Hardening suggestions for Stirling-PDF / ghostscript (#2339)

* Protect `readLine()` against DoS

* Sanitized user-provided file names in HTTP multipart uploads

---------

Co-authored-by: pixeebot[bot] <104101892+pixeebot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # All PRs to V1 must be approved by Frooodle
-* @Frooodle @reecebrowne @Ludy87 @DarioGii
+* @Frooodle

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 blank_issues_enabled: true
 contact_links:
   - name: 💬 Discord Server
-    url: https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU
+    url: https://discord.gg/Cn8pWhQRxZ
     about: You can join our Discord server for real time discussion and support

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -11,13 +11,7 @@ updates:
       interval: "weekly"
     open-pull-requests-limit: 10
     rebase-strategy: "auto"
-
   - package-ecosystem: "docker"
     directory: "/" # Location of Dockerfile
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-
-  - package-ecosystem: github-actions
-    directory: /
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly

.github/labeler-config.yml

@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ Security:
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/provider/**/*'
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/model/AuthenticationType.java'
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/download-security-jar.sh'
-    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml'
-    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/scorecards.yml'
 
 API:
   - changed-files:
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ API:
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/**/*'
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'scripts/png_to_webp.py'
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'split_photos.py'
-    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/swagger.yml'
 
 Documentation:
   - changed-files:
@@ -60,9 +57,6 @@ Test:
   - changed-files:
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'cucumber/**/*'
     - any-glob-to-any-file: 'src/test**/*'
-    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.pre-commit-config'
-    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml'
-    - any-glob-to-any-file: '.github/workflows/scorecards.yml'
 
 Github:
   - changed-files:

.github/release.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ changelog:
     - title: Bug Fixes
       labels:
         - Bug
-
+    
     - title: Enhancements
       labels:
         - enhancement
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ changelog:
     - title: Translation Changes
       labels:
         - Translation
-
+    
     - title: Other Changes
       labels:
         - "*"

.github/workflows/PR-Demo-Comment.yml

@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ jobs:
   check-comment:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: |
-      github.event.issue.pull_request &&
+      github.event.issue.pull_request && 
       (
       contains(github.event.comment.body, 'prdeploy') ||
       contains(github.event.comment.body, 'deploypr')
       )
-      &&
+      && 
       (
-        github.event.comment.user.login == 'frooodle' ||
+        github.event.comment.user.login == 'frooodle' || 
         github.event.comment.user.login == 'sf298' ||
         github.event.comment.user.login == 'Ludy87' ||
         github.event.comment.user.login == 'LaserKaspar' ||
@@ -28,14 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       pr_ref: ${{ steps.get-pr-info.outputs.ref }}
 
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: Get PR data
         id: get-pr
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             const prNumber = context.payload.issue.number;
@@ -44,46 +39,41 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get PR repository and ref
         id: get-pr-info
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
             const prNumber = context.payload.issue.number;
-
+            
             const { data: pr } = await github.rest.pulls.get({
               owner,
               repo,
               pull_number: prNumber,
             });
-
+            
             // For forks, use the full repository name, for internal PRs use the current repo
             const repository = pr.head.repo.fork ? pr.head.repo.full_name : `${owner}/${repo}`;
-
+            
             console.log(`PR Repository: ${repository}`);
             console.log(`PR Branch: ${pr.head.ref}`);
-
+            
             core.setOutput('repository', repository);
             core.setOutput('ref', pr.head.ref);
 
   deploy-pr:
     needs: check-comment
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: Checkout PR
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: ${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_repository }}
           ref: ${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_ref }}
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
+      
       - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
@@ -94,20 +84,20 @@ jobs:
           DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: false
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@6524bf65af31da8d45b59e8c27de4bd072b392f5 # v3.8.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Get version number
         id: versionNumber
         run: echo "versionNumber=$(./gradlew printVersion --quiet | tail -1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_API }}
 
       - name: Build and push PR-specific image
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@48aba3b46d1b1fec4febb7c5d0c644b249a11355 # v6.10.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           context: .
           file: ./Dockerfile
@@ -156,10 +146,10 @@ jobs:
           ssh -i ../private.key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -T ${{ secrets.VPS_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.VPS_HOST }} << 'ENDSSH'
             # Create PR-specific directories
             mkdir -p /stirling/PR-${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_number }}/{data,config,logs}
-
+            
             # Move docker-compose file to correct location
             mv /tmp/docker-compose.yml /stirling/PR-${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_number }}/docker-compose.yml
-
+            
             # Start or restart the container
             cd /stirling/PR-${{ needs.check-comment.outputs.pr_number }}
             docker-compose pull
@@ -168,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Post deployment URL to PR
         if: success()
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             const { GITHUB_REPOSITORY } = process.env;

.github/workflows/PR-Demo-cleanup.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, closed]
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 env:
   SERVER_IP: ${{ secrets.VPS_IP }}  # Add this to your GitHub secrets
@@ -13,17 +15,9 @@ env:
 jobs:
   cleanup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
     if: github.event.action == 'closed'
-
+    
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: Set up SSH
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/.ssh/
@@ -36,20 +30,20 @@ jobs:
           CLEANUP_STATUS=$(ssh -i ../private.key -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -T ${{ secrets.VPS_USERNAME }}@${{ secrets.VPS_HOST }} << 'ENDSSH'
             if [ -d "/stirling/PR-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}" ]; then
               echo "Found PR directory, proceeding with cleanup..."
-
+              
               # Stop and remove containers
               cd /stirling/PR-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
               docker-compose down || true
-
+              
               # Go back to root before removal
               cd /
-
+              
               # Remove PR-specific directories
               rm -rf /stirling/PR-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-
+              
               # Remove the Docker image
               docker rmi --no-prune ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/test:pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} || true
-
+              
               echo "PERFORMED_CLEANUP"
             else
               echo "PR directory not found, nothing to clean up"
@@ -57,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
             fi
           ENDSSH
           )
-
+          
           if [[ $CLEANUP_STATUS == *"PERFORMED_CLEANUP"* ]]; then
             echo "cleanup_performed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
@@ -66,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Post cleanup notice to PR
         if: steps.cleanup.outputs.cleanup_performed == 'true'
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             const { GITHUB_REPOSITORY } = process.env;

.github/workflows/auto-labeler.yml

@@ -3,23 +3,17 @@ on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [opened, synchronize]
 
-permissions: read-all
-
 jobs:
   labeler:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
+      contents: read
       pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
       - name: Apply Labels
-        uses: actions/labeler@8558fd74291d67161a8a78ce36a881fa63b766a9 # v5.0.0
+        uses: actions/labeler@v5
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           configuration-path: .github/labeler-config.yml

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: ["main"]
 
-permissions: read-all
-
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
       security-events: write
 
     strategy:
@@ -21,30 +21,23 @@ jobs:
         jdk-version: [17, 21]
 
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.jdk-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.jdk-version }}
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - name: Build with Gradle and no spring security
-        run: ./gradlew clean build
-        env:
-          DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: false
+      - name: Set up Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+        with:
+          gradle-version: 8.7
+
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build --no-build-cache
 
-      - name: Build with Gradle and with spring security
-        run: ./gradlew clean build
-        env:
-          DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: true
-          
   docker-compose-tests:
     # if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' ||
     #     (github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
@@ -63,22 +56,17 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Java 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "adopt"
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@6524bf65af31da8d45b59e8c27de4bd072b392f5 # v3.8.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Install Docker Compose
         run: |
@@ -86,9 +74,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.12"
+          python-version: "3.7"
 
       - name: Pip requirements
         run: |

.github/workflows/check_properties.yml

@@ -1,55 +1,42 @@
-name: Check Properties Files on PR
+name: Check Properties Files
 
 on:
   pull_request_target:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
     paths:
       - "src/main/resources/messages_*.properties"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read # Allow read access to repository content
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+    paths:
+      - "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties"
 
 jobs:
   check-files:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      issues: write # Allow posting comments on issues/PRs
-      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: Checkout main branch first
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          path: main-branch
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Checkout PR branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+          path: pr-branch
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
 
-      - name: Get PR data
-        id: get-pr-data
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const prNumber = context.payload.pull_request.number;
-            const repoOwner = context.payload.repository.owner.login;
-            const repoName = context.payload.repository.name;
-            const branch = context.payload.pull_request.head.ref;
-
-            console.log(`PR Number: ${prNumber}`);
-            console.log(`Repo Owner: ${repoOwner}`);
-            console.log(`Repo Name: ${repoName}`);
-            console.log(`Branch: ${branch}`);
-
-            core.setOutput("pr_number", prNumber);
-            core.setOutput("repo_owner", repoOwner);
-            core.setOutput("repo_name", repoName);
-            core.setOutput("branch", branch);
-        continue-on-error: true
+      - name: Install GitHub CLI
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gh
 
       - name: Fetch PR changed files
         id: fetch-pr-changes
@@ -57,125 +44,45 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           echo "Fetching PR changed files..."
+          cd pr-branch
+          gh repo set-default ${{ github.repository }}
+          # Store files in a safe way, only allowing valid properties files
           echo "Getting list of changed files from PR..."
-          gh pr view ${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.pr_number }} --json files -q ".files[].path" | grep -E '^src/main/resources/messages_[a-zA-Z_]+\.properties$' > changed_files.txt # Filter only matching property files
+          gh pr view ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }} --json files -q ".files[].path" | grep -E '^src/main/resources/messages_[a-zA-Z_]+\.properties$' > ../changed_files.txt
+          cd ..
 
-      - name: Determine reference file test
+          echo "Processing changed files..."
+          mapfile -t CHANGED_FILES < changed_files.txt
+
+          CHANGED_FILES_STR="${CHANGED_FILES[*]}"
+          echo "CHANGED_FILES=${CHANGED_FILES_STR}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          echo "Changed files: ${CHANGED_FILES_STR}"
+
+      - name: Determine reference file
         id: determine-file
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const fs = require("fs");
-            const path = require("path");
+        run: |
+          echo "Determining reference file..."
+          if grep -Fxq "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties" changed_files.txt; then
+              echo "Using PR branch reference file"
+              echo "REFERENCE_FILE=pr-branch/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+              echo "Using main branch reference file"
+              echo "REFERENCE_FILE=main-branch/src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
 
-            const prNumber = ${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.pr_number }};
-            const repoOwner = "${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.repo_owner }}";
-            const repoName = "${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.repo_name }}";
-
-            const prRepoOwner = "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }}";
-            const prRepoName = "${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name }}";
-            const branch = "${{ steps.get-pr-data.outputs.branch }}";
-
-            console.log(`Determining reference file for PR #${prNumber}`);
-
-            // Validate inputs
-            const validateInput = (input, regex, name) => {
-              if (!regex.test(input)) {
-                throw new Error(`Invalid ${name}: ${input}`);
-              }
-            };
-
-            validateInput(repoOwner, /^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$/, "repository owner");
-            validateInput(repoName, /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$/, "repository name");
-            validateInput(branch, /^[a-zA-Z0-9._/-]+$/, "branch name");
-
-            // Get the list of changed files in the PR
-            const { data: files } = await github.rest.pulls.listFiles({
-              owner: repoOwner,
-              repo: repoName,
-              pull_number: prNumber,
-            });
-
-            // Filter for relevant files based on the PR changes
-            const changedFiles = files
-              .map(file => file.filename)
-              .filter(file => /^src\/main\/resources\/messages_[a-zA-Z_]+\.properties$/.test(file));
-
-            console.log("Changed files:", changedFiles);
-
-            // Create a temporary directory for PR files
-            const tempDir = "pr-branch";
-            if (!fs.existsSync(tempDir)) {
-              fs.mkdirSync(tempDir, { recursive: true });
-            }
-
-            // Download and save each changed file
-            for (const file of changedFiles) {
-              const { data: fileContent } = await github.rest.repos.getContent({
-                owner: prRepoOwner,
-                repo: prRepoName,
-                path: file,
-                ref: branch,
-              });
-
-              const content = Buffer.from(fileContent.content, "base64").toString("utf-8");
-              const filePath = path.join(tempDir, file);
-              const dirPath = path.dirname(filePath);
-
-              if (!fs.existsSync(dirPath)) {
-                fs.mkdirSync(dirPath, { recursive: true });
-              }
-
-              fs.writeFileSync(filePath, content);
-              console.log(`Saved file: ${filePath}`);
-            }
-
-            // Output the list of changed files for further processing
-            const fileList = changedFiles.join(" ");
-            core.exportVariable("FILES_LIST", fileList);
-            console.log("Files saved and listed in FILES_LIST.");
-
-            // Determine reference file
-            let referenceFilePath;
-            if (changedFiles.includes("src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties")) {
-              console.log("Using PR branch reference file.");
-              const { data: fileContent } = await github.rest.repos.getContent({
-                owner: prRepoOwner,
-                repo: prRepoName,
-                path: "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties",
-                ref: branch,
-              });
-
-              referenceFilePath = "pr-branch-messages_en_GB.properties";
-              const content = Buffer.from(fileContent.content, "base64").toString("utf-8");
-              fs.writeFileSync(referenceFilePath, content);
-            } else {
-              console.log("Using main branch reference file.");
-              const { data: fileContent } = await github.rest.repos.getContent({
-                owner: repoOwner,
-                repo: repoName,
-                path: "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties",
-                ref: "main",
-              });
-
-              referenceFilePath = "main-branch-messages_en_GB.properties";
-              const content = Buffer.from(fileContent.content, "base64").toString("utf-8");
-              fs.writeFileSync(referenceFilePath, content);
-            }
-
-            console.log(`Reference file path: ${referenceFilePath}`);
-            core.exportVariable("REFERENCE_FILE", referenceFilePath);
+      - name: Show REFERENCE_FILE
+        run: echo "Reference file is set to ${REFERENCE_FILE}"
 
       - name: Run Python script to check files
         id: run-check
         run: |
           echo "Running Python script to check files..."
-          python .github/scripts/check_language_properties.py \
+          python main-branch/.github/scripts/check_language_properties.py \
             --actor ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login }} \
             --reference-file "${REFERENCE_FILE}" \
-            --branch "pr-branch" \
-            --files "${FILES_LIST[@]}" > result.txt
-        continue-on-error: true # Continue the job even if this step fails
+            --branch pr-branch \
+            --files "${CHANGED_FILES[@]}" > result.txt || true
 
       - name: Capture output
         id: capture-output
@@ -188,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
             echo "${SCRIPT_OUTPUT}"
 
-            # Determine job failure based on script output
+            # Set FAIL_JOB to true if SCRIPT_OUTPUT contains ❌
             if [[ "$SCRIPT_OUTPUT" == *"❌"* ]]; then
               echo "FAIL_JOB=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
             else
@@ -202,23 +109,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Post comment on PR
         if: env.SCRIPT_OUTPUT != ''
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             const { GITHUB_REPOSITORY, SCRIPT_OUTPUT } = process.env;
             const [repoOwner, repoName] = GITHUB_REPOSITORY.split('/');
-            const issueNumber = context.issue.number;
+            const prNumber = context.issue.number;
 
             // Find existing comment
             const comments = await github.rest.issues.listComments({
               owner: repoOwner,
               repo: repoName,
-              issue_number: issueNumber
+              issue_number: prNumber
             });
 
             const comment = comments.data.find(c => c.body.includes("## 🚀 Translation Verification Summary"));
 
-            // Only update or create comments by the action user
+            // Only allow the action user to update comments
             const expectedActor = "github-actions[bot]";
 
             if (comment && comment.user.login === expectedActor) {
@@ -235,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
               await github.rest.issues.createComment({
                 owner: repoOwner,
                 repo: repoName,
-                issue_number: issueNumber,
+                issue_number: prNumber,
                 body: `## 🚀 Translation Verification Summary\n\n\n${SCRIPT_OUTPUT}\n`
               });
               console.log("Created new comment.");
@@ -248,3 +155,59 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Failing the job because errors were detected."
           exit 1
+
+  update-translations-main:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push'
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: Run Python script to check files
+        id: run-check
+        run: |
+          echo "Running Python script to check files..."
+          python .github/scripts/check_language_properties.py \
+            --reference-file src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties \
+            --branch main
+
+      - name: Set up git config
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Add translation keys
+        run: |
+          git add src/main/resources/messages_*.properties
+          git diff --staged --quiet || echo "CHANGES_DETECTED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        id: cpr
+        if: env.CHANGES_DETECTED == 'true'
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: "Update translation files"
+          committer: GitHub Action <action@github.com>
+          author: GitHub Action <action@github.com>
+          signoff: true
+          branch: update_translation_files
+          title: "Update translation files"
+          add-paths: |
+            src/main/resources/messages_*.properties
+          body: |
+            Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1]
+
+            [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
+          labels: Translation
+          draft: false
+          delete-branch: true
+          sign-commits: true

.github/workflows/codeql.yml-disabled

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-# For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need
-# to commit it to your repository.
-#
-# You may wish to alter this file to override the set of languages analyzed,
-# or to provide custom queries or build logic.
-#
-# ******** NOTE ********
-# We have attempted to detect the languages in your repository. Please check
-# the `language` matrix defined below to confirm you have the correct set of
-# supported CodeQL languages.
-#
-name: "CodeQL"
-
-#disable for now
-#on:
-#  push:
-#    branches: ["main"]
-#  pull_request:
-    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
-#    branches: ["main"]
-#  schedule:
-#    - cron: "0 0 * * 1"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  analyze:
-    name: Analyze
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      actions: read
-      contents: read
-      security-events: write
-
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        language: ["java"]
-        # CodeQL supports [ $supported-codeql-languages ]
-        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-
-      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
-      - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@48ab28a6f5dbc2a99bf1e0131198dd8f1df78169 # v3.28.0
-        with:
-          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
-          # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
-          # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
-          # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
-
-      # Autobuild attempts to build any compiled languages  (C/C++, C#, or Java).
-      # If this step fails, then you should remove it and run the build manually (see below)
-      - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@48ab28a6f5dbc2a99bf1e0131198dd8f1df78169 # v3.28.0
-
-      # ℹ️ Command-line programs to run using the OS shell.
-      # 📚 See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idstepsrun
-
-      #   If the Autobuild fails above, remove it and uncomment the following three lines.
-      #   modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project, please refer to the EXAMPLE below for guidance.
-
-      # - run: |
-      #   echo "Run, Build Application using script"
-      #   ./location_of_script_within_repo/buildscript.sh
-
-      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@48ab28a6f5dbc2a99bf1e0131198dd8f1df78169 # v3.28.0
-        with:
-          category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"

.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Dependency Review Action
-#
-# This Action will scan dependency manifest files that change as part of a Pull Request,
-# surfacing known-vulnerable versions of the packages declared or updated in the PR.
-# Once installed, if the workflow run is marked as required,
-# PRs introducing known-vulnerable packages will be blocked from merging.
-#
-# Source repository: https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action
-name: 'Dependency Review'
-on: [pull_request]
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  dependency-review:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - name: 'Checkout Repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-      - name: 'Dependency Review'
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@3b139cfc5fae8b618d3eae3675e383bb1769c019 # v4.5.0

.github/workflows/licenses-update.yml

@@ -7,30 +7,25 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "build.gradle"
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   generate-license-report:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
 
+    steps:
       - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "adopt"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Run Gradle Command
         run: ./gradlew clean generateLicenseReport
@@ -52,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create Pull Request
         id: cpr
         if: env.CHANGES_DETECTED == 'true'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: "Update 3rd Party Licenses"
@@ -65,10 +60,9 @@ jobs:
             Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1]
 
             [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
-          labels: licenses,github-actions
+          labels: licenses
           draft: false
           delete-branch: true
-          sign-commits: true
 
       - name: Auto approve
         if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created'
@@ -78,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Enable auto-merge
         if: steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-operation == 'created'
-        uses: peter-evans/enable-pull-request-automerge@a660677d5469627102a1c1e11409dd063606628d # v3.0.0
+        uses: peter-evans/enable-pull-request-automerge@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           pull-request-number: ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}

.github/workflows/manage-label.yml

@@ -4,26 +4,21 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: "30 20 * * *"
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  issues: write
 
 jobs:
   labeler:
     name: Labeler
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      issues: write
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: Check out the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Run Labeler
-        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@b54af0c25861143e7c8813d7cbbf46d2c341680c # v5.1.0
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@v5
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           yaml-file: .github/labels.yml
-          skip-delete: true
+          skip-delete: true

.github/workflows/multiOSReleases.yml

@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-name: Test Installers Build
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  build-installers:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - os: windows-latest
-            platform: win
-            ext: exe
-         #- os: macos-latest
-         #  platform: mac
-         # ext: dmg
-         #- os: ubuntu-latest
-         #  platform: linux
-         #  ext: deb
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      packages: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-
-      - name: Set up JDK 21
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
-        with:
-          java-version: "21"
-          distribution: "temurin"
-
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          gradle-version: 8.7
-
-      # Install Windows dependencies
-      - name: Install WiX Toolset
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
-        run: |
-          curl -L -o wix.exe https://github.com/wixtoolset/wix3/releases/download/wix3141rtm/wix314.exe
-          .\wix.exe /install /quiet
-
-      # Install Linux dependencies
-      - name: Install Linux Dependencies
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y fakeroot rpm
-
-      # Get version number
-      - name: Get version number
-        id: versionNumber
-        run: echo "versionNumber=$(./gradlew printVersion --quiet | tail -1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Get version number mac
-        id: versionNumberMac
-        run: echo "versionNumberMac=$(./gradlew printMacVersion --quiet | tail -1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        shell: bash
-
-      # Build installer
-      - name: Build Installer
-        run: ./gradlew build jpackage -x test --info
-        env:
-          DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: false
-          STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI: true
-
-      # Rename and collect artifacts based on OS
-      - name: Prepare artifacts
-        id: prepare
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "windows-latest" ]; then
-            mv "build/jpackage/Stirling-PDF-${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}.exe" "Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.platform }}-installer.${{ matrix.ext }}"
-          elif [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "macos-latest" ]; then
-            mv "build/jpackage/Stirling-PDF-${{ steps.versionNumberMac.outputs.versionNumberMac }}.dmg" "Stirling-PDF-${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}-${{ matrix.platform }}.${{ matrix.ext }}"
-          else
-            mv "build/jpackage/stirling-pdf_${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}-1_amd64.deb" "Stirling-PDF-${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}-${{ matrix.platform }}.${{ matrix.ext }}"
-          fi
-
-      # Upload installer as artifact for testing
-      - name: Upload Installer Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
-        with:
-          name: Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.platform }}-installer.${{ matrix.ext }}
-          path: Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.platform }}-installer.${{ matrix.ext }}
-          retention-days: 1
-          if-no-files-found: error
-
-      - name: Upload binaries to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@01570a1f39cb168c169c802c3bceb9e93fb10974 # v2.1.0
-        with:
-          files: ./Stirling-PDF-${{ matrix.platform }}-installer.${{ matrix.ext }}

.github/workflows/pre_commit.yml

@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-name: Pre-commit
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  update:
-    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.12
-      - name: Run Pre-Commit Hooks
-        uses: pre-commit/action@2c7b3805fd2a0fd8c1884dcaebf91fc102a13ecd # v3.0.1
-        continue-on-error: true
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-      - name: git add
-        run: |
-          git add .
-          git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m ":file_folder: pre-commit
-          > Made via .github/workflows/pre_commit.yml" || echo "pre-commit: no changes"
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commit-message: "ci: 🤖 format everything with pre-commit"
-          committer: GitHub Action <action@github.com>
-          author: GitHub Action <action@github.com>
-          signoff: true
-          branch: pre-commit
-          title: "🤖 format everything with pre-commit by <github-actions[bot]>"
-          body: |
-            Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1]
-
-            [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
-          draft: false
-          delete-branch: true
-          labels: github-actions
-          sign-commits: true

.github/workflows/push-docker.yml

@@ -10,28 +10,20 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read
   packages: write
-  id-token: write
 
 jobs:
   push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      packages: write
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
           gradle-version: 8.7
 
@@ -40,35 +32,29 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: false
 
-      - name: Install cosign
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        uses: sigstore/cosign-installer@v3.7.0
-        with:
-          cosign-release: 'v2.4.1'
-
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@6524bf65af31da8d45b59e8c27de4bd072b392f5 # v3.8.0
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Get version number
         id: versionNumber
         run: echo "versionNumber=$(./gradlew printVersion --quiet | tail -1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_API }}
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567 # v3.3.0
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ghcr.io
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ github.token }}
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@49b3bc8e6bdd4a60e6116a5414239cba5943d3cf # v3.2.0
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
       - name: Convert repository owner to lowercase
         id: repoowner
@@ -76,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate tags
         id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@369eb591f429131d6889c46b94e711f089e6ca96 # v5.6.1
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
           images: |
             ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}/s-pdf
@@ -89,8 +75,7 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=alpha,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
       - name: Build and push main Dockerfile
-        id: build-push-regular
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@48aba3b46d1b1fec4febb7c5d0c644b249a11355 # v6.10.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
           context: .
@@ -102,26 +87,10 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
-          provenance: true
-          sbom: true
-
-      - name: Sign regular images
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        env:
-          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build-push-regular.outputs.digest }}
-          TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
-          COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PASSWORD }}
-        run: |
-          echo "$TAGS" | tr ',' '\n' | while read -r tag; do
-            cosign sign --yes \
-              --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY \
-              "${tag}@${DIGEST}"
-          done
 
       - name: Generate tags ultra-lite
         id: meta2
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@369eb591f429131d6889c46b94e711f089e6ca96 # v5.6.1
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         with:
           images: |
@@ -134,12 +103,11 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=latest-ultra-lite,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
       - name: Build and push Dockerfile-ultra-lite
-        id: build-push-lite
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@48aba3b46d1b1fec4febb7c5d0c644b249a11355 # v6.10.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         with:
           context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile.ultra-lite
+          file: ./Dockerfile-ultra-lite
           push: true
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
@@ -147,12 +115,10 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ steps.meta2.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
-          provenance: true
-          sbom: true
 
       - name: Generate tags fat
         id: meta3
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@369eb591f429131d6889c46b94e711f089e6ca96 # v5.6.1
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         with:
           images: |
@@ -165,13 +131,12 @@ jobs:
             type=raw,value=latest-fat,enable=${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' }}
 
       - name: Build and push main Dockerfile fat
-        id: build-push-fat
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@48aba3b46d1b1fec4febb7c5d0c644b249a11355 # v6.10.0
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         with:
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
           context: .
-          file: ./Dockerfile.fat
+          file: ./Dockerfile-fat
           push: true
           cache-from: type=gha
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
@@ -179,17 +144,3 @@ jobs:
           labels: ${{ steps.meta3.outputs.labels }}
           build-args: VERSION_TAG=${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64/v8
-          provenance: true
-          sbom: true
-
-      - name: Sign fat images
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        env:
-          DIGEST: ${{ steps.build-push-fat.outputs.digest }}
-          TAGS: ${{ steps.meta3.outputs.tags }}
-          COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          COSIGN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.COSIGN_PASSWORD }}
-        run: |
-          echo "$TAGS" | tr ',' '\n' | while read -r tag; do
-            cosign sign --key env://COSIGN_PRIVATE_KEY --yes "${tag}@${DIGEST}"
-          done

.github/workflows/releaseArtifacts.yml

@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types: [created]
-
-permissions: read-all
-
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
 jobs:
   push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      packages: write
     strategy:
       matrix:
         enable_security: [true, false]
@@ -22,20 +19,15 @@ jobs:
           - enable_security: false
             file_suffix: ""
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
         with:
           gradle-version: 8.7
 
@@ -43,34 +35,33 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew clean createExe
         env:
           DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: ${{ matrix.enable_security }}
-          STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI: false
 
       - name: Get version number
         id: versionNumber
         run: echo "versionNumber=$(./gradlew printVersion --quiet | tail -1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Rename binarie
-        run: cp ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF.exe ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF-Server${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
+        if: matrix.file_suffix != ''
+        run: cp ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF.exe ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
 
       - name: Upload Assets binarie
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          path: ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF-Server${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
-          name: Stirling-PDF-Server${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
+          path: ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
+          name: Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
           overwrite: true
           retention-days: 1
           if-no-files-found: error
-
       - name: Upload binaries to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@01570a1f39cb168c169c802c3bceb9e93fb10974 # v2.1.0
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          files: ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF-Server${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
+          files: ./build/launch4j/Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.exe
 
       - name: Rename jar binaries
         run: cp ./build/libs/Stirling-PDF-${{ steps.versionNumber.outputs.versionNumber }}.jar ./build/libs/Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.jar
 
       - name: Upload Assets jar binaries
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./build/libs/Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.jar
           name: Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.jar
@@ -79,6 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           if-no-files-found: error
 
       - name: Upload jar binaries to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@01570a1f39cb168c169c802c3bceb9e93fb10974 # v2.1.0
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           files: ./build/libs/Stirling-PDF${{ matrix.file_suffix }}.jar

.github/workflows/scorecards.yml

@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub. They are provided
-# by a third-party and are governed by separate terms of service, privacy
-# policy, and support documentation.
-
-name: Scorecard supply-chain security
-on:
-  # For Branch-Protection check. Only the default branch is supported. See
-  # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#branch-protection
-  branch_protection_rule:
-  # To guarantee Maintained check is occasionally updated. See
-  # https://github.com/ossf/scorecard/blob/main/docs/checks.md#maintained
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '20 7 * * 2'
-  push:
-    branches: ["main"]
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  analysis:
-    name: Scorecard analysis
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      # Needed to upload the results to code-scanning dashboard.
-      security-events: write
-      # Needed to publish results and get a badge (see publish_results below).
-      id-token: write
-      contents: read
-      actions: read
-      # To allow GraphQL ListCommits to work
-      issues: read
-      pull-requests: read
-      # To detect SAST tools
-      checks: read
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - name: "Checkout code"
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: "Run analysis"
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@62b2cac7ed8198b15735ed49ab1e5cf35480ba46 # v2.4.0
-        with:
-          results_file: results.sarif
-          results_format: sarif
-          # (Optional) "write" PAT token. Uncomment the `repo_token` line below if:
-          # - you want to enable the Branch-Protection check on a *public* repository, or
-          # - you are installing Scorecards on a *private* repository
-          # To create the PAT, follow the steps in https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action#authentication-with-pat.
-          # repo_token: ${{ secrets.SCORECARD_TOKEN }}
-
-          # Public repositories:
-          #   - Publish results to OpenSSF REST API for easy access by consumers
-          #   - Allows the repository to include the Scorecard badge.
-          #   - See https://github.com/ossf/scorecard-action#publishing-results.
-          # For private repositories:
-          #   - `publish_results` will always be set to `false`, regardless
-          #     of the value entered here.
-          publish_results: true
-
-      # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
-      # format to the repository Actions tab.
-      - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@6f51ac03b9356f520e9adb1b1b7802705f340c2b # v4.5.0
-        with:
-          name: SARIF file
-          path: results.sarif
-          retention-days: 5
-
-      # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
-      - name: "Upload to code-scanning"
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@48ab28a6f5dbc2a99bf1e0131198dd8f1df78169 # v3.28.0
-        with:
-          sarif_file: results.sarif

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ on:
     - cron: "30 0 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions: read-all
-
 jobs:
   stale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -14,13 +12,8 @@ jobs:
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
       - name: 30 days stale issues
-        uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
+        uses: actions/stale@v9
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           days-before-stale: 30

.github/workflows/swagger.yml

@@ -6,26 +6,19 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
 
-permissions: read-all
-
 jobs:
   push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@7a6d8a8234af8eb26422e24e3006232cccaa061b # v4.6.0
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: "17"
           distribution: "temurin"
 
-      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Generate Swagger documentation
         run: ./gradlew generateOpenApiDocs

.github/workflows/sync_files.yml

@@ -9,23 +9,17 @@ on:
       - "src/main/resources/messages_*.properties"
       - "scripts/ignore_translation.toml"
 
-permissions: read-all
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   sync-readme:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
     steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -42,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m ":memo: Sync README
           > Made via sync_files.yml" || echo "no changes"
       - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: Update files
@@ -58,4 +52,3 @@ jobs:
           draft: false
           delete-branch: true
           labels: Documentation,Translation,github-actions
-          sign-commits: true

.github/workflows/update-translations.yml

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-name: Update Translations
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: ["main"]
-    paths:
-      - "src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties"
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  update-translations-main:
-    if: github.event_name == 'push'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@0b93645e9fea7318ecaed2b359559ac225c90a2b # v5.3.0
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-
-      - name: Run Python script to check files
-        id: run-check
-        run: |
-          echo "Running Python script to check files..."
-          python .github/scripts/check_language_properties.py \
-            --reference-file src/main/resources/messages_en_GB.properties \
-            --branch main
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Add translation keys
-        run: |
-          git add src/main/resources/messages_*.properties
-          git diff --staged --quiet || echo "CHANGES_DETECTED=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        id: cpr
-        if: env.CHANGES_DETECTED == 'true'
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@67ccf781d68cd99b580ae25a5c18a1cc84ffff1f # v7.0.6
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commit-message: "Update translation files"
-          committer: GitHub Action <action@github.com>
-          author: GitHub Action <action@github.com>
-          signoff: true
-          branch: update_translation_files
-          title: "Update translation files"
-          add-paths: |
-            src/main/resources/messages_*.properties
-          body: |
-            Auto-generated by [create-pull-request][1]
-
-            [1]: https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request
-          draft: false
-          delete-branch: true
-          labels: Translation,github-actions
-          sign-commits: true

.gitignore

@@ -146,37 +146,18 @@ out/
 # cucumber
 /cucumber/reports/**
 
-# Certs and Security Files
+# Certs
 *.p12
-*.pk8
 *.pem
 *.crt
 *.cer
-*.cert
 *.der
 *.key
 *.csr
-*.kdbx
-*.jks
-*.asc
-
-# SSH Keys
-*.pub
-*.priv
-id_rsa
-id_rsa.pub
-id_ecdsa
-id_ecdsa.pub
-id_ed25519
-id_ed25519.pub
-.ssh/
-*ssh
 
 # cache
-.cache
 .ruff_cache
 .mypy_cache
 .pytest_cache
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 
-**/jcef-bundle/

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: v0.8.4
+    rev: v0.2.1
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
         args:
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repos:
         files: ^((.github/scripts|scripts)/.+)?[^/]+\.py$
         exclude: (split_photos.py)
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.3.0
+    rev: v2.2.6
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         args:
@@ -21,25 +21,6 @@ repos:
           - --quiet-level=2
         files: \.(properties|html|css|js|py|md)$
         exclude: (.vscode|.devcontainer|src/main/resources|Dockerfile)
-  - repo: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks
-    rev: v8.22.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: gitleaks
-  - repo: https://github.com/jumanjihouse/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: 3.0.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: shellcheck
-        files: ^.*(\.bash|\.sh|\.ksh|\.zsh)$
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v5.0.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: end-of-file-fixer
-        files: ^.*(\.js|\.java|\.py|\.yml)$
-        exclude: ^(.*/pdfjs.*|.*/thirdParty.*|bootstrap.*|.*\.min\..*|.*diff\.js$)
-      - id: trailing-whitespace
-        files: ^.*(\.js|\.java|\.py|\.yml)$
-        exclude: ^(.*/pdfjs.*|.*/thirdParty.*|bootstrap.*|.*\.min\..*|.*diff\.js$)
-
   - repo: local
     hooks:
       - id: check-duplicate-properties-keys
@@ -47,11 +28,12 @@ repos:
         entry: python .github/scripts/check_duplicates.py
         language: python
         files: ^(src)/.+\.properties$
+  - repo: local
+    hooks:
       - id: check-html-tabs
         name: Check HTML for tabs
-        description: Ensures HTML/CSS/JS files do not contain tab characters
         # args: ["--replace_with=  "]
         entry: python .github/scripts/check_tabulator.py
         language: python
-        exclude: ^(.*/pdfjs.*|.*/thirdParty.*|bootstrap.*|.*\.min\..*|.*diff\.js$)
-        files: ^.*(\.html|\.css|\.js)$
+        exclude: ^(src/main/resources/static/pdfjs|src/main/resources/static/pdfjs-legacy)
+        files: ^.*(\.html|\.css|\.js)$

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -49,7 +49,5 @@
   "editor.indentSize": "tabSize",
   "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": false,
   "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
-  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-  "java.format.settings.google.mode": "jar-file",
-  "java.format.settings.google.extra": "--aosp --skip-sorting-imports"
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true
 }

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ For a detailed pull request tutorial, see [this guide](https://www.digitalocean.
 Please make sure your Pull Request adheres to the following guidelines:
 
 - Use the PR template provided.
-- Keep your Pull Request title succinct, detailed, and to the point.
+- Keep your Pull Request title succinct, detailed and to the point.
 - Keep commits atomic. One commit should contain one change. If you want to make multiple changes, submit multiple Pull Requests.
-- Commits should be clear, concise, and easy to understand.
+- Commits should be clear, concise and easy to understand.
 - References to the Issue number in the Pull Request and/or Commit message.
 
 ## Translations
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ If you would like to add or modify a translation, please see [How to add new lan
 
 ## Docs
 
-Documentation for Stirling-PDF is handled in a separate repository. Please see [Docs repository](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io) or use the "edit this page"-button at the bottom of each page at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/).
+Documentation for Stirling-PDF is handled in a separate repository. Please see [Docs repository](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-Tools.github.io) or use "edit this page"-button at the bottom of each page at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/).
 
 ## Fixing Bugs or Adding a New Feature
 
 First, make sure you've read the section [Pull Requests](#pull-requests).
 
-If, at any point in time, you have a question, please feel free to ask in the same issue thread or in our [Discord](https://discord.gg/FJUSXUSYec).
+To build from source, please follow this [Guide](LocalRunGuide.md).
 
-Developers should review our [Developer Guide](DeveloperGuide.md)
+If, at any point of time, you have a question, please feel free to ask in the same issue thread or in our [Discord](https://discord.gg/FJUSXUSYec).
 
 ## License
 

DATABASE.md

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # New Database Backup and Import Functionality
 
+> [!IMPORTANT]
+> **Full activation will take place on approximately January 5th, 2025!**
+
+Why is the waiting time six months?
+
+There are users who only install updates sporadically; if they skip the preparation, it can/will lead to data loss in the database.
+
 ## Functionality Overview
 
 The newly introduced feature enhances the application with robust database backup and import capabilities. This feature is designed to ensure data integrity and provide a straightforward way to manage database backups. Here's how it works:

DeveloperGuide.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 1. Introduction
 
-Stirling-PDF is a robust, locally hosted, web-based PDF manipulation tool. This guide focuses on Docker-based development and testing, which is the recommended approach for working with the full version of Stirling-PDF.
+Stirling-PDF is a robust, locally hosted web-based PDF manipulation tool. This guide focuses on Docker-based development and testing, which is the recommended approach for working with the full version of Stirling-PDF.
 
 ## 2. Project Overview
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Stirling-PDF is built using:
 - Docker
 - Git
 - Java JDK 17 or later
-- Gradle 7.0 or later (Included within the repo)
+- Gradle 7.0 or later (Included within repo)
 
 ### Setup Steps
 
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ Stirling-PDF is built using:
 
 2. Install Docker and JDK17 if not already installed.
 
-3. Install a recommended Java IDE such as Eclipse, IntelliJ, or VSCode
+3. Install a recommended Java IDE such as Eclipse, IntelliJ or VSCode
 
 4. Lombok Setup
 Stirling-PDF uses Lombok to reduce boilerplate code. Some IDEs, like Eclipse, don't support Lombok out of the box. To set up Lombok in your development environment:
 Visit the [Lombok website](https://projectlombok.org/setup/) for installation instructions specific to your IDE.
 
 5. Add environment variable
-For local testing, you should generally be testing the full 'Security' version of Stirling-PDF. To do this, you must add the environment flag DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=true to your system and/or IDE build/run step.
+For local testing you should generally be testing the full 'Security' version of Stirling-PDF to do this you must add the environment flag DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=true to your system and/or IDE build/run step
 
 ## 4. Project Structure
 
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ Stirling-PDF/
 │                   └── SPDF/
 ├── build.gradle           # Gradle build configuration
 ├── Dockerfile             # Main Dockerfile
-├── Dockerfile.ultra-lite  # Dockerfile for ultra-lite version
-├── Dockerfile.fat         # Dockerfile for fat version
+├── Dockerfile-ultra-lite  # Dockerfile for ultra-lite version
+├── Dockerfile-fat         # Dockerfile for fat version
 ├── docker-compose.yml     # Docker Compose configuration
 └── test.sh                # Test script to deploy all docker versions and run cuke tests
 ```
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Stirling-PDF offers several Docker versions:
 
 ### Example Docker Compose Files
 
-Stirling-PDF provides several example Docker Compose files in the `exampleYmlFiles` directory, such as:
+Stirling-PDF provides several example Docker Compose files in the `exampleYmlFiles` directory such as :
 
 - `docker-compose-latest.yml`: Latest version without security features
 - `docker-compose-latest-security.yml`: Latest version with security features enabled
@@ -179,14 +179,14 @@ Stirling-PDF uses different Docker images for various configurations. The build
    For the ultra-lite version:
 
    ```bash
-   docker build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION_TAG=alpha -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-ultra-lite -f ./Dockerfile.ultra-lite .
+   docker build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION_TAG=alpha -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-ultra-lite -f ./Dockerfile-ultra-lite .
    ```
 
    For the fat version (with security enabled):
 
    ```bash
    export DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=true
-   docker build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION_TAG=alpha -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-fat -f ./Dockerfile.fat .
+   docker build --no-cache --pull --build-arg VERSION_TAG=alpha -t stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-fat -f ./Dockerfile-fat .
    ```
 
 Note: The `--no-cache` and `--pull` flags ensure that the build process uses the latest base images and doesn't use cached layers, which is useful for testing and ensuring reproducible builds. however to improve build times these can often be removed depending on your usecase
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ To run the test script:
 
 This script performs the following actions:
 
-1. Builds all Docker images (full, ultra-lite, fat).
-2. Runs each version to ensure it starts correctly.
-3. Executes Cucumber tests against the main version and ensures feature compatibility. In the event these tests fail, your PR will not be merged.
+1. Builds all Docker images (full, ultra-lite, fat)
+2. Runs each version to ensure it starts correctly
+3. Executes Cucumber tests against main version and ensures feature compatibility, in the event these tests fail your PR will not be merged
 
 Note: The `test.sh` script will run automatically when you raise a PR. However, it's recommended to run it locally first to save resources and catch any issues early.
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ For quick iterations and development of Java backend, JavaScript, and UI compone
 
 To run Stirling-PDF locally:
 
-1. Compile and run the project using built-in IDE methods or by running:
+1. Compile and run the project using built in IDE methods or by running:
 
    ```bash
    ./gradlew bootRun
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Important notes:
 
 6. Push your changes to your fork.
 7. Submit a pull request to the main repository.
-8. See additional [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+8. See additional [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 When you raise a PR:
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Remember to test your changes thoroughly to ensure they don't break any existing
 
 ### Overview of Thymeleaf
 
-Thymeleaf is a server-side Java HTML template engine. It is used in Stirling-PDF to render dynamic web pages. Thymeleaf integrates heavily with Spring Boot.
+Thymeleaf is a  server-side Java HTML template engine. It is used in Stirling-PDF to render dynamic web pages. Thymeleaf integrates heavily with Spring Boot
 
 ### Thymeleaf overview
 
@@ -327,24 +327,22 @@ Some examples of this are:
 
 ```html
 <th:block th:insert="~{fragments/navbar.html :: navbar}"></th:block>
-```
 or
-```html
 <th:block th:insert="~{fragments/footer.html :: footer}"></th:block>
 ```
 
-Where it uses the `th:block`, `th:` indicating it's a special Thymeleaf element to be used server-side in generating the HTML, and block being the actual element type.
-In this case, we are inserting the `navbar` entry within the `fragments/navbar.html` fragment into the `th:block` element.
+Where it uses the th:block, th: indicating its a special thymeleaf element to be used serverside in generating the html, and block being the actual element type.
+In this case we are inserting the ``navbar`` entry within the ``fragments/navbar.html`` fragment into the ``th:block`` element.
 
-They can be more complex, such as:
+They can be more complex such as:
 
 ```html
 <th:block th:insert="~{fragments/common :: head(title=#{pageExtracter.title}, header=#{pageExtracter.header})}"></th:block>
 ```
 
-Which is the same as above but passes the parameters title and header into the fragment `common.html` to be used in its HTML generation.
+Which is the same as above but passes the parameters title and header into the fragment common.html to be used in its HTML generation
 
-Thymeleaf can also be used to loop through objects or pass things from the Java side into the HTML side.
+Thymeleaf can also be used to loop through objects or pass things from java side into html side.
 
 ```java
  @GetMapping
@@ -354,7 +352,7 @@ Thymeleaf can also be used to loop through objects or pass things from the Java
        }
 ```
 
-In the above example, if exampleData is a list of plain java objects of class Person and within it, you had id, name, age, etc. You can reference it like so
+in above example if exampleData is a list of  plain java objects of class Person and within it you had id, name, age etc. You can reference it like so
 
 ```html
 <tbody>
@@ -454,7 +452,7 @@ This would generate n entries of tr for each person in exampleData
 1. **Create a New Thymeleaf Template:**
    - Create a new HTML file in the `src/main/resources/templates` directory.
    - Use Thymeleaf attributes to dynamically generate content.
-   - Use `extract-page.html` as a base example for the HTML template, which is useful to ensure importing of the general layout, navbar, and footer.
+   - Use `extract-page.html` as a base example for the HTML template, useful to ensure importing of the general layout, navbar and footer.
 
    ```html
    <!DOCTYPE html>

Dockerfile

@@ -10,18 +10,6 @@ COPY build/libs/*.jar app.jar
 
 ARG VERSION_TAG
 
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.title="Stirling-PDF"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.description="A powerful locally hosted web-based PDF manipulation tool supporting 50+ operations including merging, splitting, conversion, OCR, watermarking, and more."
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.licenses="MIT"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.vendor="Stirling-Tools"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.url="https://www.stirlingpdf.com"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://docs.stirlingpdf.com"
-LABEL maintainer="Stirling-Tools"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.authors="Stirling-Tools"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version="${VERSION_TAG}"
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.keywords="PDF, manipulation, merge, split, convert, OCR, watermark"
-
 # Set Environment Variables
 ENV DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false \
     VERSION_TAG=$VERSION_TAG \
@@ -31,7 +19,6 @@ ENV DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false \
     PGID=1000 \
     UMASK=022
 
-
 # JDK for app
 RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /etc/apk/repositories && \
     echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community" | tee -a /etc/apk/repositories && \
@@ -70,7 +57,8 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
 # User permissions
     addgroup -S stirlingpdfgroup && adduser -S stirlingpdfuser -G stirlingpdfgroup && \
     chown -R stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup $HOME /scripts /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto /configs /customFiles /pipeline && \
-    chown stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /app.jar
+    chown stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /app.jar && \
+    tesseract --list-langs
 
 EXPOSE 8080/tcp
 

Dockerfile-fat

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the application
-FROM gradle:8.12-jdk17 AS build
+FROM gradle:8.11-jdk17 AS build
 
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ RUN echo "@testing https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main" | tee -a /et
 # User permissions
     addgroup -S stirlingpdfgroup && adduser -S stirlingpdfuser -G stirlingpdfgroup && \
     chown -R stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup $HOME /scripts /usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto /configs /customFiles /pipeline && \
-    chown stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /app.jar
+    chown stirlingpdfuser:stirlingpdfgroup /app.jar && \
+    tesseract --list-langs
 
 EXPOSE 8080/tcp
 

Dockerfile-ultra-lite

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # use alpine
-FROM alpine:3.21.0@sha256:21dc6063fd678b478f57c0e13f47560d0ea4eeba26dfc947b2a4f81f686b9f45
+FROM alpine:3.20.3
 
 ARG VERSION_TAG
 

Endpoint-groups.md

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+| Operation           | PageOps | Convert | Security | Other | CLI | Python | OpenCV | LibreOffice | qpdf | Java | Javascript | Unoconv | tesseract |
+| ------------------- | ------- | ------- | -------- | ----- | --- | ------ | ------ | ----------- | -------- | ---- | ---------- | ------- | ----------- |
+| adjust-contrast     | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |         |             |
+| auto-split-pdf      | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| crop                | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| extract-page        | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| merge-pdfs          | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| multi-page-layout   | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| pdf-organizer       | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    | ✔️          |         |             |
+| pdf-to-single-page  | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| remove-pages        | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| rotate-pdf          | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| scale-pages         | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| split-pdfs          | ✔️       |         |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| file-to-pdf         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   | ✔️      |        | ✔️           |          |      |            | ✔️       |             |
+| img-to-pdf          |         | ✔️       |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| pdf-to-html         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |         |             |
+| pdf-to-img          |         | ✔️       |          |       |     | ✔️      |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| pdf-to-pdfa         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        |             | ✔️        |      |            |         |            |
+| pdf-to-markdown     |         | ✔️       |          |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| pdf-to-presentation |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |         |             |
+| pdf-to-text         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |         |             |
+| pdf-to-word         |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |         |             |
+| pdf-to-xml          |         | ✔️       |          |       | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |          |      |            |         |             |
+| add-password        |         |         | ✔️        |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| add-watermark       |         |         | ✔️        |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| cert-sign           |         |         | ✔️        |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| remove-cert-sign    |         |         | ✔️        |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| change-permissions  |         |         | ✔️        |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| remove-password     |         |         | ✔️        |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| sanitize-pdf        |         |         | ✔️        |       |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| add-image           |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| add-page-numbers    |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| auto-rename         |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| change-metadata     |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| compare             |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |         |             |
+| compress-pdf        |         |         |          | ✔️     | ✔️   |        |        |             | ✔️        |      |            |         |            |
+| extract-image-scans |         |         |          | ✔️     | ✔️   | ✔️      | ✔️      |             |          |      |            |         |             |
+| extract-images      |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| flatten             |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |         |             |
+| get-info-on-pdf     |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          | ✔️    |            |         |             |
+| ocr-pdf             |         |         |          | ✔️     | ✔️   |        |        |             |         |      |            |         |    ✔        |
+| remove-blanks       |         |         |          | ✔️     | ✔️   | ✔️      | ✔️      |             |          |      |            |         |             |
+| repair              |         |         |          | ✔️     | ✔️   |        |        | ✔️           |   ✔       |      |            |         |            |
+| show-javascript     |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |         |             |
+| sign                |         |         |          | ✔️     |     |        |        |             |          |      | ✔️          |         |             |

FolderScanning.md

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+## User Guide for Local Directory Scanning and File Processing
+
+### Setting Up Watched Folders
+
+- Create a folder where you want your files to be monitored. This is your 'watched folder'.
+- The default directory for this is `./pipeline/watchedFolders/`.
+- Place any directories you want to be scanned into this folder. This folder should contain multiple folders, each for their own tasks and pipelines.
+
+### Configuring Processing with JSON Files
+
+- In each directory you want processed (e.g., `./pipeline/watchedFolders/officePrinter`), include a JSON configuration file.
+- This JSON file should specify how you want the files in the directory to be handled (e.g., what operations to perform on them). This can be made, configured, and downloaded from the Stirling-PDF Pipeline interface.
+
+### Automatic Scanning and Processing
+
+- The system automatically checks the watched folder every minute for new directories and files to process.
+- When a directory with a valid JSON configuration file is found, it begins processing the files inside according to the configuration.
+
+### Processing Steps
+
+- Files in each directory are processed according to the instructions in the JSON file.
+- This might involve file conversions, data filtering, renaming files, etc. If the output of a step is a zip, this zip will be automatically unzipped as it passes to the next process.
+
+### Results and Output
+
+- After processing, the results are saved in a specified output location. This could be a different folder or location as defined in the JSON file or the default location `./pipeline/finishedFolders/`.
+- Each processed file is named and organized according to the rules set in the JSON configuration.
+
+### Completion and Cleanup
+
+- Once processing is complete, the original files in the watched folder's directory are removed.
+- You can find the processed files in the designated output location.
+
+### Error Handling
+
+- If there's an error during processing, the system will not delete the original files, allowing you to check and retry if necessary.
+
+### User Interaction
+
+- As a user, your main tasks are to set up the watched folders, place directories with files for processing, and create the corresponding JSON configuration files.
+- The system handles the rest, including scanning, processing, and outputting results.

HowToUseOCR.md

@@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ Verify installation:
 ``tesseract --list-langs``
 
 You must then edit your ``/configs/settings.yml`` and change the system.tessdataDir to match the directory containing lang files
-
 ```
 system:
  tessdataDir: C:/Program Files/Tesseract-OCR/tessdata # path to the directory containing the Tessdata files. This setting is relevant for Windows systems. For Windows users, this path should be adjusted to point to the appropriate directory where the Tessdata files are stored.
 ```
-  
+  

LocalRunGuide.md

@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+To run the application without Docker/Podman, you will need to manually install all dependencies and build the necessary components.
+
+Note that some dependencies might not be available in the standard repositories of all Linux distributions, and may require additional steps to install.
+
+The following guide assumes you have a basic understanding of using a command line interface in your operating system.
+
+It should work on most Linux distributions and MacOS. For Windows, you might need to use Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) for certain steps. The amount of dependencies is to actually reduce overall size, i.e., installing LibreOffice subcomponents rather than the full LibreOffice package.
+
+You could theoretically use a Distrobox/Toolbox if your distribution has old or not all packages. But you might just as well use the Docker container then.
+
+### Step 1: Prerequisites
+
+Install the following software, if not already installed:
+
+- Java 17 or later (21 recommended)
+- Gradle 7.0 or later (included within repo so not needed on server)
+- Git
+- Python 3.8 (with pip)
+- Make
+- GCC/G++
+- Automake
+- Autoconf
+- libtool
+- pkg-config
+- zlib1g-dev
+- libleptonica-dev
+
+For Debian-based systems, you can use the following command:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y git automake autoconf libtool libleptonica-dev pkg-config zlib1g-dev make g++ openjdk-21-jdk python3 python3-pip
+```
+
+For Fedora-based systems use this command:
+
+```bash
+sudo dnf install -y git automake autoconf libtool leptonica-devel pkg-config zlib-devel make gcc-c++ java-21-openjdk python3 python3-pip
+```
+
+For non-root users with Nix Package Manager, use the following command:
+
+```bash
+nix-channel --update
+nix-env -iA nixpkgs.jdk21 nixpkgs.git nixpkgs.python38 nixpkgs.gnumake nixpkgs.libgcc nixpkgs.automake nixpkgs.autoconf nixpkgs.libtool nixpkgs.pkg-config nixpkgs.zlib nixpkgs.leptonica
+```
+
+### Step 2: Clone and Build jbig2enc (Only required for certain OCR functionality)
+
+For Debian and Fedora, you can build it from source using the following commands:
+
+```bash
+mkdir ~/.git
+cd ~/.git && \
+git clone https://github.com/agl/jbig2enc.git && \
+cd jbig2enc && \
+./autogen.sh && \
+./configure && \
+make && \
+sudo make install
+```
+
+For Nix, you will face `Leptonica not detected`. Bypass this by installing it directly using the following command:
+
+```bash
+nix-env -iA nixpkgs.jbig2enc
+```
+
+### Step 3: Install Additional Software
+
+Next we need to install LibreOffice for conversions, qpdf for OCR, and OpenCV for pattern recognition functionality.
+
+Install the following software:
+
+- libreoffice-core
+- libreoffice-common
+- libreoffice-writer
+- libreoffice-calc
+- libreoffice-impress
+- python3-uno
+- unoconv
+- pngquant
+- unpaper
+- qpdf
+- opencv-python-headless
+
+For Debian-based systems, you can use the following command:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install -y libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc libreoffice-impress unpaper qpdf
+pip3 install uno opencv-python-headless unoconv pngquant WeasyPrint --break-system-packages
+```
+
+For Fedora:
+
+```bash
+sudo dnf install -y libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc libreoffice-impress unpaper qpdf
+pip3 install uno opencv-python-headless unoconv pngquant WeasyPrint
+```
+
+For Nix:
+
+```bash
+nix-env -iA nixpkgs.unpaper nixpkgs.libreoffice nixpkgs.qpdf nixpkgs.poppler_utils
+pip3 install uno opencv-python-headless unoconv pngquant WeasyPrint
+```
+
+### Step 4: Clone and Build Stirling-PDF
+
+```bash
+cd ~/.git && \
+git clone https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF.git && \
+cd Stirling-PDF && \
+chmod +x ./gradlew && \
+./gradlew build
+```
+
+### Step 5: Move Jar to Desired Location
+
+After the build process, a `.jar` file will be generated in the `build/libs` directory. You can move this file to a desired location, for example, `/opt/Stirling-PDF/`. You must also move the Script folder within the Stirling-PDF repo that you have downloaded to this directory. This folder is required for the Python scripts using OpenCV.
+
+```bash
+sudo mkdir /opt/Stirling-PDF && \
+sudo mv ./build/libs/Stirling-PDF-*.jar /opt/Stirling-PDF/ && \
+sudo mv scripts /opt/Stirling-PDF/ && \
+echo "Scripts installed."
+```
+
+For non-root users, you can just keep the jar in the main directory of Stirling-PDF using the following command:
+
+```bash
+mv ./build/libs/Stirling-PDF-*.jar ./Stirling-PDF-*.jar
+```
+
+### Step 6: Other Files
+
+#### OCR
+
+If you plan to use the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) functionality, you might need to install language packs for Tesseract if running non-English scanning.
+
+##### Installing Language Packs
+
+The easiest method is to use the language packs provided by your repositories. Skip the other steps if they are available.
+
+**Manual:**
+
+1. Download the desired language pack(s) by selecting the `.traineddata` file(s) for the language(s) you need.
+2. Place the `.traineddata` files in the Tesseract tessdata directory: `/usr/share/tessdata`
+
+**IMPORTANT:** DO NOT REMOVE EXISTING `eng.traineddata`, IT'S REQUIRED.
+
+**Debian-based systems**, install languages with this command:
+
+```bash
+sudo apt update && \
+# All languages
+# sudo apt install -y 'tesseract-ocr-*'
+
+# Find languages:
+apt search tesseract-ocr-
+
+# View installed languages:
+dpkg-query -W tesseract-ocr- | sed 's/tesseract-ocr-//g'
+```
+
+**Fedora:**
+
+```bash
+# All languages
+# sudo dnf install -y tesseract-langpack-*
+
+# Find languages:
+dnf search -C tesseract-langpack-
+
+# View installed languages:
+rpm -qa | grep tesseract-langpack | sed 's/tesseract-langpack-//g'
+```
+
+**Nix:**
+
+```bash
+nix-env -iA nixpkgs.tesseract
+```
+
+**Note:** Nix Package Manager pre-installs almost all the language packs when Tesseract is installed.
+
+### Step 7: Run Stirling-PDF
+
+Those who have pushed to the root directory, run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+./gradlew bootRun
+or
+java -jar /opt/Stirling-PDF/Stirling-PDF-*.jar
+```
+
+Since LibreOffice, soffice, and conversion tools have their dbus_tmp_dir set as `dbus_tmp_dir="/run/user/$(id -u)/libreoffice-dbus"`, you might get the following error when using their endpoints:
+
+```
+[Thread-7] INFO  s.s.SPDF.utils.ProcessExecutor - mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/user/1501’: Permission denied
+```
+
+To resolve this, before starting Stirling-PDF, you have to set the environment variable to a directory you have write access to by using the following commands:
+
+```bash
+mkdir temp
+export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="unix:path=./temp"
+./gradlew bootRun
+or
+java -jar ./Stirling-PDF-*.jar
+```
+
+### Step 8: Adding a Desktop Icon
+
+This will add a modified app starter to your app menu.
+
+```bash
+location=$(pwd)/gradlew
+image=$(pwd)/docs/stirling-transparent.svg
+
+cat > ~/.local/share/applications/Stirling-PDF.desktop <<EOF
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Stirling PDF;
+GenericName=Launch StirlingPDF and open its WebGUI;
+Category=Office;
+Exec=xdg-open http://localhost:8080 && nohup $location bootRun &;
+Icon=$image;
+Keywords=pdf;
+Type=Application;
+NoDisplay=false;
+Terminal=true;
+EOF
+```
+
+Note: Currently the app will run in the background until manually closed.
+
+### Optional: Changing the Host and Port of the Application
+
+To override the default configuration, you can add the following to `/.git/Stirling-PDF/configs/custom_settings.yml` file:
+
+```yaml
+server:
+  host: 0.0.0.0 # Not working - use instead address
+  address: 0.0.0.0
+  port: 3000
+```
+
+`-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true` --> To force IPv4 only in the Java starting command
+
+**Note:** This file is created after the first application launch. To have it before that, you can create the directory and add the file yourself.
+
+### Optional: Run Stirling-PDF as a Service (requires root)
+
+First create a `.env` file, where you can store environment variables:
+
+```bash
+touch /opt/Stirling-PDF/.env
+```
+
+In this file, you can add all variables, one variable per line, as stated in the main readme (for example `SYSTEM_DEFAULTLOCALE="de-DE"`).
+
+Create a new file where we store our service settings and open it with the nano editor:
+
+```bash
+nano /etc/systemd/system/stirlingpdf.service
+```
+
+Paste this content, make sure to update the filename of the jar file. Press `Ctrl+S` and `Ctrl+X` to save and exit the nano editor:
+
+```ini
+[Unit]
+Description=Stirling-PDF service
+After=syslog.target network.target
+
+[Service]
+SuccessExitStatus=143
+
+User=root
+Group=root
+
+Type=simple
+
+EnvironmentFile=/opt/Stirling-PDF/.env
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/Stirling-PDF
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar Stirling-PDF-0.17.2.jar
+ExecStop=/bin/kill -15 $MAINPID
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+```
+
+Notify systemd that it has to rebuild its internal service database (you have to run this command every time you make a change in the service file):
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+```
+
+Enable the service to tell it to start automatically:
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl enable stirlingpdf.service
+```
+
+See the status of the service:
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl status stirlingpdf.service
+```
+
+Manually start/stop/restart the service:
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl start stirlingpdf.service
+sudo systemctl stop stirlingpdf.service
+sudo systemctl restart stirlingpdf.service
+```
+
+---
+
+Remember to set the necessary environment variables before running the project if you want to customize the application. The list can be seen in the main readme.
+
+You can do this in the terminal by using the `export` command or `-D` argument to the Java `-jar` command:
+
+```bash
+export APP_HOME_NAME="Stirling PDF"
+or
+-DAPP_HOME_NAME="Stirling PDF"

PipelineFeature.md

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Pipeline Configuration and Usage Tutorial
+
+- Configure the pipeline config file and input files to run files against it.
+- For reuse, download the config file and re-upload it when needed, or place it in `/pipeline/defaultWebUIConfigs/` to auto-load in the web UI for all users.
+
+## Steps to Configure and Use Your Pipeline
+
+1. **Access Configuration**
+   - Upon entering the screen, click on the **Configure** button.
+
+2. **Enter Pipeline Name**
+   - Provide a name for your pipeline in the designated field.
+
+3. **Select Operations**
+   - Choose the operations for your pipeline (e.g., **Split Pages**), then click **Add Operation**.
+
+4. **Configure Operation Settings**
+   - Input the necessary settings for each added operation. Settings are highlighted in yellow if customization is needed.
+
+5. **Add More Operations**
+   - You can add and adjust the order of multiple operations. Ensure each operation's settings are customized.
+
+6. **Save Settings**
+   - Click **Save Operation Settings** after customizing settings for each operation.
+
+7. **Validate Pipeline**
+   - Use the **Validation** button to check your pipeline. A green indicator signifies correct setup; a pop-out error indicates issues.
+
+8. **Download Pipeline Configuration**
+   - To use the configuration for folder scanning (or save it for future use and re-upload it), download a JSON file in this menu. You can also pre-load it for future use by placing it in `/pipeline/defaultWebUIConfigs/`. It will then appear in the dropdown menu for all users to use.
+
+9. **Submit Files for Processing**
+   - If your pipeline is correctly set up, close the configure menu, input the files, and hit **Submit**.
+
+10. **Note on Web UI Limitations**
+    - The current web UI version does not support operations that require multiple different types of inputs, such as adding a separate image to a PDF.
+
+### Current Limitations
+
+- Cannot have more than one of the same operation.
+- Cannot input additional files via UI.
+- All files and operations run in serial mode.

README.md

@@ -2,40 +2,38 @@
 <h1 align="center">Stirling-PDF</h1>
 
 [![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/frooodle/s-pdf)](https://hub.docker.com/r/frooodle/s-pdf)
-[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1068636748814483718?label=Discord)](https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU)
+[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/1068636748814483718?label=Discord)](https://discord.gg/Cn8pWhQRxZ)
 [![Docker Image Version (tag latest semver)](https://img.shields.io/docker/v/frooodle/s-pdf/latest)](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/)
 [![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/stirling-tools/stirling-pdf?style=social)](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/stirling-pdf)
 
-
 <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/stirling-pdf?embed=true&utm_source=badge-featured&utm_medium=badge&utm_souce=badge-stirling&#0045;pdf" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.producthunt.com/widgets/embed-image/v1/featured.svg?post_id=641239&theme=light" alt="Stirling&#0032;PDF - Open&#0032;source&#0032;locally&#0032;hosted&#0032;web&#0032;PDF&#0032;editor | Product Hunt" style="width: 250px; height: 54px;" width="250" height="54" /></a>
 [![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/apps/new?repo=https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/digitalOcean&refcode=c3210994b1af)
 
 [Stirling-PDF](https://www.stirlingpdf.com) is a robust, locally hosted web-based PDF manipulation tool using Docker. It enables you to carry out various operations on PDF files, including splitting, merging, converting, reorganizing, adding images, rotating, compressing, and more. This locally hosted web application has evolved to encompass a comprehensive set of features, addressing all your PDF requirements.
 
+Stirling-PDF does not initiate any outbound calls for record-keeping or tracking purposes.
+
 All files and PDFs exist either exclusively on the client side, reside in server memory only during task execution, or temporarily reside in a file solely for the execution of the task. Any file downloaded by the user will have been deleted from the server by that point.
 
-
-All information available at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/)
-
 ![stirling-home](images/stirling-home.jpg)
 
 ## Features
 
-- 50+ PDF Operations
-- Parallel file processing and downloads
+- Enterprise features like SSO Check [here](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Enterprise%20Edition) 
 - Dark mode support
 - Custom download options
-- Custom 'Pipelines' to run multiple features in a automated queue
+- Parallel file processing and downloads
+- Custom 'Pipelines' to run multiple features in a queue
 - API for integration with external scripts
-- Optional Login and Authentication support (see [here](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Advanced%20Configuration/System%20and%20Security) for documentation)
-- Database Backup and Import (see [here](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Advanced%20Configuration/DATABASE) for documentation)
-- Enterprise features like SSO see [here](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Enterprise%20Edition)
+- Optional Login and Authentication support (see [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/tree/main#login-authentication) for documentation)
+- Database Backup and Import (see [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/DATABASE.md) for documentation)
+
 
 ## PDF Features
 
 ### Page Operations
 
-- View and modify PDFs - View multi-page PDFs with custom viewing, sorting, and searching. Plus, on-page edit features like annotating, drawing, and adding text and images. (Using PDF.js with Joxit and Liberation fonts)
+- View and modify PDFs - View multi-page PDFs with custom viewing, sorting, and searching. Plus on-page edit features like annotate, draw, and adding text and images. (Using PDF.js with Joxit and Liberation fonts)
 - Full interactive GUI for merging/splitting/rotating/moving PDFs and their pages
 - Merge multiple PDFs into a single resultant file
 - Split PDFs into multiple files at specified page numbers or extract all pages as individual files
@@ -46,11 +44,11 @@ All information available at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirli
 - Scale page contents size by set percentage
 - Adjust contrast
 - Crop PDF
-- Auto-split PDF (with physically scanned page dividers)
+- Auto split PDF (with physically scanned page dividers)
 - Extract page(s)
 - Convert PDF to a single page
 - Overlay PDFs on top of each other
-- PDF to a single page
+- PDF to single page
 - Split PDF by sections
 
 ### Conversion Operations
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ All information available at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirli
 - Convert any common file to PDF (using LibreOffice)
 - Convert PDF to Word/PowerPoint/others (using LibreOffice)
 - Convert HTML to PDF
-- Convert PDF to XML
+- Convert PDF to xml
 - Convert PDF to CSV
 - URL to PDF
 - Markdown to PDF
@@ -87,86 +85,343 @@ All information available at [https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/](https://docs.stirli
 - Extract images from scans
 - Remove annotations
 - Add page numbers
-- Auto-rename files by detecting PDF header text
-- OCR on PDF (using Tesseract OCR)
-- PDF/A conversion (using LibreOffice)
+- Auto rename file by detecting PDF header text
+- OCR on PDF (using tesseract)
+- PDF/A conversion (using libreoffice)
 - Edit metadata
 - Flatten PDFs
 - Get all information on a PDF to view or export as JSON
 - Show/detect embedded JavaScript
 
+For an overview of the tasks and the technology each uses, please view [Endpoint-groups.md](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/Endpoint-groups.md).
 
+A demo of the app is available [here](https://stirlingpdf.io).
 
+## Technologies Used
 
-# 📖 Get Started
+- Spring Boot + Thymeleaf
+- [PDFBox](https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/tree/trunk)
+- [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/) for advanced conversions
+- [qpdf](https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf)
+- HTML, CSS, JavaScript
+- Docker
+- [PDF.js](https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js)
+- [PDF-LIB.js](https://github.com/Hopding/pdf-lib)
 
-Visit our comprehensive documentation at [docs.stirlingpdf.com](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com) for:
+## How to Use
 
-- Installation guides for all platforms
-- Configuration options
-- Feature documentation
-- API reference
-- Security setup
-- Enterprise features
+### Windows
 
+For Windows users, download the latest Stirling-PDF.exe from our [release](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases) section or by clicking [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases/latest/download/Stirling-PDF.exe).
+
+### Locally
+
+Please view the [LocalRunGuide](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/LocalRunGuide.md).
+
+### Docker / Podman
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> <https://hub.docker.com/r/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf>
+
+Stirling-PDF has three different versions: a full version, an ultra-lite version, and a 'fat' version. Depending on the types of features you use, you may want a smaller image to save on space. To see what the different versions offer, please look at our [version mapping](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/Version-groups.md). For people that don't mind space optimization, just use the latest tag.
+
+![Docker Image Size (tag)](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf/latest?label=Stirling-PDF%20Full)
+![Docker Image Size (tag)](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf/latest-ultra-lite?label=Stirling-PDF%20Ultra-Lite)
+![Docker Image Size (tag)](https://img.shields.io/docker/image-size/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf/latest-fat?label=Stirling-PDF%20Fat)
+
+Please note in the examples below, you may need to change the volume paths as needed, e.g., `./extraConfigs:/configs` to `/opt/stirlingpdf/extraConfigs:/configs`.
+
+### Docker Run
+
+```bash
+docker run -d \
+  -p 8080:8080 \
+  -v ./trainingData:/usr/share/tessdata \
+  -v ./extraConfigs:/configs \
+  -v ./logs:/logs \
+# Optional customization (not required)
+# -v /location/of/customFiles:/customFiles \
+  -e DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false \
+  -e INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS=false \
+  -e LANGS=en_GB \
+  --name stirling-pdf \
+  stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest
+```
+
+### Docker Compose
+
+```yaml
+version: '3.3'
+services:
+  stirling-pdf:
+    image: stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest
+    ports:
+      - '8080:8080'
+    volumes:
+      - ./trainingData:/usr/share/tessdata # Required for extra OCR languages
+      - ./extraConfigs:/configs
+#      - ./customFiles:/customFiles/
+#      - ./logs:/logs/
+    environment:
+      - DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY=false
+      - INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS=false
+      - LANGS=en_GB
+```
+
+Note: Podman is CLI-compatible with Docker, so simply replace "docker" with "podman".
+
+### Kubernetes
+
+See the kubernetes helm chart [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF-chart)
+
+## Enable OCR/Compression Feature
+
+Please view the [HowToUseOCR.md](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/HowToUseOCR.md).
+
+## Reuse Stored Files
+
+Certain functionality like `Sign` supports pre-saved files stored at `/customFiles/signatures/`. Image files placed within here will be accessible to be used via the web UI. Currently, this supports two folder types:
+
+- `/customFiles/signatures/ALL_USERS`: Accessible to all users, useful for organizations where many users use the same files or for users not using authentication
+- `/customFiles/signatures/{username}`: Such as `/customFiles/signatures/froodle`, accessible only to the `froodle` username, private for all others
 
 ## Supported Languages
 
-Stirling-PDF currently supports 38 languages!
+Stirling-PDF currently supports 37 languages!
 
 | Language                                     | Progress                               |
 | -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
-| Arabic (العربية) (ar_AR)                        | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan Dili) (az_AZ)        | ![92%](https://geps.dev/progress/92)   |
-| Basque (Euskara) (eu_ES)                     | ![53%](https://geps.dev/progress/53)   |
-| Bulgarian (Български) (bg_BG)                | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Catalan (Català) (ca_CA)                     | ![84%](https://geps.dev/progress/84)   |
-| Croatian (Hrvatski) (hr_HR)                  | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Czech (Česky) (cs_CZ)                        | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Danish (Dansk) (da_DK)                       | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Dutch (Nederlands) (nl_NL)                   | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
+| Arabic (العربية) (ar_AR)                        | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
+| Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan Dili) (az_AZ)        | ![76%](https://geps.dev/progress/76)   |
+| Basque (Euskara) (eu_ES)                     | ![54%](https://geps.dev/progress/54)   |
+| Bulgarian (Български) (bg_BG)                | ![95%](https://geps.dev/progress/95)   |
+| Catalan (Català) (ca_CA)                     | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
+| Croatian (Hrvatski) (hr_HR)                  | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Czech (Česky) (cs_CZ)                        | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Danish (Dansk) (da_DK)                       | ![95%](https://geps.dev/progress/95)   |
+| Dutch (Nederlands) (nl_NL)                   | ![94%](https://geps.dev/progress/94)   |
 | English (English) (en_GB)                    | ![100%](https://geps.dev/progress/100) |
 | English (US) (en_US)                         | ![100%](https://geps.dev/progress/100) |
-| French (Français) (fr_FR)                    | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
-| German (Deutsch) (de_DE)                     | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
-| Greek (Ελληνικά) (el_GR)                     | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Hindi (हिंदी) (hi_IN)                          | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
-| Hungarian (Magyar) (hu_HU)                   | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) (id_ID)        | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Irish (Gaeilge) (ga_IE)                      | ![82%](https://geps.dev/progress/82)   |
-| Italian (Italiano) (it_IT)                   | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
-| Japanese (日本語) (ja_JP)                    | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Korean (한국어) (ko_KR)                      | ![88%](https://geps.dev/progress/88)   |
-| Norwegian (Norsk) (no_NB)                    | ![82%](https://geps.dev/progress/82)   |
-| Persian (فارسی) (fa_IR)                      | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
-| Polish (Polski) (pl_PL)                      | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Portuguese (Português) (pt_PT)               | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Portuguese Brazilian (Português) (pt_BR)     | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
-| Romanian (Română) (ro_RO)                    | ![84%](https://geps.dev/progress/84)   |
-| Russian (Русский) (ru_RU)                    | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Serbian Latin alphabet (Srpski) (sr_LATN_RS) | ![66%](https://geps.dev/progress/66)   |
-| Simplified Chinese (简体中文) (zh_CN)         | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
-| Slovakian (Slovensky) (sk_SK)                | ![77%](https://geps.dev/progress/77)   |
-| Spanish (Español) (es_ES)                    | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
-| Swedish (Svenska) (sv_SE)                    | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Thai (ไทย) (th_TH)                           | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
-| Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) (zh_TW)        | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
-| Turkish (Türkçe) (tr_TR)                     | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
-| Ukrainian (Українська) (uk_UA)               | ![75%](https://geps.dev/progress/75)   |
-| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (vi_VN)              | ![83%](https://geps.dev/progress/83)   |
+| French (Français) (fr_FR)                    | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
+| German (Deutsch) (de_DE)                     | ![98%](https://geps.dev/progress/98)   |
+| Greek (Ελληνικά) (el_GR)                     | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Hindi (हिंदी) (hi_IN)                          | ![93%](https://geps.dev/progress/93)   |
+| Hungarian (Magyar) (hu_HU)                   | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) (id_ID)        | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Irish (Gaeilge) (ga_IE)                      | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
+| Italian (Italiano) (it_IT)                   | ![99%](https://geps.dev/progress/99)   |
+| Japanese (日本語) (ja_JP)                    | ![84%](https://geps.dev/progress/84)   |
+| Korean (한국어) (ko_KR)                      | ![94%](https://geps.dev/progress/94)   |
+| Norwegian (Norsk) (no_NB)                    | ![86%](https://geps.dev/progress/86)   |
+| Polish (Polski) (pl_PL)                      | ![95%](https://geps.dev/progress/95)   |
+| Portuguese (Português) (pt_PT)               | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Portuguese Brazilian (Português) (pt_BR)     | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Romanian (Română) (ro_RO)                    | ![89%](https://geps.dev/progress/89)   |
+| Russian (Русский) (ru_RU)                    | ![95%](https://geps.dev/progress/95)   |
+| Serbian Latin alphabet (Srpski) (sr_LATN_RS) | ![69%](https://geps.dev/progress/69)   |
+| Simplified Chinese (简体中文) (zh_CN)         | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
+| Slovakian (Slovensky) (sk_SK)                | ![81%](https://geps.dev/progress/81)   |
+| Spanish (Español) (es_ES)                    | ![96%](https://geps.dev/progress/96)   |
+| Swedish (Svenska) (sv_SE)                    | ![95%](https://geps.dev/progress/95)   |
+| Thai (ไทย) (th_TH)                           | ![94%](https://geps.dev/progress/94)   |
+| Traditional Chinese (繁體中文) (zh_TW)        | ![97%](https://geps.dev/progress/97)   |
+| Turkish (Türkçe) (tr_TR)                     | ![90%](https://geps.dev/progress/90)   |
+| Ukrainian (Українська) (uk_UA)               | ![79%](https://geps.dev/progress/79)   |
+| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) (vi_VN)              | ![87%](https://geps.dev/progress/87)   |
 
+## Contributing (Creating Issues, Translations, Fixing Bugs, etc.)
+
+Please see our [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## Stirling PDF Enterprise
 
-Stirling PDF offers an Enterprise edition of its software. This is the same great software but with added features, support and comforts.
-Check out our [Enterprise docs](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Enterprise%20Edition)
+Stirling PDF offers a Enterprise edition of its software, This is the same great software but with added features and comforts
+
+### Whats included
+
+- Prioritised Support tickets via support@stirlingpdf.com to reach directly to Stirling-PDF team for support and 1:1 meetings where applicable (Provided they come from same email domain registered with us)
+- Prioritised Enhancements to Stirling-PDF where applicable 
+- Base SSO support
+- Advanced SSO such as automated login handling (Coming very soon)
+- SAML SSO (Coming very soon)
+- Custom automated metadata handling
+- Advanced user configurations (Coming soon)
+- Plus other exciting features to come
+
+Check out of [docs](https://docs.stirlingpdf.com/Enterprise%20Edition) on it or our official [website](https://www.stirlingpdf.com)
+
+## Customization
+
+Stirling-PDF allows easy customization of the app, including things like:
+
+- Custom application name
+- Custom slogans, icons, HTML, images, CSS, etc. (via file overrides)
+
+There are two options for this, either using the generated settings file `settings.yml`, which is located in the `/configs` directory and follows standard YAML formatting, or using environment variables, which would override the settings file.
+
+For example, in `settings.yml`, you might have:
+
+```yaml
+security:
+  enableLogin: 'true'
+```
+
+To have this via an environment variable, you would use `SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN`.
+
+The current list of settings is:
+
+```yaml
+security:
+  enableLogin: false # set to 'true' to enable login
+  csrfDisabled: true # set to 'true' to disable CSRF protection (not recommended for production)
+  loginAttemptCount: 5 # lock user account after 5 tries; when using e.g. Fail2Ban you can deactivate the function with -1
+  loginResetTimeMinutes: 120 # lock account for 2 hours after x attempts
+  loginMethod: all # 'all' (Login Username/Password and OAuth2[must be enabled and configured]), 'normal'(only Login with Username/Password) or 'oauth2'(only Login with OAuth2)
+  initialLogin:
+    username: '' # initial username for the first login
+    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)
+    client:
+      keycloak:
+        issuer: '' # URL of the Keycloak realm's OpenID Connect Discovery endpoint
+        clientId: '' # client ID for Keycloak OAuth2
+        clientSecret: '' # client secret for Keycloak OAuth2
+        scopes: openid, profile, email # scopes for Keycloak OAuth2
+        useAsUsername: preferred_username # field to use as the username for Keycloak OAuth2
+      google:
+        clientId: '' # client ID for Google OAuth2
+        clientSecret: '' # client secret for Google OAuth2
+        scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email, https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile # scopes for Google OAuth2
+        useAsUsername: email # field to use as the username for Google OAuth2
+      github:
+        clientId: '' # client ID for GitHub OAuth2
+        clientSecret: '' # client secret for GitHub OAuth2
+        scopes: read:user # scope for GitHub OAuth2
+        useAsUsername: login # field to use as the username for GitHub OAuth2
+    issuer: '' # set to any provider that supports OpenID Connect Discovery (/.well-known/openid-configuration) endpoint
+    clientId: '' # client ID from your provider
+    clientSecret: '' # client secret from your provider
+    autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
+    blockRegistration: false # set to 'true' to deny login with SSO without prior registration by an admin
+    useAsUsername: email # default is 'email'; custom fields can be used as the username
+    scopes: openid, profile, email # specify the scopes for which the application will request permissions
+    provider: google # set this to your OAuth provider's name, e.g., 'google' or 'keycloak'
+  saml2:
+    enabled: false # currently in alpha, not recommended for use yet, enableAlphaFunctionality must be set to true
+    autoCreateUser: false # set to 'true' to allow auto-creation of non-existing users
+    blockRegistration: false # set to 'true' to deny login with SSO without prior registration by an admin
+    registrationId: stirling
+    idpMetadataUri: https://dev-XXXXXXXX.okta.com/app/externalKey/sso/saml/metadata
+    idpSingleLogoutUrl: https://dev-XXXXXXXX.okta.com/app/dev-XXXXXXXX_stirlingpdf_1/externalKey/slo/saml
+    idpSingleLoginUrl: https://dev-XXXXXXXX.okta.com/app/dev-XXXXXXXX_stirlingpdf_1/externalKey/sso/saml
+    idpIssuer: http://www.okta.com/externalKey
+    idpCert: classpath:okta.crt
+    privateKey: classpath:saml-private-key.key
+    spCert: classpath:saml-public-cert.crt
+
+enterpriseEdition:
+  enabled: false # set to 'true' to enable enterprise edition
+  key: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
+  CustomMetadata:
+    autoUpdateMetadata: false # set to 'true' to automatically update metadata with below values
+    author: username # supports text such as 'John Doe' or types such as username to autopopulate with user's username
+    creator: Stirling-PDF # supports text such as 'Company-PDF'
+    producer: Stirling-PDF # supports text such as 'Company-PDF'
+
+legal:
+  termsAndConditions: https://www.stirlingpdf.com/terms-and-conditions # URL to the terms and conditions of your application (e.g. https://example.com/terms). Empty string to disable or filename to load from local file in static folder
+  privacyPolicy: https://www.stirlingpdf.com/privacy-policy # URL to the privacy policy of your application (e.g. https://example.com/privacy). Empty string to disable or filename to load from local file in static folder
+  accessibilityStatement: '' # URL to the accessibility statement of your application (e.g. https://example.com/accessibility). Empty string to disable or filename to load from local file in static folder
+  cookiePolicy: '' # URL to the cookie policy of your application (e.g. https://example.com/cookie). Empty string to disable or filename to load from local file in static folder
+  impressum: '' # URL to the impressum of your application (e.g. https://example.com/impressum). Empty string to disable or filename to load from local file in static folder
+
+system:
+  defaultLocale: en-US # set the default language (e.g. 'de-DE', 'fr-FR', etc)
+  googlevisibility: false # 'true' to allow Google visibility (via robots.txt), 'false' to disallow
+  enableAlphaFunctionality: false # set to enable functionality which might need more testing before it fully goes live (this feature might make no changes)
+  showUpdate: false # see when a new update is available
+  showUpdateOnlyAdmin: false # only admins can see when a new update is available, depending on showUpdate it must be set to 'true'
+  customHTMLFiles: false # enable to have files placed in /customFiles/templates override the existing template HTML files
+  tessdataDir: /usr/share/tessdata # path to the directory containing the Tessdata files. This setting is relevant for Windows systems. For Windows users, this path should be adjusted to point to the appropriate directory where the Tessdata files are stored.
+  enableAnalytics: undefined # set to 'true' to enable analytics, set to 'false' to disable analytics; for enterprise users, this is set to true
+
+ui:
+  appName: '' # application's visible name
+  homeDescription: '' # short description or tagline shown on the homepage
+  appNameNavbar: '' # name displayed on the navigation bar
+
+endpoints:
+  toRemove: [] # list endpoints to disable (e.g. ['img-to-pdf', 'remove-pages'])
+  groupsToRemove: [] # list groups to disable (e.g. ['LibreOffice'])
+
+metrics:
+  enabled: true # 'true' to enable Info APIs (`/api/*`) endpoints, 'false' to disable
+
+# Automatically Generated Settings (Do Not Edit Directly)
+AutomaticallyGenerated:
+  key: example
+  UUID: example
+```
+
+There is an additional config file `/configs/custom_settings.yml` where users familiar with Java and Spring `application.properties` can input their own settings on top of Stirling-PDF's existing ones.
 
 
-## 🤝 Looking to contribute?
 
-Join our community:
-- [Contribution Guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
-- [Translation Guide (How to add custom languages)](HowToAddNewLanguage.md)
-- [Issue Tracker](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/issues)
-- [Discord Community](https://discord.gg/HYmhKj45pU)
-- [Developer Guide](DeveloperGuide.md)
+### Extra Notes
+
+- **Endpoints**: Currently, the `ENDPOINTS_TO_REMOVE` and `GROUPS_TO_REMOVE` endpoints can include comma-separated lists of endpoints and groups to disable. For example, `ENDPOINTS_TO_REMOVE=img-to-pdf,remove-pages` would disable both image-to-pdf and remove pages, while `GROUPS_TO_REMOVE=LibreOffice` would disable all things that use LibreOffice. You can see a list of all endpoints and groups [here](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/blob/main/Endpoint-groups.md).
+- **customStaticFilePath**: Customize static files such as the app logo by placing files in the `/customFiles/static/` directory. An example of customizing the app logo is placing `/customFiles/static/favicon.svg` to override the current SVG. This can be used to change any `images/icons/css/fonts/js`, etc. in Stirling-PDF.
+
+### Environment-Only Parameters
+
+- `SYSTEM_ROOTURIPATH` - Set the application's root URI (e.g. `/pdf-app` to set the root URI to `localhost:8080/pdf-app`)
+- `SYSTEM_CONNECTIONTIMEOUTMINUTES` - Set custom connection timeout values
+- `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY` - Set to `true` to download security jar (required for authentication login)
+- `INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS` - Download Calibre onto Stirling-PDF to enable PDF to/from book and advanced HTML conversion
+- `LANGS` - Define custom font libraries to install for document conversions
+
+## API
+
+For those wanting to use Stirling-PDF's backend API to link with their own custom scripting to edit PDFs, you can view all existing API documentation [here](https://app.swaggerhub.com/apis-docs/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/), or navigate to `/swagger-ui/index.html` of your Stirling-PDF instance for your version's documentation (or by following the API button in the settings of Stirling-PDF).
+
+## Login Authentication
+
+![stirling-login](images/login-light.png)
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- User must have the folder `./configs` volumed within Docker so that it is retained during updates.
+- Docker users must download the security jar version by setting `DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY` to `true` in environment variables.
+- Then either enable login via the `settings.yml` file or set `SECURITY_ENABLE_LOGIN` to `true`.
+- Now the initial user will be generated with username `admin` and password `stirling`. On login, you will be forced to change the password to a new one. You can also use the environment variables `SECURITY_INITIALLOGIN_USERNAME` and `SECURITY_INITIALLOGIN_PASSWORD` to set your own credentials straight away (recommended to remove them after user creation).
+
+Once the above has been done, on restart, a new `stirling-pdf-DB.mv.db` will show if everything worked.
+
+When you log in to Stirling-PDF, you will be redirected to the `/login` page to log in with those default credentials. After login, everything should function as normal.
+
+To access your account settings, go to Account Settings in the settings cog menu (top right in the navbar). This Account Settings menu is also where you find your API key.
+
+To add new users, go to the bottom of Account Settings and hit 'Admin Settings'. Here you can add new users. The different roles mentioned within this are for rate limiting. This is a work in progress and will be expanded on more in the future.
+
+For API usage, you must provide a header with `X-API-Key` and the associated API key for that user.
+
+## FAQ
+
+### Q1: What are your planned features?
+
+- Progress bar/tracking
+- Full custom logic pipelines to combine multiple operations together
+- Folder support with auto-scanning to perform operations on
+- Redact text (via UI, not just automated)
+- Add forms
+- Multi-page layout (stitch PDF pages together) support x rows y columns and custom page sizing
+- Fill forms manually or automatically
+
+### Q2: Why is my application downloading .htm files? Why am i getting HTTP error 413?
+
+This is an issue commonly caused by your NGINX configuration. The default file upload size for NGINX is 1MB. You need to add the following in your Nginx sites-available file: `client_max_body_size SIZE;` (where "SIZE" is 50M for example for 50MB files).
+
+### Q3: Why is my download timing out?
+
+NGINX has timeout values by default, so if you are running Stirling-PDF behind NGINX, you may need to set a timeout value, such as adding the config `proxy_read_timeout 3600;`.

SECURITY.md

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-# Security Policy
-
-## Reporting a Vulnerability
-
-The Stirling-PDF team takes security vulnerabilities seriously. We appreciate your efforts to responsibly disclose your findings.
-
-### How to Report
-
-You can report security vulnerabilities through two channels:
-
-1. **GitHub Security Advisory**:
-   - Navigate to the [Security tab](https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/security) in our repository
-   - Click on "Report a vulnerability"
-   - Provide a detailed description of the vulnerability
-
-2. **Direct Email**:
-   - Send your report to security@stirlingpdf.com
-   - Please include as much information as possible about the vulnerability
-
-### What to Include
-
-When reporting a vulnerability, please provide:
-
-- A clear description of the vulnerability
-- Steps to reproduce the issue
-- Any potential impact
-- If possible, suggestions for addressing the vulnerability
-- Your contact information for follow-up questions
-
-### Response Time
-
-We aim to acknowledge receipt of your vulnerability report within 48 hours
-
-### Process
-
-1. Submit your report through one of the channels above
-2. Receive an acknowledgment from our team
-3. Our team will investigate and validate the issue
-4. We will work on a fix and keep you updated on our progress
-5. Once resolved, we will publish the fix and acknowledge your contribution (if desired)
-
-### Bug Bounty
-
-At this time, we do not offer a bug bounty program. However, we greatly appreciate your efforts in making Stirling-PDF more secure and will acknowledge your contribution in our release notes (unless you prefer to remain anonymous).
-
-## Supported Versions
-
-Only the latest version of Stirling-PDF is supported for security updates. We do not backport security fixes to older versions.
-
-| Version | Supported          |
-| ------- | ------------------ |
-| Latest  | :white_check_mark: |
-| Older   | :x:               |
-
-**Please note:** Before reporting a security issue, ensure you are using the latest version of Stirling-PDF. Security reports for older versions will not be accepted.
-
-## Security Best Practices
-
-When deploying Stirling-PDF:
-
-1. Always use the latest version
-2. Follow our deployment guidelines
-3. Regularly check for and apply updates

Version-groups.md

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+|All versions in a Docker environment can download Calibre as a optional extra at runtime to support `book-to-pdf` and `pdf-to-book` using parameter ``INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS``.
+The 'Fat' container contains all those found in 'Full' with security jar along with this Calibre install.
+
+| Technology | Ultra-Lite | Full  |
+| ---------- | :--------: | :---: |
+| Java       |     ✔️      |   ✔️   |
+| JavaScript |     ✔️      |   ✔️   |
+| Libre      |            |   ✔️   |
+| Python     |            |   ✔️   |
+| OpenCV     |            |   ✔️   |
+| qpdf   |            |   ✔️   |
+
+| Operation              | Ultra-Lite | Full |
+| ---------------------- | ---------- | ---- |
+| add-page-numbers       | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| add-password           | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| add-image              | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| add-watermark          | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| adjust-contrast        | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| auto-split-pdf         | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| auto-redact            | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| auto-rename            | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| cert-sign              | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| remove-cert-sign       | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| crop                   | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| change-metadata        | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| change-permissions     | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| compare                | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| extract-page           | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| extract-images         | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| flatten                | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| get-info-on-pdf        | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| img-to-pdf             | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| markdown-to-pdf        | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| merge-pdfs             | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| multi-page-layout      | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| overlay-pdf            | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| pdf-organizer          | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| pdf-to-csv             | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| pdf-to-img             | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| pdf-to-single-page     | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| remove-pages           | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| remove-password        | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| rotate-pdf             | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| sanitize-pdf           | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| scale-pages            | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| sign                   | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| show-javascript        | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| split-by-size-or-count | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| split-pdf-by-sections  | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| split-pdfs             | ✔️          | ✔️    |
+| compress-pdf           |            | ✔️    |
+| extract-image-scans    |            | ✔️    |
+| ocr-pdf                |            | ✔️    |
+| pdf-to-pdfa            |            | ✔️    |
+| remove-blanks          |            | ✔️    |
+pdf-to-text             |     ✔️      |  ✔️
+pdf-to-html             |            |  ✔️
+pdf-to-word             |            |  ✔️
+pdf-to-presentation     |            |  ✔️
+pdf-to-xml              |            |  ✔️
+remove-annotations      |     ✔️      |  ✔️
+remove-cert-sign        |     ✔️      |  ✔️
+remove-image-pdf        |     ✔️      |  ✔️
+file-to-pdf             |            |  ✔️
+html-to-pdf             |            |  ✔️
+url-to-pdf              |            |  ✔️
+repair                  |            |  ✔️

build.gradle

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 plugins {
     id "java"
-    id "org.springframework.boot" version "3.4.1"
-    id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.7"
+    id "org.springframework.boot" version "3.4.0"
+    id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.6"
     id "org.springdoc.openapi-gradle-plugin" version "1.8.0"
     id "io.swagger.swaggerhub" version "1.3.2"
     id "edu.sc.seis.launch4j" version "3.0.6"
     id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "6.25.0"
     id "com.github.jk1.dependency-license-report" version "2.9"
 	//id "nebula.lint" version "19.0.3"
-	id("org.panteleyev.jpackageplugin") version "1.6.0"
 }
 
 
@@ -16,18 +15,16 @@ plugins {
 import com.github.jk1.license.render.*
 
 ext {
-    springBootVersion = "3.4.1"
+    springBootVersion = "3.4.0"
     pdfboxVersion = "3.0.3"
     logbackVersion = "1.5.7"
     imageioVersion = "3.12.0"
     lombokVersion = "1.18.36"
     bouncycastleVersion = "1.79"
-    springSecuritySamlVersion = "6.4.2"
-    openSamlVersion = "4.3.2"
 }
 
 group = "stirling.software"
-version = "0.36.6"
+version = "0.35.0"
 
 
 java {
@@ -38,9 +35,10 @@ java {
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
     maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
-    maven { url "https://build.shibboleth.net/maven/releases" }
-    maven { url "https://maven.pkg.github.com/jcefmaven/jcefmaven" }
-
+    maven { url "https://build.shibboleth.net/nexus/content/repositories/releases/" }
+    maven {
+        url 'https://build.shibboleth.net/maven/releases'
+    }
 }
 
 licenseReport {
@@ -64,12 +62,6 @@ sourceSets {
                 exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/model/User.java"
                 exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/repository/**"
             }
-
-            if (System.getenv("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI") == "false") {
-            	exclude "stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/**"
-            }
-
-
         }
     }
 }
@@ -80,153 +72,16 @@ openApi {
     outputFileName = "SwaggerDoc.json"
 }
 
-//0.11.5 to 2024.11.5
-def getMacVersion(String version) {
-    def currentYear = java.time.Year.now().getValue()
-    def versionParts = version.split("\\.", 2)
-    return "${currentYear}.${versionParts.length > 1 ? versionParts[1] : versionParts[0]}"
-}
-
-jpackage {
-    input = "build/libs"
-
-    appName = "Stirling-PDF"
-    appVersion = project.version
-    vendor = "Stirling-Software"
-	appDescription = "Stirling PDF - Your Local PDF Editor"
-
-    mainJar = "Stirling-PDF-${project.version}.jar"
-    mainClass = "org.springframework.boot.loader.launch.JarLauncher"
-
-    icon = "src/main/resources/static/favicon.ico"
-
-
-
-    // JVM Options
-    javaOptions = [
-        "-DBROWSER_OPEN=true",
-        "-DSTIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI=true",
-        "-Djava.awt.headless=false",
-        "-Dapple.awt.UIElement=true",
-        "--add-opens", "java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED",
-        "--add-opens", "java.desktop/java.awt.event=ALL-UNNAMED",
-        "--add-opens", "java.desktop/sun.awt=ALL-UNNAMED"
-
-    ]
-
-
-    verbose = true
-
-    destination = "${projectDir}/build/jpackage"
-
-    // Windows-specific configuration
-    windows {
-    	launcherAsService = false
-    	appVersion = project.version
-        winConsole = false
-        winDirChooser = true
-        winMenu = true
-        winShortcut = true
-        winPerUserInstall = true
-        winMenuGroup = "Stirling Software"
-        winUpgradeUuid = "2a43ed0c-b8c2-40cf-89e1-751129b87641" // Unique identifier for updates
-        winHelpUrl = "https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF"
-        winUpdateUrl = "https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF/releases"
-        type = "exe"
-        installDir = "C:/Program Files/Stirling-PDF"
-    }
-
-    // macOS-specific configuration
-    mac {
-    	appVersion = getMacVersion(project.version.toString())
-        icon = "src/main/resources/static/favicon.icns"
-        type = "dmg"
-        macPackageIdentifier = "com.stirling.software.pdf"
-        macPackageName = "Stirling-PDF"
-        macAppCategory = "public.app-category.productivity"
-        macSign = false // Enable signing
-        macAppStore = false // Not targeting App Store initially
-
-        //installDir = "Applications"
-
-        // Add license and other documentation to DMG
-        /*macDmgContent = [
-            "README.md",
-            "LICENSE",
-            "CHANGELOG.md"
-        ]*/
-
-        // Enable Mac-specific entitlements
-        //macEntitlements = "entitlements.plist" // You'll need to create this file
-    }
-
-    // Linux-specific configuration
-    linux {
-    	appVersion = project.version
-        icon = "src/main/resources/static/favicon.png"
-        type = "deb" // Can also use "rpm" for Red Hat-based systems
-
-        // Debian package configuration
-        //linuxPackageName = "stirlingpdf"
-        linuxDebMaintainer = "support@stirlingpdf.com"
-        linuxMenuGroup = "Office;PDF;Productivity"
-        linuxAppCategory = "Office"
-        linuxAppRelease = "1"
-        linuxPackageDeps = true
-
-        installDir = "/opt/Stirling-PDF"
-
-        // RPM-specific settings
-        //linuxRpmLicenseType = "MIT"
-    }
-
-    // Common additional options
-    //jLinkOptions = [
-    //    "--strip-debug",
-    //    "--compress=2",
-    //    "--no-header-files",
-    //    "--no-man-pages"
-    //]
-
-    // Add any additional modules required
-    /*addModules = [
-        "java.base",
-        "java.desktop",
-        "java.logging",
-        "java.sql",
-        "java.xml",
-        "jdk.crypto.ec"
-    ]*/
-
-    // Add copyright and license information
-    copyright = "Copyright © 2024 Stirling Software"
-    licenseFile = "LICENSE"
-}
-
-
 launch4j {
     icon = "${projectDir}/src/main/resources/static/favicon.ico"
 
     outfile="Stirling-PDF.exe"
-
-    if(System.getenv("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI") == 'true') {
-    	headerType = "gui"
-    } else {
-    	headerType = "console"
-    }
+    headerType="console"
     jarTask = tasks.bootJar
 
     errTitle="Encountered error, Do you have Java 21?"
     downloadUrl="https://download.oracle.com/java/21/latest/jdk-21_windows-x64_bin.exe"
-
-    if(System.getenv("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI") == 'true') {
-    	variables=["BROWSER_OPEN=true", "STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI=true"]
-    } else {
-    	variables=["BROWSER_OPEN=true"]
-    }
-
-
-
+    variables=["BROWSER_OPEN=true"]
     jreMinVersion="17"
 
     mutexName="Stirling-PDF"
@@ -243,7 +98,7 @@ spotless {
     java {
         target project.fileTree('src/main/java')
 
-        googleJavaFormat("1.25.2").aosp().reorderImports(false)
+        googleJavaFormat("1.22.0").aosp().reorderImports(false)
 
         importOrder("java", "javax", "org", "com", "net", "io")
         toggleOffOn()
@@ -266,17 +121,10 @@ configurations.all {
     exclude group: "org.springframework.boot", module: "spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
 }
 dependencies {
-
-	if (System.getenv("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI") != "false") {
-		implementation "me.friwi:jcefmaven:127.3.1"
-	    implementation "org.openjfx:javafx-controls:21"
-	    implementation "org.openjfx:javafx-swing:21"
-    }
-
     //security updates
-    implementation "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:6.2.1"
+    implementation "org.springframework:spring-webmvc:6.2.0"
 
-    implementation("io.github.pixee:java-security-toolkit:1.2.1")
+    implementation("io.github.pixee:java-security-toolkit:1.2.0")
 
     // implementation "org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.2"
     implementation 'com.github.Carleslc.Simple-YAML:Simple-Yaml:1.8.4'
@@ -292,22 +140,21 @@ dependencies {
 
     if (System.getenv("DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY") != "false") {
         implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security:$springBootVersion"
-        implementation "org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity5:3.1.3.RELEASE"
+        implementation "org.thymeleaf.extras:thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity5:3.1.2.RELEASE"
         implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa:$springBootVersion"
         implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-oauth2-client:$springBootVersion"
 
-		implementation "org.springframework.session:spring-session-core:$springBootVersion"
-
+		implementation 'org.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-provider:6.4.1'
 	    implementation 'com.unboundid.product.scim2:scim2-sdk-client:2.3.5'
         // Don't upgrade h2database
         runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2:2.3.232"
         constraints {
-            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-core:$openSamlVersion"
-            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-api:$openSamlVersion"
-            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-impl:$openSamlVersion"
+            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-core"
+            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-api"
+            implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-impl"
         }
-        implementation "org.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-provider:$springSecuritySamlVersion"
-//		implementation 'org.springframework.security:spring-security-core:$springSecuritySamlVersion'
+        implementation "org.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-provider"
+
         implementation 'com.coveo:saml-client:5.0.0'
 
 
@@ -339,7 +186,7 @@ dependencies {
     // Image metadata extractor
     implementation "com.drewnoakes:metadata-extractor:2.19.0"
 
-    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.18.0"
+    implementation "commons-io:commons-io:2.17.0"
     implementation "org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:2.2.0"
     //general PDF
 
@@ -368,7 +215,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:$bouncycastleVersion"
     implementation "org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on:$bouncycastleVersion"
     implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator:$springBootVersion"
-    implementation "io.micrometer:micrometer-core:1.14.2"
+    implementation "io.micrometer:micrometer-core:1.14.1"
     implementation group: "com.google.zxing", name: "core", version: "3.5.3"
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.commonmark/commonmark
     implementation "org.commonmark:commonmark:0.24.0"
@@ -421,14 +268,7 @@ jar {
 tasks.named("test") {
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
-task printVersion {
-    doLast {
-        println project.version
-    }
-}
 
-task printMacVersion {
-    doLast {
-        println getMacVersion(project.version.toString())
-    }
+task printVersion {
+    println project.version
 }

cucumber/features/external.feature

@@ -48,6 +48,24 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	And the response status code should be 200
 	
 	
+	
+  @ocr @negative
+  Scenario: Process PDF with text and OCR with type normal 
+    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
+    And the pdf contains 3 pages with random text
+    And the request data includes
+      | parameter        | value       |
+      | languages        | eng         |
+      | sidecar          | false        |
+      | deskew           | true        |
+      | clean            | true        |
+      | cleanFinal       | true        |
+      | ocrType          | Normal      |
+      | ocrRenderType    | hocr        |
+      | removeImagesAfter| false       |
+    When I send the API request to the endpoint "/api/v1/misc/ocr-pdf"
+	Then the response status code should be 500
+	
   @ocr @positive
   Scenario: Process PDF with OCR
     Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
@@ -65,6 +83,26 @@ Feature: API Validation
     Then the response content type should be "application/pdf"
     And the response file should have size greater than 0
 	And the response status code should be 200
+	
+  @ocr @positive
+  Scenario: Process PDF with OCR with sidecar
+    Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
+    And the request data includes
+      | parameter        | value       |
+      | languages        | eng         |
+      | sidecar          | true        |
+      | deskew           | true        |
+      | clean            | true        |
+      | cleanFinal       | true        |
+      | ocrType          | Force      |
+      | ocrRenderType    | hocr        |
+      | removeImagesAfter| false       |
+    When I send the API request to the endpoint "/api/v1/misc/ocr-pdf"
+    Then the response content type should be "application/octet-stream"
+	And the response file should have extension ".zip"
+	And the response ZIP should contain 2 files
+    And the response file should have size greater than 0
+	And the response status code should be 200
 
 
   @libre @positive

cucumber/features/general.feature

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @general
 Feature: API Validation
 
-
+	
   @split-pdf-by-sections @positive
   Scenario Outline: split-pdf-by-sections with different parameters
     Given I generate a PDF file as "fileInput"
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Feature: API Validation
     | pageNumbers | file_count |
     | 1,3,5-9     | 8          |
     | all         | 20         |
-    | 2n+1        | 10         |
+    | 2n+1        | 11         |
     | 3n          | 7          |
 
 
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ Feature: API Validation
 	And the response ZIP should contain 2 files
     And the response file should have size greater than 0
 	And the response status code should be 200
-
+	
 	Examples:
-    | format |
-    | png        |
+    | format | 
+    | png        | 
     | gif         |
-    | jpeg        |
+    | jpeg        | 

cucumber/features/steps/step_definitions.py

@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ import shutil
 import re
 from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
 
-API_HEADERS = {
-    'X-API-KEY': '123456789'
-}
-
 #########
 # GIVEN #
 #########
@@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ def save_generated_pdf(context, filename):
 def step_send_get_request(context, endpoint):
     base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
     full_url = f"{base_url}{endpoint}"
-    response = requests.get(full_url, headers=API_HEADERS)
+    response = requests.get(full_url)
     context.response = response
 
 @when('I send a GET request to "{endpoint}" with parameters')
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ def step_send_get_request_with_params(context, endpoint):
     base_url = "http://localhost:8080"
     params = {row['parameter']: row['value'] for row in context.table}
     full_url = f"{base_url}{endpoint}"
-    response = requests.get(full_url, params=params, headers=API_HEADERS)
+    response = requests.get(full_url, params=params)
     context.response = response
 
 @when('I send the API request to the endpoint "{endpoint}"')
@@ -260,7 +256,7 @@ def step_send_api_request(context, endpoint):
         print(f"form_data {file.name} with {mime_type}")
         form_data.append((key, (file.name, file, mime_type)))
 
-    response = requests.post(url, files=form_data, headers=API_HEADERS)
+    response = requests.post(url, files=form_data)
     context.response = response
 
 ########

exampleYmlFiles/test_cicd.yml

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  stirling-pdf:
-    container_name: Stirling-PDF-Security-Fat
-    image: stirlingtools/stirling-pdf:latest-fat
-    deploy:
-      resources:
-        limits:
-          memory: 4G
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f -H 'X-API-KEY: 123456789' http://localhost:8080/api/v1/info/status | grep -q 'UP'"]
-      interval: 5s
-      timeout: 10s
-      retries: 16
-    ports:
-      - 8080:8080
-    volumes:
-      - /stirling/latest/data:/usr/share/tessdata:rw
-      - /stirling/latest/config:/configs:rw
-      - /stirling/latest/logs:/logs:rw
-    environment:
-      DOCKER_ENABLE_SECURITY: "true"
-      SECURITY_ENABLELOGIN: "true"
-      PUID: 1002
-      PGID: 1002
-      UMASK: "022"
-      SYSTEM_DEFAULTLOCALE: en-US
-      UI_APPNAME: Stirling-PDF
-      UI_HOMEDESCRIPTION: Demo site for Stirling-PDF Latest-fat with Security
-      UI_APPNAMENAVBAR: Stirling-PDF Latest-fat
-      SYSTEM_MAXFILESIZE: "100"
-      METRICS_ENABLED: "true"
-      SYSTEM_GOOGLEVISIBILITY: "true"
-      SECURITY_CUSTOMGLOBALAPIKEY: "123456789"
-    restart: on-failure:5

gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.11-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

scripts/ignore_translation.toml

@@ -42,19 +42,14 @@ ignore = [
     'addPageNumbers.selectText.3',
     'alphabet',
     'certSign.name',
-    'fileChooser.dragAndDrop',
     'home.pipeline.title',
     'language.direction',
-    'legal.impressum',
     'licenses.version',
     'pipeline.title',
     'pipelineOptions.pipelineHeader',
     'pro',
     'sponsor',
     'text',
-    'validateSignature.cert.bits',
-    'validateSignature.cert.version',
-    'validateSignature.status',
     'watermark.type.1',
 ]
 
@@ -66,6 +61,7 @@ ignore = [
 [es_ES]
 ignore = [
     'adminUserSettings.roles',
+    'color',
     'error',
     'language.direction',
     'no',
@@ -77,11 +73,6 @@ ignore = [
     'language.direction',
 ]
 
-[fa_IR]
-ignore = [
-    'language.direction',
-]
-
 [fr_FR]
 ignore = [
     'AddStampRequest.alphabet',

scripts/init.sh

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ fi
 # Check if TESSERACT_LANGS environment variable is set and is not empty
 if [[ -n "$TESSERACT_LANGS" ]]; then
   # Convert comma-separated values to a space-separated list
-  SPACE_SEPARATED_LANGS=$(echo $TESSERACT_LANGS | tr ',' ' ')
+  LANGS=$(echo $TESSERACT_LANGS | tr ',' ' ')
   pattern='^[a-zA-Z]{2,4}(_[a-zA-Z]{2,4})?$'
   # Install each language pack
-  for LANG in $SPACE_SEPARATED_LANGS; do
+  for LANG in $LANGS; do
      if [[ $LANG =~ $pattern ]]; then
       apk add --no-cache "tesseract-ocr-data-$LANG"
      else

src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/signature/CreateSignatureBase.java

@@ -97,14 +97,14 @@ public abstract class CreateSignatureBase implements SignatureInterface {
         this.privateKey = privateKey;
     }
 
-    public Certificate[] getCertificateChain() {
-        return certificateChain;
-    }
-
     public final void setCertificateChain(final Certificate[] certificateChain) {
         this.certificateChain = certificateChain;
     }
 
+    public Certificate[] getCertificateChain() {
+        return certificateChain;
+    }
+
     public void setTsaUrl(String tsaUrl) {
         this.tsaUrl = tsaUrl;
     }
@@ -152,10 +152,6 @@ public abstract class CreateSignatureBase implements SignatureInterface {
         }
     }
 
-    public boolean isExternalSigning() {
-        return externalSigning;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Set if external signing scenario should be used. If {@code false}, SignatureInterface would
      * be used for signing.
@@ -167,4 +163,8 @@ public abstract class CreateSignatureBase implements SignatureInterface {
     public void setExternalSigning(boolean externalSigning) {
         this.externalSigning = externalSigning;
     }
+
+    public boolean isExternalSigning() {
+        return externalSigning;
+    }
 }

src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/examples/signature/TSAClient.java

@@ -51,13 +51,15 @@ public class TSAClient {
 
     private static final DigestAlgorithmIdentifierFinder ALGORITHM_OID_FINDER =
             new DefaultDigestAlgorithmIdentifierFinder();
-    // SecureRandom.getInstanceStrong() would be better, but sometimes blocks on Linux
-    private static final Random RANDOM = new SecureRandom();
+
     private final URL url;
     private final String username;
     private final String password;
     private final MessageDigest digest;
 
+    // SecureRandom.getInstanceStrong() would be better, but sometimes blocks on Linux
+    private static final Random RANDOM = new SecureRandom();
+
     /**
      * @param url the URL of the TSA service
      * @param username user name of TSA

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/EEAppConfig.java

@@ -1,27 +1,20 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.EE;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
-import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 
 @Configuration
-@Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
+@Lazy
 @Slf4j
 public class EEAppConfig {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
-    private final LicenseKeyChecker licenseKeyChecker;
-
-    public EEAppConfig(
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties, LicenseKeyChecker licenseKeyChecker) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-        this.licenseKeyChecker = licenseKeyChecker;
-    }
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    @Autowired private LicenseKeyChecker licenseKeyChecker;
 
     @Bean(name = "runningEE")
     public boolean runningEnterpriseEdition() {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/EE/LicenseKeyChecker.java

@@ -25,10 +25,9 @@ public class LicenseKeyChecker {
             KeygenLicenseVerifier licenseService, ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
         this.licenseService = licenseService;
         this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-        this.checkLicense();
     }
 
-    @Scheduled(initialDelay = 604800000, fixedRate = 604800000) // 7 days in milliseconds
+    @Scheduled(fixedRate = 604800000, initialDelay = 1000) // 7 days in milliseconds
     public void checkLicensePeriodically() {
         checkLicense();
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/LibreOfficeListener.java

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import io.github.pixee.security.SystemCommand;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -13,20 +16,23 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Slf4j
 public class LibreOfficeListener {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LibreOfficeListener.class);
     private static final long ACTIVITY_TIMEOUT = 20L * 60 * 1000; // 20 minutes
 
     private static final LibreOfficeListener INSTANCE = new LibreOfficeListener();
     private static final int LISTENER_PORT = 2002;
-    private ExecutorService executorService;
-    private long lastActivityTime;
-    private Process process;
-
-    private LibreOfficeListener() {}
 
     public static LibreOfficeListener getInstance() {
         return INSTANCE;
     }
 
+    private ExecutorService executorService;
+    private long lastActivityTime;
+
+    private Process process;
+
+    private LibreOfficeListener() {}
+
     private boolean isListenerRunning() {
         log.info("waiting for listener to start");
         try (Socket socket = new Socket()) {
@@ -81,7 +87,7 @@ public class LibreOfficeListener {
                 Thread.sleep(1000);
             } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                 Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-                log.error("exception", e);
+                logger.error("exception", e);
             } // Check every 1 second
         }
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/SPdfApplication.java

@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
@@ -20,33 +21,33 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 import io.github.pixee.security.SystemCommand;
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
-import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.UI.WebBrowser;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.ConfigInitializer;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 @EnableScheduling
-@Slf4j
 public class SPdfApplication {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SPdfApplication.class);
+
+    @Autowired private Environment env;
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
     private static String baseUrlStatic;
     private static String serverPortStatic;
-    private final Environment env;
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-    private final WebBrowser webBrowser;
 
     @Value("${baseUrl:http://localhost}")
     private String baseUrl;
 
-    public SPdfApplication(
-            Environment env,
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
-            @Autowired(required = false) WebBrowser webBrowser) {
-        this.env = env;
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-        this.webBrowser = webBrowser;
+    @Value("${server.port:8080}")
+    public void setServerPortStatic(String port) {
+        if ("auto".equalsIgnoreCase(port)) {
+            // Use Spring Boot's automatic port assignment (server.port=0)
+            SPdfApplication.serverPortStatic =
+                    "0"; // This will let Spring Boot assign an available port
+        } else {
+            SPdfApplication.serverPortStatic = port;
+        }
     }
 
     // Optionally keep this method if you want to provide a manual port-incrementation fallback.
@@ -66,24 +67,47 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
         }
     }
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(SPdfApplication.class);
-        Properties props = new Properties();
-        if (Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI", "false"))) {
-            System.setProperty("java.awt.headless", "false");
-            app.setHeadless(false);
-            props.put("java.awt.headless", "false");
-            props.put("spring.main.web-application-type", "servlet");
+    @PostConstruct
+    public void init() {
+        baseUrlStatic = this.baseUrl;
+        // Check if the BROWSER_OPEN environment variable is set to true
+        String browserOpenEnv = env.getProperty("BROWSER_OPEN");
+        boolean browserOpen = browserOpenEnv != null && "true".equalsIgnoreCase(browserOpenEnv);
+        if (browserOpen) {
+            try {
+                String url = baseUrl + ":" + getStaticPort();
+
+                String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
+                Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
+                if (os.contains("win")) {
+                    // For Windows
+                    SystemCommand.runCommand(rt, "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
+                } else if (os.contains("mac")) {
+                    SystemCommand.runCommand(rt, "open " + url);
+                } else if (os.contains("nix") || os.contains("nux")) {
+                    SystemCommand.runCommand(rt, "xdg-open " + url);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.error("Error opening browser: {}", e.getMessage());
+            }
         }
+        logger.info("Running configs {}", applicationProperties.toString());
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+
+        SpringApplication app = new SpringApplication(SPdfApplication.class);
         app.setAdditionalProfiles("default");
         app.addInitializers(new ConfigInitializer());
         Map<String, String> propertyFiles = new HashMap<>();
+
         // External config files
         if (Files.exists(Paths.get("configs/settings.yml"))) {
             propertyFiles.put("spring.config.additional-location", "file:configs/settings.yml");
         } else {
-            log.warn("External configuration file 'configs/settings.yml' does not exist.");
+            logger.warn("External configuration file 'configs/settings.yml' does not exist.");
         }
+
         if (Files.exists(Paths.get("configs/custom_settings.yml"))) {
             String existingLocation =
                     propertyFiles.getOrDefault("spring.config.additional-location", "");
@@ -94,96 +118,47 @@ public class SPdfApplication {
                     "spring.config.additional-location",
                     existingLocation + "file:configs/custom_settings.yml");
         } else {
-            log.warn("Custom configuration file 'configs/custom_settings.yml' does not exist.");
+            logger.warn("Custom configuration file 'configs/custom_settings.yml' does not exist.");
         }
-        Properties finalProps = new Properties();
+
         if (!propertyFiles.isEmpty()) {
-            finalProps.putAll(
+            app.setDefaultProperties(
                     Collections.singletonMap(
                             "spring.config.additional-location",
                             propertyFiles.get("spring.config.additional-location")));
         }
-        if (!props.isEmpty()) {
-            finalProps.putAll(props);
-        }
-        app.setDefaultProperties(finalProps);
+
         app.run(args);
+
         // Ensure directories are created
         try {
             Files.createDirectories(Path.of("customFiles/static/"));
             Files.createDirectories(Path.of("customFiles/templates/"));
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Error creating directories: {}", e.getMessage());
+            logger.error("Error creating directories: {}", e.getMessage());
         }
+
         printStartupLogs();
     }
 
     private static void printStartupLogs() {
-        log.info("Stirling-PDF Started.");
+        logger.info("Stirling-PDF Started.");
         String url = baseUrlStatic + ":" + getStaticPort();
-        log.info("Navigate to {}", url);
+        logger.info("Navigate to {}", url);
     }
 
     public static String getStaticBaseUrl() {
         return baseUrlStatic;
     }
 
+    public String getNonStaticBaseUrl() {
+        return baseUrlStatic;
+    }
+
     public static String getStaticPort() {
         return serverPortStatic;
     }
 
-    @Value("${server.port:8080}")
-    public void setServerPortStatic(String port) {
-        if ("auto".equalsIgnoreCase(port)) {
-            // Use Spring Boot's automatic port assignment (server.port=0)
-            SPdfApplication.serverPortStatic = // This will let Spring Boot assign an available port
-                    "0";
-        } else {
-            SPdfApplication.serverPortStatic = port;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @PostConstruct
-    public void init() {
-        baseUrlStatic = this.baseUrl;
-        String url = baseUrl + ":" + getStaticPort();
-        if (webBrowser != null
-                && Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getProperty("STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI", "false"))) {
-            webBrowser.initWebUI(url);
-        } else {
-            String browserOpenEnv = env.getProperty("BROWSER_OPEN");
-            boolean browserOpen = browserOpenEnv != null && "true".equalsIgnoreCase(browserOpenEnv);
-            if (browserOpen) {
-                try {
-                    String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
-                    Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
-                    if (os.contains("win")) {
-                        // For Windows
-                        SystemCommand.runCommand(rt, "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
-                    } else if (os.contains("mac")) {
-                        SystemCommand.runCommand(rt, "open " + url);
-                    } else if (os.contains("nix") || os.contains("nux")) {
-                        SystemCommand.runCommand(rt, "xdg-open " + url);
-                    }
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    log.error("Error opening browser: {}", e.getMessage());
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        log.info("Running configs {}", applicationProperties.toString());
-    }
-
-    @PreDestroy
-    public void cleanup() {
-        if (webBrowser != null) {
-            webBrowser.cleanup();
-        }
-    }
-
-    public String getNonStaticBaseUrl() {
-        return baseUrlStatic;
-    }
-
     public String getNonStaticPort() {
         return serverPortStatic;
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/WebBrowser.java

@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-package stirling.software.SPDF.UI;
-
-public interface WebBrowser {
-    void initWebUI(String url);
-
-    void cleanup();
-}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/DesktopBrowser.java

@@ -1,354 +0,0 @@
-package stirling.software.SPDF.UI.impl;
-
-import java.awt.AWTException;
-import java.awt.BorderLayout;
-import java.awt.Frame;
-import java.awt.Image;
-import java.awt.MenuItem;
-import java.awt.PopupMenu;
-import java.awt.SystemTray;
-import java.awt.TrayIcon;
-import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
-import java.awt.event.WindowStateListener;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
-
-import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
-import javax.swing.JFrame;
-import javax.swing.JPanel;
-import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
-import javax.swing.Timer;
-
-import org.cef.CefApp;
-import org.cef.CefClient;
-import org.cef.CefSettings;
-import org.cef.browser.CefBrowser;
-import org.cef.callback.CefBeforeDownloadCallback;
-import org.cef.callback.CefDownloadItem;
-import org.cef.callback.CefDownloadItemCallback;
-import org.cef.handler.CefDownloadHandlerAdapter;
-import org.cef.handler.CefLoadHandlerAdapter;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-
-import jakarta.annotation.PreDestroy;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import me.friwi.jcefmaven.CefAppBuilder;
-import me.friwi.jcefmaven.EnumProgress;
-import me.friwi.jcefmaven.MavenCefAppHandlerAdapter;
-import me.friwi.jcefmaven.impl.progress.ConsoleProgressHandler;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.UI.WebBrowser;
-
-@Component
-@Slf4j
-@ConditionalOnProperty(
-        name = "STIRLING_PDF_DESKTOP_UI",
-        havingValue = "true",
-        matchIfMissing = false)
-public class DesktopBrowser implements WebBrowser {
-    private static CefApp cefApp;
-    private static CefClient client;
-    private static CefBrowser browser;
-    private static JFrame frame;
-    private static LoadingWindow loadingWindow;
-    private static volatile boolean browserInitialized = false;
-    private static TrayIcon trayIcon;
-    private static SystemTray systemTray;
-
-    public DesktopBrowser() {
-        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
-                () -> {
-                    loadingWindow = new LoadingWindow(null, "Initializing...");
-                    loadingWindow.setVisible(true);
-                });
-    }
-
-    public void initWebUI(String url) {
-        CompletableFuture.runAsync(
-                () -> {
-                    try {
-                        CefAppBuilder builder = new CefAppBuilder();
-                        configureCefSettings(builder);
-                        builder.setProgressHandler(createProgressHandler());
-
-                        // Build and initialize CEF
-                        cefApp = builder.build();
-                        client = cefApp.createClient();
-
-                        // Set up download handler
-                        setupDownloadHandler();
-
-                        // Create browser and frame on EDT
-                        SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(
-                                () -> {
-                                    browser = client.createBrowser(url, false, false);
-                                    setupMainFrame();
-                                    setupLoadHandler();
-
-                                    // Show the frame immediately but transparent
-                                    frame.setVisible(true);
-                                });
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        log.error("Error initializing JCEF browser: ", e);
-                        cleanup();
-                    }
-                });
-    }
-
-    private void configureCefSettings(CefAppBuilder builder) {
-        CefSettings settings = builder.getCefSettings();
-        settings.cache_path = new File("jcef-bundle").getAbsolutePath();
-        settings.root_cache_path = new File("jcef-bundle").getAbsolutePath();
-        settings.persist_session_cookies = true;
-        settings.windowless_rendering_enabled = false;
-        settings.log_severity = CefSettings.LogSeverity.LOGSEVERITY_INFO;
-
-        builder.setAppHandler(
-                new MavenCefAppHandlerAdapter() {
-                    @Override
-                    public void stateHasChanged(org.cef.CefApp.CefAppState state) {
-                        log.info("CEF state changed: " + state);
-                        if (state == CefApp.CefAppState.TERMINATED) {
-                            System.exit(0);
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-    }
-
-    private void setupDownloadHandler() {
-        client.addDownloadHandler(
-                new CefDownloadHandlerAdapter() {
-                    @Override
-                    public boolean onBeforeDownload(
-                            CefBrowser browser,
-                            CefDownloadItem downloadItem,
-                            String suggestedName,
-                            CefBeforeDownloadCallback callback) {
-                        callback.Continue("", true);
-                        return true;
-                    }
-
-                    @Override
-                    public void onDownloadUpdated(
-                            CefBrowser browser,
-                            CefDownloadItem downloadItem,
-                            CefDownloadItemCallback callback) {
-                        if (downloadItem.isComplete()) {
-                            log.info("Download completed: " + downloadItem.getFullPath());
-                        } else if (downloadItem.isCanceled()) {
-                            log.info("Download canceled: " + downloadItem.getFullPath());
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-    }
-
-    private ConsoleProgressHandler createProgressHandler() {
-        return new ConsoleProgressHandler() {
-            @Override
-            public void handleProgress(EnumProgress state, float percent) {
-                Objects.requireNonNull(state, "state cannot be null");
-                SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
-                        () -> {
-                            if (loadingWindow != null) {
-                                switch (state) {
-                                    case LOCATING:
-                                        loadingWindow.setStatus("Locating Files...");
-                                        loadingWindow.setProgress(0);
-                                        break;
-                                    case DOWNLOADING:
-                                        if (percent >= 0) {
-                                            loadingWindow.setStatus(
-                                                    String.format(
-                                                            "Downloading additional files: %.0f%%",
-                                                            percent));
-                                            loadingWindow.setProgress((int) percent);
-                                        }
-                                        break;
-                                    case EXTRACTING:
-                                        loadingWindow.setStatus("Extracting files...");
-                                        loadingWindow.setProgress(60);
-                                        break;
-                                    case INITIALIZING:
-                                        loadingWindow.setStatus("Initializing UI...");
-                                        loadingWindow.setProgress(80);
-                                        break;
-                                    case INITIALIZED:
-                                        loadingWindow.setStatus("Finalising startup...");
-                                        loadingWindow.setProgress(90);
-                                        break;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        });
-            }
-        };
-    }
-
-    private void setupMainFrame() {
-        frame = new JFrame("Stirling-PDF");
-        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
-        frame.setUndecorated(true);
-        frame.setOpacity(0.0f);
-
-        JPanel contentPane = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
-        contentPane.setDoubleBuffered(true);
-        contentPane.add(browser.getUIComponent(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
-        frame.setContentPane(contentPane);
-
-        frame.addWindowListener(
-                new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
-                    @Override
-                    public void windowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent windowEvent) {
-                        cleanup();
-                        System.exit(0);
-                    }
-                });
-
-        frame.setSize(1280, 768);
-        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
-
-        loadIcon();
-    }
-
-    private void setupLoadHandler() {
-        client.addLoadHandler(
-                new CefLoadHandlerAdapter() {
-                    @Override
-                    public void onLoadingStateChange(
-                            CefBrowser browser,
-                            boolean isLoading,
-                            boolean canGoBack,
-                            boolean canGoForward) {
-                        if (!isLoading && !browserInitialized) {
-                            browserInitialized = true;
-                            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
-                                    () -> {
-                                        if (loadingWindow != null) {
-                                            Timer timer =
-                                                    new Timer(
-                                                            500,
-                                                            e -> {
-                                                                loadingWindow.dispose();
-                                                                loadingWindow = null;
-
-                                                                frame.dispose();
-                                                                frame.setOpacity(1.0f);
-                                                                frame.setUndecorated(false);
-                                                                frame.pack();
-                                                                frame.setSize(1280, 800);
-                                                                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
-                                                                frame.setVisible(true);
-                                                                frame.requestFocus();
-                                                                frame.toFront();
-                                                                browser.getUIComponent()
-                                                                        .requestFocus();
-                                                            });
-                                            timer.setRepeats(false);
-                                            timer.start();
-                                        }
-                                    });
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-    }
-
-    private void setupTrayIcon(Image icon) {
-        if (!SystemTray.isSupported()) {
-            log.warn("System tray is not supported");
-            return;
-        }
-
-        try {
-            systemTray = SystemTray.getSystemTray();
-
-            // Create popup menu
-            PopupMenu popup = new PopupMenu();
-
-            // Create menu items
-            MenuItem showItem = new MenuItem("Show");
-            showItem.addActionListener(
-                    e -> {
-                        frame.setVisible(true);
-                        frame.setState(Frame.NORMAL);
-                    });
-
-            MenuItem exitItem = new MenuItem("Exit");
-            exitItem.addActionListener(
-                    e -> {
-                        cleanup();
-                        System.exit(0);
-                    });
-
-            // Add menu items to popup menu
-            popup.add(showItem);
-            popup.addSeparator();
-            popup.add(exitItem);
-
-            // Create tray icon
-            trayIcon = new TrayIcon(icon, "Stirling-PDF", popup);
-            trayIcon.setImageAutoSize(true);
-
-            // Add double-click behavior
-            trayIcon.addActionListener(
-                    e -> {
-                        frame.setVisible(true);
-                        frame.setState(Frame.NORMAL);
-                    });
-
-            // Add tray icon to system tray
-            systemTray.add(trayIcon);
-
-            // Modify frame behavior to minimize to tray
-            frame.addWindowStateListener(
-                    new WindowStateListener() {
-                        public void windowStateChanged(WindowEvent e) {
-                            if (e.getNewState() == Frame.ICONIFIED) {
-                                frame.setVisible(false);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    });
-
-        } catch (AWTException e) {
-            log.error("Error setting up system tray icon", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void loadIcon() {
-        try {
-            Image icon = null;
-            String[] iconPaths = {"/static/favicon.ico"};
-
-            for (String path : iconPaths) {
-                if (icon != null) break;
-                try {
-                    try (InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream(path)) {
-                        if (is != null) {
-                            icon = ImageIO.read(is);
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    log.debug("Could not load icon from " + path, e);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if (icon != null) {
-                frame.setIconImage(icon);
-                setupTrayIcon(icon);
-            } else {
-                log.warn("Could not load icon from any source");
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Error loading icon", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @PreDestroy
-    public void cleanup() {
-        if (browser != null) browser.close(true);
-        if (client != null) client.dispose();
-        if (cefApp != null) cefApp.dispose();
-        if (loadingWindow != null) loadingWindow.dispose();
-    }
-}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/UI/impl/LoadingWindow.java

@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-package stirling.software.SPDF.UI.impl;
-
-import java.awt.*;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
-import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
-import javax.swing.*;
-
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-
-@Slf4j
-public class LoadingWindow extends JDialog {
-    private final JProgressBar progressBar;
-    private final JLabel statusLabel;
-    private final JPanel mainPanel;
-    private final JLabel brandLabel;
-
-    public LoadingWindow(Frame parent, String initialUrl) {
-        super(parent, "Initializing Stirling-PDF", true);
-
-        // Initialize components
-        mainPanel = new JPanel();
-        mainPanel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
-        mainPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 30, 20, 30));
-        mainPanel.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
-        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
-
-        // Configure GridBagConstraints
-        gbc.gridwidth = GridBagConstraints.REMAINDER;
-        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
-        gbc.insets = new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5);
-        gbc.weightx = 1.0; // Add horizontal weight
-        gbc.weighty = 0.0; // Add vertical weight
-
-        // Add icon
-        try {
-            try (InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/static/favicon.ico")) {
-                if (is != null) {
-                    Image img = ImageIO.read(is);
-                    if (img != null) {
-                        Image scaledImg = img.getScaledInstance(48, 48, Image.SCALE_SMOOTH);
-                        JLabel iconLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(scaledImg));
-                        iconLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
-                        gbc.gridy = 0;
-                        mainPanel.add(iconLabel, gbc);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Failed to load icon", e);
-        }
-        // URL Label with explicit size
-        brandLabel = new JLabel(initialUrl);
-        brandLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
-        brandLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 25));
-        brandLabel.setText("Stirling-PDF");
-        gbc.gridy = 1;
-        mainPanel.add(brandLabel, gbc);
-
-        // Status label with explicit size
-        statusLabel = new JLabel("Initializing...");
-        statusLabel.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
-        statusLabel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 25));
-        gbc.gridy = 2;
-        mainPanel.add(statusLabel, gbc);
-        // Progress bar with explicit size
-        progressBar = new JProgressBar(0, 100);
-        progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
-        progressBar.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(300, 25));
-        gbc.gridy = 3;
-        mainPanel.add(progressBar, gbc);
-
-        // Set dialog properties
-        setContentPane(mainPanel);
-        setDefaultCloseOperation(JDialog.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
-        setResizable(false);
-        setUndecorated(false);
-
-        // Set size and position
-        setSize(400, 200);
-        setLocationRelativeTo(parent);
-        setAlwaysOnTop(true);
-        setProgress(0);
-        setStatus("Starting...");
-    }
-
-    public void setProgress(final int progress) {
-        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
-                () -> {
-                    try {
-                        progressBar.setValue(Math.min(Math.max(progress, 0), 100));
-                        progressBar.setString(progress + "%");
-                        mainPanel.revalidate();
-                        mainPanel.repaint();
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        log.error("Error updating progress", e);
-                    }
-                });
-    }
-
-    public void setStatus(final String status) {
-        log.info(status);
-        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
-                () -> {
-                    try {
-                        statusLabel.setText(status != null ? status : "");
-                        mainPanel.revalidate();
-                        mainPanel.repaint();
-                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                        log.error("Error updating status", e);
-                    }
-                });
-    }
-}

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppConfig.java

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -18,19 +21,15 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.thymeleaf.spring6.SpringTemplateEngine;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 
 @Configuration
 @Lazy
-@Slf4j
 public class AppConfig {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AppConfig.class);
 
-    public AppConfig(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     @Bean
     @ConditionalOnProperty(
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ public class AppConfig {
             props.load(resource.getInputStream());
             return props.getProperty("version");
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("exception", e);
+            logger.error("exception", e);
         }
         return "0.0.0";
     }
@@ -102,25 +101,6 @@ public class AppConfig {
         return Files.exists(Paths.get("/.dockerenv"));
     }
 
-    @Bean(name = "configDirMounted")
-    public boolean isRunningInDockerWithConfig() {
-        Path dockerEnv = Paths.get("/.dockerenv");
-        // default to true if not docker
-        if (!Files.exists(dockerEnv)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        Path mountInfo = Paths.get("/proc/1/mountinfo");
-        // this should always exist, if not some unknown usecase
-        if (!Files.exists(mountInfo)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        try {
-            return Files.lines(mountInfo).anyMatch(line -> line.contains(" /configs "));
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
     @Bean(name = "bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled")
     public boolean bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled() {
         String installOps = System.getProperty("INSTALL_BOOK_AND_ADVANCED_HTML_OPS");

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/AppUpdateService.java

@@ -11,16 +11,10 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 @Service
 class AppUpdateService {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    @Autowired private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
-    private final ShowAdminInterface showAdmin;
-
-    public AppUpdateService(
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
-            @Autowired(required = false) ShowAdminInterface showAdmin) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-        this.showAdmin = showAdmin;
-    }
+    @Autowired(required = false)
+    ShowAdminInterface showAdmin;
 
     @Bean(name = "shouldShow")
     @Scope("request")

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ConfigInitializer.java

@@ -16,15 +16,16 @@ import org.simpleyaml.configuration.comments.CommentType;
 import org.simpleyaml.configuration.file.YamlFile;
 import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.SimpleYamlImplementation;
 import org.simpleyaml.configuration.implementation.snakeyaml.lib.DumperOptions;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-
-@Slf4j
 public class ConfigInitializer
         implements ApplicationContextInitializer<ConfigurableApplicationContext> {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConfigInitializer.class);
+
     @Override
     public void initialize(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
         try {
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ public class ConfigInitializer
                     .commentSide(settingsTemplateFile.getComment(path, CommentType.SIDE));
         } else {
             // Log if the key is not found in both YAML files
-            log.info("Key not found in both YAML files: " + path);
+            logger.info("Key not found in both YAML files: " + path);
         }
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointConfiguration.java

@@ -7,23 +7,24 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.DependsOn;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 
 @Service
-@Slf4j
 @DependsOn({"bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled"})
 public class EndpointConfiguration {
-
-    private static final String REMOVE_BLANKS = "remove-blanks";
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EndpointConfiguration.class);
     private Map<String, Boolean> endpointStatuses = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     private Map<String, Set<String>> endpointGroups = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
     private boolean bookAndHtmlFormatsInstalled;
 
     @Autowired
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
 
     public void disableEndpoint(String endpoint) {
         if (!endpointStatuses.containsKey(endpoint) || endpointStatuses.get(endpoint) != false) {
-            log.debug("Disabling {}", endpoint);
+            logger.debug("Disabling {}", endpoint);
             endpointStatuses.put(endpoint, false);
         }
     }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
                         .collect(Collectors.toList());
 
         if (!disabledList.isEmpty()) {
-            log.info(
+            logger.info(
                     "Total disabled endpoints: {}. Disabled endpoints: {}",
                     disabledList.size(),
                     String.join(", ", disabledList));
@@ -259,9 +260,6 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
 
         // Pdftohtml dependent endpoints
         addEndpointToGroup("Pdftohtml", "pdf-to-html");
-
-        // disabled for now while we resolve issues
-        disableEndpoint("pdf-to-pdfa");
     }
 
     private void processEnvironmentConfigs() {
@@ -286,4 +284,6 @@ public class EndpointConfiguration {
     public Set<String> getEndpointsForGroup(String group) {
         return endpointGroups.getOrDefault(group, new HashSet<>());
     }
+
+    private static final String REMOVE_BLANKS = "remove-blanks";
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/EndpointInterceptor.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerInterceptor;
 
@@ -9,11 +10,7 @@ import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 @Component
 public class EndpointInterceptor implements HandlerInterceptor {
 
-    private final EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration;
-
-    public EndpointInterceptor(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration) {
-        this.endpointConfiguration = endpointConfiguration;
-    }
+    @Autowired private EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration;
 
     @Override
     public boolean preHandle(

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ExternalAppDepConfig.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -14,24 +15,7 @@ import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 @Configuration
 @Slf4j
 public class ExternalAppDepConfig {
-
-    private final EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration;
-    private final Map<String, List<String>> commandToGroupMapping =
-            new HashMap<>() {
-
-                {
-                    put("soffice", List.of("LibreOffice"));
-                    put("weasyprint", List.of("Weasyprint"));
-                    put("pdftohtml", List.of("Pdftohtml"));
-                    put("unoconv", List.of("Unoconv"));
-                    put("qpdf", List.of("qpdf"));
-                    put("tesseract", List.of("tesseract"));
-                }
-            };
-
-    public ExternalAppDepConfig(EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration) {
-        this.endpointConfiguration = endpointConfiguration;
-    }
+    @Autowired private EndpointConfiguration endpointConfiguration;
 
     private boolean isCommandAvailable(String command) {
         try {
@@ -50,6 +34,19 @@ public class ExternalAppDepConfig {
         }
     }
 
+    private final Map<String, List<String>> commandToGroupMapping =
+            new HashMap<>() {
+                {
+                    put("soffice", List.of("LibreOffice"));
+                    put("weasyprint", List.of("Weasyprint"));
+                    put("pdftohtml", List.of("Pdftohtml"));
+                    put("unoconv", List.of("Unoconv"));
+                    put("qpdf", List.of("qpdf"));
+                    put("tesseract", List.of("tesseract"));
+                    
+                }
+            };
+
     private List<String> getAffectedFeatures(String group) {
         return endpointConfiguration.getEndpointsForGroup(group).stream()
                 .map(endpoint -> formatEndpointAsFeature(endpoint))
@@ -59,6 +56,7 @@ public class ExternalAppDepConfig {
     private String formatEndpointAsFeature(String endpoint) {
         // First replace common terms
         String feature = endpoint.replace("-", " ").replace("pdf", "PDF").replace("img", "image");
+
         // Split into words and capitalize each word
         return Arrays.stream(feature.split("\\s+"))
                 .map(word -> capitalizeWord(word))
@@ -79,6 +77,7 @@ public class ExternalAppDepConfig {
         boolean isAvailable = isCommandAvailable(command);
         if (!isAvailable) {
             List<String> affectedGroups = commandToGroupMapping.get(command);
+
             if (affectedGroups != null) {
                 for (String group : affectedGroups) {
                     List<String> affectedFeatures = getAffectedFeatures(group);
@@ -97,18 +96,21 @@ public class ExternalAppDepConfig {
 
     @PostConstruct
     public void checkDependencies() {
+
         // Check core dependencies
-        checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("tesseract");
+    	checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("tesseract");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("soffice");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("qpdf");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("weasyprint");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("pdftohtml");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("unoconv");
+
         // Special handling for Python/OpenCV dependencies
         boolean pythonAvailable = isCommandAvailable("python3") || isCommandAvailable("python");
         if (!pythonAvailable) {
             List<String> pythonFeatures = getAffectedFeatures("Python");
             List<String> openCVFeatures = getAffectedFeatures("OpenCV");
+
             endpointConfiguration.disableGroup("Python");
             endpointConfiguration.disableGroup("OpenCV");
             log.warn(

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/InitialSetup.java

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import io.micrometer.common.util.StringUtils;
@@ -22,80 +20,44 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.GeneralUtils;
 @Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE + 1)
 public class InitialSetup {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
-    public InitialSetup(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
+    @Autowired private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     @PostConstruct
-    public void init() throws IOException {
-        initUUIDKey();
-        initSecretKey();
-        initEnableCSRFSecurity();
-        initLegalUrls();
-        initSetAppVersion();
-    }
-
     public void initUUIDKey() throws IOException {
         String uuid = applicationProperties.getAutomaticallyGenerated().getUUID();
         if (!GeneralUtils.isValidUUID(uuid)) {
-            // Generating a random UUID as the secret key
-            uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+            uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString(); // Generating a random UUID as the secret key
             GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("AutomaticallyGenerated.UUID", uuid);
             applicationProperties.getAutomaticallyGenerated().setUUID(uuid);
         }
     }
 
+    @PostConstruct
     public void initSecretKey() throws IOException {
         String secretKey = applicationProperties.getAutomaticallyGenerated().getKey();
         if (!GeneralUtils.isValidUUID(secretKey)) {
-            // Generating a random UUID as the secret key
-            secretKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+            secretKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString(); // Generating a random UUID as the secret key
             GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("AutomaticallyGenerated.key", secretKey);
             applicationProperties.getAutomaticallyGenerated().setKey(secretKey);
         }
     }
 
-    public void initEnableCSRFSecurity() throws IOException {
-        if (GeneralUtils.isVersionHigher(
-                "0.36.0", applicationProperties.getAutomaticallyGenerated().getAppVersion())) {
-            Boolean csrf = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCsrfDisabled();
-            if (!csrf) {
-                GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("security.csrfDisabled", false, false);
-                GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("system.enableAnalytics", "true", false);
-                applicationProperties.getSecurity().setCsrfDisabled(false);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
+    @PostConstruct
     public void initLegalUrls() throws IOException {
         // Initialize Terms and Conditions
         String termsUrl = applicationProperties.getLegal().getTermsAndConditions();
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(termsUrl)) {
             String defaultTermsUrl = "https://www.stirlingpdf.com/terms-and-conditions";
-            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("legal.termsAndConditions", defaultTermsUrl, false);
+            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("legal.termsAndConditions", defaultTermsUrl);
             applicationProperties.getLegal().setTermsAndConditions(defaultTermsUrl);
         }
+
         // Initialize Privacy Policy
         String privacyUrl = applicationProperties.getLegal().getPrivacyPolicy();
         if (StringUtils.isEmpty(privacyUrl)) {
             String defaultPrivacyUrl = "https://www.stirlingpdf.com/privacy-policy";
-            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("legal.privacyPolicy", defaultPrivacyUrl, false);
+            GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("legal.privacyPolicy", defaultPrivacyUrl);
             applicationProperties.getLegal().setPrivacyPolicy(defaultPrivacyUrl);
         }
     }
-
-    public void initSetAppVersion() throws IOException {
-        String appVersion = "0.0.0";
-        Resource resource = new ClassPathResource("version.properties");
-        Properties props = new Properties();
-        try {
-            props.load(resource.getInputStream());
-            appVersion = props.getProperty("version");
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-        }
-        applicationProperties.getAutomaticallyGenerated().setAppVersion(appVersion);
-        GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("AutomaticallyGenerated.appVersion", appVersion, false);
-    }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/LocaleConfiguration.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.LocaleResolver;
@@ -15,11 +16,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 @Configuration
 public class LocaleConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
-    public LocaleConfiguration(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     @Override
     public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
@@ -37,17 +34,21 @@ public class LocaleConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
     @Bean
     public LocaleResolver localeResolver() {
         SessionLocaleResolver slr = new SessionLocaleResolver();
+
         String appLocaleEnv = applicationProperties.getSystem().getDefaultLocale();
-        Locale defaultLocale = // Fallback to UK locale if environment variable is not set
-                Locale.UK;
+        Locale defaultLocale =
+                Locale.UK; // Fallback to UK locale if environment variable is not set
+
         if (appLocaleEnv != null && !appLocaleEnv.isEmpty()) {
             Locale tempLocale = Locale.forLanguageTag(appLocaleEnv);
             String tempLanguageTag = tempLocale.toLanguageTag();
+
             if (appLocaleEnv.equalsIgnoreCase(tempLanguageTag)) {
                 defaultLocale = tempLocale;
             } else {
                 tempLocale = Locale.forLanguageTag(appLocaleEnv.replace("_", "-"));
                 tempLanguageTag = tempLocale.toLanguageTag();
+
                 if (appLocaleEnv.equalsIgnoreCase(tempLanguageTag)) {
                     defaultLocale = tempLocale;
                 } else {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public class LocaleConfiguration implements WebMvcConfigurer {
                 }
             }
         }
+
         slr.setDefaultLocale(defaultLocale);
         return slr;
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/OpenApiConfig.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
@@ -14,19 +15,15 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
 @Configuration
 public class OpenApiConfig {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
-    public OpenApiConfig(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     @Bean
     public OpenAPI customOpenAPI() {
         String version = getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion();
         if (version == null) {
-            // default version if all else fails
-            version = "1.0.0";
+            version = "1.0.0"; // default version if all else fails
         }
+
         SecurityScheme apiKeyScheme =
                 new SecurityScheme()
                         .type(SecurityScheme.Type.APIKEY)

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/WebMvcConfig.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.InterceptorRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry;
@@ -8,11 +9,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 @Configuration
 public class WebMvcConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
 
-    private final EndpointInterceptor endpointInterceptor;
-
-    public WebMvcConfig(EndpointInterceptor endpointInterceptor) {
-        this.endpointInterceptor = endpointInterceptor;
-    }
+    @Autowired private EndpointInterceptor endpointInterceptor;
 
     @Override
     public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/interfaces/DatabaseBackupInterface.java

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.FileInfo;
 
 public interface DatabaseBackupInterface {
-
     void exportDatabase() throws IOException;
 
     boolean importDatabase();

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/AppUpdateAuthService.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
@@ -14,15 +15,8 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.UserRepository;
 @Service
 class AppUpdateAuthService implements ShowAdminInterface {
 
-    private final UserRepository userRepository;
-
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
-    public AppUpdateAuthService(
-            UserRepository userRepository, ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.userRepository = userRepository;
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
+    @Autowired private UserRepository userRepository;
+    @Autowired private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     @Override
     public boolean getShowUpdateOnlyAdmins() {
@@ -30,18 +24,24 @@ class AppUpdateAuthService implements ShowAdminInterface {
         if (!showUpdate) {
             return showUpdate;
         }
+
         boolean showUpdateOnlyAdmin = applicationProperties.getSystem().getShowUpdateOnlyAdmin();
+
         Authentication authentication = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
+
         if (authentication == null || !authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
             return !showUpdateOnlyAdmin;
         }
+
         if (authentication.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("anonymousUser")) {
             return !showUpdateOnlyAdmin;
         }
+
         Optional<User> user = userRepository.findByUsername(authentication.getName());
         if (user.isPresent() && showUpdateOnlyAdmin) {
             return "ROLE_ADMIN".equals(user.get().getRolesAsString());
         }
+
         return showUpdate;
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/CustomLogoutSuccessHandler.java

@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ public class CustomLogoutSuccessHandler extends SimpleUrlLogoutSuccessHandler {
                 // "https://accounts.google.com/Logout?continue=https://appengine.google.com/_ah/logout?continue="
                 //                 + response.encodeRedirectURL(redirect_url);
                 log.info("Google does not have a specific logout URL");
-            // log.info("Redirecting to Google logout URL: " + googleLogoutUrl);
-            // response.sendRedirect(googleLogoutUrl);
-            // break;
+                // log.info("Redirecting to Google logout URL: " + googleLogoutUrl);
+                // response.sendRedirect(googleLogoutUrl);
+                // break;
             default:
                 String defaultRedirectUrl = request.getContextPath() + "/login?" + param;
                 log.info("Redirecting to default logout URL: " + defaultRedirectUrl);

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/CustomUserDetailsService.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;
@@ -19,15 +20,9 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.UserRepository;
 @Service
 public class CustomUserDetailsService implements UserDetailsService {
 
-    private final UserRepository userRepository;
+    @Autowired private UserRepository userRepository;
 
-    private final LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
-
-    public CustomUserDetailsService(
-            UserRepository userRepository, LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService) {
-        this.userRepository = userRepository;
-        this.loginAttemptService = loginAttemptService;
-    }
+    @Autowired private LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
 
     @Override
     public UserDetails loadUserByUsername(String username) throws UsernameNotFoundException {
@@ -38,13 +33,16 @@ public class CustomUserDetailsService implements UserDetailsService {
                                 () ->
                                         new UsernameNotFoundException(
                                                 "No user found with username: " + username));
+
         if (loginAttemptService.isBlocked(username)) {
             throw new LockedException(
                     "Your account has been locked due to too many failed login attempts.");
         }
+
         if (!user.hasPassword()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Password must not be null");
         }
+
         return new org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User(
                 user.getUsername(),
                 user.getPassword(),

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/FirstLoginFilter.java

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
@@ -24,11 +25,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.RequestUriUtils;
 @Component
 public class FirstLoginFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
-    @Lazy private final UserService userService;
-
-    public FirstLoginFilter(@Lazy UserService userService) {
-        this.userService = userService;
-    }
+    @Autowired @Lazy private UserService userService;
 
     @Override
     protected void doFilterInternal(
@@ -37,13 +34,16 @@ public class FirstLoginFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
         String method = request.getMethod();
         String requestURI = request.getRequestURI();
         String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
+
         // Check if the request is for static resources
         boolean isStaticResource = RequestUriUtils.isStaticResource(contextPath, requestURI);
+
         // If it's a static resource, just continue the filter chain and skip the logic below
         if (isStaticResource) {
             filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
             return;
         }
+
         Authentication authentication = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
         if (authentication != null && authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
             Optional<User> user = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(authentication.getName());
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ public class FirstLoginFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
                 return;
             }
         }
+
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);
             SimpleDateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
             String creationTime = timeFormat.format(new Date(session.getCreationTime()));
+
             log.debug(
                     "Request Info - New: {}, creationTimeSession {}, ID:  {}, IP: {}, User-Agent: {}, Referer: {}, Request URL: {}",
                     session.isNew(),

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/IPRateLimitingFilter.java

@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
-import jakarta.servlet.*;
+import jakarta.servlet.Filter;
+import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.RequestUriUtils;
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/InitialSecuritySetup.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -15,20 +16,11 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
 @Slf4j
 public class InitialSecuritySetup {
 
-    private final UserService userService;
+    @Autowired private UserService userService;
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    @Autowired private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
-    private final DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
-
-    public InitialSecuritySetup(
-            UserService userService,
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
-            DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper) {
-        this.userService = userService;
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-        this.databaseBackupHelper = databaseBackupHelper;
-    }
+    @Autowired private DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
 
     @PostConstruct
     public void init() throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
@@ -38,7 +30,6 @@ public class InitialSecuritySetup {
             initializeAdminUser();
         } else {
             databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
-            userService.migrateOauth2ToSSO();
         }
         initializeInternalApiUser();
     }
@@ -83,6 +74,5 @@ public class InitialSecuritySetup {
             userService.addApiKeyToUser(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
             log.info("Internal API user created: " + Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId());
         }
-        userService.syncCustomApiUser(applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCustomGlobalAPIKey());
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/LoginAttemptService.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -14,20 +15,13 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AttemptCounter;
 @Slf4j
 public class LoginAttemptService {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+    @Autowired private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     private int MAX_ATTEMPT;
-
     private long ATTEMPT_INCREMENT_TIME;
-
     private ConcurrentHashMap<String, AttemptCounter> attemptsCache;
-
     private boolean isBlockedEnabled = true;
 
-    public LoginAttemptService(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
-
     @PostConstruct
     public void init() {
         MAX_ATTEMPT = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getLoginAttemptCount();
@@ -52,6 +46,7 @@ public class LoginAttemptService {
         if (!isBlockedEnabled || key == null || key.trim().isEmpty()) {
             return;
         }
+
         AttemptCounter attemptCounter = attemptsCache.get(key.toLowerCase());
         if (attemptCounter == null) {
             attemptCounter = new AttemptCounter();
@@ -72,18 +67,20 @@ public class LoginAttemptService {
         if (attemptCounter == null) {
             return false;
         }
+
         return attemptCounter.getAttemptCount() >= MAX_ATTEMPT;
     }
 
     public int getRemainingAttempts(String key) {
         if (!isBlockedEnabled || key == null || key.trim().isEmpty()) {
-            // Arbitrarily high number if tracking is disabled
-            return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+            return Integer.MAX_VALUE; // Arbitrarily high number if tracking is disabled
         }
+
         AttemptCounter attemptCounter = attemptsCache.get(key.toLowerCase());
         if (attemptCounter == null) {
             return MAX_ATTEMPT;
         }
+
         return MAX_ATTEMPT - attemptCounter.getAttemptCount();
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/SecurityConfiguration.java

@@ -3,15 +3,14 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.*;
 
-import org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.AuthnRequest;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.DependsOn;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.security.authentication.ProviderManager;
+import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.dao.DaoAuthenticationProvider;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.EnableMethodSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
@@ -33,8 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.authentication.OpenSa
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.InMemoryRelyingPartyRegistrationRepository;
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.RelyingPartyRegistration;
 import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository;
-import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.registration.Saml2MessageBinding;
-import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.web.authentication.OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver;
+import org.springframework.security.saml2.provider.service.web.authentication.Saml2WebSsoAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.PersistentTokenRepository;
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.csrf.CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.savedrequest.NullRequestCache;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2AuthenticationFailureHandler;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2.CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
@@ -62,77 +59,44 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GithubProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.GoogleProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.provider.KeycloakProvider;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.JPATokenRepositoryImpl;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.PersistentLoginRepository;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebSecurity
 @EnableMethodSecurity
 @Slf4j
-@DependsOn("runningEE")
 public class SecurityConfiguration {
 
-    private final CustomUserDetailsService userDetailsService;
-    @Lazy private final UserService userService;
-
-    @Qualifier("loginEnabled")
-    private final boolean loginEnabledValue;
-
-    @Qualifier("runningEE")
-    private final boolean runningEE;
-
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-    private final UserAuthenticationFilter userAuthenticationFilter;
-    private final LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
-    private final FirstLoginFilter firstLoginFilter;
-    private final SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
-    private final PersistentLoginRepository persistentLoginRepository;
-
-    //    // Only Dev test
-    //    @Bean
-    //    public WebSecurityCustomizer webSecurityCustomizer() {
-    //        return (web) ->
-    //                web.ignoring()
-    //                        .requestMatchers(
-    //                                "/css/**", "/images/**", "/js/**", "/**.svg",
-    // "/pdfjs-legacy/**");
-    //    }
-    public SecurityConfiguration(
-            PersistentLoginRepository persistentLoginRepository,
-            CustomUserDetailsService userDetailsService,
-            @Lazy UserService userService,
-            @Qualifier("loginEnabled") boolean loginEnabledValue,
-            @Qualifier("runningEE") boolean runningEE,
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
-            UserAuthenticationFilter userAuthenticationFilter,
-            LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService,
-            FirstLoginFilter firstLoginFilter,
-            SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry) {
-        this.userDetailsService = userDetailsService;
-        this.userService = userService;
-        this.loginEnabledValue = loginEnabledValue;
-        this.runningEE = runningEE;
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-        this.userAuthenticationFilter = userAuthenticationFilter;
-        this.loginAttemptService = loginAttemptService;
-        this.firstLoginFilter = firstLoginFilter;
-        this.sessionRegistry = sessionRegistry;
-        this.persistentLoginRepository = persistentLoginRepository;
-    }
+    @Autowired private CustomUserDetailsService userDetailsService;
 
     @Bean
     public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
         return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
     }
 
+    @Autowired @Lazy private UserService userService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    @Qualifier("loginEnabled")
+    public boolean loginEnabledValue;
+
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
+
+    @Autowired private UserAuthenticationFilter userAuthenticationFilter;
+
+    @Autowired private LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
+
+    @Autowired private FirstLoginFilter firstLoginFilter;
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
+
     @Bean
     public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
-        if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCsrfDisabled() || !loginEnabledValue) {
-            http.csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable());
-        }
+
         if (loginEnabledValue) {
             http.addFilterBefore(
                     userAuthenticationFilter, UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class);
-            if (!applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCsrfDisabled()) {
+            if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCsrfDisabled()) {
+                http.csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable());
+            } else {
                 CookieCsrfTokenRepository cookieRepo =
                         CookieCsrfTokenRepository.withHttpOnlyFalse();
                 CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler requestHandler =
@@ -142,12 +106,14 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                         csrf ->
                                 csrf.ignoringRequestMatchers(
                                                 request -> {
-                                                    String apiKey = request.getHeader("X-API-KEY");
+                                                    String apiKey = request.getHeader("X-API-Key");
+
                                                     // If there's no API key, don't ignore CSRF
                                                     // (return false)
                                                     if (apiKey == null || apiKey.trim().isEmpty()) {
                                                         return false;
                                                     }
+
                                                     // Validate API key using existing UserService
                                                     try {
                                                         Optional<User> user =
@@ -176,6 +142,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                     .maxSessionsPreventsLogin(false)
                                     .sessionRegistry(sessionRegistry)
                                     .expiredUrl("/login?logout=true"));
+
             http.authenticationProvider(daoAuthenticationProvider());
             http.requestCache(requestCache -> requestCache.requestCache(new NullRequestCache()));
             http.logout(
@@ -184,23 +151,18 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                     .logoutSuccessHandler(
                                             new CustomLogoutSuccessHandler(applicationProperties))
                                     .clearAuthentication(true)
-                                    .invalidateHttpSession( // Invalidate session
-                                            true)
+                                    .invalidateHttpSession(true) // Invalidate session
                                     .deleteCookies("JSESSIONID", "remember-me"));
             http.rememberMe(
-                    rememberMeConfigurer -> // Use the configurator directly
-                    rememberMeConfigurer
+                    rememberMeConfigurer ->
+                            rememberMeConfigurer // Use the configurator directly
                                     .tokenRepository(persistentTokenRepository())
-                                    .tokenValiditySeconds( // 14 days
-                                            14 * 24 * 60 * 60)
-                                    .userDetailsService( // Your existing UserDetailsService
-                                            userDetailsService)
-                                    .useSecureCookie( // Enable secure cookie
-                                            true)
-                                    .rememberMeParameter( // Form parameter name
-                                            "remember-me")
-                                    .rememberMeCookieName( // Cookie name
-                                            "remember-me")
+                                    .tokenValiditySeconds(14 * 24 * 60 * 60) // 14 days
+                                    .userDetailsService(
+                                            userDetailsService) // Your existing UserDetailsService
+                                    .useSecureCookie(true) // Enable secure cookie
+                                    .rememberMeParameter("remember-me") // Form parameter name
+                                    .rememberMeCookieName("remember-me") // Cookie name
                                     .alwaysRemember(false));
             http.authorizeHttpRequests(
                     authz ->
@@ -208,12 +170,14 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                             req -> {
                                                 String uri = req.getRequestURI();
                                                 String contextPath = req.getContextPath();
+
                                                 // Remove the context path from the URI
                                                 String trimmedUri =
                                                         uri.startsWith(contextPath)
                                                                 ? uri.substring(
                                                                         contextPath.length())
                                                                 : uri;
+
                                                 return trimmedUri.startsWith("/login")
                                                         || trimmedUri.startsWith("/oauth")
                                                         || trimmedUri.startsWith("/saml2")
@@ -231,6 +195,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                     .permitAll()
                                     .anyRequest()
                                     .authenticated());
+
             // Handle User/Password Logins
             if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().isUserPass()) {
                 http.formLogin(
@@ -246,26 +211,27 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                         .defaultSuccessUrl("/")
                                         .permitAll());
             }
+
             // Handle OAUTH2 Logins
             if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().isOauth2Activ()) {
+
                 http.oauth2Login(
                         oauth2 ->
                                 oauth2.loginPage("/oauth2")
-                                        .
                                         /*
                                         This Custom handler is used to check if the OAUTH2 user trying to log in, already exists in the database.
                                         If user exists, login proceeds as usual. If user does not exist, then it is autocreated but only if 'OAUTH2AutoCreateUser'
                                         is set as true, else login fails with an error message advising the same.
                                          */
-                                        successHandler(
+                                        .successHandler(
                                                 new CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler(
                                                         loginAttemptService,
                                                         applicationProperties,
                                                         userService))
                                         .failureHandler(
                                                 new CustomOAuth2AuthenticationFailureHandler())
-                                        . // Add existing Authorities from the database
-                                        userInfoEndpoint(
+                                        // Add existing Authorities from the database
+                                        .userInfoEndpoint(
                                                 userInfoEndpoint ->
                                                         userInfoEndpoint
                                                                 .oidcUserService(
@@ -277,23 +243,14 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                                                         userAuthoritiesMapper()))
                                         .permitAll());
             }
+
             // Handle SAML
-            if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().isSaml2Activ()) {
-                // && runningEE
-                // Configure the authentication provider
-                OpenSaml4AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider =
-                        new OpenSaml4AuthenticationProvider();
-                authenticationProvider.setResponseAuthenticationConverter(
-                        new CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter(userService));
-                http.authenticationProvider(authenticationProvider)
-                        .saml2Login(
-                                saml2 -> {
-                                    try {
+            if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().isSaml2Activ()
+                    && applicationProperties.getSystem().getEnableAlphaFunctionality()) {
+                http.authenticationProvider(samlAuthenticationProvider());
+                http.saml2Login(
+                                saml2 ->
                                         saml2.loginPage("/saml2")
-                                                .relyingPartyRegistrationRepository(
-                                                        relyingPartyRegistrations())
-                                                .authenticationManager(
-                                                        new ProviderManager(authenticationProvider))
                                                 .successHandler(
                                                         new CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler(
                                                                 loginAttemptService,
@@ -301,32 +258,44 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
                                                                 userService))
                                                 .failureHandler(
                                                         new CustomSaml2AuthenticationFailureHandler())
-                                                .authenticationRequestResolver(
-                                                        authenticationRequestResolver(
-                                                                relyingPartyRegistrations()));
-                                    } catch (Exception e) {
-                                        log.error("Error configuring SAML2 login", e);
-                                        throw new RuntimeException(e);
-                                    }
-                                });
+                                                .permitAll())
+                        .addFilterBefore(
+                                userAuthenticationFilter, Saml2WebSsoAuthenticationFilter.class);
             }
         } else {
-            //            if (!applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCsrfDisabled()) {
-            //                CookieCsrfTokenRepository cookieRepo =
-            //                        CookieCsrfTokenRepository.withHttpOnlyFalse();
-            //                CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler requestHandler =
-            //                        new CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler();
-            //                requestHandler.setCsrfRequestAttributeName(null);
-            //                http.csrf(
-            //                        csrf ->
-            //                                csrf.csrfTokenRepository(cookieRepo)
-            //                                        .csrfTokenRequestHandler(requestHandler));
-            //            }
+            if (applicationProperties.getSecurity().getCsrfDisabled()) {
+                http.csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable());
+            } else {
+                CookieCsrfTokenRepository cookieRepo =
+                        CookieCsrfTokenRepository.withHttpOnlyFalse();
+                CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler requestHandler =
+                        new CsrfTokenRequestAttributeHandler();
+                requestHandler.setCsrfRequestAttributeName(null);
+                http.csrf(
+                        csrf ->
+                                csrf.csrfTokenRepository(cookieRepo)
+                                        .csrfTokenRequestHandler(requestHandler));
+            }
             http.authorizeHttpRequests(authz -> authz.anyRequest().permitAll());
         }
+
         return http.build();
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    @ConditionalOnProperty(
+            name = "security.saml2.enabled",
+            havingValue = "true",
+            matchIfMissing = false)
+    public AuthenticationProvider samlAuthenticationProvider() {
+        OpenSaml4AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider =
+                new OpenSaml4AuthenticationProvider();
+        authenticationProvider.setResponseAuthenticationConverter(
+                new CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter(userService));
+        return authenticationProvider;
+    }
+
+    // Client Registration Repository for OAUTH2 OIDC Login
     @Bean
     @ConditionalOnProperty(
             value = "security.oauth2.enabled",
@@ -334,14 +303,17 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
             matchIfMissing = false)
     public ClientRegistrationRepository clientRegistrationRepository() {
         List<ClientRegistration> registrations = new ArrayList<>();
+
         githubClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
         oidcClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
         googleClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
         keycloakClientRegistration().ifPresent(registrations::add);
+
         if (registrations.isEmpty()) {
             log.error("At least one OAuth2 provider must be configured");
             System.exit(1);
         }
+
         return new InMemoryClientRegistrationRepository(registrations);
     }
 
@@ -384,6 +356,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
             return Optional.empty();
         }
         KeycloakProvider keycloak = client.getKeycloak();
+
         return keycloak != null && keycloak.isSettingsValid()
                 ? Optional.of(
                         ClientRegistrations.fromIssuerLocation(keycloak.getIssuer())
@@ -398,6 +371,7 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
     }
 
     private Optional<ClientRegistration> githubClientRegistration() {
+
         OAUTH2 oauth = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getOauth2();
         if (oauth == null || !oauth.getEnabled()) {
             return Optional.empty();
@@ -458,97 +432,39 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
             havingValue = "true",
             matchIfMissing = false)
     public RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository relyingPartyRegistrations() throws Exception {
+
         SAML2 samlConf = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getSaml2();
-        X509Certificate idpCert = CertificateUtils.readCertificate(samlConf.getidpCert());
-        Saml2X509Credential verificationCredential = Saml2X509Credential.verification(idpCert);
+
         Resource privateKeyResource = samlConf.getPrivateKey();
+
         Resource certificateResource = samlConf.getSpCert();
+
         Saml2X509Credential signingCredential =
                 new Saml2X509Credential(
                         CertificateUtils.readPrivateKey(privateKeyResource),
                         CertificateUtils.readCertificate(certificateResource),
                         Saml2X509CredentialType.SIGNING);
+
+        X509Certificate idpCert = CertificateUtils.readCertificate(samlConf.getidpCert());
+
+        Saml2X509Credential verificationCredential = Saml2X509Credential.verification(idpCert);
+
         RelyingPartyRegistration rp =
                 RelyingPartyRegistration.withRegistrationId(samlConf.getRegistrationId())
-                        .signingX509Credentials(c -> c.add(signingCredential))
+                        .signingX509Credentials((c) -> c.add(signingCredential))
                         .assertingPartyMetadata(
-                                metadata ->
-                                        metadata.entityId(samlConf.getIdpIssuer())
+                                (details) ->
+                                        details.entityId(samlConf.getIdpIssuer())
                                                 .singleSignOnServiceLocation(
                                                         samlConf.getIdpSingleLoginUrl())
                                                 .verificationX509Credentials(
-                                                        c -> c.add(verificationCredential))
-                                                .singleSignOnServiceBinding(
-                                                        Saml2MessageBinding.POST)
+                                                        (c) -> c.add(verificationCredential))
                                                 .wantAuthnRequestsSigned(true))
                         .build();
         return new InMemoryRelyingPartyRegistrationRepository(rp);
     }
 
     @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnProperty(
-            name = "security.saml2.enabled",
-            havingValue = "true",
-            matchIfMissing = false)
-    public OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver authenticationRequestResolver(
-            RelyingPartyRegistrationRepository relyingPartyRegistrationRepository) {
-        OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver resolver =
-                new OpenSaml4AuthenticationRequestResolver(relyingPartyRegistrationRepository);
-        resolver.setAuthnRequestCustomizer(
-                customizer -> {
-                    log.debug("Customizing SAML Authentication request");
-                    AuthnRequest authnRequest = customizer.getAuthnRequest();
-                    log.debug("AuthnRequest ID: {}", authnRequest.getID());
-                    if (authnRequest.getID() == null) {
-                        authnRequest.setID("ARQ" + UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-                    }
-                    log.debug("AuthnRequest new ID after set: {}", authnRequest.getID());
-                    log.debug("AuthnRequest IssueInstant: {}", authnRequest.getIssueInstant());
-                    log.debug(
-                            "AuthnRequest Issuer: {}",
-                            authnRequest.getIssuer() != null
-                                    ? authnRequest.getIssuer().getValue()
-                                    : "null");
-                    HttpServletRequest request = customizer.getRequest();
-                    // Log HTTP request details
-                    log.debug("HTTP Request Method: {}", request.getMethod());
-                    log.debug("Request URI: {}", request.getRequestURI());
-                    log.debug("Request URL: {}", request.getRequestURL().toString());
-                    log.debug("Query String: {}", request.getQueryString());
-                    log.debug("Remote Address: {}", request.getRemoteAddr());
-                    // Log headers
-                    Collections.list(request.getHeaderNames())
-                            .forEach(
-                                    headerName -> {
-                                        log.debug(
-                                                "Header - {}: {}",
-                                                headerName,
-                                                request.getHeader(headerName));
-                                    });
-                    // Log SAML specific parameters
-                    log.debug("SAML Request Parameters:");
-                    log.debug("SAMLRequest: {}", request.getParameter("SAMLRequest"));
-                    log.debug("RelayState: {}", request.getParameter("RelayState"));
-                    // Log session debugrmation if exists
-                    if (request.getSession(false) != null) {
-                        log.debug("Session ID: {}", request.getSession().getId());
-                    }
-                    // Log any assertions consumer service details if present
-                    if (authnRequest.getAssertionConsumerServiceURL() != null) {
-                        log.debug(
-                                "AssertionConsumerServiceURL: {}",
-                                authnRequest.getAssertionConsumerServiceURL());
-                    }
-                    // Log NameID policy if present
-                    if (authnRequest.getNameIDPolicy() != null) {
-                        log.debug(
-                                "NameIDPolicy Format: {}",
-                                authnRequest.getNameIDPolicy().getFormat());
-                    }
-                });
-        return resolver;
-    }
-
     public DaoAuthenticationProvider daoAuthenticationProvider() {
         DaoAuthenticationProvider provider = new DaoAuthenticationProvider();
         provider.setUserDetailsService(userDetailsService);
@@ -568,10 +484,12 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
     GrantedAuthoritiesMapper userAuthoritiesMapper() {
         return (authorities) -> {
             Set<GrantedAuthority> mappedAuthorities = new HashSet<>();
+
             authorities.forEach(
                     authority -> {
                         // Add existing OAUTH2 Authorities
                         mappedAuthorities.add(new SimpleGrantedAuthority(authority.getAuthority()));
+
                         // Add Authorities from database for existing user, if user is present.
                         if (authority instanceof OAuth2UserAuthority oauth2Auth) {
                             String useAsUsername =
@@ -598,18 +516,27 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     public IPRateLimitingFilter rateLimitingFilter() {
-        // Example limit TODO add config level
-        int maxRequestsPerIp = 1000000;
+        int maxRequestsPerIp = 1000000; // Example limit TODO add config level
         return new IPRateLimitingFilter(maxRequestsPerIp, maxRequestsPerIp);
     }
 
     @Bean
     public PersistentTokenRepository persistentTokenRepository() {
-        return new JPATokenRepositoryImpl(persistentLoginRepository);
+        return new JPATokenRepositoryImpl();
     }
 
     @Bean
     public boolean activSecurity() {
         return true;
     }
+
+    //    // Only Dev test
+    //    @Bean
+    //    public WebSecurityCustomizer webSecurityCustomizer() {
+    //        return (web) ->
+    //                web.ignoring()
+    //                        .requestMatchers(
+    //                                "/css/**", "/images/**", "/js/**", "/**.svg",
+    // "/pdfjs-legacy/**");
+    //    }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserAuthenticationFilter.java

@@ -22,31 +22,22 @@ import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
 import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApiKeyAuthenticationToken;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.SAML2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 
-@Slf4j
 @Component
 public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
     private final UserService userService;
     private final SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
     private final boolean loginEnabledValue;
 
     public UserAuthenticationFilter(
-            @Lazy ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
             @Lazy UserService userService,
             SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry,
             @Qualifier("loginEnabled") boolean loginEnabledValue) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
         this.userService = userService;
         this.sessionPersistentRegistry = sessionPersistentRegistry;
         this.loginEnabledValue = loginEnabledValue;
@@ -80,7 +71,7 @@ public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
         // Check for API key in the request headers if no authentication exists
         if (authentication == null || !authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
-            String apiKey = request.getHeader("X-API-KEY");
+            String apiKey = request.getHeader("X-API-Key");
             if (apiKey != null && !apiKey.trim().isEmpty()) {
                 try {
                     // Use API key to authenticate. This requires you to have an authentication
@@ -130,67 +121,33 @@ public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
         // Check if the authenticated user is disabled and invalidate their session if so
         if (authentication != null && authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
-
-            Security securityProp = applicationProperties.getSecurity();
-            LoginMethod loginMethod = LoginMethod.UNKNOWN;
-
-            boolean blockRegistration = false;
-
-            // Extract username and determine the login method
             Object principal = authentication.getPrincipal();
             String username = null;
             if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
                 username = ((UserDetails) principal).getUsername();
-                loginMethod = LoginMethod.USERDETAILS;
             } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
                 username = ((OAuth2User) principal).getName();
-                loginMethod = LoginMethod.OAUTH2USER;
-                OAUTH2 oAuth = securityProp.getOauth2();
-                blockRegistration = oAuth != null && oAuth.getBlockRegistration();
             } else if (principal instanceof CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal) {
                 username = ((CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal) principal).getName();
-                loginMethod = LoginMethod.SAML2USER;
-                SAML2 saml2 = securityProp.getSaml2();
-                blockRegistration = saml2 != null && saml2.getBlockRegistration();
             } else if (principal instanceof String) {
                 username = (String) principal;
-                loginMethod = LoginMethod.STRINGUSER;
             }
 
-            // Retrieve all active sessions for the user
             List<SessionInformation> sessionsInformations =
                     sessionPersistentRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false);
 
-            // Check if the user exists, is disabled, or needs session invalidation
             if (username != null) {
-                log.debug("Validating user: {}", username);
                 boolean isUserExists = userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username);
                 boolean isUserDisabled = userService.isUserDisabled(username);
 
-                boolean notSsoLogin =
-                        !loginMethod.equals(LoginMethod.OAUTH2USER)
-                                && !loginMethod.equals(LoginMethod.SAML2USER);
-
-                // Block user registration if not allowed by configuration
-                if (blockRegistration && !isUserExists) {
-                    log.warn("Blocked registration for OAuth2/SAML user: {}", username);
-                    response.sendRedirect(
-                            request.getContextPath() + "/logout?oauth2_admin_blocked_user=true");
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                // Expire sessions and logout if the user does not exist or is disabled
                 if (!isUserExists || isUserDisabled) {
-                    log.info(
-                            "Invalidating session for disabled or non-existent user: {}", username);
                     for (SessionInformation sessionsInformation : sessionsInformations) {
                         sessionsInformation.expireNow();
                         sessionPersistentRegistry.expireSession(sessionsInformation.getSessionId());
                     }
                 }
 
-                // Redirect to logout if credentials are invalid
-                if (!isUserExists && notSsoLogin) {
+                if (!isUserExists) {
                     response.sendRedirect(request.getContextPath() + "/logout?badcredentials=true");
                     return;
                 }
@@ -204,25 +161,6 @@ public class UserAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
         filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
     }
 
-    private enum LoginMethod {
-        USERDETAILS("UserDetails"),
-        OAUTH2USER("OAuth2User"),
-        STRINGUSER("StringUser"),
-        UNKNOWN("Unknown"),
-        SAML2USER("Saml2User");
-
-        private String method;
-
-        LoginMethod(String method) {
-            this.method = method;
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        public String toString() {
-            return method;
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     protected boolean shouldNotFilter(HttpServletRequest request) throws ServletException {
         String uri = request.getRequestURI();

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserBasedRateLimitingFilter.java

@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
 import org.springframework.security.core.GrantedAuthority;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
+import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
 
@@ -29,15 +31,13 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
 public class UserBasedRateLimitingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
 
     private final Map<String, Bucket> apiBuckets = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
-
     private final Map<String, Bucket> webBuckets = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
-    @Qualifier("rateLimit")
-    private final boolean rateLimit;
+    @Autowired private UserDetailsService userDetailsService;
 
-    public UserBasedRateLimitingFilter(@Qualifier("rateLimit") boolean rateLimit) {
-        this.rateLimit = rateLimit;
-    }
+    @Autowired
+    @Qualifier("rateLimit")
+    public boolean rateLimit;
 
     @Override
     protected void doFilterInternal(
@@ -48,18 +48,21 @@ public class UserBasedRateLimitingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
             filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
             return;
         }
+
         String method = request.getMethod();
         if (!"POST".equalsIgnoreCase(method)) {
             // If the request is not a POST, just pass it through without rate limiting
             filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
             return;
         }
+
         String identifier = null;
+
         // Check for API key in the request headers
-        String apiKey = request.getHeader("X-API-KEY");
+        String apiKey = request.getHeader("X-API-Key");
         if (apiKey != null && !apiKey.trim().isEmpty()) {
-            identifier = // Prefix to distinguish between API keys and usernames
-                    "API_KEY_" + apiKey;
+            identifier =
+                    "API_KEY_" + apiKey; // Prefix to distinguish between API keys and usernames
         } else {
             Authentication authentication = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication();
             if (authentication != null && authentication.isAuthenticated()) {
@@ -67,13 +70,16 @@ public class UserBasedRateLimitingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
                 identifier = userDetails.getUsername();
             }
         }
+
         // If neither API key nor an authenticated user is present, use IP address
         if (identifier == null) {
             identifier = request.getRemoteAddr();
         }
+
         Role userRole =
                 getRoleFromAuthentication(SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication());
-        if (request.getHeader("X-API-KEY") != null) {
+
+        if (request.getHeader("X-API-Key") != null) {
             // It's an API call
             processRequest(
                     userRole.getApiCallsPerDay(),
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ public class UserBasedRateLimitingFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
             throws IOException, ServletException {
         Bucket userBucket = buckets.computeIfAbsent(identifier, k -> createUserBucket(limitPerDay));
         ConsumptionProbe probe = userBucket.tryConsumeAndReturnRemaining(1);
+
         if (probe.isConsumed()) {
             response.setHeader(
                     "X-Rate-Limit-Remaining",

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/UserService.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
@@ -17,14 +18,17 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UsernameNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.user.OAuth2User;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.interfaces.DatabaseBackupInterface;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2.CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session.SessionPersistentRegistry;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api.pipeline.UserServiceInterface;
-import stirling.software.SPDF.model.*;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AuthenticationType;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Authority;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.Role;
+import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.AuthorityRepository;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.UserRepository;
 
@@ -32,50 +36,22 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.repository.UserRepository;
 @Slf4j
 public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
 
-    private final UserRepository userRepository;
+    @Autowired private UserRepository userRepository;
 
-    private final AuthorityRepository authorityRepository;
+    @Autowired private AuthorityRepository authorityRepository;
 
-    private final PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
+    @Autowired private PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
 
-    private final MessageSource messageSource;
+    @Autowired private MessageSource messageSource;
 
-    private final SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry;
 
-    private final DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
+    @Autowired DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper;
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
-    public UserService(
-            UserRepository userRepository,
-            AuthorityRepository authorityRepository,
-            PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder,
-            MessageSource messageSource,
-            SessionPersistentRegistry sessionRegistry,
-            DatabaseBackupInterface databaseBackupHelper,
-            ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.userRepository = userRepository;
-        this.authorityRepository = authorityRepository;
-        this.passwordEncoder = passwordEncoder;
-        this.messageSource = messageSource;
-        this.sessionRegistry = sessionRegistry;
-        this.databaseBackupHelper = databaseBackupHelper;
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
-
-    @Transactional
-    public void migrateOauth2ToSSO() {
-        userRepository
-                .findByAuthenticationTypeIgnoreCase("OAUTH2")
-                .forEach(
-                        user -> {
-                            user.setAuthenticationType(AuthenticationType.SSO);
-                            userRepository.save(user);
-                        });
-    }
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     // Handle OAUTH2 login and user auto creation.
-    public boolean processSSOPostLogin(String username, boolean autoCreateUser)
+    public boolean processOAuth2PostLogin(String username, boolean autoCreateUser)
             throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (!isUsernameValid(username)) {
             return false;
@@ -85,7 +61,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
             return true;
         }
         if (autoCreateUser) {
-            saveUser(username, AuthenticationType.SSO);
+            saveUser(username, AuthenticationType.OAUTH2);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
@@ -96,11 +72,13 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         if (!user.isPresent()) {
             throw new UsernameNotFoundException("API key is not valid");
         }
+
         // Convert the user into an Authentication object
-        return new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken( // principal (typically the user)
-                user, // credentials (we don't expose the password or API key here)
-                null, // user's authorities (roles/permissions)
-                getAuthorities(user.get()));
+        return new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(
+                user, // principal (typically the user)
+                null, // credentials (we don't expose the password or API key here)
+                getAuthorities(user.get()) // user's authorities (roles/permissions)
+                );
     }
 
     private Collection<? extends GrantedAuthority> getAuthorities(User user) {
@@ -114,8 +92,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         String apiKey;
         do {
             apiKey = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
-        } while ( // Ensure uniqueness
-        userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey).isPresent());
+        } while (userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey).isPresent()); // Ensure uniqueness
         return apiKey;
     }
 
@@ -129,8 +106,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
     }
 
     public User refreshApiKeyForUser(String username) {
-        // reuse the add API key method for refreshing
-        return addApiKeyToUser(username);
+        return addApiKeyToUser(username); // reuse the add API key method for refreshing
     }
 
     public String getApiKeyForUser(String username) {
@@ -150,11 +126,11 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
 
     public Optional<User> loadUserByApiKey(String apiKey) {
         Optional<User> user = userRepository.findByApiKey(apiKey);
+
         if (user.isPresent()) {
             return user;
         }
-        // or throw an exception
-        return null;
+        return null; // or throw an exception
     }
 
     public boolean validateApiKeyForUser(String username, String apiKey) {
@@ -252,12 +228,14 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         if (userOpt.isPresent()) {
             User user = userOpt.get();
             Map<String, String> settingsMap = user.getSettings();
+
             if (settingsMap == null) {
                 settingsMap = new HashMap<>();
             }
             settingsMap.clear();
             settingsMap.putAll(updates);
             user.setSettings(settingsMap);
+
             userRepository.save(user);
             databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
         }
@@ -326,9 +304,12 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         boolean isValidEmail =
                 username.matches(
                         "^(?=.{1,64}@)[A-Za-z0-9]+(\\.[A-Za-z0-9_+.-]+)*@[^-][A-Za-z0-9-]+(\\.[A-Za-z0-9-]+)*(\\.[A-Za-z]{2,})$");
+
         List<String> notAllowedUserList = new ArrayList<>();
         notAllowedUserList.add("ALL_USERS".toLowerCase());
+
         boolean notAllowedUser = notAllowedUserList.contains(username.toLowerCase());
+
         return (isValidSimpleUsername || isValidEmail) && !notAllowedUser;
     }
 
@@ -381,6 +362,7 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
 
     public String getCurrentUsername() {
         Object principal = SecurityContextHolder.getContext().getAuthentication().getPrincipal();
+
         if (principal instanceof UserDetails) {
             return ((UserDetails) principal).getUsername();
         } else if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
@@ -396,36 +378,6 @@ public class UserService implements UserServiceInterface {
         }
     }
 
-    @Transactional
-    public void syncCustomApiUser(String customApiKey) throws IOException {
-        if (customApiKey == null || customApiKey.trim().length() == 0) {
-            return;
-        }
-        String username = "CUSTOM_API_USER";
-        Optional<User> existingUser = findByUsernameIgnoreCase(username);
-        if (!existingUser.isPresent()) {
-            // Create new user with API role
-            User user = new User();
-            user.setUsername(username);
-            user.setPassword(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
-            user.setEnabled(true);
-            user.setFirstLogin(false);
-            user.setAuthenticationType(AuthenticationType.WEB);
-            user.setApiKey(customApiKey);
-            user.addAuthority(new Authority(Role.INTERNAL_API_USER.getRoleId(), user));
-            userRepository.save(user);
-            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
-        } else {
-            // Update API key if it has changed
-            User user = existingUser.get();
-            if (!customApiKey.equals(user.getApiKey())) {
-                user.setApiKey(customApiKey);
-                userRepository.save(user);
-                databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public long getTotalUsersCount() {
         return userRepository.count();

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/DatabaseBackupHelper.java

@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
-import java.sql.*;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/database/ScheduledTasks.java

@@ -2,17 +2,14 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
 public class ScheduledTasks {
 
-    private final DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupService;
-
-    public ScheduledTasks(DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupService) {
-        this.databaseBackupService = databaseBackupService;
-    }
+    @Autowired private DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupService;
 
     @Scheduled(cron = "0 0 0 * * ?")
     public void performBackup() throws IOException {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.java

@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
             }
             if (userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username)
                     && userService.hasPassword(username)
-                    && !userService.isAuthenticationTypeByUsername(username, AuthenticationType.SSO)
+                    && !userService.isAuthenticationTypeByUsername(
+                            username, AuthenticationType.OAUTH2)
                     && oAuth.getAutoCreateUser()) {
                 response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/logout?oauth2AuthenticationErrorWeb=true");
                 return;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public class CustomOAuth2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
                     return;
                 }
                 if (principal instanceof OAuth2User) {
-                    userService.processSSOPostLogin(username, oAuth.getAutoCreateUser());
+                    userService.processOAuth2PostLogin(username, oAuth.getAutoCreateUser());
                 }
                 response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/");
                 return;

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/oauth2/CustomOAuth2UserService.java

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.oauth2;
 
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.LockedException;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.oidc.userinfo.OidcUserRequest;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.client.oidc.userinfo.OidcUserService;
@@ -11,7 +13,6 @@ import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.OAuth2Error;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.oidc.user.DefaultOidcUser;
 import org.springframework.security.oauth2.core.oidc.user.OidcUser;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.LoginAttemptService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.UserService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
@@ -19,7 +20,6 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties.Security.OAUTH2.Client;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.User;
 
-@Slf4j
 public class CustomOAuth2UserService implements OAuth2UserService<OidcUserRequest, OidcUser> {
 
     private final OidcUserService delegate = new OidcUserService();
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class CustomOAuth2UserService implements OAuth2UserService<OidcUserReques
 
     private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomOAuth2UserService.class);
+
     public CustomOAuth2UserService(
             ApplicationProperties applicationProperties,
             UserService userService,
@@ -80,10 +82,10 @@ public class CustomOAuth2UserService implements OAuth2UserService<OidcUserReques
                     user.getUserInfo(),
                     usernameAttribute);
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            log.error("Error loading OIDC user: {}", e.getMessage());
+            logger.error("Error loading OIDC user: {}", e.getMessage());
             throw new OAuth2AuthenticationException(new OAuth2Error(e.getMessage()), e);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Unexpected error loading OIDC user", e);
+            logger.error("Unexpected error loading OIDC user", e);
             throw new OAuth2AuthenticationException("Unexpected error during authentication");
         }
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/CertificateUtils.java

@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.security.KeyFactory;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateFactory;
 import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.security.interfaces.RSAPrivateKey;
+import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec;
 
-import org.bouncycastle.asn1.pkcs.PrivateKeyInfo;
-import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMKeyPair;
-import org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser;
-import org.bouncycastle.openssl.jcajce.JcaPEMKeyConverter;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.io.pem.PemObject;
 import org.bouncycastle.util.io.pem.PemReader;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
@@ -30,26 +28,15 @@ public class CertificateUtils {
     }
 
     public static RSAPrivateKey readPrivateKey(Resource privateKeyResource) throws Exception {
-        try (PEMParser pemParser =
-                new PEMParser(
+        try (PemReader pemReader =
+                new PemReader(
                         new InputStreamReader(
                                 privateKeyResource.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
-
-            Object object = pemParser.readObject();
-            JcaPEMKeyConverter converter = new JcaPEMKeyConverter();
-
-            if (object instanceof PEMKeyPair) {
-                // Handle traditional RSA private key format
-                PEMKeyPair keypair = (PEMKeyPair) object;
-                return (RSAPrivateKey) converter.getPrivateKey(keypair.getPrivateKeyInfo());
-            } else if (object instanceof PrivateKeyInfo) {
-                // Handle PKCS#8 format
-                return (RSAPrivateKey) converter.getPrivateKey((PrivateKeyInfo) object);
-            } else {
-                throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-                        "Unsupported key format: "
-                                + (object != null ? object.getClass().getName() : "null"));
-            }
+            PemObject pemObject = pemReader.readPemObject();
+            byte[] decodedKey = pemObject.getContent();
+            return (RSAPrivateKey)
+                    KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA")
+                            .generatePrivate(new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(decodedKey));
         }
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler.java

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.LoginAttemptService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.UserService;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.ApplicationProperties;
@@ -21,11 +20,11 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.model.AuthenticationType;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.RequestUriUtils;
 
 @AllArgsConstructor
-@Slf4j
 public class CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
         extends SavedRequestAwareAuthenticationSuccessHandler {
 
     private LoginAttemptService loginAttemptService;
+
     private ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
     private UserService userService;
 
@@ -35,12 +34,10 @@ public class CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
             throws ServletException, IOException {
 
         Object principal = authentication.getPrincipal();
-        log.debug("Starting SAML2 authentication success handling");
 
         if (principal instanceof CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal) {
             String username = ((CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal) principal).getName();
-            log.debug("Authenticated principal found for user: {}", username);
-
+            // Get the saved request
             HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
             String contextPath = request.getContextPath();
             SavedRequest savedRequest =
@@ -48,77 +45,46 @@ public class CustomSaml2AuthenticationSuccessHandler
                             ? (SavedRequest) session.getAttribute("SPRING_SECURITY_SAVED_REQUEST")
                             : null;
 
-            log.debug(
-                    "Session exists: {}, Saved request exists: {}",
-                    session != null,
-                    savedRequest != null);
-
             if (savedRequest != null
                     && !RequestUriUtils.isStaticResource(
                             contextPath, savedRequest.getRedirectUrl())) {
-                log.debug(
-                        "Valid saved request found, redirecting to original destination: {}",
-                        savedRequest.getRedirectUrl());
+                // Redirect to the original destination
                 super.onAuthenticationSuccess(request, response, authentication);
             } else {
                 SAML2 saml2 = applicationProperties.getSecurity().getSaml2();
-                log.debug(
-                        "Processing SAML2 authentication with autoCreateUser: {}",
-                        saml2.getAutoCreateUser());
 
                 if (loginAttemptService.isBlocked(username)) {
-                    log.debug("User {} is blocked due to too many login attempts", username);
                     if (session != null) {
                         session.removeAttribute("SPRING_SECURITY_SAVED_REQUEST");
                     }
                     throw new LockedException(
                             "Your account has been locked due to too many failed login attempts.");
                 }
-
-                boolean userExists = userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username);
-                boolean hasPassword = userExists && userService.hasPassword(username);
-                boolean isSSOUser =
-                        userExists
-                                && userService.isAuthenticationTypeByUsername(
-                                        username, AuthenticationType.SSO);
-
-                log.debug(
-                        "User status - Exists: {}, Has password: {}, Is SSO user: {}",
-                        userExists,
-                        hasPassword,
-                        isSSOUser);
-
-                if (userExists && hasPassword && !isSSOUser && saml2.getAutoCreateUser()) {
-                    log.debug(
-                            "User {} exists with password but is not SSO user, redirecting to logout",
-                            username);
+                if (userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username)
+                        && userService.hasPassword(username)
+                        && !userService.isAuthenticationTypeByUsername(
+                                username, AuthenticationType.OAUTH2)
+                        && saml2.getAutoCreateUser()) {
                     response.sendRedirect(
                             contextPath + "/logout?oauth2AuthenticationErrorWeb=true");
                     return;
                 }
-
                 try {
-                    if (saml2.getBlockRegistration() && !userExists) {
-                        log.debug("Registration blocked for new user: {}", username);
+                    if (saml2.getBlockRegistration()
+                            && !userService.usernameExistsIgnoreCase(username)) {
                         response.sendRedirect(
                                 contextPath + "/login?erroroauth=oauth2_admin_blocked_user");
                         return;
                     }
-                    log.debug("Processing SSO post-login for user: {}", username);
-                    userService.processSSOPostLogin(username, saml2.getAutoCreateUser());
-                    log.debug("Successfully processed authentication for user: {}", username);
+                    userService.processOAuth2PostLogin(username, saml2.getAutoCreateUser());
                     response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/");
                     return;
                 } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-                    log.debug(
-                            "Invalid username detected for user: {}, redirecting to logout",
-                            username);
                     response.sendRedirect(contextPath + "/logout?invalidUsername=true");
                     return;
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            log.debug("Non-SAML2 principal detected, delegating to parent handler");
             super.onAuthenticationSuccess(request, response, authentication);
         }
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/saml2/CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter.java

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.saml2;
 import java.util.*;
 
 import org.opensaml.core.xml.XMLObject;
+import org.opensaml.core.xml.schema.XSBoolean;
+import org.opensaml.core.xml.schema.XSString;
 import org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.Assertion;
 import org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.Attribute;
 import org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.AttributeStatement;
@@ -28,60 +30,15 @@ public class CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter
         this.userService = userService;
     }
 
-    private Map<String, List<Object>> extractAttributes(Assertion assertion) {
-        Map<String, List<Object>> attributes = new HashMap<>();
-
-        for (AttributeStatement attributeStatement : assertion.getAttributeStatements()) {
-            for (Attribute attribute : attributeStatement.getAttributes()) {
-                String attributeName = attribute.getName();
-                List<Object> values = new ArrayList<>();
-
-                for (XMLObject xmlObject : attribute.getAttributeValues()) {
-                    // Get the text content directly
-                    String value = xmlObject.getDOM().getTextContent();
-                    if (value != null && !value.trim().isEmpty()) {
-                        values.add(value);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if (!values.isEmpty()) {
-                    // Store with both full URI and last part of the URI
-                    attributes.put(attributeName, values);
-                    String shortName = attributeName.substring(attributeName.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
-                    attributes.put(shortName, values);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        return attributes;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Saml2Authentication convert(ResponseToken responseToken) {
+        // Extract the assertion from the response
         Assertion assertion = responseToken.getResponse().getAssertions().get(0);
-        Map<String, List<Object>> attributes = extractAttributes(assertion);
 
-        // Debug log with actual values
-        log.debug("Extracted SAML Attributes: " + attributes);
+        // Extract the NameID
+        String nameId = assertion.getSubject().getNameID().getValue();
 
-        // Try to get username/identifier in order of preference
-        String userIdentifier = null;
-        if (hasAttribute(attributes, "username")) {
-            userIdentifier = getFirstAttributeValue(attributes, "username");
-        } else if (hasAttribute(attributes, "emailaddress")) {
-            userIdentifier = getFirstAttributeValue(attributes, "emailaddress");
-        } else if (hasAttribute(attributes, "name")) {
-            userIdentifier = getFirstAttributeValue(attributes, "name");
-        } else if (hasAttribute(attributes, "upn")) {
-            userIdentifier = getFirstAttributeValue(attributes, "upn");
-        } else if (hasAttribute(attributes, "uid")) {
-            userIdentifier = getFirstAttributeValue(attributes, "uid");
-        } else {
-            userIdentifier = assertion.getSubject().getNameID().getValue();
-        }
-
-        // Rest of your existing code...
-        Optional<User> userOpt = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(userIdentifier);
+        Optional<User> userOpt = userService.findByUsernameIgnoreCase(nameId);
         SimpleGrantedAuthority simpleGrantedAuthority = new SimpleGrantedAuthority("ROLE_USER");
         if (userOpt.isPresent()) {
             User user = userOpt.get();
@@ -91,27 +48,39 @@ public class CustomSaml2ResponseAuthenticationConverter
             }
         }
 
+        // Extract the SessionIndexes
         List<String> sessionIndexes = new ArrayList<>();
         for (AuthnStatement authnStatement : assertion.getAuthnStatements()) {
             sessionIndexes.add(authnStatement.getSessionIndex());
         }
 
-        CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal =
-                new CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal(
-                        userIdentifier, attributes, userIdentifier, sessionIndexes);
+        // Extract the Attributes
+        Map<String, List<Object>> attributes = extractAttributes(assertion);
 
+        // Create the custom principal
+        CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal principal =
+                new CustomSaml2AuthenticatedPrincipal(nameId, attributes, nameId, sessionIndexes);
+
+        // Create the Saml2Authentication
         return new Saml2Authentication(
                 principal,
                 responseToken.getToken().getSaml2Response(),
                 Collections.singletonList(simpleGrantedAuthority));
     }
 
-    private boolean hasAttribute(Map<String, List<Object>> attributes, String name) {
-        return attributes.containsKey(name) && !attributes.get(name).isEmpty();
-    }
-
-    private String getFirstAttributeValue(Map<String, List<Object>> attributes, String name) {
-        List<Object> values = attributes.get(name);
-        return values != null && !values.isEmpty() ? values.get(0).toString() : null;
+    private Map<String, List<Object>> extractAttributes(Assertion assertion) {
+        Map<String, List<Object>> attributes = new HashMap<>();
+        for (AttributeStatement attributeStatement : assertion.getAttributeStatements()) {
+            for (Attribute attribute : attributeStatement.getAttributes()) {
+                String attributeName = attribute.getName();
+                List<Object> values = new ArrayList<>();
+                for (XMLObject xmlObject : attribute.getAttributeValues()) {
+                    log.info("BOOL: " + ((XSBoolean) xmlObject).getValue());
+                    values.add(((XSString) xmlObject).getValue());
+                }
+                attributes.put(attributeName, values);
+            }
+        }
+        return attributes;
     }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/session/SessionPersistentRegistry.java

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.session;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionInformation;

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/security/session/SessionScheduled.java

@@ -5,22 +5,19 @@ import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.security.core.session.SessionInformation;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
 public class SessionScheduled {
-
-    private final SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
-
-    public SessionScheduled(SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry) {
-        this.sessionPersistentRegistry = sessionPersistentRegistry;
-    }
+    @Autowired private SessionPersistentRegistry sessionPersistentRegistry;
 
     @Scheduled(cron = "0 0/5 * * * ?")
     public void expireSessions() {
         Instant now = Instant.now();
+
         for (Object principal : sessionPersistentRegistry.getAllPrincipals()) {
             List<SessionInformation> sessionInformations =
                     sessionPersistentRegistry.getAllSessions(principal, false);

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/AdditionalLanguageJsController.java

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
@@ -17,35 +18,35 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.service.LanguageService;
 @RequestMapping("/js")
 public class AdditionalLanguageJsController {
 
-    private final LanguageService languageService;
-
-    public AdditionalLanguageJsController(LanguageService languageService) {
-        this.languageService = languageService;
-    }
+    @Autowired private LanguageService languageService;
 
     @Hidden
     @GetMapping(value = "/additionalLanguageCode.js", produces = "application/javascript")
     public void generateAdditionalLanguageJs(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
         List<String> supportedLanguages = languageService.getSupportedLanguages();
+
         response.setContentType("application/javascript");
         PrintWriter writer = response.getWriter();
+
         // Erstelle das JavaScript dynamisch
         writer.println("const supportedLanguages = " + toJsonArray(supportedLanguages) + ";");
+
         // Generiere die `getDetailedLanguageCode`-Funktion
         writer.println(
                 """
-                        function getDetailedLanguageCode() {
-                            const userLanguages = navigator.languages ? navigator.languages : [navigator.language];
-                            for (let lang of userLanguages) {
-                                let matchedLang = supportedLanguages.find(supportedLang => supportedLang.startsWith(lang.replace('-', '_')));
-                                if (matchedLang) {
-                                    return matchedLang;
-                                }
-                            }
-                            // Fallback
-                            return "en_GB";
+                function getDetailedLanguageCode() {
+                    const userLanguages = navigator.languages ? navigator.languages : [navigator.language];
+                    for (let lang of userLanguages) {
+                        let matchedLang = supportedLanguages.find(supportedLang => supportedLang.startsWith(lang.replace('-', '_')));
+                        if (matchedLang) {
+                            return matchedLang;
                         }
-                        """);
+                    }
+                    // Fallback
+                    return "en_GB";
+                }
+                """);
+
         writer.flush();
     }
 

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/CropController.java

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream.AppendMode;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.form.PDFormXObject;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class CropController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CropController.class);
+
     private final CustomPDDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
 
     private final PostHogService postHogService;

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/DatabaseController.java

@@ -8,19 +8,23 @@ import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.RedirectAttributes;
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
-import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Parameter;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -30,25 +34,19 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.config.security.database.DatabaseBackupHelper;
 @Controller
 @RequestMapping("/api/v1/database")
 @PreAuthorize("hasRole('ROLE_ADMIN')")
-@Tag(name = "Database", description = "Database APIs for backup, import, and management")
+@Tag(name = "Database", description = "Database APIs")
 public class DatabaseController {
 
-    private final DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper;
+    @Autowired DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper;
 
-    public DatabaseController(DatabaseBackupHelper databaseBackupHelper) {
-        this.databaseBackupHelper = databaseBackupHelper;
-    }
-
-    @Operation(
-            summary = "Import a database backup file",
-            description = "Uploads and imports a database backup SQL file.")
+    @Hidden
     @PostMapping(consumes = "multipart/form-data", value = "import-database")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Import database backup",
+            description = "This endpoint imports a database backup from a SQL file.")
     public String importDatabase(
-            @Parameter(description = "SQL file to import", required = true)
-                    @RequestParam("fileInput")
-                    MultipartFile file,
-            RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
-            throws IOException {
+            @RequestParam("fileInput") MultipartFile file, RedirectAttributes redirectAttributes)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (file == null || file.isEmpty()) {
             redirectAttributes.addAttribute("error", "fileNullOrEmpty");
             return "redirect:/database";
@@ -71,17 +69,13 @@ public class DatabaseController {
     }
 
     @Hidden
-    @Operation(
-            summary = "Import database backup by filename",
-            description = "Imports a database backup file from the server using its file name.")
     @GetMapping("/import-database-file/{fileName}")
-    public String importDatabaseFromBackupUI(
-            @Parameter(description = "Name of the file to import", required = true) @PathVariable
-                    String fileName)
-            throws IOException {
+    public String importDatabaseFromBackupUI(@PathVariable String fileName)
+            throws IllegalArgumentException, IOException {
         if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
             return "redirect:/database?error=fileNullOrEmpty";
         }
+
         // Check if the file exists in the backup list
         boolean fileExists =
                 databaseBackupHelper.getBackupList().stream()
@@ -99,13 +93,12 @@ public class DatabaseController {
     }
 
     @Hidden
+    @GetMapping("/delete/{fileName}")
     @Operation(
             summary = "Delete a database backup file",
-            description = "Deletes a specified database backup file from the server.")
-    @GetMapping("/delete/{fileName}")
-    public String deleteFile(
-            @Parameter(description = "Name of the file to delete", required = true) @PathVariable
-                    String fileName) {
+            description =
+                    "This endpoint deletes a database backup file with the specified file name.")
+    public String deleteFile(@PathVariable String fileName) {
         if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("File must not be null or empty");
         }
@@ -124,13 +117,12 @@ public class DatabaseController {
     }
 
     @Hidden
+    @GetMapping("/download/{fileName}")
     @Operation(
             summary = "Download a database backup file",
-            description = "Downloads the specified database backup file from the server.")
-    @GetMapping("/download/{fileName}")
-    public ResponseEntity<?> downloadFile(
-            @Parameter(description = "Name of the file to download", required = true) @PathVariable
-                    String fileName) {
+            description =
+                    "This endpoint downloads a database backup file with the specified file name.")
+    public ResponseEntity<?> downloadFile(@PathVariable String fileName) {
         if (fileName == null || fileName.isEmpty()) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("File must not be null or empty");
         }
@@ -149,22 +141,4 @@ public class DatabaseController {
                     .build();
         }
     }
-
-    @Operation(
-            summary = "Create a database backup",
-            description =
-                    "This endpoint triggers the creation of a database backup and redirects to the"
-                            + " database management page.")
-    @GetMapping("/createDatabaseBackup")
-    public String createDatabaseBackup() {
-        try {
-            log.info("Starting database backup creation...");
-            databaseBackupHelper.exportDatabase();
-            log.info("Database backup successfully created.");
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Error creating database backup: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
-            return "redirect:/database?error=" + e.getMessage();
-        }
-        return "redirect:/database?infoMessage=backupCreated";
-    }
 }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MergeController.java

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDSignatureField;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -31,18 +33,18 @@ import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.general.MergePdfsRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.CustomPDDocumentFactory;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.GeneralUtils;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 
 @RestController
-@Slf4j
 @RequestMapping("/api/v1/general")
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class MergeController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MergeController.class);
+
     private final CustomPDDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
 
     @Autowired
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ public class MergeController {
                     baos.toByteArray(), mergedFileName); // Return the modified PDF
 
         } catch (Exception ex) {
-            log.error("Error in merge pdf process", ex);
+            logger.error("Error in merge pdf process", ex);
             throw ex;
         } finally {
             for (File file : filesToDelete) {

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/MultiPageLayoutController.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
 
-import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.form.PDFormXObject;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.util.Matrix;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -33,6 +35,8 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class MultiPageLayoutController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MultiPageLayoutController.class);
+
     private final CustomPDDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
 
     @Autowired

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/PdfImageRemovalController.java

@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/RearrangePagesPDFController.java

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -20,7 +22,6 @@ import io.github.pixee.security.Filenames;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.SortTypes;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.PDFWithPageNums;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.general.RearrangePagesRequest;
@@ -30,10 +31,11 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping("/api/v1/general")
-@Slf4j
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class RearrangePagesPDFController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RearrangePagesPDFController.class);
+
     private final CustomPDDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
 
     @Autowired
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ public class RearrangePagesPDFController {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported custom mode");
             }
         } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-            log.error("Unsupported custom mode", e);
+            logger.error("Unsupported custom mode", e);
             return null;
         }
     }
@@ -228,8 +230,8 @@ public class RearrangePagesPDFController {
             } else {
                 newPageOrder = GeneralUtils.parsePageList(pageOrderArr, totalPages, false);
             }
-            log.info("newPageOrder = " + newPageOrder);
-            log.info("totalPages = " + totalPages);
+            logger.info("newPageOrder = " + newPageOrder);
+            logger.info("totalPages = " + totalPages);
             // Create a new list to hold the pages in the new order
             List<PDPage> newPages = new ArrayList<>();
             for (int i = 0; i < newPageOrder.size(); i++) {
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@ public class RearrangePagesPDFController {
                                     .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "")
                             + "_rearranged.pdf");
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            log.error("Failed rearranging documents", e);
+            logger.error("Failed rearranging documents", e);
             return null;
         }
     }

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/RotationController.java

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageTree;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class RotationController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RotationController.class);
+
     private final CustomPDDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
 
     @Autowired

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

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPageContentStream;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.graphics.form.PDFormXObject;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.util.Matrix;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class ScalePagesController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ScalePagesController.class);
+
     private final CustomPDDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
 
     @Autowired

src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/SettingsController.java

@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ package stirling.software.SPDF.controller.api;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
 
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Hidden;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
@@ -21,11 +20,7 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.GeneralUtils;
 @Hidden
 public class SettingsController {
 
-    private final ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
-
-    public SettingsController(ApplicationProperties applicationProperties) {
-        this.applicationProperties = applicationProperties;
-    }
+    @Autowired ApplicationProperties applicationProperties;
 
     @PostMapping("/update-enable-analytics")
     @Hidden
@@ -37,6 +32,7 @@ public class SettingsController {
         }
         GeneralUtils.saveKeyToConfig("system.enableAnalytics", String.valueOf(enabled), false);
         applicationProperties.getSystem().setEnableAnalytics(String.valueOf(enabled));
+
         return ResponseEntity.ok("Updated");
     }
 }

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

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
 import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -26,17 +28,16 @@ import io.github.pixee.security.Filenames;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.Operation;
 import io.swagger.v3.oas.annotations.tags.Tag;
 
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.PDFWithPageNums;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.CustomPDDocumentFactory;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping("/api/v1/general")
-@Slf4j
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class SplitPDFController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SplitPDFController.class);
     private final CustomPDDocumentFactory pdfDocumentFactory;
 
     @Autowired
@@ -51,114 +52,84 @@ public class SplitPDFController {
                     "This endpoint splits a given PDF file into separate documents based on the specified page numbers or ranges. Users can specify pages using individual numbers, ranges, or 'all' for every page. Input:PDF Output:PDF Type:SIMO")
     public ResponseEntity<byte[]> splitPdf(@ModelAttribute PDFWithPageNums request)
             throws IOException {
+        MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
+        String pages = request.getPageNumbers();
+        // open the pdf document
 
-        PDDocument document = null;
-        Path zipFile = null;
+        PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(file.getBytes());
+        // PdfMetadata metadata = PdfMetadataService.extractMetadataFromPdf(document);
+        int totalPages = document.getNumberOfPages();
+        List<Integer> pageNumbers = request.getPageNumbersList(document, false);
+        if (!pageNumbers.contains(totalPages - 1)) {
+            // Create a mutable ArrayList so we can add to it
+            pageNumbers = new ArrayList<>(pageNumbers);
+            pageNumbers.add(totalPages - 1);
+        }
+
+        logger.info(
+                "Splitting PDF into pages: {}",
+                pageNumbers.stream().map(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.joining(",")));
+
+        // split the document
         List<ByteArrayOutputStream> splitDocumentsBoas = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        try {
-
-            MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
-            String pages = request.getPageNumbers();
-            // open the pdf document
-
-            document = Loader.loadPDF(file.getBytes());
-            // PdfMetadata metadata = PdfMetadataService.extractMetadataFromPdf(document);
-            int totalPages = document.getNumberOfPages();
-            List<Integer> pageNumbers = request.getPageNumbersList(document, false);
-            if (!pageNumbers.contains(totalPages - 1)) {
-                // Create a mutable ArrayList so we can add to it
-                pageNumbers = new ArrayList<>(pageNumbers);
-                pageNumbers.add(totalPages - 1);
-            }
-
-            log.info(
-                    "Splitting PDF into pages: {}",
-                    pageNumbers.stream().map(String::valueOf).collect(Collectors.joining(",")));
-
-            // split the document
-            splitDocumentsBoas = new ArrayList<>();
-            int previousPageNumber = 0;
-            for (int splitPoint : pageNumbers) {
-                try (PDDocument splitDocument =
-                        pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(document)) {
-                    for (int i = previousPageNumber; i <= splitPoint; i++) {
-                        PDPage page = document.getPage(i);
-                        splitDocument.addPage(page);
-                        log.info("Adding page {} to split document", i);
-                    }
-                    previousPageNumber = splitPoint + 1;
-
-                    // Transfer metadata to split pdf
-                    // PdfMetadataService.setMetadataToPdf(splitDocument, metadata);
-
-                    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-                    splitDocument.save(baos);
-
-                    splitDocumentsBoas.add(baos);
-                } catch (Exception e) {
-                    log.error("Failed splitting documents and saving them", e);
-                    throw e;
+        int previousPageNumber = 0;
+        for (int splitPoint : pageNumbers) {
+            try (PDDocument splitDocument =
+                    pdfDocumentFactory.createNewDocumentBasedOnOldDocument(document)) {
+                for (int i = previousPageNumber; i <= splitPoint; i++) {
+                    PDPage page = document.getPage(i);
+                    splitDocument.addPage(page);
+                    logger.info("Adding page {} to split document", i);
                 }
-            }
+                previousPageNumber = splitPoint + 1;
 
-            // closing the original document
-            document.close();
+                // Transfer metadata to split pdf
+                // PdfMetadataService.setMetadataToPdf(splitDocument, metadata);
 
-            zipFile = Files.createTempFile("split_documents", ".zip");
+                ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                splitDocument.save(baos);
 
-            String filename =
-                    Filenames.toSimpleFileName(file.getOriginalFilename())
-                            .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "");
-            try (ZipOutputStream zipOut = new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(zipFile))) {
-                // loop through the split documents and write them to the zip file
-                for (int i = 0; i < splitDocumentsBoas.size(); i++) {
-                    String fileName = filename + "_" + (i + 1) + ".pdf";
-                    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = splitDocumentsBoas.get(i);
-                    byte[] pdf = baos.toByteArray();
-
-                    // Add PDF file to the zip
-                    ZipEntry pdfEntry = new ZipEntry(fileName);
-                    zipOut.putNextEntry(pdfEntry);
-                    zipOut.write(pdf);
-                    zipOut.closeEntry();
-
-                    log.info("Wrote split document {} to zip file", fileName);
-                }
+                splitDocumentsBoas.add(baos);
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("Failed writing to zip", e);
+                logger.error("Failed splitting documents and saving them", e);
                 throw e;
             }
-
-            log.info("Successfully created zip file with split documents: {}", zipFile.toString());
-            byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(zipFile);
-            Files.deleteIfExists(zipFile);
-
-            // return the Resource in the response
-            return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
-                    data, filename + ".zip", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
-
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                // Close the main document
-                if (document != null) {
-                    document.close();
-                }
-
-                // Close all ByteArrayOutputStreams
-                for (ByteArrayOutputStream baos : splitDocumentsBoas) {
-                    if (baos != null) {
-                        baos.close();
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Delete temporary zip file
-                if (zipFile != null) {
-                    Files.deleteIfExists(zipFile);
-                }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("Error while cleaning up resources", e);
-            }
         }
+
+        // closing the original document
+        document.close();
+
+        Path zipFile = Files.createTempFile("split_documents", ".zip");
+
+        String filename =
+                Filenames.toSimpleFileName(file.getOriginalFilename())
+                        .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "");
+        try (ZipOutputStream zipOut = new ZipOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(zipFile))) {
+            // loop through the split documents and write them to the zip file
+            for (int i = 0; i < splitDocumentsBoas.size(); i++) {
+                String fileName = filename + "_" + (i + 1) + ".pdf";
+                ByteArrayOutputStream baos = splitDocumentsBoas.get(i);
+                byte[] pdf = baos.toByteArray();
+
+                // Add PDF file to the zip
+                ZipEntry pdfEntry = new ZipEntry(fileName);
+                zipOut.putNextEntry(pdfEntry);
+                zipOut.write(pdf);
+                zipOut.closeEntry();
+
+                logger.info("Wrote split document {} to zip file", fileName);
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Failed writing to zip", e);
+            throw e;
+        }
+
+        logger.info("Successfully created zip file with split documents: {}", zipFile.toString());
+        byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(zipFile);
+        Files.deleteIfExists(zipFile);
+
+        // return the Resource in the response
+        return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
+                data, filename + ".zip", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
     }
 }

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

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ 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.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Data;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
-import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.PdfMetadata;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.model.api.SplitPdfByChaptersRequest;
 import stirling.software.SPDF.service.PdfMetadataService;
@@ -38,10 +39,12 @@ import stirling.software.SPDF.utils.WebResponseUtils;
 
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping("/api/v1/general")
-@Slf4j
 @Tag(name = "General", description = "General APIs")
 public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
 
+    private static final Logger logger =
+            LoggerFactory.getLogger(SplitPdfByChaptersController.class);
+
     private final PdfMetadataService pdfMetadataService;
 
     @Autowired
@@ -49,6 +52,104 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
         this.pdfMetadataService = pdfMetadataService;
     }
 
+    @PostMapping(value = "/split-pdf-by-chapters", consumes = "multipart/form-data")
+    @Operation(
+            summary = "Split PDFs by Chapters",
+            description = "Splits a PDF into chapters and returns a ZIP file.")
+    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> splitPdf(@ModelAttribute SplitPdfByChaptersRequest request)
+            throws Exception {
+        MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
+        boolean includeMetadata = request.getIncludeMetadata();
+        Integer bookmarkLevel =
+                request.getBookmarkLevel(); // levels start from 0 (top most bookmarks)
+        if (bookmarkLevel < 0) {
+            return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("Invalid bookmark level".getBytes());
+        }
+        PDDocument sourceDocument = Loader.loadPDF(file.getBytes());
+
+        PDDocumentOutline outline = sourceDocument.getDocumentCatalog().getDocumentOutline();
+
+        if (outline == null) {
+            logger.warn("No outline found for {}", file.getOriginalFilename());
+            return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("No outline found".getBytes());
+        }
+        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());
+            Bookmark lastBookmark = bookmarks.get(bookmarks.size() - 1);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Unable to extract outline items", e);
+            return ResponseEntity.internalServerError()
+                    .body("Unable to extract outline items".getBytes());
+        }
+
+        boolean allowDuplicates = 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) {
+            logger.info(
+                    "{}::::{} to {}",
+                    bookmark.getTitle(),
+                    bookmark.getStartPage(),
+                    bookmark.getEndPage());
+        }
+        List<ByteArrayOutputStream> splitDocumentsBoas =
+                getSplitDocumentsBoas(sourceDocument, bookmarks, includeMetadata);
+
+        Path zipFile = createZipFile(bookmarks, splitDocumentsBoas);
+
+        byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(zipFile);
+        Files.deleteIfExists(zipFile);
+
+        String filename =
+                Filenames.toSimpleFileName(file.getOriginalFilename())
+                        .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "");
+        sourceDocument.close();
+        return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
+                data, filename + ".zip", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
+    }
+
+    private List<Bookmark> mergeBookmarksThatCorrespondToSamePage(List<Bookmark> bookmarks) {
+        String mergedTitle = "";
+        List<Bookmark> chaptersToBeRemoved = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Bookmark bookmark : bookmarks) {
+            if (bookmark.getStartPage() == bookmark.getEndPage()) {
+                mergedTitle = mergedTitle.concat(bookmark.getTitle().concat(" "));
+                chaptersToBeRemoved.add(bookmark);
+            } else {
+                if (!mergedTitle.isEmpty()) {
+                    if (mergedTitle.length() > 255) {
+                        mergedTitle = mergedTitle.substring(0, 253) + "...";
+                    }
+
+                    bookmarks.set(
+                            bookmarks.indexOf(bookmark),
+                            new Bookmark(
+                                    mergedTitle, bookmark.getStartPage(), bookmark.getEndPage()));
+                }
+                mergedTitle = "";
+            }
+        }
+        bookmarks.removeAll(chaptersToBeRemoved);
+        return bookmarks;
+    }
+
     private static List<Bookmark> extractOutlineItems(
             PDDocument sourceDocument,
             PDOutlineItem current,
@@ -117,120 +218,6 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
         return bookmarks;
     }
 
-    @PostMapping(value = "/split-pdf-by-chapters", consumes = "multipart/form-data")
-    @Operation(
-            summary = "Split PDFs by Chapters",
-            description = "Splits a PDF into chapters and returns a ZIP file.")
-    public ResponseEntity<byte[]> splitPdf(@ModelAttribute SplitPdfByChaptersRequest request)
-            throws Exception {
-        MultipartFile file = request.getFileInput();
-        PDDocument sourceDocument = null;
-        Path zipFile = null;
-
-        try {
-            boolean includeMetadata = request.getIncludeMetadata();
-            Integer bookmarkLevel =
-                    request.getBookmarkLevel(); // levels start from 0 (top most bookmarks)
-            if (bookmarkLevel < 0) {
-                return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("Invalid bookmark level".getBytes());
-            }
-            sourceDocument = Loader.loadPDF(file.getBytes());
-
-            PDDocumentOutline outline = sourceDocument.getDocumentCatalog().getDocumentOutline();
-
-            if (outline == null) {
-                log.warn("No outline found for {}", file.getOriginalFilename());
-                return ResponseEntity.badRequest().body("No outline found".getBytes());
-            }
-            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());
-                Bookmark lastBookmark = bookmarks.get(bookmarks.size() - 1);
-
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("Unable to extract outline items", e);
-                return ResponseEntity.internalServerError()
-                        .body("Unable to extract outline items".getBytes());
-            }
-
-            boolean allowDuplicates = 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) {
-                log.info(
-                        "{}::::{} to {}",
-                        bookmark.getTitle(),
-                        bookmark.getStartPage(),
-                        bookmark.getEndPage());
-            }
-            List<ByteArrayOutputStream> splitDocumentsBoas =
-                    getSplitDocumentsBoas(sourceDocument, bookmarks, includeMetadata);
-
-            zipFile = createZipFile(bookmarks, splitDocumentsBoas);
-
-            byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(zipFile);
-            Files.deleteIfExists(zipFile);
-
-            String filename =
-                    Filenames.toSimpleFileName(file.getOriginalFilename())
-                            .replaceFirst("[.][^.]+$", "");
-            sourceDocument.close();
-            return WebResponseUtils.bytesToWebResponse(
-                    data, filename + ".zip", MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM);
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                if (sourceDocument != null) {
-                    sourceDocument.close();
-                }
-                if (zipFile != null) {
-                    Files.deleteIfExists(zipFile);
-                }
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("Error while cleaning up resources", e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private List<Bookmark> mergeBookmarksThatCorrespondToSamePage(List<Bookmark> bookmarks) {
-        String mergedTitle = "";
-        List<Bookmark> chaptersToBeRemoved = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (Bookmark bookmark : bookmarks) {
-            if (bookmark.getStartPage() == bookmark.getEndPage()) {
-                mergedTitle = mergedTitle.concat(bookmark.getTitle().concat(" "));
-                chaptersToBeRemoved.add(bookmark);
-            } else {
-                if (!mergedTitle.isEmpty()) {
-                    if (mergedTitle.length() > 255) {
-                        mergedTitle = mergedTitle.substring(0, 253) + "...";
-                    }
-
-                    bookmarks.set(
-                            bookmarks.indexOf(bookmark),
-                            new Bookmark(
-                                    mergedTitle, bookmark.getStartPage(), bookmark.getEndPage()));
-                }
-                mergedTitle = "";
-            }
-        }
-        bookmarks.removeAll(chaptersToBeRemoved);
-        return bookmarks;
-    }
-
     private Path createZipFile(
             List<Bookmark> bookmarks, List<ByteArrayOutputStream> splitDocumentsBoas)
             throws Exception {
@@ -253,14 +240,14 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
                 zipOut.write(pdf);
                 zipOut.closeEntry();
 
-                log.info("Wrote split document {} to zip file", fileName);
+                logger.info("Wrote split document {} to zip file", fileName);
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Failed writing to zip", e);
+            logger.error("Failed writing to zip", e);
             throw e;
         }
 
-        log.info("Successfully created zip file with split documents: {}", zipFile);
+        logger.info("Successfully created zip file with split documents: {}", zipFile);
         return zipFile;
     }
 
@@ -281,7 +268,7 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
                         i++) {
                     PDPage page = sourceDocument.getPage(i);
                     splitDocument.addPage(page);
-                    log.info("Adding page {} to split document", i);
+                    logger.info("Adding page {} to split document", i);
                 }
                 ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                 if (includeMetadata) {
@@ -292,7 +279,7 @@ public class SplitPdfByChaptersController {
 
                 splitDocumentsBoas.add(baos);
             } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("Failed splitting documents and saving them", e);
+                logger.error("Failed splitting documents and saving them", e);
                 throw e;
             }
         }