PDF Ingestion Pipeline

Production-grade document processing with security, scalability, and reliability

Document Processing Pipeline

Step-by-step breakdown of how documents are ingested and made searchable

Upload & Validation

File type verification, size limits, security scanning

Text Extraction

Extract text content using OCR when needed

Intelligent Chunking

Context-aware document segmentation

Embedding Generation

Convert chunks to vector embeddings

Vector Storage

Store embeddings in Qdrant with metadata

Indexing & Search

Build searchable indexes

Security: All documents processed in sandboxed containers with resource limits

Production Features

Security

  • • Sandboxed processing containers
  • • File validation & malware scanning
  • • Resource limits & timeouts
  • • User namespace isolation

Scalability

  • • Batch processing for efficiency
  • • Horizontal scaling support
  • • Queue-based processing
  • • Auto-scaling infrastructure

Reliability

  • • Retry mechanisms with backoff
  • • Error handling & recovery
  • • Progress tracking & resumability
  • • Health checks & monitoring

Cost Optimization

  • • Embedding caching
  • • Batch API calls
  • • Efficient chunking
  • • Pay-per-use infrastructure

Multi-Tenant Architecture

The system supports multiple users with complete data isolation:

  • Database: Row-level security (RLS) ensures users only see their data
  • Vector DB: Namespace isolation per user (user_{user_id})
  • Storage: User-specific S3 prefixes
  • Cache: User-scoped cache keys
  • Quotas: Per-user rate limits and resource quotas