Mistral never auto-expires OCR file uploads - delete them yourself
Clean up your Files API uploads after Mistral OCR calls. Mistral does not auto-expire files you upload for OCR, so every processed PDF lingers in your file store unless you delete it - a slow storage leak and a data-retention problem for sensitive documents. Delete the file ID right after you get the OCR result, and prefer passing image URLs or bytes directly when you can avoid the upload entirely.
Context: paperless-gpt Mistral OCR integration docs: when documents are uploaded through Mistral's Files API for OCR, Mistral does not expire those uploads automatically - the integration deletes each file right after the OCR call (best-effort) because nothing is uploaded in image mode.Maintainer review
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