
 
         Map<String, PDRectangle> sizeMap = getSizeMap();
-
-        if (sizeMap.containsKey(targetPDRectangle)) {
-            return sizeMap.get(targetPDRectangle);
+        PDRectangle base = sizeMap.get(targetPDRectangle);
+        if (base == null) {
+            throw ExceptionUtils.createInvalidPageSizeException(targetPDRectangle);
         }
 
-        throw ExceptionUtils.createInvalidPageSizeException(targetPDRectangle);
+        if ("LANDSCAPE".equalsIgnoreCase(orientation)) {
+            return new PDRectangle(base.getHeight(), base.getWidth());
+        }
+        return base;
     }
 
     private static Map<String, PDRectangle> getSizeMap() {
         Map<String, PDRectangle> sizeMap = new HashMap<>();
-
-        // Portrait sizes (A0-A6)
         sizeMap.put("A0", PDRectangle.A0);
         sizeMap.put("A1", PDRectangle.A1);
         sizeMap.put("A2", PDRectangle.A2);
@@ -76,42 +78,8 @@ public class ScalePagesController {
         sizeMap.put("A4", PDRectangle.A4);
         sizeMap.put("A5", PDRectangle.A5);
         sizeMap.put("A6", PDRectangle.A6);
-
-        // Landscape sizes (A0-A6)
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "A0_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.A0.getHeight(), PDRectangle.A0.getWidth()));
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "A1_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.A1.getHeight(), PDRectangle.A1.getWidth()));
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "A2_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.A2.getHeight(), PDRectangle.A2.getWidth()));
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "A3_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.A3.getHeight(), PDRectangle.A3.getWidth()));
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "A4_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.A4.getHeight(), PDRectangle.A4.getWidth()));
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "A5_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.A5.getHeight(), PDRectangle.A5.getWidth()));
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "A6_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.A6.getHeight(), PDRectangle.A6.getWidth()));
-
-        // Portrait US sizes
         sizeMap.put("LETTER", PDRectangle.LETTER);
         sizeMap.put("LEGAL", PDRectangle.LEGAL);
-
-        // Landscape US sizes
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "LETTER_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.LETTER.getHeight(), PDRectangle.LETTER.getWidth()));
-        sizeMap.put(
-                "LEGAL_LANDSCAPE",
-                new PDRectangle(PDRectangle.LEGAL.getHeight(), PDRectangle.LEGAL.getWidth()));
-
         return sizeMap;
     }
 
@@ -128,13 +96,14 @@ public class ScalePagesController {
             throws IOException {
         MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
         String targetPDRectangle = request.getPageSize();
+        String orientation = request.getOrientation();
         float scaleFactor = request.getScaleFactor();
 
         try (PDDocument sourceDocument = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file);
                 PDDocument outputDocument =
                         pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(sourceDocument)) {
 
-            PDRectangle targetSize = getTargetSize(targetPDRectangle, sourceDocument);
+            PDRectangle targetSize = getTargetSize(targetPDRectangle, orientation, sourceDocument);
 
             // Create LayerUtility once outside the loop for better performance
             LayerUtility layerUtility = new LayerUtility(outputDocument);

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SplitPDFController.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -30,12 +31,13 @@ import stirling.software.common.annotations.AutoJobPostMapping;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.GeneralApi;
 import stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight;
 import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
-import stirling.software.common.util.ExceptionUtils;
 import stirling.software.common.util.FormUtils;
 import stirling.software.common.util.GeneralUtils;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFile;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFileManager;
 import stirling.software.common.util.WebResponseUtils;
+import stirling.software.jpdfium.PdfDocument;
+import stirling.software.jpdfium.PdfSplit;
 
 @GeneralApi
 @Slf4j
@@ -91,10 +93,14 @@ public class SplitPDFController {
                 try (ZipOutputStream zipOut =
                         new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(outputTempFile.getPath()))) {
                     if (hasForm) {
-                        writeSplitsViaReload(
+                        // JPDFium's FPDF_ImportPagesByIndex drops the AcroForm dictionary, which
+                        // breaks Fill Forms downstream. Fall back to the PDFBox load-and-remove
+                        // path so the AcroForm (with only fields whose widgets remain on kept
+                        // pages) is preserved.
+                        writeSplitsViaPdfBox(
                                 sourceTempFile.getFile(), pageNumbers, baseFilename, zipOut);
                     } else {
-                        writeSplitsViaSharedSource(
+                        writeSplitsViaJpdfium(
                                 sourceTempFile.getFile(), pageNumbers, baseFilename, zipOut);
                     }
                 }
@@ -109,7 +115,26 @@ public class SplitPDFController {
         }
     }
 
-    private void writeSplitsViaReload(
+    private void writeSplitsViaJpdfium(
+            File source, List<Integer> pageNumbers, String baseFilename, ZipOutputStream zipOut)
+            throws IOException {
+        try (PdfDocument sourceDoc = PdfDocument.open(source.toPath())) {
+            int previousPageNumber = 0;
+            for (int splitIndex = 0; splitIndex < pageNumbers.size(); splitIndex++) {
+                int splitPoint = pageNumbers.get(splitIndex);
+                try (TempFile splitTemp = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf")) {
+                    try (PdfDocument splitDoc =
+                            PdfSplit.extractPageRange(sourceDoc, previousPageNumber, splitPoint)) {
+                        splitDoc.save(splitTemp.getPath());
+                    }
+                    writeEntry(zipOut, baseFilename, splitIndex + 1, splitTemp.getPath());
+                }
+                previousPageNumber = splitPoint + 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeSplitsViaPdfBox(
             File source, List<Integer> pageNumbers, String baseFilename, ZipOutputStream zipOut)
             throws IOException {
         int previousPageNumber = 0;
@@ -129,33 +154,15 @@ public class SplitPDFController {
                 }
                 FormUtils.pruneOrphanedFormFields(splitDoc);
                 writeEntry(zipOut, baseFilename, splitIndex + 1, splitDoc);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                ExceptionUtils.logException("document splitting and saving", e);
-                throw e;
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private void writeSplitsViaSharedSource(
-            File source, List<Integer> pageNumbers, String baseFilename, ZipOutputStream zipOut)
+    private void writeEntry(ZipOutputStream zipOut, String baseFilename, int index, Path pdfPath)
             throws IOException {
-        try (PDDocument sourceDoc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(source)) {
-            int previousPageNumber = 0;
-            for (int splitIndex = 0; splitIndex < pageNumbers.size(); splitIndex++) {
-                int splitPoint = pageNumbers.get(splitIndex);
-                try (PDDocument splitDoc =
-                        pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(sourceDoc)) {
-                    for (int i = previousPageNumber; i <= splitPoint; i++) {
-                        splitDoc.addPage(sourceDoc.getPage(i));
-                    }
-                    previousPageNumber = splitPoint + 1;
-                    writeEntry(zipOut, baseFilename, splitIndex + 1, splitDoc);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    ExceptionUtils.logException("document splitting and saving", e);
-                    throw e;
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(baseFilename + "_" + index + ".pdf"));
+        Files.copy(pdfPath, zipOut);
+        zipOut.closeEntry();
     }
 
     private void writeEntry(ZipOutputStream zipOut, String baseFilename, int index, PDDocument doc)

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SplitPdfByChaptersController.java

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -8,9 +12,7 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.outline.PDDocumentOutline;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.outline.PDOutlineItem;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -35,10 +37,13 @@ import stirling.software.common.model.PdfMetadata;
 import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
 import stirling.software.common.service.PdfMetadataService;
 import stirling.software.common.util.ExceptionUtils;
+import stirling.software.common.util.FormUtils;
 import stirling.software.common.util.GeneralUtils;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFile;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFileManager;
 import stirling.software.common.util.WebResponseUtils;
+import stirling.software.jpdfium.PdfDocument;
+import stirling.software.jpdfium.PdfSplit;
 
 @GeneralApi
 @Slf4j
@@ -51,72 +56,36 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
 
     private final TempFileManager tempFileManager;
 
-    private static List<Bookmark> extractOutlineItems(
-            PDDocument sourceDocument,
-            PDOutlineItem current,
-            List<Bookmark> bookmarks,
-            PDOutlineItem nextParent,
+    private static void collectBookmarks(
+            List<stirling.software.jpdfium.doc.Bookmark> source,
+            List<Bookmark> out,
             int level,
-            int maxLevel)
-            throws Exception {
-
-        while (current != null) {
-
-            String currentTitle = current.getTitle().replace("/", "");
-            int firstPage =
-                    sourceDocument.getPages().indexOf(current.findDestinationPage(sourceDocument));
-            PDOutlineItem child = current.getFirstChild();
-            PDOutlineItem nextSibling = current.getNextSibling();
-            int endPage;
-            if (child != null && level < maxLevel) {
-                endPage =
-                        sourceDocument
-                                .getPages()
-                                .indexOf(child.findDestinationPage(sourceDocument));
-            } else if (nextSibling != null) {
-                endPage =
-                        sourceDocument
-                                .getPages()
-                                .indexOf(nextSibling.findDestinationPage(sourceDocument));
-            } else if (nextParent != null) {
-
-                endPage =
-                        sourceDocument
-                                .getPages()
-                                .indexOf(nextParent.findDestinationPage(sourceDocument));
-            } else {
-                endPage = -2;
-                /*
-                happens when we have something like this:
-                Outline Item 2
-                    Outline Item 2.1
-                        Outline Item 2.1.1
-                    Outline Item 2.2
-                        Outline 2.2.1
-                        Outline 2.2.2 <--- this item neither has an immediate next parent nor an immediate next sibling
-                Outline Item 3
-                 */
+            int maxLevel) {
+        for (stirling.software.jpdfium.doc.Bookmark bm : source) {
+            if (!bm.isInternal()) {
+                continue;
             }
-            if (!bookmarks.isEmpty()
-                    && bookmarks.get(bookmarks.size() - 1).getEndPage() == -2
-                    && firstPage
-                            >= bookmarks
-                                    .get(bookmarks.size() - 1)
-                                    .getStartPage()) { // for handling the above-mentioned case
-                Bookmark previousBookmark = bookmarks.get(bookmarks.size() - 1);
-                previousBookmark.setEndPage(firstPage);
+            String title = bm.title() == null ? "" : bm.title().replace("/", "");
+            int firstPage = Math.max(0, bm.pageIndex());
+            out.add(new Bookmark(title, firstPage, -2));
+            if (bm.hasChildren() && level < maxLevel) {
+                collectBookmarks(bm.children(), out, level + 1, maxLevel);
             }
-            bookmarks.add(new Bookmark(currentTitle, firstPage, endPage));
-
-            // Recursively process children
-            if (child != null && level < maxLevel) {
-                extractOutlineItems(
-                        sourceDocument, child, bookmarks, nextSibling, level + 1, maxLevel);
-            }
-
-            current = nextSibling;
         }
-        return bookmarks;
+    }
+
+    private static void assignEndPages(List<Bookmark> bookmarks, int totalPages) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < bookmarks.size(); i++) {
+            Bookmark current = bookmarks.get(i);
+            int next = -1;
+            for (int j = i + 1; j < bookmarks.size(); j++) {
+                if (bookmarks.get(j).getStartPage() >= current.getStartPage()) {
+                    next = bookmarks.get(j).getStartPage();
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            current.setEndPage(next == -1 ? totalPages : next);
+        }
     }
 
     @AutoJobPostMapping(
@@ -134,46 +103,41 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
         MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
 
         boolean includeMetadata = Boolean.TRUE.equals(request.getIncludeMetadata());
-        Integer bookmarkLevel =
-                request.getBookmarkLevel(); // levels start from 0 (top most bookmarks)
+        Integer bookmarkLevel = request.getBookmarkLevel();
         if (bookmarkLevel < 0) {
             throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
                     "error.invalidArgument", "Invalid argument: {0}", "bookmark level");
         }
 
-        try (PDDocument sourceDocument = pdfDocumentFactory.load(file)) {
-            PDDocumentOutline outline = sourceDocument.getDocumentCatalog().getDocumentOutline();
+        try (TempFile sourceTempFile = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf")) {
+            Files.copy(
+                    file.getInputStream(),
+                    sourceTempFile.getPath(),
+                    StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
 
-            if (outline == null) {
-                log.warn("No outline found for {}", file.getOriginalFilename());
-                throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
-                        "error.pdfBookmarksNotFound", "No PDF bookmarks/outline found in document");
-            }
             List<Bookmark> bookmarks = new ArrayList<>();
-            try {
-                bookmarks =
-                        extractOutlineItems(
-                                sourceDocument,
-                                outline.getFirstChild(),
-                                bookmarks,
-                                outline.getFirstChild().getNextSibling(),
-                                0,
-                                bookmarkLevel);
-                // to handle last page edge case
-                bookmarks.get(bookmarks.size() - 1).setEndPage(sourceDocument.getNumberOfPages());
-
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                ExceptionUtils.logException("outline extraction", e);
-                throw e;
+            int totalPages;
+            try (PdfDocument sourceDocument = PdfDocument.open(sourceTempFile.getPath())) {
+                totalPages = sourceDocument.pageCount();
+                List<stirling.software.jpdfium.doc.Bookmark> roots = sourceDocument.bookmarks();
+                if (roots == null || roots.isEmpty()) {
+                    log.warn("No outline found for {}", file.getOriginalFilename());
+                    throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
+                            "error.pdfBookmarksNotFound",
+                            "No PDF bookmarks/outline found in document");
+                }
+                collectBookmarks(roots, bookmarks, 0, bookmarkLevel);
+                if (bookmarks.isEmpty()) {
+                    log.warn("No outline found for {}", file.getOriginalFilename());
+                    throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
+                            "error.pdfBookmarksNotFound",
+                            "No PDF bookmarks/outline found in document");
+                }
+                assignEndPages(bookmarks, totalPages);
             }
 
             boolean allowDuplicates = Boolean.TRUE.equals(request.getAllowDuplicates());
             if (!allowDuplicates) {
-                /*
-                duplicates are generated when multiple bookmarks correspond to the same page,
-                if the user doesn't want duplicates mergeBookmarksThatCorrespondToSamePage() method will merge the titles of all
-                the bookmarks that correspond to the same page, and treat them as a single bookmark
-                */
                 bookmarks = mergeBookmarksThatCorrespondToSamePage(bookmarks);
             }
             for (Bookmark bookmark : bookmarks) {
@@ -184,7 +148,23 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
                         bookmark.getEndPage());
             }
 
-            TempFile zipTempFile = createZipFile(sourceDocument, bookmarks, includeMetadata);
+            PdfMetadata metadata = null;
+            boolean hasForm = false;
+            if (includeMetadata) {
+                try (PDDocument metaDoc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(sourceTempFile.getFile())) {
+                    metadata = pdfMetadataService.extractMetadataFromPdf(metaDoc);
+                    PDAcroForm acroForm = metaDoc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(null);
+                    hasForm = acroForm != null;
+                }
+            } else {
+                try (PDDocument acroDoc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(sourceTempFile.getFile(), true)) {
+                    hasForm = acroDoc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(null) != null;
+                }
+            }
+
+            TempFile zipTempFile =
+                    createZipFile(
+                            sourceTempFile.getFile(), bookmarks, metadata, totalPages, hasForm);
             String filename = GeneralUtils.generateFilename(file.getOriginalFilename(), "");
             return WebResponseUtils.zipFileToWebResponse(zipTempFile, filename + ".zip");
         }
@@ -216,43 +196,40 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
     }
 
     private TempFile createZipFile(
-            PDDocument sourceDocument, List<Bookmark> bookmarks, boolean includeMetadata)
+            File sourceFile,
+            List<Bookmark> bookmarks,
+            PdfMetadata metadata,
+            int totalPages,
+            boolean hasForm)
             throws Exception {
-        PdfMetadata metadata =
-                includeMetadata ? pdfMetadataService.extractMetadataFromPdf(sourceDocument) : null;
         String fileNumberFormatter = "%0" + (Integer.toString(bookmarks.size()).length()) + "d ";
         TempFile zipTempFile = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".zip");
-        try {
-            try (ZipOutputStream zipOut =
-                    new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(zipTempFile.getPath()))) {
+        try (ZipOutputStream zipOut =
+                new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(zipTempFile.getPath()))) {
+            if (hasForm) {
+                // JPDFium's FPDF_ImportPagesByIndex drops the AcroForm dictionary. For form
+                // PDFs, do the per-chapter extract via PDFBox so form fields survive the split.
                 for (int i = 0; i < bookmarks.size(); i++) {
-                    Bookmark bookmark = bookmarks.get(i);
-                    try (PDDocument splitDocument = new PDDocument()) {
-                        boolean isSinglePage = (bookmark.getStartPage() == bookmark.getEndPage());
-
-                        for (int pg = bookmark.getStartPage();
-                                pg < bookmark.getEndPage() + (isSinglePage ? 1 : 0);
-                                pg++) {
-                            PDPage page = sourceDocument.getPage(pg);
-                            splitDocument.addPage(page);
-                            log.debug("Adding page {} to split document", pg);
-                        }
-                        if (includeMetadata) {
-                            pdfMetadataService.setMetadataToPdf(splitDocument, metadata);
-                        }
-
-                        // split files will be named as "[FILE_NUMBER] [BOOKMARK_TITLE].pdf"
-                        String fileName =
-                                String.format(Locale.ROOT, fileNumberFormatter, i)
-                                        + bookmark.getTitle()
-                                        + ".pdf";
-                        zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(fileName));
-                        splitDocument.save(zipOut);
-                        zipOut.closeEntry();
-                        log.debug("Wrote split document {} to zip file", fileName);
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        ExceptionUtils.logException("document splitting and saving", e);
-                        throw e;
+                    writeChapterViaPdfBox(
+                            sourceFile,
+                            bookmarks.get(i),
+                            i,
+                            fileNumberFormatter,
+                            metadata,
+                            zipOut,
+                            totalPages);
+                }
+            } else {
+                try (PdfDocument sourceDocument = PdfDocument.open(sourceFile.toPath())) {
+                    for (int i = 0; i < bookmarks.size(); i++) {
+                        writeChapterViaJpdfium(
+                                sourceDocument,
+                                bookmarks.get(i),
+                                i,
+                                fileNumberFormatter,
+                                metadata,
+                                zipOut,
+                                totalPages);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -265,6 +242,97 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
             throw e;
         }
     }
+
+    private void writeChapterViaJpdfium(
+            PdfDocument sourceDocument,
+            Bookmark bookmark,
+            int index,
+            String fileNumberFormatter,
+            PdfMetadata metadata,
+            ZipOutputStream zipOut,
+            int totalPages)
+            throws Exception {
+        int[] range = clampRange(bookmark, totalPages);
+        int from = range[0];
+        int to = range[1];
+        try (TempFile splitTemp = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf")) {
+            try (PdfDocument splitDoc = PdfSplit.extractPageRange(sourceDocument, from, to)) {
+                splitDoc.save(splitTemp.getPath());
+            }
+            Path finalPath = splitTemp.getPath();
+            TempFile metaTemp = null;
+            try {
+                if (metadata != null) {
+                    metaTemp = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf");
+                    try (PDDocument doc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(splitTemp.getFile())) {
+                        pdfMetadataService.setMetadataToPdf(doc, metadata);
+                        doc.save(metaTemp.getFile());
+                    }
+                    finalPath = metaTemp.getPath();
+                }
+                writeZipEntry(zipOut, fileNumberFormatter, index, bookmark.getTitle(), finalPath);
+            } finally {
+                if (metaTemp != null) {
+                    metaTemp.close();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeChapterViaPdfBox(
+            File sourceFile,
+            Bookmark bookmark,
+            int index,
+            String fileNumberFormatter,
+            PdfMetadata metadata,
+            ZipOutputStream zipOut,
+            int totalPages)
+            throws Exception {
+        int[] range = clampRange(bookmark, totalPages);
+        int from = range[0];
+        int to = range[1];
+        try (PDDocument doc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(sourceFile)) {
+            for (int p = doc.getNumberOfPages() - 1; p >= 0; p--) {
+                if (p < from || p > to) {
+                    doc.removePage(p);
+                }
+            }
+            FormUtils.pruneOrphanedFormFields(doc);
+            if (metadata != null) {
+                pdfMetadataService.setMetadataToPdf(doc, metadata);
+            }
+            String fileName =
+                    String.format(Locale.ROOT, fileNumberFormatter, index)
+                            + bookmark.getTitle()
+                            + ".pdf";
+            zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(fileName));
+            doc.save(zipOut);
+            zipOut.closeEntry();
+            log.debug("Wrote split document {} to zip file", fileName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeZipEntry(
+            ZipOutputStream zipOut,
+            String fileNumberFormatter,
+            int index,
+            String title,
+            Path pdfPath)
+            throws IOException {
+        String fileName = String.format(Locale.ROOT, fileNumberFormatter, index) + title + ".pdf";
+        zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(fileName));
+        Files.copy(pdfPath, zipOut);
+        zipOut.closeEntry();
+        log.debug("Wrote split document {} to zip file", fileName);
+    }
+
+    private static int[] clampRange(Bookmark bookmark, int totalPages) {
+        boolean isSinglePage = bookmark.getStartPage() == bookmark.getEndPage();
+        int from = Math.min(Math.max(0, bookmark.getStartPage()), totalPages - 1);
+        int rawEnd = isSinglePage ? bookmark.getEndPage() : bookmark.getEndPage() - 1;
+        int to = Math.min(Math.max(from, rawEnd), totalPages - 1);
+        return new int[] {from, to};
+    }
 }
 
 @Data

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SplitPdfBySizeController.java

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -37,6 +36,8 @@ import stirling.software.common.util.GeneralUtils;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFile;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFileManager;
 import stirling.software.common.util.WebResponseUtils;
+import stirling.software.jpdfium.PdfDocument;
+import stirling.software.jpdfium.PdfSplit;
 
 @GeneralApi
 @Slf4j
@@ -75,23 +76,27 @@ public class SplitPdfBySizeController {
                         sourceTempFile.getPath(),
                         StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
 
-                try (PDDocument sourceDocument =
-                        pdfDocumentFactory.load(sourceTempFile.getFile(), true)) {
-                    boolean hasForm = sourceDocument.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(null) != null;
-                    List<List<Integer>> ranges = computeRanges(request, sourceDocument);
+                boolean hasForm;
+                try (PDDocument acroDoc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(sourceTempFile.getFile(), true)) {
+                    hasForm = acroDoc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(null) != null;
+                }
+
+                try (PdfDocument sourceDocument = PdfDocument.open(sourceTempFile.getPath())) {
+                    List<int[]> ranges = computeRanges(request, sourceDocument);
 
                     int fileIndex = 1;
-                    for (List<Integer> range : ranges) {
-                        if (range.isEmpty()) {
+                    for (int[] range : ranges) {
+                        if (range.length == 0) {
                             continue;
                         }
-                        if (hasForm) {
-                            writeRangeViaReload(
-                                    sourceTempFile.getFile(), range, zipOut, filename, fileIndex++);
-                        } else {
-                            writeRangeViaSharedSource(
-                                    sourceDocument, range, zipOut, filename, fileIndex++);
-                        }
+                        writeRange(
+                                sourceDocument,
+                                sourceTempFile.getFile(),
+                                range,
+                                zipOut,
+                                filename,
+                                fileIndex++,
+                                hasForm);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -104,29 +109,54 @@ public class SplitPdfBySizeController {
         }
     }
 
-    private List<List<Integer>> computeRanges(
-            SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest request, PDDocument sourceDocument) throws IOException {
+    private List<int[]> computeRanges(SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest request, PdfDocument sourceDoc)
+            throws IOException {
         int type = request.getSplitType();
         String value = request.getSplitValue();
         if (type == 0) {
-            return computeSizeRanges(sourceDocument, GeneralUtils.convertSizeToBytes(value));
+            return computeSizeRanges(sourceDoc, GeneralUtils.convertSizeToBytes(value));
         } else if (type == 1) {
-            return computePageCountRanges(sourceDocument, Integer.parseInt(value));
+            return computePageCountRanges(sourceDoc, Integer.parseInt(value));
         } else if (type == 2) {
-            return computeDocCountRanges(sourceDocument, Integer.parseInt(value));
+            return computeDocCountRanges(sourceDoc, Integer.parseInt(value));
         }
         throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
                 "error.invalidArgument", "Invalid argument: {0}", "split type: " + type);
     }
 
-    private void writeRangeViaReload(
+    private void writeRange(
+            PdfDocument sourceDoc,
             File sourceFile,
-            List<Integer> keepIndices,
+            int[] range,
+            ZipOutputStream zipOut,
+            String baseFilename,
+            int fileIndex,
+            boolean hasForm)
+            throws IOException {
+        if (hasForm) {
+            // JPDFium's FPDF_ImportPagesByIndex drops the AcroForm dictionary, breaking form
+            // fields downstream. For form-bearing PDFs, do the extract via PDFBox so the
+            // AcroForm survives (pruneOrphanedFormFields removes references to dropped pages).
+            writeRangeViaPdfBox(sourceFile, range, zipOut, baseFilename, fileIndex);
+        } else {
+            try (TempFile splitTemp = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf")) {
+                extractRangeToFile(sourceDoc, range, splitTemp.getPath());
+                writeEntry(zipOut, baseFilename, fileIndex, splitTemp.getPath());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void writeRangeViaPdfBox(
+            File sourceFile,
+            int[] range,
             ZipOutputStream zipOut,
             String baseFilename,
             int fileIndex)
             throws IOException {
-        Set<Integer> keep = new HashSet<>(keepIndices);
+        Set<Integer> keep = new HashSet<>();
+        for (int p : range) {
+            keep.add(p);
+        }
         try (PDDocument doc = pdfDocumentFactory.load(sourceFile)) {
             for (int i = doc.getNumberOfPages() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                 if (!keep.contains(i)) {
@@ -134,50 +164,41 @@ public class SplitPdfBySizeController {
                 }
             }
             FormUtils.pruneOrphanedFormFields(doc);
-            writeEntry(zipOut, baseFilename, fileIndex, doc);
+            zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(baseFilename + "_" + fileIndex + ".pdf"));
+            doc.save(zipOut);
+            zipOut.closeEntry();
         }
     }
 
-    private void writeRangeViaSharedSource(
-            PDDocument sourceDocument,
-            List<Integer> keepIndices,
-            ZipOutputStream zipOut,
-            String baseFilename,
-            int fileIndex)
+    private void extractRangeToFile(PdfDocument sourceDoc, int[] range, Path outputPath)
             throws IOException {
-        try (PDDocument doc =
-                pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(sourceDocument)) {
-            for (int p : keepIndices) {
-                doc.addPage(sourceDocument.getPage(p));
-            }
-            writeEntry(zipOut, baseFilename, fileIndex, doc);
+        int from = range[0];
+        int to = range[range.length - 1];
+        try (PdfDocument split = PdfSplit.extractPageRange(sourceDoc, from, to)) {
+            split.save(outputPath);
         }
     }
 
     private void writeEntry(
-            ZipOutputStream zipOut, String baseFilename, int fileIndex, PDDocument doc)
+            ZipOutputStream zipOut, String baseFilename, int fileIndex, Path pdfPath)
             throws IOException {
         zipOut.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(baseFilename + "_" + fileIndex + ".pdf"));
-        doc.save(zipOut);
+        Files.copy(pdfPath, zipOut);
         zipOut.closeEntry();
     }
 
-    /** Page-index ranges each output should contain. AcroForm overhead isn't modeled. */
-    private List<List<Integer>> computeSizeRanges(PDDocument sourceDocument, long maxBytes)
-            throws IOException {
-        List<List<Integer>> ranges = new ArrayList<>();
-        List<Integer> currentRange = new ArrayList<>();
-        int totalPages = sourceDocument.getNumberOfPages();
+    /** Returns contiguous page-index ranges fitting within {@code maxBytes}. */
+    private List<int[]> computeSizeRanges(PdfDocument sourceDoc, long maxBytes) throws IOException {
+        List<int[]> ranges = new ArrayList<>();
+        int totalPages = sourceDoc.pageCount();
         int baseCheckFrequency = 5;
-
-        PDDocument scratch = new PDDocument();
-        try {
+        int rangeStart = 0;
+        int rangeEnd = -1;
+        try (TempFile probe = new TempFile(tempFileManager, ".pdf")) {
+            File probeFile = probe.getFile();
             for (int pageIndex = 0; pageIndex < totalPages; pageIndex++) {
-                PDPage page = sourceDocument.getPage(pageIndex);
-                scratch.addPage(new PDPage(page.getCOSObject()));
-                currentRange.add(pageIndex);
-
-                int pageAdded = currentRange.size();
+                rangeEnd = pageIndex;
+                int pageAdded = rangeEnd - rangeStart + 1;
                 boolean shouldCheckSize =
                         (pageAdded % baseCheckFrequency == 0)
                                 || (pageIndex == totalPages - 1)
@@ -185,117 +206,110 @@ public class SplitPdfBySizeController {
                 if (!shouldCheckSize) {
                     continue;
                 }
-
-                long actualSize;
-                try (ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
-                    scratch.save(out);
-                    actualSize = out.size();
-                }
+                long actualSize = saveRange(sourceDoc, rangeStart, rangeEnd, probeFile);
 
                 if (actualSize > maxBytes) {
-                    if (scratch.getNumberOfPages() > 1) {
-                        scratch.removePage(scratch.getNumberOfPages() - 1);
-                        currentRange.remove(currentRange.size() - 1);
-                        pageIndex--; // retry this page in the next chunk
+                    if (pageAdded > 1) {
+                        rangeEnd = pageIndex - 1;
+                        pageIndex--;
                     }
-                    ranges.add(new ArrayList<>(currentRange));
-                    currentRange.clear();
-                    scratch.close();
-                    scratch = new PDDocument();
+                    ranges.add(buildRange(rangeStart, rangeEnd));
+                    rangeStart = rangeEnd + 1;
+                    rangeEnd = rangeStart - 1;
                 } else if (pageIndex < totalPages - 1 && actualSize < maxBytes * 0.75) {
-                    int extraPagesAdded =
-                            lookAheadFit(scratch, sourceDocument, pageIndex, maxBytes);
-                    for (int i = 0; i < extraPagesAdded; i++) {
-                        int extra = pageIndex + 1 + i;
-                        scratch.addPage(new PDPage(sourceDocument.getPage(extra).getCOSObject()));
-                        currentRange.add(extra);
-                    }
-                    pageIndex += extraPagesAdded;
+                    int extra =
+                            lookAheadFit(
+                                    sourceDoc,
+                                    rangeStart,
+                                    pageIndex,
+                                    maxBytes,
+                                    totalPages,
+                                    probeFile);
+                    pageIndex += extra;
+                    rangeEnd = pageIndex;
                 }
             }
-
-            if (!currentRange.isEmpty()) {
-                ranges.add(new ArrayList<>(currentRange));
-            }
-        } finally {
-            scratch.close();
+        }
+        if (rangeEnd >= rangeStart) {
+            ranges.add(buildRange(rangeStart, rangeEnd));
         }
         return ranges;
     }
 
-    /** Speculatively tries up to 5 next pages; returns how many fit under {@code maxBytes}. */
-    private int lookAheadFit(PDDocument scratch, PDDocument source, int pageIndex, long maxBytes)
+    private long saveRange(PdfDocument sourceDoc, int from, int to, File output)
             throws IOException {
-        int totalPages = source.getNumberOfPages();
-        int pagesToLookAhead = Math.min(5, totalPages - pageIndex - 1);
-        if (pagesToLookAhead == 0) {
-            return 0;
+        try (PdfDocument split = PdfSplit.extractPageRange(sourceDoc, from, to)) {
+            split.save(output.toPath());
         }
-
-        int extraPagesAdded = 0;
-        try (PDDocument testDoc = new PDDocument()) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < scratch.getNumberOfPages(); i++) {
-                testDoc.addPage(new PDPage(scratch.getPage(i).getCOSObject()));
-            }
-            for (int i = 0; i < pagesToLookAhead; i++) {
-                testDoc.addPage(new PDPage(source.getPage(pageIndex + 1 + i).getCOSObject()));
-                long testSize;
-                try (ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
-                    testDoc.save(out);
-                    testSize = out.size();
-                }
-                if (testSize > maxBytes) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                extraPagesAdded++;
-            }
-        }
-        return extraPagesAdded;
+        return output.length();
     }
 
-    private List<List<Integer>> computePageCountRanges(PDDocument sourceDocument, int pageCount) {
+    private int lookAheadFit(
+            PdfDocument sourceDoc,
+            int rangeStart,
+            int currentEnd,
+            long maxBytes,
+            int totalPages,
+            File probeFile)
+            throws IOException {
+        int pagesToLookAhead = Math.min(5, totalPages - currentEnd - 1);
+        int extra = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < pagesToLookAhead; i++) {
+            int trialEnd = currentEnd + 1 + i;
+            long size = saveRange(sourceDoc, rangeStart, trialEnd, probeFile);
+            if (size > maxBytes) {
+                break;
+            }
+            extra++;
+        }
+        return extra;
+    }
+
+    private List<int[]> computePageCountRanges(PdfDocument sourceDoc, int pageCount) {
         if (pageCount <= 0) {
             throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
                     "error.invalidArgument", "Invalid argument: {0}", "page count: " + pageCount);
         }
-        int totalPages = sourceDocument.getNumberOfPages();
-        List<List<Integer>> ranges = new ArrayList<>();
-        List<Integer> current = new ArrayList<>(pageCount);
-        for (int i = 0; i < totalPages; i++) {
-            current.add(i);
-            if (current.size() == pageCount) {
-                ranges.add(current);
-                current = new ArrayList<>(pageCount);
-            }
-        }
-        if (!current.isEmpty()) {
-            ranges.add(current);
+        int totalPages = sourceDoc.pageCount();
+        List<int[]> ranges = new ArrayList<>();
+        int start = 0;
+        while (start < totalPages) {
+            int end = Math.min(start + pageCount - 1, totalPages - 1);
+            ranges.add(buildRange(start, end));
+            start = end + 1;
         }
         return ranges;
     }
 
-    private List<List<Integer>> computeDocCountRanges(
-            PDDocument sourceDocument, int documentCount) {
+    private List<int[]> computeDocCountRanges(PdfDocument sourceDoc, int documentCount) {
         if (documentCount <= 0) {
             throw ExceptionUtils.createIllegalArgumentException(
                     "error.invalidArgument",
                     "Invalid argument: {0}",
                     "document count: " + documentCount);
         }
-        int totalPages = sourceDocument.getNumberOfPages();
+        int totalPages = sourceDoc.pageCount();
         int pagesPerDocument = totalPages / documentCount;
         int extraPages = totalPages % documentCount;
-
-        List<List<Integer>> ranges = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<int[]> ranges = new ArrayList<>();
         int cursor = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < documentCount; i++) {
             int pagesToAdd = pagesPerDocument + (i < extraPages ? 1 : 0);
-            List<Integer> range = new ArrayList<>(pagesToAdd);
-            for (int j = 0; j < pagesToAdd; j++) {
-                range.add(cursor++);
+            if (pagesToAdd == 0) {
+                continue;
             }
-            ranges.add(range);
+            int end = cursor + pagesToAdd - 1;
+            ranges.add(buildRange(cursor, end));
+            cursor = end + 1;
         }
         return ranges;
     }
+
+    private static int[] buildRange(int start, int end) {
+        int[] range = new int[end - start + 1];
+        for (int i = 0; i < range.length; i++) {
+            range[i] = start + i;
+        }
+        return range;
+    }
 }

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/converters/ConvertImgPDFController.java

@@ -275,7 +275,10 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
                 GeneralUtils.generateFilename(file[0].getOriginalFilename(), "_converted.pdf"));
     }
 
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE, value = "/cbz/pdf")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/cbz/pdf",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.MEDIUM_WEIGHT)
     @Operation(
             summary = "Convert CBZ comic book archive to PDF",
             description =
@@ -301,7 +304,10 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
         return WebResponseUtils.pdfFileToWebResponse(pdfFile, filename);
     }
 
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE, value = "/pdf/cbz")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/pdf/cbz",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
     @Operation(
             summary = "Convert PDF to CBZ comic book archive",
             description =
@@ -324,7 +330,10 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
         return WebResponseUtils.zipFileToWebResponse(cbzFile, filename);
     }
 
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE, value = "/cbr/pdf")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/cbr/pdf",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.MEDIUM_WEIGHT)
     @Operation(
             summary = "Convert CBR comic book archive to PDF",
             description =
@@ -350,7 +359,10 @@ public class ConvertImgPDFController {
         return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(pdfBytes, filename);
     }
 
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE, value = "/pdf/cbr")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/pdf/cbr",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.LARGE_WEIGHT)
     @Operation(
             summary = "Convert PDF to CBR comic book archive",
             description =

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/AttachmentController.java

@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ public class AttachmentController {
 
     @AutoJobPostMapping(
             consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
-            value = "/extract-attachments")
+            value = "/extract-attachments",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.SMALL_WEIGHT)
     @Operation(
             summary = "Extract attachments from PDF",
             description =
@@ -176,7 +177,10 @@ public class AttachmentController {
         }
     }
 
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE, value = "/list-attachments")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/list-attachments",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.SMALL_WEIGHT)
     @Operation(
             summary = "List attachments in PDF",
             description =
@@ -193,7 +197,8 @@ public class AttachmentController {
 
     @AutoJobPostMapping(
             consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
-            value = "/rename-attachment")
+            value = "/rename-attachment",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.SMALL_WEIGHT)
     @StandardPdfResponse
     @Operation(
             summary = "Rename attachment in PDF",
@@ -228,7 +233,8 @@ public class AttachmentController {
 
     @AutoJobPostMapping(
             consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
-            value = "/delete-attachment")
+            value = "/delete-attachment",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.SMALL_WEIGHT)
     @StandardPdfResponse
     @Operation(
             summary = "Delete attachment from PDF",

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/ConfigController.java

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
 
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.EndpointConfiguration;
@@ -91,6 +93,63 @@ public class ConfigController {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Resolve the frontend URL the client should advertise to phones / share-link recipients.
+     * Priority: explicit system.frontendUrl, then the Host the user is already using to reach this
+     * server (works for Docker, reverse proxies, and bare-metal LANs), then a detected site-local
+     * IPv4, then empty.
+     */
+    // visible for testing
+    String resolveFrontendUrl(HttpServletRequest request, AppConfig appConfig) {
+        String configured = applicationProperties.getSystem().getFrontendUrl();
+        if (configured != null && !configured.isBlank()) {
+            return configured;
+        }
+        if (request != null) {
+            String host = request.getServerName();
+            if (host != null && !host.isBlank() && !isLoopbackHost(host)) {
+                String scheme = request.getScheme();
+                int port = request.getServerPort();
+                boolean defaultPort =
+                        ("http".equals(scheme) && port == 80)
+                                || ("https".equals(scheme) && port == 443);
+                return defaultPort ? scheme + "://" + host : scheme + "://" + host + ":" + port;
+            }
+        }
+        String localIp = GeneralUtils.getLocalNetworkIp();
+        if (localIp != null) {
+            String scheme = appConfig.getBackendUrl().startsWith("https") ? "https" : "http";
+            return scheme + "://" + localIp + ":" + resolveEffectiveServerPort(appConfig);
+        }
+        return "";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The port the embedded server is actually listening on. With {@code server.port=0} (an
+     * ephemeral port, which the desktop bundle uses to dodge port clashes) the configured value
+     * stays {@code "0"} while Spring publishes the real bound port as {@code local.server.port}
+     * once the server is up. Advertised URLs (the mobile-scanner QR, share links) must carry the
+     * real port - a literal {@code :0} is unreachable and browsers reject it as ERR_UNSAFE_PORT.
+     */
+    // visible for testing
+    String resolveEffectiveServerPort(AppConfig appConfig) {
+        String configured = appConfig.getServerPort();
+        if (configured == null || "0".equals(configured.trim())) {
+            String actual = applicationContext.getEnvironment().getProperty("local.server.port");
+            if (actual != null && !actual.isBlank()) {
+                return actual;
+            }
+        }
+        return configured;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isLoopbackHost(String host) {
+        return "localhost".equalsIgnoreCase(host)
+                || "127.0.0.1".equals(host)
+                || "::1".equals(host)
+                || "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1".equals(host);
+    }
+
     /** Check if running Enterprise edition dynamically. */
     private Boolean isRunningEE() {
         // Use LicenseService for fresh license status if available
@@ -107,7 +166,7 @@ public class ConfigController {
     }
 
     @GetMapping("/app-config")
-    public ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> getAppConfig() {
+    public ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> getAppConfig(HttpServletRequest request) {
         Map<String, Object> configData = new HashMap<>();
 
         try {
@@ -121,20 +180,10 @@ public class ConfigController {
             // Note: Frontend expects "baseUrl" field name for compatibility
             configData.put("baseUrl", appConfig.getBackendUrl());
             configData.put("contextPath", appConfig.getContextPath());
-            configData.put("serverPort", appConfig.getServerPort());
+            configData.put("serverPort", resolveEffectiveServerPort(appConfig));
 
             String frontendUrl = applicationProperties.getSystem().getFrontendUrl();
-            if ((frontendUrl == null || frontendUrl.isBlank())
-                    && Boolean.parseBoolean(
-                            System.getProperty("STIRLING_PDF_TAURI_MODE", "false"))) {
-                String localIp = GeneralUtils.getLocalNetworkIp();
-                if (localIp != null) {
-                    String scheme =
-                            appConfig.getBackendUrl().startsWith("https") ? "https" : "http";
-                    frontendUrl = scheme + "://" + localIp + ":" + appConfig.getServerPort();
-                }
-            }
-            configData.put("frontendUrl", frontendUrl != null ? frontendUrl : "");
+            configData.put("frontendUrl", resolveFrontendUrl(request, appConfig));
 
             // Add mobile scanner settings
             configData.put(
@@ -277,6 +326,9 @@ public class ConfigController {
             // Premium/Enterprise settings
             configData.put("premiumEnabled", applicationProperties.getPremium().isEnabled());
 
+            // AI Engine settings
+            configData.put("aiEngineEnabled", applicationProperties.getAiEngine().isEnabled());
+
             // Timestamp TSA settings — single source of truth for presets + admin URLs
             ApplicationProperties.Security.Timestamp tsConfig =
                     applicationProperties.getSecurity().getTimestamp();

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/web/ReactRoutingController.java

@@ -160,14 +160,19 @@ public class ReactRoutingController {
         return ResponseEntity.ok().contentType(MediaType.TEXT_HTML).body(cachedCallbackHtml);
     }
 
+    // `files` was historically a backend static-asset directory and was therefore
+    // in the exclusion list - removing it lets /files and /files/<folder-uuid>
+    // forward to the SPA index.html, which is what FileManagerView expects.
+    // (Real storage endpoints live under /api/v1/storage/files, already
+    // excluded by the leading `api` token in the same regex.)
     @GetMapping(
-            "/{path:^(?!api|static|robots\\.txt|favicon\\.ico|manifest.*\\.json|pipeline|pdfjs|pdfjs-legacy|pdfium|vendor|fonts|images|files|css|js|assets|locales|modern-logo|classic-logo|Login|og_images|samples)[^\\.]*$}")
+            "/{path:^(?!api|static|robots\\.txt|favicon\\.ico|manifest.*\\.json|pipeline|pdfjs|pdfjs-legacy|pdfium|vendor|fonts|images|css|js|assets|locales|modern-logo|classic-logo|Login|og_images|samples)[^\\.]*$}")
     public ResponseEntity<String> forwardRootPaths(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {
         return serveIndexHtml(request);
     }
 
     @GetMapping(
-            "/{path:^(?!api|static|pipeline|pdfjs|pdfjs-legacy|pdfium|vendor|fonts|images|files|css|js|assets|locales|modern-logo|classic-logo|Login|og_images|samples)[^\\.]*}/{subpath:^(?!.*\\.).*$}")
+            "/{path:^(?!api|static|pipeline|pdfjs|pdfjs-legacy|pdfium|vendor|fonts|images|css|js|assets|locales|modern-logo|classic-logo|Login|og_images|samples)[^\\.]*}/{subpath:^(?!.*\\.).*$}")
     public ResponseEntity<String> forwardNestedPaths(HttpServletRequest request)
             throws IOException {
         return serveIndexHtml(request);

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/exception/GlobalExceptionHandler.java

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestControllerAdvice;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MaxUploadSizeExceededException;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.support.MissingServletRequestPartException;
+import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.NoHandlerFoundException;
 
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -196,12 +197,12 @@ public class GlobalExceptionHandler {
     /**
      * Checks whether the given IOException indicates that the client disconnected before the
      * response could be written (broken pipe, connection reset, etc.). When this happens there is
-     * no point in serialising a {@link ProblemDetail} body because the socket is already closed —
+     * no point in serialising a {@link ProblemDetail} body because the socket is already closed -
      * and attempting to do so may trigger a secondary {@code HttpMessageNotWritableException} if
      * the response Content-Type was already committed as a non-JSON type (e.g. image/png).
      */
     private static boolean isClientDisconnectException(IOException ex) {
-        // Walk the causal chain — Jetty/Tomcat may wrap the low-level SocketException
+        // Walk the causal chain - Jetty/Tomcat may wrap the low-level SocketException
         Throwable current = ex;
         while (current != null) {
             String msg = current.getMessage();
@@ -1040,6 +1041,43 @@ public class GlobalExceptionHandler {
      * @param request the HTTP servlet request
      * @return ProblemDetail with appropriate HTTP status
      */
+    /**
+     * Handle ResponseStatusException explicitly so its embedded HTTP status reaches the client
+     * instead of being swallowed by the {@code RuntimeException} catch-all (which would downgrade
+     * every controller-thrown 400/404/409 to a generic 500). Folder/file storage controllers and
+     * any other code that throws {@code ResponseStatusException} relies on this handler taking
+     * precedence.
+     */
+    @ExceptionHandler(ResponseStatusException.class)
+    public ResponseEntity<ProblemDetail> handleResponseStatusException(
+            ResponseStatusException ex, HttpServletRequest request) {
+        HttpStatus status =
+                HttpStatus.resolve(ex.getStatusCode().value()) != null
+                        ? HttpStatus.valueOf(ex.getStatusCode().value())
+                        : HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        String reason = ex.getReason() != null ? ex.getReason() : status.getReasonPhrase();
+        ProblemDetail problemDetail = createBaseProblemDetail(status, reason, request);
+        problemDetail.setType(URI.create("/errors/" + status.value()));
+        problemDetail.setTitle(status.getReasonPhrase());
+        problemDetail.setProperty("title", status.getReasonPhrase());
+        // 5xx is operator-relevant; 4xx is a normal client-rejection - log at the right level.
+        if (status.is5xxServerError()) {
+            log.error(
+                    "ResponseStatusException {} at {}: {}",
+                    status.value(),
+                    request.getRequestURI(),
+                    reason,
+                    ex);
+        } else {
+            log.debug(
+                    "ResponseStatusException {} at {}: {}",
+                    status.value(),
+                    request.getRequestURI(),
+                    reason);
+        }
+        return ResponseEntity.status(status).contentType(PROBLEM_JSON).body(problemDetail);
+    }
+
     @ExceptionHandler(RuntimeException.class)
     public ResponseEntity<ProblemDetail> handleRuntimeException(
             RuntimeException ex, HttpServletRequest request) {

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/PDFWithPageSize.java

@@ -18,4 +18,11 @@ public class PDFWithPageSize extends PDFFile {
             requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED,
             allowableValues = {"A0", "A1", "A2", "A3", "A4", "A5", "A6", "LETTER", "LEGAL", "KEEP"})
     private String pageSize;
+
+    @Schema(
+            description =
+                    "Orientation to apply to the target page size. Ignored when pageSize is KEEP.",
+            defaultValue = "PORTRAIT",
+            allowableValues = {"PORTRAIT", "LANDSCAPE"})
+    private String orientation = "PORTRAIT";
 }

app/core/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/api/converters/ConvertPDFToMarkdown.java

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.swagger.MarkdownConversionResponse;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.AutoJobPostMapping;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.ConvertApi;
+import stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight;
 import stirling.software.common.model.api.PDFFile;
 import stirling.software.common.util.PDFToFile;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFileManager;
@@ -23,7 +24,10 @@ public class ConvertPDFToMarkdown {
 
     private final TempFileManager tempFileManager;
 
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE, value = "/pdf/markdown")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/pdf/markdown",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.MEDIUM_WEIGHT)
     @MarkdownConversionResponse
     @Operation(
             summary = "Convert PDF to Markdown",

app/core/src/main/resources/settings.yml.template

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ security:
     password: "" # initial password for the first login
   oauth2:
     enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable login (Note: enableLogin must also be 'true' for this to work)
+    debugLogging: false # set to 'true' to log full ID token and UserInfo claims during OAuth2/OIDC login. Use this to diagnose claim issues (e.g. "Attribute value for 'email' cannot be null" with ADFS). WARNING: writes PII (sub, email, name) to logs; disable after troubleshooting.
     client:
       keycloak:
         issuer: "" # URL of the Keycloak realm's OpenID Connect Discovery endpoint
@@ -93,8 +94,8 @@ premium:
   key: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
   enabled: false # Enable license key checks for pro/enterprise features
   proFeatures:
-    SSOAutoLogin: false
-    CustomMetadata:
+    ssoAutoLogin: false
+    customMetadata:
       autoUpdateMetadata: false
       author: username
       creator: Stirling-PDF
@@ -245,6 +246,39 @@ storage:
   provider: local # storage provider: 'local' for filesystem storage, 'database' for DB-backed storage
   local:
     basePath: './storage' # base directory for stored files
+  # ====================================================================================
+  # S3-COMPATIBLE OBJECT STORAGE - PRO / ENTERPRISE LICENSE REQUIRED
+  # storage.provider=s3, storage.provider=database, and cluster.artifactStore=s3 all
+  # require a valid Pro or Enterprise license.
+  # ====================================================================================
+  # Used when provider=s3 (persistent user uploads) and/or cluster.artifactStore=s3
+  # (transient cluster artifacts). The two consumers share this block.
+  # Vendor cheat sheet (set the highlighted flags to taste):
+  #   AWS S3              -> endpoint='' region='<your-region>' pathStyleAccess=false
+  #   Cloudflare R2       -> endpoint='https://<acct>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com' region='auto'
+  #                          pathStyleAccess=false; if uploads fail with 'unsupported header
+  #                          x-amz-checksum-*' set requestChecksumCalculation=WHEN_REQUIRED
+  #   Supabase Storage    -> endpoint='https://<project>.supabase.co/storage/v1/s3'
+  #                          region='<project-region>' pathStyleAccess=true
+  #                          (filenames with non-ASCII display fine - the storage key is opaque)
+  #   MinIO (in-cluster)  -> endpoint='http://minio:9000' region='us-east-1'
+  #                          pathStyleAccess=true allowPrivateEndpoints=true
+  #   Backblaze B2        -> endpoint='https://s3.<region>.backblazeb2.com'
+  #                          If on a B2 deployment older than July-2025 and uploads return
+  #                          'Unsupported header x-amz-checksum-crc32', set
+  #                          requestChecksumCalculation=WHEN_REQUIRED
+  #   DigitalOcean Spaces -> endpoint='https://<region>.digitaloceanspaces.com'
+  #                          Note: 5GB per-object cap (regardless of multipart)
+  s3:
+    endpoint: "" # blank = use AWS regional default; otherwise full URL incl. https://
+    bucket: "" # required when provider=s3 or cluster.artifactStore=s3
+    region: us-east-1
+    accessKey: "" # blank = fall back to AWS DefaultCredentialsProvider (env / profile / IMDS)
+    secretKey: ""
+    pathStyleAccess: false # true for MinIO and Supabase; false for AWS/R2/most CDNs
+    allowPrivateEndpoints: false # true required when endpoint resolves to a private/loopback IP (e.g. in-cluster MinIO). SSRF guard - leave false for any internet-facing vendor.
+    requestChecksumCalculation: WHEN_SUPPORTED # WHEN_SUPPORTED|WHEN_REQUIRED|DISABLED. Set WHEN_REQUIRED if your vendor rejects auto-added x-amz-checksum-* headers (older Backblaze B2, some R2 corner cases).
+    responseChecksumValidation: WHEN_SUPPORTED # WHEN_SUPPORTED|WHEN_REQUIRED|DISABLED. Set WHEN_REQUIRED if you see false-positive checksum-mismatch errors on GET from a vendor that never returns checksum headers.
   quotas:
     maxStorageMbPerUser: -1 # Max storage per user in MB; -1 disables per-user cap
     maxStorageMbTotal: -1 # Max storage across all users in MB; -1 disables total cap
@@ -330,6 +364,24 @@ aiEngine:
   url: http://localhost:5001 # URL of the Python AI engine
   timeoutSeconds: 120 # Timeout in seconds for AI engine requests
 
+# Cluster configuration. NOT YET ENABLED - scaffolding for later work. Leave at defaults.
+cluster:
+  enabled: false # Master switch. 'false' (default) wires the in-process backplane and skips all cluster checks. Single-instance installs do not need to change anything here.
+  backplane: inprocess # Backplane implementation: 'inprocess' (single JVM only) or 'valkey' (multi-node via Valkey/Redis)
+  artifactStore: local # Transient cluster job-artifact backend: 'local' (per-node disk; single-node only) or 's3' (shared object store; required for multi-node). Distinct from 'storage.provider' which controls persistent user uploads - when both are 's3' they share the storage.s3.* credentials block. Multi-node deployments MUST set this to 's3'.
+  s3:
+    keyPrefix: transient/ # Bucket key prefix used by the cluster artifact store when artifactStore=s3. Trailing slash recommended. Lets a single bucket host both persistent uploads (storage.s3.*) and transient job artifacts under separate prefixes.
+  valkey:
+    url: "" # Valkey/Redis URL, e.g. 'redis://valkey:6379' or 'rediss://...' for TLS. Required when enabled=true and backplane=valkey.
+    tls:
+      skipCertVerification: false # set to 'true' to skip TLS certificate verification on Valkey connections (dev/test only)
+  node:
+    id: "" # Optional explicit node id. Blank = auto-generated UUID at startup.
+    role: both # 'web' (serves HTTP), 'worker' (runs jobs), or 'both' (default)
+    internalAddress: "" # host:port advertised in the instance registry for peer-to-peer cluster traffic. Blank = derived at startup.
+    scheme: http # 'http' or 'https' - scheme peers use to call this node's /internal/cluster/** endpoints
+    heartbeatIntervalMs: 5000 # Heartbeat publish interval for the instance registry (ms)
+
 pdfEditor:
   fallback-font: classpath:/static/fonts/NotoSans-Regular.ttf # Override to point at a custom fallback font
   cache:

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AutoJobPostMappingWeightTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.io.support.ResourcePatternResolver;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.CachingMetadataReaderFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReader;
+import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.MetadataReaderFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.type.filter.TypeFilter;
+
+import stirling.software.common.annotations.AutoJobPostMapping;
+
+/**
+ * Build-time guardrail: every {@link AutoJobPostMapping} method must declare an explicit {@code
+ * resourceWeight}.
+ *
+ * <p>The credits interceptor multiplies {@code resourceWeight} into the per-call charge. An
+ * endpoint that falls through to the annotation default produces a charge derived from a value
+ * nobody chose — silently under- or over-billing depending on the endpoint's true cost. Forcing
+ * each method to pick a value from {@link stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight}
+ * keeps the choice deliberate.
+ *
+ * <p>The annotation's default is {@link Integer#MIN_VALUE} (a sentinel). Runtime readers clamp the
+ * value into {@code [1, 100]}, so a missed declaration can't crash production — this test is the
+ * contract, the clamp is the safety net.
+ *
+ * <p>Lives in {@code :stirling-pdf} (core) because that's the module whose compile classpath
+ * transitively sees every other module's controllers ({@code :common}, {@code :proprietary}, and
+ * {@code :saas} when enabled).
+ */
+class AutoJobPostMappingWeightTest {
+
+    private static final String SCAN_BASE_PACKAGE = "stirling.software";
+
+    @Test
+    void everyAutoJobPostMappingDeclaresExplicitResourceWeight() throws Exception {
+        List<String> offenders = findOffendingMethods();
+
+        assertTrue(
+                offenders.isEmpty(),
+                () ->
+                        "The following @AutoJobPostMapping methods do not declare an explicit"
+                                + " resourceWeight. Pick a value from"
+                                + " stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight (SMALL,"
+                                + " MEDIUM, LARGE, XLARGE) and add it to the annotation:\n  - "
+                                + String.join("\n  - ", offenders));
+    }
+
+    private List<String> findOffendingMethods() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        List<String> offenders = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Class<?> candidate : scanForCandidateClasses()) {
+            for (Method method : candidate.getDeclaredMethods()) {
+                AutoJobPostMapping annotation = method.getAnnotation(AutoJobPostMapping.class);
+                if (annotation == null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                if (annotation.resourceWeight() == Integer.MIN_VALUE) {
+                    offenders.add(candidate.getName() + "#" + method.getName());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return offenders;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns every class under {@link #SCAN_BASE_PACKAGE} that has an @AutoJobPostMapping method.
+     */
+    private List<Class<?>> scanForCandidateClasses() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        ResourcePatternResolver resolver = new PathMatchingResourcePatternResolver();
+        MetadataReaderFactory metadataReaderFactory = new CachingMetadataReaderFactory(resolver);
+
+        String pattern = "classpath*:" + SCAN_BASE_PACKAGE.replace('.', '/') + "/**/*.class";
+        Resource[] resources = resolver.getResources(pattern);
+
+        // Pre-filter by reading annotation metadata from the class file so we don't have to load
+        // every class on the test classpath just to find the few that are annotated.
+        TypeFilter mentionsAutoJobPostMapping =
+                (reader, factory) ->
+                        reader.getAnnotationMetadata()
+                                        .getAnnotatedMethods(AutoJobPostMapping.class.getName())
+                                        .size()
+                                > 0;
+
+        List<Class<?>> matches = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Resource resource : resources) {
+            if (!resource.isReadable()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            MetadataReader reader = metadataReaderFactory.getMetadataReader(resource);
+            if (!mentionsAutoJobPostMapping.match(reader, metadataReaderFactory)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            matches.add(Class.forName(reader.getClassMetadata().getClassName()));
+        }
+        return matches;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sanity check that the classpath scan returns non-empty; otherwise the main test passes
+     * vacuously.
+     */
+    @Test
+    void scannerFindsAtLeastOneAutoJobPostMapping() throws Exception {
+        long count =
+                scanForCandidateClasses().stream()
+                        .flatMap(c -> java.util.Arrays.stream(c.getDeclaredMethods()))
+                        .filter(m -> m.isAnnotationPresent(AutoJobPostMapping.class))
+                        .count();
+
+        assertTrue(
+                count > 10,
+                () ->
+                        "Expected the classpath scan to find many @AutoJobPostMapping methods but"
+                                + " found only "
+                                + count
+                                + ". Scanner regression?");
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+    private static String describeCandidates(List<Class<?>> candidates) {
+        return candidates.stream().map(Class::getName).collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
+    }
+}

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/ScalePagesControllerTest.java

@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ class ScalePagesControllerTest {
 
         ScalePagesRequest request = new ScalePagesRequest();
         request.setFileInput(file);
-        request.setPageSize("A4_LANDSCAPE");
+        request.setPageSize("A4");
+        request.setOrientation("LANDSCAPE");
         request.setScaleFactor(1.0f);
 
         setupFactory();

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SplitPDFControllerTest.java

@@ -4,17 +4,28 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotation;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotationWidget;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -23,8 +34,12 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
+import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.SplitPagesRequest;
@@ -32,6 +47,7 @@ import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFileManager;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+@MockitoSettings(strictness = Strictness.LENIENT)
 class SplitPDFControllerTest {
 
     @TempDir Path tempDir;
@@ -47,6 +63,12 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
                             String suffix = invocation.getArgument(0);
                             return Files.createTempFile(tempDir, "test", suffix).toFile();
                         });
+        lenient()
+                .when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class), eq(true)))
+                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
+        lenient()
+                .when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class)))
+                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
     }
 
     private byte[] createPdf(int numPages) throws IOException {
@@ -60,17 +82,79 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         }
     }
 
-    private void setupFactory() throws IOException {
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class), eq(true)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(any(PDDocument.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> new PDDocument());
+    private byte[] createPdfWithForm(int numPages) throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm acroForm = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            doc.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(acroForm);
+            for (int i = 0; i < numPages; i++) {
+                PDPage page = new PDPage(PDRectangle.A4);
+                doc.addPage(page);
+                PDTextField field = new PDTextField(acroForm);
+                field.setPartialName("text_p" + (i + 1));
+                PDAnnotationWidget widget = new PDAnnotationWidget();
+                widget.setRectangle(new PDRectangle(100, 700, 200, 20));
+                widget.setPage(page);
+                field.setWidgets(java.util.List.of(widget));
+                page.getAnnotations().add(widget);
+                acroForm.getFields().add(field);
+            }
+            Path pdfPath = tempDir.resolve("input.pdf");
+            doc.save(pdfPath.toFile());
+            return Files.readAllBytes(pdfPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<String> fieldNamesOf(byte[] pdfBytes) throws IOException {
+        List<String> names = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(pdfBytes)) {
+            PDAcroForm acroForm = doc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(null);
+            if (acroForm == null) {
+                return names;
+            }
+            for (PDField field : acroForm.getFields()) {
+                names.add(field.getFullyQualifiedName());
+            }
+        }
+        return names;
+    }
+
+    private int widgetCountOnPage(byte[] pdfBytes, int pageIndex) throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(pdfBytes)) {
+            int count = 0;
+            for (PDAnnotation a : doc.getPage(pageIndex).getAnnotations()) {
+                if (a instanceof PDAnnotationWidget) {
+                    count++;
+                }
+            }
+            return count;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<byte[]> unzip(Resource zipResource) throws IOException {
+        List<byte[]> entries = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (ZipInputStream zis =
+                new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(zipResource.getContentAsByteArray()))) {
+            ZipEntry entry;
+            while ((entry = zis.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+                entries.add(zis.readAllBytes());
+                zis.closeEntry();
+            }
+        }
+        return entries;
+    }
+
+    private int[] pageCountsOf(List<byte[]> entries) throws IOException {
+        int[] counts = new int[entries.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); i++) {
+            try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(entries.get(i))) {
+                counts[i] = doc.getNumberOfPages();
+            }
+        }
+        return counts;
     }
 
     @Test
-    @DisplayName("Should split 6-page PDF at page 3")
+    @DisplayName("Should split 6-page PDF at page 3 into 2 parts")
     void shouldSplitAtPage3() throws Exception {
         byte[] pdfBytes = createPdf(6);
         MockMultipartFile file =
@@ -81,11 +165,12 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         request.setFileInput(file);
         request.setPageNumbers("3");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(3, 3);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -100,11 +185,12 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         request.setFileInput(file);
         request.setPageNumbers("1,2,3");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(1, 1, 1);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -119,15 +205,16 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         request.setFileInput(file);
         request.setPageNumbers("1");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(1);
     }
 
     @Test
-    @DisplayName("Should split with range notation")
+    @DisplayName("Should split with multiple split points")
     void shouldSplitWithRange() throws Exception {
         byte[] pdfBytes = createPdf(10);
         MockMultipartFile file =
@@ -138,11 +225,12 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         request.setFileInput(file);
         request.setPageNumbers("3,7");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(3, 4, 3);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -157,13 +245,14 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         request.setFileInput(file);
         request.setPageNumbers("2");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
         assertThat(response.getHeaders().getContentType())
                 .isEqualTo(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(2, 2);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -178,11 +267,12 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         request.setFileInput(file);
         request.setPageNumbers("5");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(5);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -197,29 +287,43 @@ class SplitPDFControllerTest {
         request.setFileInput(file);
         request.setPageNumbers("all");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(1, 1, 1);
     }
 
     @Test
-    @DisplayName("Should handle file without extension in original name")
-    void shouldHandleFileWithoutExtension() throws Exception {
-        byte[] pdfBytes = createPdf(2);
+    @DisplayName("Should preserve AcroForm and per-page widgets when splitting form PDF")
+    void shouldSplitFormPdf() throws Exception {
+        byte[] pdfBytes = createPdfWithForm(4);
         MockMultipartFile file =
                 new MockMultipartFile(
-                        "fileInput", "no_extension", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF_VALUE, pdfBytes);
+                        "fileInput", "input.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF_VALUE, pdfBytes);
 
         SplitPagesRequest request = new SplitPagesRequest();
         request.setFileInput(file);
-        request.setPageNumbers("1");
+        request.setPageNumbers("2");
 
-        setupFactory();
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(2, 2);
+
+        assertThat(fieldNamesOf(outputs.get(0)))
+                .as("first split keeps fields whose widgets are on pages 1-2")
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder("text_p1", "text_p2");
+        assertThat(fieldNamesOf(outputs.get(1)))
+                .as("second split keeps fields whose widgets are on pages 3-4")
+                .containsExactlyInAnyOrder("text_p3", "text_p4");
+
+        assertThat(widgetCountOnPage(outputs.get(0), 0)).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(widgetCountOnPage(outputs.get(0), 1)).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(widgetCountOnPage(outputs.get(1), 0)).isEqualTo(1);
+        assertThat(widgetCountOnPage(outputs.get(1), 1)).isEqualTo(1);
     }
 }

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest.java

@@ -4,11 +4,19 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
@@ -27,10 +35,11 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
 import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
-import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.SplitPdfByChaptersRequest;
 import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
@@ -55,6 +64,12 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
                             String suffix = inv.getArgument(0);
                             return Files.createTempFile(tempDir, "test", suffix).toFile();
                         });
+        lenient()
+                .when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class)))
+                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
+        lenient()
+                .when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class), eq(true)))
+                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
     }
 
     private byte[] createPdfWithBookmarks(int numPages, String... chapterNames) throws IOException {
@@ -83,6 +98,29 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
         }
     }
 
+    private List<byte[]> unzip(Resource zipResource) throws IOException {
+        List<byte[]> entries = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (ZipInputStream zis =
+                new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(zipResource.getContentAsByteArray()))) {
+            ZipEntry entry;
+            while ((entry = zis.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+                entries.add(zis.readAllBytes());
+                zis.closeEntry();
+            }
+        }
+        return entries;
+    }
+
+    private int totalPagesOf(List<byte[]> entries) throws IOException {
+        int total = 0;
+        for (byte[] data : entries) {
+            try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(data)) {
+                total += doc.getNumberOfPages();
+            }
+        }
+        return total;
+    }
+
     @Test
     @DisplayName("Should split PDF by chapters")
     void shouldSplitByChapters() throws Exception {
@@ -97,12 +135,12 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
         request.setIncludeMetadata(false);
         request.setAllowDuplicates(false);
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF(((MultipartFile) inv.getArgument(0)).getBytes()));
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(totalPagesOf(outputs)).isEqualTo(6);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -119,12 +157,12 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
         request.setIncludeMetadata(false);
         request.setAllowDuplicates(true);
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF(((MultipartFile) inv.getArgument(0)).getBytes()));
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(totalPagesOf(outputs)).isEqualTo(4);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -163,10 +201,6 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
             request.setIncludeMetadata(false);
             request.setAllowDuplicates(false);
 
-            when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class)))
-                    .thenAnswer(
-                            inv -> Loader.loadPDF(((MultipartFile) inv.getArgument(0)).getBytes()));
-
             assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> controller.splitPdf(request));
         }
     }
@@ -185,12 +219,12 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
         request.setIncludeMetadata(false);
         request.setAllowDuplicates(false);
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF(((MultipartFile) inv.getArgument(0)).getBytes()));
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(totalPagesOf(outputs)).isEqualTo(3);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -207,14 +241,15 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
         request.setIncludeMetadata(true);
         request.setAllowDuplicates(false);
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF(((MultipartFile) inv.getArgument(0)).getBytes()));
-        when(pdfMetadataService.extractMetadataFromPdf(any(PDDocument.class)))
+        lenient()
+                .when(pdfMetadataService.extractMetadataFromPdf(any(PDDocument.class)))
                 .thenReturn(new stirling.software.common.model.PdfMetadata());
 
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(totalPagesOf(outputs)).isEqualTo(4);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -231,12 +266,12 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
         request.setIncludeMetadata(false);
         request.setAllowDuplicates(false);
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF(((MultipartFile) inv.getArgument(0)).getBytes()));
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(totalPagesOf(outputs)).isEqualTo(6);
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -253,11 +288,11 @@ class SplitPdfByChaptersControllerTest {
         request.setIncludeMetadata(false);
         request.setAllowDuplicates(true);
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(MultipartFile.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF(((MultipartFile) inv.getArgument(0)).getBytes()));
-
-        var response = controller.splitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.splitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(5);
+        assertThat(totalPagesOf(outputs)).isEqualTo(10);
     }
 }

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SplitPdfBySizeControllerTest.java

@@ -4,17 +4,27 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
+import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotationWidget;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDTextField;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -23,6 +33,9 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoSettings;
+import org.mockito.quality.Strictness;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -33,6 +46,7 @@ import stirling.software.common.service.CustomPDFDocumentFactory;
 import stirling.software.common.util.TempFileManager;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+@MockitoSettings(strictness = Strictness.LENIENT)
 class SplitPdfBySizeControllerTest {
 
     @TempDir Path tempDir;
@@ -48,69 +62,189 @@ class SplitPdfBySizeControllerTest {
                             String suffix = invocation.getArgument(0);
                             return Files.createTempFile(tempDir, "test", suffix).toFile();
                         });
+        lenient()
+                .when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class), eq(true)))
+                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
+        lenient()
+                .when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class)))
+                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
     }
 
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Should split by page count successfully")
-    void shouldSplitByPageCount() throws Exception {
-        byte[] pdfBytes;
+    private byte[] createPdf(int numPages) throws IOException {
         try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < numPages; i++) {
                 doc.addPage(new PDPage(PDRectangle.A4));
             }
             Path pdfPath = tempDir.resolve("input.pdf");
             doc.save(pdfPath.toFile());
-            pdfBytes = Files.readAllBytes(pdfPath);
+            return Files.readAllBytes(pdfPath);
         }
+    }
 
+    private List<byte[]> unzip(Resource zipResource) throws IOException {
+        List<byte[]> entries = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (ZipInputStream zis =
+                new ZipInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(zipResource.getContentAsByteArray()))) {
+            ZipEntry entry;
+            while ((entry = zis.getNextEntry()) != null) {
+                entries.add(zis.readAllBytes());
+                zis.closeEntry();
+            }
+        }
+        return entries;
+    }
+
+    private int[] pageCountsOf(List<byte[]> entries) throws IOException {
+        int[] counts = new int[entries.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); i++) {
+            try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(entries.get(i))) {
+                counts[i] = doc.getNumberOfPages();
+            }
+        }
+        return counts;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Should split by page count into 2-page chunks")
+    void shouldSplitByPageCount() throws Exception {
+        byte[] pdfBytes = createPdf(5);
         MockMultipartFile file =
                 new MockMultipartFile(
                         "fileInput", "input.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF_VALUE, pdfBytes);
         SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest request = new SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest();
         request.setFileInput(file);
-        request.setSplitType(1); // Page count
+        request.setSplitType(1);
         request.setSplitValue("2");
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class), eq(true)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(any(PDDocument.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> new PDDocument());
-
-        ResponseEntity<?> response = controller.autoSplitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.autoSplitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
         assertThat(response.getHeaders().getContentType())
                 .isEqualTo(MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(2, 2, 1);
     }
 
     @Test
-    @DisplayName("Should split by document count successfully")
+    @DisplayName("Should split by document count into 3 even documents")
     void shouldSplitByDocCount() throws Exception {
-        byte[] pdfBytes;
-        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
-                doc.addPage(new PDPage(PDRectangle.A4));
-            }
-            Path pdfPath = tempDir.resolve("input.pdf");
-            doc.save(pdfPath.toFile());
-            pdfBytes = Files.readAllBytes(pdfPath);
-        }
-
+        byte[] pdfBytes = createPdf(6);
         MockMultipartFile file =
                 new MockMultipartFile(
                         "fileInput", "input.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF_VALUE, pdfBytes);
         SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest request = new SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest();
         request.setFileInput(file);
-        request.setSplitType(2); // Document count
-        request.setSplitValue("3"); // Split into 3 docs (2 pages each)
+        request.setSplitType(2);
+        request.setSplitValue("3");
 
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.load(any(File.class), eq(true)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> Loader.loadPDF((File) inv.getArgument(0)));
-        when(pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(any(PDDocument.class)))
-                .thenAnswer(inv -> new PDDocument());
-
-        ResponseEntity<?> response = controller.autoSplitPdf(request);
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.autoSplitPdf(request);
 
         assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(2, 2, 2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Should split by document count distributing extras")
+    void shouldSplitByDocCountWithRemainder() throws Exception {
+        byte[] pdfBytes = createPdf(7);
+        MockMultipartFile file =
+                new MockMultipartFile(
+                        "fileInput", "input.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF_VALUE, pdfBytes);
+        SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest request = new SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest();
+        request.setFileInput(file);
+        request.setSplitType(2);
+        request.setSplitValue("3");
+
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.autoSplitPdf(request);
+
+        assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(3, 2, 2);
+    }
+
+    private byte[] createPdfWithForm(int numPages) throws IOException {
+        try (PDDocument doc = new PDDocument()) {
+            PDAcroForm acroForm = new PDAcroForm(doc);
+            doc.getDocumentCatalog().setAcroForm(acroForm);
+            for (int i = 0; i < numPages; i++) {
+                PDPage page = new PDPage(PDRectangle.A4);
+                doc.addPage(page);
+                PDTextField field = new PDTextField(acroForm);
+                field.setPartialName("text_p" + (i + 1));
+                PDAnnotationWidget widget = new PDAnnotationWidget();
+                widget.setRectangle(new PDRectangle(100, 700, 200, 20));
+                widget.setPage(page);
+                field.setWidgets(java.util.List.of(widget));
+                page.getAnnotations().add(widget);
+                acroForm.getFields().add(field);
+            }
+            Path pdfPath = tempDir.resolve("input.pdf");
+            doc.save(pdfPath.toFile());
+            return Files.readAllBytes(pdfPath);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private List<String> fieldNamesOf(byte[] pdfBytes) throws IOException {
+        List<String> names = new ArrayList<>();
+        try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(pdfBytes)) {
+            PDAcroForm acroForm = doc.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(null);
+            if (acroForm == null) {
+                return names;
+            }
+            for (PDField field : acroForm.getFields()) {
+                names.add(field.getFullyQualifiedName());
+            }
+        }
+        return names;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Should preserve AcroForm when splitting form PDF by page count")
+    void shouldPreserveFormFieldsWhenSplitting() throws Exception {
+        byte[] pdfBytes = createPdfWithForm(4);
+        MockMultipartFile file =
+                new MockMultipartFile(
+                        "fileInput", "input.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF_VALUE, pdfBytes);
+        SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest request = new SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest();
+        request.setFileInput(file);
+        request.setSplitType(1);
+        request.setSplitValue("2");
+
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.autoSplitPdf(request);
+
+        assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(pageCountsOf(outputs)).containsExactly(2, 2);
+        assertThat(fieldNamesOf(outputs.get(0))).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("text_p1", "text_p2");
+        assertThat(fieldNamesOf(outputs.get(1))).containsExactlyInAnyOrder("text_p3", "text_p4");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Should split by size into multiple files")
+    void shouldSplitBySize() throws Exception {
+        byte[] pdfBytes = createPdf(20);
+        MockMultipartFile file =
+                new MockMultipartFile(
+                        "fileInput", "input.pdf", MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF_VALUE, pdfBytes);
+        SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest request = new SplitPdfBySizeOrCountRequest();
+        request.setFileInput(file);
+        request.setSplitType(0);
+        request.setSplitValue("3KB");
+
+        ResponseEntity<Resource> response = controller.autoSplitPdf(request);
+
+        assertThat(response.getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.OK);
+        List<byte[]> outputs = unzip(response.getBody());
+        assertThat(outputs).isNotEmpty();
+        int total = 0;
+        for (int count : pageCountsOf(outputs)) {
+            total += count;
+        }
+        assertThat(total).isEqualTo(20);
     }
 }

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/misc/ConfigControllerTest.java

@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.EndpointConfiguration;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.EndpointConfiguration.DisableReason;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.EndpointConfiguration.EndpointAvailability;
+import stirling.software.common.configuration.AppConfig;
 import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties.System;
 import stirling.software.common.service.LicenseServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.common.service.ServerCertificateServiceInterface;
 import stirling.software.common.service.UserServiceInterface;
@@ -173,4 +177,119 @@ class ConfigControllerTest {
         assertEquals(HttpStatus.OK, response.getStatusCode());
         verify(endpointConfiguration).getAllEndpoints();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveFrontendUrl_prefersExplicitConfiguredValue() {
+        System sys = mock(System.class);
+        when(applicationProperties.getSystem()).thenReturn(sys);
+        when(sys.getFrontendUrl()).thenReturn("https://pdf.example.com");
+
+        // Request would say something else, but configured wins.
+        HttpServletRequest req = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+        AppConfig appConfig = mock(AppConfig.class);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                "https://pdf.example.com", configController.resolveFrontendUrl(req, appConfig));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveFrontendUrl_usesRequestHostWhenNotConfigured() {
+        System sys = mock(System.class);
+        when(applicationProperties.getSystem()).thenReturn(sys);
+        when(sys.getFrontendUrl()).thenReturn(null);
+
+        HttpServletRequest req = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+        when(req.getServerName()).thenReturn("192.168.1.100");
+        when(req.getScheme()).thenReturn("http");
+        when(req.getServerPort()).thenReturn(8080);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                "http://192.168.1.100:8080",
+                configController.resolveFrontendUrl(req, mock(AppConfig.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveFrontendUrl_elidesDefaultHttpsPort() {
+        System sys = mock(System.class);
+        when(applicationProperties.getSystem()).thenReturn(sys);
+        when(sys.getFrontendUrl()).thenReturn("");
+
+        HttpServletRequest req = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+        when(req.getServerName()).thenReturn("pdf.example.com");
+        when(req.getScheme()).thenReturn("https");
+        when(req.getServerPort()).thenReturn(443);
+
+        assertEquals(
+                "https://pdf.example.com",
+                configController.resolveFrontendUrl(req, mock(AppConfig.class)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveFrontendUrl_fallsThroughOnLoopbackHost() {
+        System sys = mock(System.class);
+        when(applicationProperties.getSystem()).thenReturn(sys);
+        when(sys.getFrontendUrl()).thenReturn(null);
+
+        HttpServletRequest req = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+        when(req.getServerName()).thenReturn("localhost");
+
+        AppConfig appConfig = mock(AppConfig.class);
+        when(appConfig.getBackendUrl()).thenReturn("http://localhost:8080");
+        when(appConfig.getServerPort()).thenReturn("8080");
+
+        // Detected IP (if any) wins over loopback request host. We can't assert the
+        // exact value (depends on the host running the test) but we can assert it
+        // never returns "localhost".
+        String result = configController.resolveFrontendUrl(req, appConfig);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertFalse(result.contains("localhost"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveFrontendUrl_usesActualPortWhenServerPortIsEphemeral() {
+        System sys = mock(System.class);
+        when(applicationProperties.getSystem()).thenReturn(sys);
+        when(sys.getFrontendUrl()).thenReturn(null);
+
+        // Loopback host forces the detected-LAN-IP branch, which is where an
+        // ephemeral server.port=0 would otherwise leak through as ":0".
+        HttpServletRequest req = mock(HttpServletRequest.class);
+        when(req.getServerName()).thenReturn("localhost");
+
+        AppConfig appConfig = mock(AppConfig.class);
+        when(appConfig.getBackendUrl()).thenReturn("http://localhost");
+        when(appConfig.getServerPort()).thenReturn("0");
+
+        org.springframework.core.env.Environment environment =
+                mock(org.springframework.core.env.Environment.class);
+        when(applicationContext.getEnvironment()).thenReturn(environment);
+        when(environment.getProperty("local.server.port")).thenReturn("54321");
+
+        String result = configController.resolveFrontendUrl(req, appConfig);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        assertTrue(result.endsWith(":54321"));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(":0"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveEffectiveServerPort_prefersActualBoundPortWhenConfiguredZero() {
+        AppConfig appConfig = mock(AppConfig.class);
+        when(appConfig.getServerPort()).thenReturn("0");
+
+        org.springframework.core.env.Environment environment =
+                mock(org.springframework.core.env.Environment.class);
+        when(applicationContext.getEnvironment()).thenReturn(environment);
+        when(environment.getProperty("local.server.port")).thenReturn("54321");
+
+        assertEquals("54321", configController.resolveEffectiveServerPort(appConfig));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void resolveEffectiveServerPort_keepsConfiguredNonZeroPort() {
+        AppConfig appConfig = mock(AppConfig.class);
+        when(appConfig.getServerPort()).thenReturn("8080");
+
+        // Non-zero configured port is authoritative; the runtime env is never consulted.
+        assertEquals("8080", configController.resolveEffectiveServerPort(appConfig));
+    }
 }

app/core/src/test/java/stirling/software/common/configuration/ConfigInitializerRestartTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package stirling.software.common.configuration;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockStatic;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
+import org.mockito.MockedStatic;
+
+import stirling.software.common.util.GeneralUtils;
+import stirling.software.common.util.YamlHelper;
+
+/**
+ * End-to-end check of the container-restart path. {@link ConfigInitializer#ensureConfigExists()} is
+ * what runs on every startup, merging the on-disk settings.yml with the bundled
+ * settings.yml.template. These tests exercise it against the real template on the classpath to
+ * prove admin-saved proFeatures values survive a restart - the bug behind "the SSO auto-login
+ * button resets every time the container resets".
+ */
+class ConfigInitializerRestartTest {
+
+    private static String read(Path settings, String... keyPath) throws IOException {
+        return String.valueOf(new YamlHelper(settings).getValueByExactKeyPath(keyPath));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void ssoAutoLoginAndCustomMetadata_persistAcrossRestart(@TempDir Path tmp) throws Exception {
+        Path settings = tmp.resolve("settings.yml");
+        Path custom = tmp.resolve("custom_settings.yml");
+
+        try (MockedStatic<InstallationPathConfig> paths =
+                mockStatic(InstallationPathConfig.class)) {
+            paths.when(InstallationPathConfig::getSettingsPath).thenReturn(settings.toString());
+            paths.when(InstallationPathConfig::getCustomSettingsPath).thenReturn(custom.toString());
+
+            ConfigInitializer init = new ConfigInitializer();
+
+            // First boot: settings.yml created from the bundled template (camelCase, default off).
+            init.ensureConfigExists();
+            assertEquals("false", read(settings, "premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"));
+
+            // Admin enables SSO auto-login and edits custom metadata via the exact save path the
+            // admin settings controller uses.
+            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToSettings("premium.proFeatures.ssoAutoLogin", true);
+            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToSettings("premium.proFeatures.customMetadata.author", "acme");
+
+            // Container restart: ensureConfigExists merges the saved file with the template again.
+            init.ensureConfigExists();
+
+            assertEquals("true", read(settings, "premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"));
+            assertEquals(
+                    "acme", read(settings, "premium", "proFeatures", "customMetadata", "author"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void legacyPascalCaseConfig_isMigratedAndPreservedOnRestart(@TempDir Path tmp)
+            throws Exception {
+        Path settings = tmp.resolve("settings.yml");
+        Path custom = tmp.resolve("custom_settings.yml");
+
+        try (MockedStatic<InstallationPathConfig> paths =
+                mockStatic(InstallationPathConfig.class)) {
+            paths.when(InstallationPathConfig::getSettingsPath).thenReturn(settings.toString());
+            paths.when(InstallationPathConfig::getCustomSettingsPath).thenReturn(custom.toString());
+
+            ConfigInitializer init = new ConfigInitializer();
+
+            // Seed a full settings.yml as an OLD install would have written it: PascalCase keys
+            // with
+            // SSO auto-login enabled.
+            init.ensureConfigExists();
+            String legacy =
+                    Files.readString(settings)
+                            .replace("ssoAutoLogin: false", "SSOAutoLogin: true")
+                            .replace("customMetadata:", "CustomMetadata:");
+            Files.writeString(settings, legacy);
+
+            // Upgrade restart.
+            init.ensureConfigExists();
+
+            // Value carried forward onto the new camelCase key; the legacy PascalCase key is gone.
+            assertEquals("true", read(settings, "premium", "proFeatures", "ssoAutoLogin"));
+            assertNull(
+                    new YamlHelper(settings)
+                            .getValueByExactKeyPath("premium", "proFeatures", "SSOAutoLogin"));
+        }
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/.gitignore

@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ SwaggerDoc.json
 *.tar.gz
 *.rar
 *.db
+# Whitelist the H2 fixtures that feed the version-migration CI smoke test.
+!src/test/resources/db-migration-fixtures/*.mv.db
 /build
 /app/proprietary/build/
 

app/proprietary/build.gradle

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     jwtVersion = '0.13.0'
+    awsSdkVersion = '2.44.12'
+    testcontainersMinioVersion = '1.21.4'
 }
 
 bootRun {
@@ -71,6 +73,13 @@ dependencies {
     implementation('com.coveo:saml-client:5.0.0') {
         exclude group: 'org.opensaml', module: 'opensaml-core'
     }
+
+    implementation "software.amazon.awssdk:s3:$awsSdkVersion"
+    implementation "software.amazon.awssdk:url-connection-client:$awsSdkVersion"
+
+    testImplementation "org.testcontainers:minio:$testcontainersMinioVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.testcontainers:junit-jupiter:$testcontainersMinioVersion"
+    testImplementation "org.testcontainers:localstack:$testcontainersMinioVersion"
 }
 
 tasks.register('prepareKotlinBuildScriptModel') {}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/cluster/s3/S3Clients.java

@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.cluster.s3;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsBasicCredentials;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.StaticCredentialsProvider;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.checksums.RequestChecksumCalculation;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.checksums.ResponseChecksumValidation;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3ClientBuilder;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Configuration;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.presigner.S3Presigner;
+
+/**
+ * Shared factory for {@link S3Client} and {@link S3Presigner} instances used by both {@code
+ * S3StorageProvider} and {@code S3FileStore}, so endpoint/region/credentials wiring lives in
+ * exactly one place.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public final class S3Clients {
+
+    private S3Clients() {}
+
+    /** Paired client and presigner with coordinated lifecycle. */
+    public record Bundle(S3Client client, S3Presigner presigner) implements AutoCloseable {
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+            try {
+                presigner.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn("Error closing S3 presigner", e);
+            }
+            try {
+                client.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                log.warn("Error closing S3 client", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Build a client+presigner pair from the shared S3 config block. */
+    public static Bundle build(ApplicationProperties.Storage.S3 cfg, String usage) {
+        if (cfg == null) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    usage + " requires storage.s3.* configuration to be set");
+        }
+        if (cfg.getBucket() == null || cfg.getBucket().isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(usage + " requires storage.s3.bucket to be set");
+        }
+        String region =
+                cfg.getRegion() == null || cfg.getRegion().isBlank()
+                        ? "us-east-1"
+                        : cfg.getRegion();
+
+        S3Configuration s3Configuration =
+                S3Configuration.builder().pathStyleAccessEnabled(cfg.isPathStyleAccess()).build();
+
+        RequestChecksumCalculation requestChecksum =
+                parseRequestChecksum(cfg.getRequestChecksumCalculation());
+        ResponseChecksumValidation responseChecksum =
+                parseResponseChecksum(cfg.getResponseChecksumValidation());
+
+        S3ClientBuilder clientBuilder =
+                S3Client.builder()
+                        .httpClient(UrlConnectionHttpClient.create())
+                        .region(Region.of(region))
+                        .serviceConfiguration(s3Configuration)
+                        .requestChecksumCalculation(requestChecksum)
+                        .responseChecksumValidation(responseChecksum);
+
+        S3Presigner.Builder presignerBuilder =
+                S3Presigner.builder()
+                        .region(Region.of(region))
+                        .serviceConfiguration(s3Configuration);
+
+        if (cfg.getEndpoint() != null && !cfg.getEndpoint().isBlank()) {
+            URI endpoint;
+            try {
+                endpoint = new URI(cfg.getEndpoint());
+            } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(
+                        "Invalid storage.s3.endpoint: " + cfg.getEndpoint(), e);
+            }
+            validateEndpointHost(endpoint, cfg.isAllowPrivateEndpoints());
+            clientBuilder.endpointOverride(endpoint);
+            presignerBuilder.endpointOverride(endpoint);
+        }
+
+        boolean hasStaticCreds =
+                cfg.getAccessKey() != null
+                        && !cfg.getAccessKey().isBlank()
+                        && cfg.getSecretKey() != null
+                        && !cfg.getSecretKey().isBlank();
+        if (hasStaticCreds) {
+            AwsBasicCredentials credentials =
+                    AwsBasicCredentials.create(cfg.getAccessKey(), cfg.getSecretKey());
+            StaticCredentialsProvider provider = StaticCredentialsProvider.create(credentials);
+            clientBuilder.credentialsProvider(provider);
+            presignerBuilder.credentialsProvider(provider);
+        } else {
+            clientBuilder.credentialsProvider(DefaultCredentialsProvider.create());
+            presignerBuilder.credentialsProvider(DefaultCredentialsProvider.create());
+        }
+
+        log.debug(
+                "Configured S3 {}: bucket={}, region={}, endpoint={}, pathStyle={}",
+                usage,
+                cfg.getBucket(),
+                region,
+                cfg.getEndpoint() == null || cfg.getEndpoint().isBlank()
+                        ? "<aws-default>"
+                        : cfg.getEndpoint(),
+                cfg.isPathStyleAccess());
+
+        return new Bundle(clientBuilder.build(), presignerBuilder.build());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Block SSRF via the S3 endpoint setting. An admin who can edit config could otherwise point
+     * the SDK at the cloud metadata service (e.g. {@code http://169.254.169.254/}) and exfiltrate
+     * instance-role credentials. Reject any endpoint whose host resolves to a loopback, link-local,
+     * or RFC1918 private address unless the operator has explicitly opted in via {@code
+     * storage.s3.allow-private-endpoints=true}.
+     */
+    static void validateEndpointHost(URI endpoint, boolean allowPrivate) {
+        if (allowPrivate) {
+            return;
+        }
+        String host = endpoint.getHost();
+        if (host == null || host.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("storage.s3.endpoint must include a host: " + endpoint);
+        }
+        InetAddress[] addresses;
+        try {
+            addresses = InetAddress.getAllByName(host);
+        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "Unable to resolve storage.s3.endpoint host '" + host + "'", e);
+        }
+        for (InetAddress address : addresses) {
+            if (isPrivateOrLocal(address)) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException(
+                        "storage.s3.endpoint host '"
+                                + host
+                                + "' resolves to private/link-local address "
+                                + address.getHostAddress()
+                                + "; set storage.s3.allow-private-endpoints=true to opt in"
+                                + " (e.g. for MinIO or in-cluster S3).");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isPrivateOrLocal(InetAddress address) {
+        return address.isLoopbackAddress()
+                || address.isLinkLocalAddress()
+                || address.isSiteLocalAddress()
+                || address.isAnyLocalAddress()
+                || address.isMulticastAddress();
+    }
+
+    static RequestChecksumCalculation parseRequestChecksum(String value) {
+        if (value == null || value.isBlank()) {
+            return RequestChecksumCalculation.WHEN_SUPPORTED;
+        }
+        try {
+            return RequestChecksumCalculation.valueOf(
+                    value.trim().toUpperCase(java.util.Locale.ROOT));
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+            log.warn(
+                    "Unknown storage.s3.request-checksum-calculation value '{}', falling back to WHEN_SUPPORTED",
+                    value);
+            return RequestChecksumCalculation.WHEN_SUPPORTED;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static ResponseChecksumValidation parseResponseChecksum(String value) {
+        if (value == null || value.isBlank()) {
+            return ResponseChecksumValidation.WHEN_SUPPORTED;
+        }
+        try {
+            return ResponseChecksumValidation.valueOf(
+                    value.trim().toUpperCase(java.util.Locale.ROOT));
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+            log.warn(
+                    "Unknown storage.s3.response-checksum-validation value '{}', falling back to WHEN_SUPPORTED",
+                    value);
+            return ResponseChecksumValidation.WHEN_SUPPORTED;
+        }
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/cluster/s3/S3FileStore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.cluster.s3;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.FileStore;
+
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.ResponseInputStream;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkException;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.sync.RequestBody;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.DeleteObjectRequest;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.GetObjectRequest;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.GetObjectResponse;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.HeadObjectRequest;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.HeadObjectResponse;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.NoSuchKeyException;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.PutObjectRequest;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.model.S3Exception;
+
+/**
+ * S3-backed {@link FileStore} for transient job-result files. Objects are namespaced under a
+ * configurable key prefix (default {@code transient/}) and can coexist in the same bucket as {@code
+ * S3StorageProvider}.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class S3FileStore implements FileStore, AutoCloseable {
+
+    public static final String DEFAULT_KEY_PREFIX = "transient/";
+
+    private final S3Client s3Client;
+    private final String bucket;
+    private final String keyPrefix;
+    private final boolean ownsClient;
+
+    public S3FileStore(S3Client s3Client, String bucket) {
+        this(s3Client, bucket, DEFAULT_KEY_PREFIX, true);
+    }
+
+    public S3FileStore(S3Client s3Client, String bucket, String keyPrefix) {
+        this(s3Client, bucket, keyPrefix, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param ownsClient when true, {@link #close()} will close the supplied client. Set to false in
+     *     tests that share the client with another consumer.
+     */
+    public S3FileStore(S3Client s3Client, String bucket, String keyPrefix, boolean ownsClient) {
+        if (bucket == null || bucket.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("S3 bucket must be configured");
+        }
+        this.s3Client = s3Client;
+        this.bucket = bucket;
+        this.keyPrefix = normalizePrefix(keyPrefix);
+        this.ownsClient = ownsClient;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Stored store(InputStream in, String originalName) throws IOException {
+        String fileId = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        // S3 PUT requires a known content-length; spool to a temp file first so memory stays
+        // bounded for large payloads, then stream the file to S3 via RequestBody.fromFile.
+        Path tempFile = Files.createTempFile("s3-upload-", ".bin");
+        long size;
+        try {
+            try (InputStream src = in) {
+                Files.copy(src, tempFile, StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+            }
+            size = Files.size(tempFile);
+            PutObjectRequest request =
+                    PutObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(resolveKey(fileId)).build();
+            try {
+                s3Client.putObject(request, RequestBody.fromFile(tempFile));
+            } catch (SdkException e) {
+                throw new IOException("Failed to upload object to S3", e);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                Files.deleteIfExists(tempFile);
+            } catch (IOException cleanupError) {
+                log.warn("Failed to delete S3 upload temp file: {}", tempFile, cleanupError);
+            }
+        }
+        return new Stored(fileId, size);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream retrieve(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        validateFileId(fileId);
+        GetObjectRequest request =
+                GetObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(resolveKey(fileId)).build();
+        try {
+            ResponseInputStream<GetObjectResponse> stream = s3Client.getObject(request);
+            return new BufferedInputStream(stream);
+        } catch (NoSuchKeyException e) {
+            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId, e);
+        } catch (SdkException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Failed to load object from S3", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] retrieveBytes(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        validateFileId(fileId);
+        GetObjectRequest request =
+                GetObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(resolveKey(fileId)).build();
+        try (ResponseInputStream<GetObjectResponse> stream = s3Client.getObject(request)) {
+            return stream.readAllBytes();
+        } catch (NoSuchKeyException e) {
+            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId, e);
+        } catch (SdkException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Failed to load object from S3", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long size(String fileId) throws IOException {
+        validateFileId(fileId);
+        HeadObjectRequest request =
+                HeadObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(resolveKey(fileId)).build();
+        try {
+            HeadObjectResponse response = s3Client.headObject(request);
+            return Optional.ofNullable(response.contentLength()).orElse(0L);
+        } catch (NoSuchKeyException e) {
+            throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId, e);
+        } catch (S3Exception e) {
+            if (e.statusCode() == 404) {
+                throw new IOException("File not found with ID: " + fileId, e);
+            }
+            throw new IOException("Failed to head object in S3", e);
+        } catch (SdkException e) {
+            throw new IOException("Failed to head object in S3", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean delete(String fileId) {
+        try {
+            validateFileId(fileId);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            log.warn("Refusing to delete invalid file id: {}", fileId);
+            return false;
+        }
+        try {
+            s3Client.deleteObject(
+                    DeleteObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(resolveKey(fileId)).build());
+            return true;
+        } catch (SdkException e) {
+            log.error("Error deleting file with ID: {}", fileId, e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean exists(String fileId) {
+        try {
+            validateFileId(fileId);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        HeadObjectRequest request =
+                HeadObjectRequest.builder().bucket(bucket).key(resolveKey(fileId)).build();
+        try {
+            s3Client.headObject(request);
+            return true;
+        } catch (NoSuchKeyException e) {
+            return false;
+        } catch (S3Exception e) {
+            if (e.statusCode() == 404) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            log.warn("Error checking existence for file ID: {}", fileId, e);
+            return false;
+        } catch (SdkException e) {
+            log.warn("Error checking existence for file ID: {}", fileId, e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+        if (!ownsClient) {
+            return;
+        }
+        try {
+            s3Client.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.warn("Error closing S3 client", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    String resolveKey(String fileId) {
+        return keyPrefix + fileId;
+    }
+
+    private static void validateFileId(String fileId) {
+        if (fileId == null || fileId.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("File ID must not be blank");
+        }
+        if (fileId.contains("..") || fileId.contains("/") || fileId.contains("\\")) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid file ID");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static String normalizePrefix(String prefix) {
+        if (prefix == null || prefix.isBlank()) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        String trimmed = prefix.trim();
+        if (trimmed.startsWith("/")) {
+            trimmed = trimmed.substring(1);
+        }
+        if (!trimmed.isEmpty() && !trimmed.endsWith("/")) {
+            trimmed = trimmed + "/";
+        }
+        return trimmed;
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/cluster/s3/S3FileStoreConfiguration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.cluster.s3;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.cluster.FileStore;
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+
+/** Activates the S3-backed transient {@link FileStore} when {@code cluster.artifactStore=s3}. */
+@Slf4j
+@Configuration
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@ConditionalOnProperty(prefix = "cluster", name = "artifactStore", havingValue = "s3")
+public class S3FileStoreConfiguration {
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
+    @Bean(destroyMethod = "close")
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public FileStore fileStore(@Value("${cluster.s3.keyPrefix:transient/}") String keyPrefix) {
+        ApplicationProperties.Storage.S3 cfg = applicationProperties.getStorage().getS3();
+        S3Clients.Bundle bundle = S3Clients.build(cfg, "cluster file store");
+        // FileStore has no signed-URL contract; close the unused presigner immediately.
+        try {
+            bundle.presigner().close();
+        } catch (Exception ignored) {
+        }
+        log.info("Cluster FileStore: s3 (bucket={}, keyPrefix={})", cfg.getBucket(), keyPrefix);
+        return new S3FileStore(bundle.client(), cfg.getBucket(), keyPrefix, true);
+    }
+}

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/model/api/ai/AiWorkflowRequest.java

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import jakarta.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import lombok.Data;
 
 @Data
-@Schema(description = "Run an AI workflow against one or more PDF files")
+@Schema(description = "Run an AI workflow")
 public class AiWorkflowRequest {
 
     @NotNull

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/security/configuration/ee/EEAppConfig.java

@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ public class EEAppConfig {
     @Profile("security & !saas")
     @Bean(name = "SSOAutoLogin")
     public boolean ssoAutoLogin() {
-        return applicationProperties.getPremium().getProFeatures().isSsoAutoLogin();
+        boolean enabled = applicationProperties.getPremium().getProFeatures().isSsoAutoLogin();
+        if (enabled) {
+            licenseKeyChecker.requireProOrEnterprise("premium.proFeatures.ssoAutoLogin=true");
+        }
+        return enabled;
     }
 
     // TODO: Remove post migration

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/security/configuration/ee/LicenseKeyChecker.java

@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ public class LicenseKeyChecker {
 
     private final UserLicenseSettingsService licenseSettingsService;
 
-    private License premiumEnabledResult = License.NORMAL;
+    // volatile: written by evaluateLicense() on the @Scheduled refresh thread, read by request
+    // threads via getPremiumLicenseEnabledResult() / requireProOrEnterprise(). Ensures readers see
+    // the latest tier rather than a stale cached value.
+    private volatile License premiumEnabledResult = License.NORMAL;
 
     public LicenseKeyChecker(
             KeygenLicenseVerifier licenseService,
@@ -133,4 +136,16 @@ public class LicenseKeyChecker {
     public License getPremiumLicenseEnabledResult() {
         return premiumEnabledResult;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Throws {@link IllegalStateException} if the current license is not Pro or Enterprise. Used by
+     * boot-time gates to fail fast when an operator enables a premium-only setting without a valid
+     * license. {@code configuredAs} is the human-readable property path (e.g. {@code
+     * "storage.provider=s3"}) and appears in the exception message.
+     */
+    public void requireProOrEnterprise(String configuredAs) {
+        if (premiumEnabledResult != License.SERVER && premiumEnabledResult != License.ENTERPRISE) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(configuredAs + " requires a Pro or Enterprise license");
+        }
+    }
 }

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/security/controller/api/EmailController.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.AutoJobPostMapping;
 import stirling.software.common.annotations.api.GeneralApi;
+import stirling.software.common.enumeration.ResourceWeight;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.security.model.api.Email;
 import stirling.software.proprietary.security.service.EmailService;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,10 @@ public class EmailController {
      *     attachment.
      * @return ResponseEntity with success or error message.
      */
-    @AutoJobPostMapping(consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE, value = "/send-email")
+    @AutoJobPostMapping(
+            consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE,
+            value = "/send-email",
+            resourceWeight = ResourceWeight.SMALL_WEIGHT)
     @Operation(
             summary = "Send an email with an attachment",
             description =

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/security/service/CustomOAuth2UserService.java

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package stirling.software.proprietary.security.service;
 
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
 
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.oidc.userinfo.OidcUserRequest;
@@ -8,6 +12,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.oidc.userinfo.OidcUserService;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.userinfo.OAuth2UserService;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.OAuth2AuthenticationException;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.OAuth2Error;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.oidc.OidcIdToken;
+import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.oidc.OidcUserInfo;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.oidc.user.DefaultOidcUser;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.oidc.user.OidcUser;
 
@@ -39,20 +45,37 @@ public class CustomOAuth2UserService implements OAuth2UserService<OidcUserReques
 
     @Override
     public OidcUser loadUser(OidcUserRequest userRequest) throws OAuth2AuthenticationException {
+        String registrationId = userRequest.getClientRegistration().getRegistrationId();
+        boolean debugLogging = Boolean.TRUE.equals(oauth2Properties.getDebugLogging());
+        // Resolved inside the try so a bad/null useAsUsername (IllegalArgumentException from
+        // valueOf, or NPE on toUpperCase) is caught and wrapped as OAuth2AuthenticationException
+        // by the existing handlers below, matching the pre-debugLogging behaviour.
+        String usernameAttributeKey = null;
+
         try {
-            OidcUser user = delegate.loadUser(userRequest);
-            String usernameAttributeKey =
+            usernameAttributeKey =
                     UsernameAttribute.valueOf(oauth2Properties.getUseAsUsername().toUpperCase())
                             .getName();
+            OidcUser user = delegate.loadUser(userRequest);
+
+            if (debugLogging) {
+                logClaimDump(
+                        "OAuth2/OIDC login claims received",
+                        registrationId,
+                        usernameAttributeKey,
+                        user.getIdToken(),
+                        user.getUserInfo(),
+                        user.getAttributes(),
+                        false);
+            }
 
             // Extract SSO provider information
             String ssoProviderId = user.getSubject(); // Standard OIDC 'sub' claim
-            String ssoProvider = userRequest.getClientRegistration().getRegistrationId();
             String username = user.getAttribute(usernameAttributeKey);
 
             log.debug(
                     "OAuth2 login - Provider: {}, ProviderId: {}, Username: {}",
-                    ssoProvider,
+                    registrationId,
                     ssoProviderId,
                     username);
 
@@ -79,10 +102,154 @@ public class CustomOAuth2UserService implements OAuth2UserService<OidcUserReques
                     usernameAttributeKey);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             log.error("Error loading OIDC user: {}", e.getMessage());
+            // Only emit the claim dump if we successfully resolved usernameAttributeKey. A null
+            // value here means UsernameAttribute.valueOf rejected the configured useAsUsername
+            // before delegate.loadUser ran — that error message is self-explanatory and a claim
+            // dump would have no resolved-key to compare against.
+            if (debugLogging && usernameAttributeKey != null) {
+                // The DefaultOidcUser constructor (or our own checks) rejected the chosen
+                // username attribute. Dump the claims we DID receive so the operator can pick
+                // a different value for security.oauth2.useAsUsername.
+                logClaimDump(
+                        "OAuth2/OIDC login FAILED - dumping received claims",
+                        registrationId,
+                        usernameAttributeKey,
+                        userRequest.getIdToken(),
+                        null,
+                        userRequest.getIdToken() == null
+                                ? Collections.emptyMap()
+                                : userRequest.getIdToken().getClaims(),
+                        true);
+            }
             throw new OAuth2AuthenticationException(new OAuth2Error(e.getMessage()), e);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error("Unexpected error loading OIDC user", e);
+            if (debugLogging && usernameAttributeKey != null && userRequest.getIdToken() != null) {
+                logClaimDump(
+                        "OAuth2/OIDC login FAILED (unexpected error) - dumping ID token claims",
+                        registrationId,
+                        usernameAttributeKey,
+                        userRequest.getIdToken(),
+                        null,
+                        userRequest.getIdToken().getClaims(),
+                        true);
+            }
             throw new OAuth2AuthenticationException("Unexpected error during authentication");
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Emits a multi-line diagnostic dump of the claims returned by the OAuth2/OIDC provider. Only
+     * invoked when {@code security.oauth2.debugLogging=true}.
+     *
+     * @param banner short title for the log block
+     * @param registrationId Spring client registration id (e.g. "demarest", "keycloak")
+     * @param usernameAttributeKey the claim key the application is configured to use as username
+     * @param idToken the decoded ID token, may be null on unexpected failures
+     * @param userInfo the decoded UserInfo response, may be null if the provider returned none
+     * @param mergedAttributes the merged attribute map Spring uses for {@code getAttribute()}
+     * @param failure true if logging in the error path (uses ERROR level), false for INFO
+     */
+    private void logClaimDump(
+            String banner,
+            String registrationId,
+            String usernameAttributeKey,
+            OidcIdToken idToken,
+            OidcUserInfo userInfo,
+            Map<String, Object> mergedAttributes,
+            boolean failure) {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        sb.append("\n========== [OAUTH2 DEBUG] ").append(banner).append(" ==========\n");
+        sb.append("Provider registrationId : ").append(registrationId).append('\n');
+        sb.append("Configured useAsUsername: ")
+                .append(oauth2Properties.getUseAsUsername())
+                .append(" (looks up claim key '")
+                .append(usernameAttributeKey)
+                .append("')\n");
+
+        if (idToken != null) {
+            Map<String, Object> idClaims = idToken.getClaims();
+            sb.append("\n-- ID token claims (")
+                    .append(idClaims == null ? 0 : idClaims.size())
+                    .append(") --\n");
+            appendClaims(sb, idClaims);
+            sb.append("ID token issued at : ").append(idToken.getIssuedAt()).append('\n');
+            sb.append("ID token expires at: ").append(idToken.getExpiresAt()).append('\n');
+        } else {
+            sb.append("\n-- ID token: <null> --\n");
+        }
+
+        if (userInfo != null && userInfo.getClaims() != null) {
+            sb.append("\n-- UserInfo endpoint claims (")
+                    .append(userInfo.getClaims().size())
+                    .append(") --\n");
+            appendClaims(sb, userInfo.getClaims());
+        } else {
+            sb.append("\n-- UserInfo endpoint claims: none returned --\n");
+        }
+
+        if (mergedAttributes != null) {
+            sb.append("\n-- Merged attribute keys available to useAsUsername: ")
+                    .append(new TreeSet<>(mergedAttributes.keySet()))
+                    .append("\n");
+            Object resolved = mergedAttributes.get(usernameAttributeKey);
+            sb.append("-- Value at '")
+                    .append(usernameAttributeKey)
+                    .append("' : ")
+                    .append(resolved == null ? "<NULL — this is why login fails>" : resolved)
+                    .append('\n');
+
+            if (resolved == null) {
+                Set<String> hints = suggestUsernameClaims(mergedAttributes.keySet());
+                if (!hints.isEmpty()) {
+                    sb.append(
+                                    "-- Hint: the following claim(s) are present and map to a"
+                                            + " known UsernameAttribute value — try setting"
+                                            + " security.oauth2.useAsUsername to one of: ")
+                            .append(hints)
+                            .append('\n');
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        sb.append(
+                "\nWARNING: this block contains PII. Set security.oauth2.debugLogging=false once"
+                        + " troubleshooting is complete.\n");
+        sb.append("========== [/OAUTH2 DEBUG] ==========");
+
+        if (failure) {
+            log.error(sb.toString());
+        } else {
+            log.info(sb.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void appendClaims(StringBuilder sb, Map<String, Object> claims) {
+        if (claims == null || claims.isEmpty()) {
+            sb.append("  (no claims)\n");
+            return;
+        }
+        // Sort for stable, scannable output
+        new TreeSet<>(claims.keySet())
+                .forEach(
+                        key -> {
+                            Object value = claims.get(key);
+                            sb.append("  ").append(key).append(" = ").append(value).append('\n');
+                        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the intersection of the claim keys the provider actually returned and the keys that
+     * {@link UsernameAttribute} accepts — i.e. valid values the operator could put in {@code
+     * security.oauth2.useAsUsername} to make this login work.
+     */
+    private static Set<String> suggestUsernameClaims(Set<String> availableClaimKeys) {
+        Set<String> supported = new TreeSet<>();
+        for (UsernameAttribute attr : UsernameAttribute.values()) {
+            if (availableClaimKeys.contains(attr.getName())) {
+                supported.add(attr.getName());
+            }
+        }
+        return supported;
+    }
 }

app/proprietary/src/main/java/stirling/software/proprietary/storage/config/ClusterStorageGate.java

@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package stirling.software.proprietary.storage.config;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
+
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import stirling.software.common.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.proprietary.security.configuration.ee.LicenseKeyChecker;
+
+/**
+ * Fails fast at boot if cluster mode is enabled with node-local storage. Validates both {@code
+ * storage.provider} (persistent uploads) and {@code cluster.artifactStore} (transient job-result
+ * files): neither may be {@code local} when {@code cluster.enabled=true}. Additionally enforces
+ * that any S3-backed configuration ({@code storage.provider=s3} or {@code
+ * cluster.artifactStore=s3}) is accompanied by a valid Pro / Enterprise license.
+ */
+@Configuration
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+@Slf4j
+public class ClusterStorageGate {
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    private final LicenseKeyChecker licenseKeyChecker;
+
+    @Value("${cluster.enabled:false}")
+    private boolean clusterEnabled;
+
+    @Value("${cluster.artifactStore:local}")
+    private String clusterArtifactStore;
+
+    @PostConstruct
+    void validate() {
+        // License enforcement runs regardless of cluster.enabled: even a single-node setup that
+        // selects a remote backend must hold a Pro or higher license.
+        ApplicationProperties.Storage storage = applicationProperties.getStorage();
+        if (storage != null && storage.isEnabled()) {
+            String provider = normalize(storage.getProvider());
+            if ("s3".equals(provider) || "database".equals(provider)) {
+                licenseKeyChecker.requireProOrEnterprise("storage.provider=" + provider);
+            }
+        }
+        if ("s3".equals(normalize(clusterArtifactStore))) {
+            licenseKeyChecker.requireProOrEnterprise("cluster.artifactStore=s3");
+        }
+
+        if (!clusterEnabled) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (storage != null && storage.isEnabled()) {
+            validate(
+                    "storage.provider",
+                    storage.getProvider(),
+                    "Local filesystem storage cannot be shared across cluster nodes."
+                            + " Configure storage.provider=s3 (with storage.s3.bucket /"
+                            + " endpoint / credentials) or storage.provider=database before"
+                            + " enabling clustering.");
+        }
+        validate(
+                "cluster.artifactStore",
+                clusterArtifactStore,
+                "Per-node disk cannot back transient job-result files in a multi-node"
+                        + " deployment; downloads would 404 whenever the load balancer routes"
+                        + " a follow-up request to a different node. Configure"
+                        + " cluster.artifactStore=s3 (reuses storage.s3.* config)"
+                        + " before enabling clustering.");
+    }
+
+    private static String normalize(String value) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse("local").trim().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+    }
+
+    private static void validate(String propertyName, String configuredValue, String remediation) {
+        String normalized =
+                Optional.ofNullable(configuredValue)
+                        .orElse("local")
+                        .trim()
+                        .toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        if ("local".equals(normalized)) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException(
+                    "Cluster mode (cluster.enabled=true) is incompatible with "
+                            + propertyName
+                            + "=local. "
+                            + remediation);
+        }
+        log.info(
+                "Cluster storage gate: clusterEnabled=true, {}={} -> OK", propertyName, normalized);
+    }
+}