An encrypted upload opens the unlock modal and dispatches its policy in the same tick, so the two race. When the user wins - which is likely, the run takes seconds - the policy fails on a document they have already replaced with a decrypted version. That bills for a run guaranteed to fail and leaves a row about a file id no longer in the workbench, so it cannot be opened, retried or tidied away. The workbench publishes the ids whose prompt is still open, and the auto-run skips them. Answering releases the file either way: unlocking dispatches on the decrypted version, and skipping dispatches on the encrypted one, so a document nobody unlocks still records the failure the bell offers Decrypt and retry on. A module store rather than context, matching refreshNotificationsNow: the reader is a policy hook in another layer that needs the answer inside an effect rather than as a render input.
Stirling PDF - The Open-Source PDF Platform
Stirling PDF is a powerful, open-source PDF editing platform. Run it as a personal desktop app, in the browser, or deploy it on your own servers with a private API. Edit, sign, redact, convert, and automate PDFs without sending documents to external services.
Key Capabilities
- Everywhere you work - Desktop client, browser UI, and self-hosted server with a private API.
- 50+ PDF tools - Edit, merge, split, sign, redact, convert, OCR, compress, and more.
- Automation & workflows - No-code pipelines direct in UI with APIs to process millions of PDFs.
- Enterprise‑grade - SSO, auditing, and flexible on‑prem deployments.
- Developer platform - REST APIs available for nearly all tools to integrate into your existing systems.
- Global UI - Interface available in 40+ languages.
For a full feature list, see the docs: https://docs.stirlingpdf.com
Quick Start
docker run -p 8080:8080 docker.stirlingpdf.com/stirlingtools/stirling-pdf
Then open: http://localhost:8080
For full installation options (including desktop and Kubernetes), see our Documentation Guide.
Resources
Support
- Community: Discord
- Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
This project uses Task as a unified command runner for all build, dev, and test commands. Run task dev to get started running the editor, run task to see the most common commands, or see the Developer Guide for full details.
For adding translations, see the Translation Guide.
License
Stirling PDF is open-core. See LICENSE for details.

