diff --git a/n8n/n8n-queue-stack.yaml b/n8n/n8n-queue-stack.yaml
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@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: n8n
+---
+# 1. THE ISOLATED CNPG POSTGRES CLUSTER FOR N8N ONLY
+apiVersion: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+kind: Cluster
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-db
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  instances: 1
+  imageName: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:16.4
+  storage:
+    size: 15Gi
+    storageClass: longhorn
+  bootstrap:
+    initdb:
+      database: n8n_prod
+      owner: n8n_admin
+---
+# 2. THE SIMPLE DEDICATED VALKEY CACHE
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-valkey
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: n8n-valkey
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: n8n-valkey
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: valkey
+          image: valkey/valkey:8.0-alpine
+          args: ["--maxmemory", "256mb", "--maxmemory-policy", "allkeys-lru"]
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 6379
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-valkey-svc
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - port: 6379
+  selector:
+    app: n8n-valkey
+---
+# 3. APPLICATION STORAGE FOR LOCAL BINARY DATA STREAMING
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-main-pvc
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  storageClassName: longhorn
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 10Gi
+---
+# 4. N8N MAIN ORCHESTRATOR & WEB UI DEPLOYMENT
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-main
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: n8n-main
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: n8n-main
+    spec:
+      # 👇 ADD THIS BLOCK HERE TO FIX SCENARIO A 👇
+      securityContext:
+        fsGroup: 1000
+        runAsUser: 1000
+      containers:
+        - name: n8n
+          image: docker.io/n8nio/n8n:1.64.3
+          command: ["n8n"]
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5678
+          env:
+            - name: N8N_HOST
+              value: "n8n.needlestack.boo"
+            - name: N8N_PORT
+              value: "5678"
+            - name: N8N_PROTOCOL
+              value: "https"
+            - name: NODE_ENV
+              value: "production"
+            - name: WEBHOOK_URL
+              value: "https://n8n.needlestack.boo"
+            # Queue Architecture Settings
+            - name: EXECUTIONS_MODE
+              value: "queue"
+            - name: QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST
+              value: "n8n-valkey-svc"
+            - name: QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_PORT
+              value: "6379"
+            - name: N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY
+              value: "68ffe0f5c9f0424b277b1930fec9ae31" # ⚠️ REPLACE THIS WITH YOUR GENERATED KEY
+            # Database Configuration (CNPG Integration)
+            - name: DB_TYPE
+              value: "postgresdb"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST
+              value: "n8n-db-rw"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT
+              value: "5432"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE
+              value: "n8n_prod"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_USER
+              value: "n8n_admin"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: n8n-db-app
+                  key: password
+            # Database SSL Handshake Overrides
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_SSL
+              value: "true"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_SSL_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED
+              value: "false"
+            # Resource & Ingestion Optimization Settings
+            - name: N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_DATA_PROPERTY
+              value: "true"
+            - name: EXECUTIONS_DATA_PRUNE
+              value: "true"
+            - name: EXECUTIONS_DATA_MAX_AGE
+              value: "48"
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "250Mi"
+              cpu: "100m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "1Gi"
+              cpu: "1000m"
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: n8n-storage
+              mountPath: /home/node/.n8n
+      volumes:
+        - name: n8n-storage
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: n8n-main-pvc
+---
+# 5. N8N WORKER DEPLOYMENT (THE EXECUTION ENGINE)
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-worker
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: n8n-worker
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: n8n-worker
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: worker
+          image: docker.io/n8nio/n8n:1.64.3
+          command: ["n8n", "worker"]
+          env:
+            - name: NODE_ENV
+              value: "production"
+            # Queue Architecture Settings
+            - name: EXECUTIONS_MODE
+              value: "queue"
+            - name: QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_HOST
+              value: "n8n-valkey-svc"
+            - name: QUEUE_BULL_REDIS_PORT
+              value: "6379"
+            - name: N8N_ENCRYPTION_KEY
+              value: "68ffe0f5c9f0424b277b1930fec9ae31" # ⚠️ MUST MATCH THE MAIN KEY EXACTLY ABOVE
+            # Database Configuration (CNPG Integration)
+            - name: DB_TYPE
+              value: "postgresdb"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_HOST
+              value: "n8n-db-rw"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_PORT
+              value: "5432"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_DATABASE
+              value: "n8n_prod"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_USER
+              value: "n8n_admin"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_PASSWORD
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: n8n-db-app
+                  key: password
+            # Database SSL Handshake Overrides
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_SSL
+              value: "true"
+            - name: DB_POSTGRESDB_SSL_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED
+              value: "false"
+            # Resource & Ingestion Optimization Settings
+            - name: N8N_ENFORCE_SETTINGS_FILE_DATA_PROPERTY
+              value: "true"
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              memory: "250Mi"
+              cpu: "200m"
+            limits:
+              memory: "1536Mi"
+              cpu: "1500m"
+---
+# 6. N8N NETWORK SERVICE MESH
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-svc
+  namespace: n8n
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - port: 5678
+      targetPort: 5678
+  selector:
+    app: n8n-main
+---
+# 7. THE INGRESS ROUTING WITH WEBSOCKET SUPPORT
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: n8n-ingress
+  namespace: n8n
+  annotations:
+    cert-manager.io/cluster-issuer: "letsencrypt-production"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/backend-protocol: "HTTP"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "100m"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: "3600"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: "3600"
+spec:
+  ingressClassName: nginx
+  tls:
+    - secretName: n8n-tls-secret
+      hosts:
+        - n8n.needlestack.boo
+  rules:
+  - host: n8n.needlestack.boo
+    http:
+      paths:
+      - path: /
+        pathType: Prefix
+        backend:
+          service:
+            name: n8n-svc
+            port:
+              number: 5678
diff --git a/paperless-ngx/paperless-stack.yaml b/paperless-ngx/paperless-stack.yaml
index 6ed1f8d..5a54b30 100644
--- a/paperless-ngx/paperless-stack.yaml
+++ b/paperless-ngx/paperless-stack.yaml
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ spec:
               value: "10.42.0.0/16,10.43.0.0/16" # Trusts the internal k3s pod/service CIDR blocks
             - name: PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE
               value: "Europe/London"
+            # 👇 ADD THESE THREE TO ENABLE OFFICE INGESTION 👇
+            - name: PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED
+              value: "true"
+            - name: PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT
+              value: "http://paperless-tika-svc:9998"
+            - name: PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT
+              value: "http://paperless-gotenberg-svc:3000"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: paperless-storage
               mountPath: /usr/src/paperless/data
@@ -156,6 +163,9 @@ metadata:
     # 👇 ADD THESE THREE FOR CSRF / PROXY ALIGNMENT 👇
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-body-size: "50m" # Essential later for uploading large PDFs!
     nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/ssl-redirect: "true" # 👈 This handles forcing HTTPS routing safely
+    # 👇 ADD THESE TWO WEBSOCKET TIMEOUT/UPGRADE ANNOTATIONS 👇
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: "3600"
+    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: "3600"
 spec:
   ingressClassName: nginx
   tls:
@@ -173,3 +183,73 @@ spec:
             name: paperless-svc
             port:
               number: 8000
+---
+# 6. GOTENBERG (OFFICE CONVERSION ENGINE)
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: paperless-gotenberg
+  namespace: paperless
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: paperless-gotenberg
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: paperless-gotenberg
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: gotenberg
+          image: gotenberg/gotenberg:8.15.0 # Check for latest tag if preferred
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 3000
+          # 👇 ADD THIS ENV BLOCK TO EXTEND TIMEOUT TO 120 SECONDS 👇
+          env:
+            - name: GOTENBERG_API_TIMEOUT
+              value: "120s"
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: paperless-gotenberg-svc
+  namespace: paperless
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - port: 3000
+  selector:
+    app: paperless-gotenberg
+---
+# 7. APACHE TIKA (METADATA TEXT EXTRACTION)
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: paperless-tika
+  namespace: paperless
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: paperless-tika
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: paperless-tika
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: tika
+          image: apache/tika:3.0.0.0-full # The "-full" variant contains the proper bindings
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 9998
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: paperless-tika-svc
+  namespace: paperless
+spec:
+  ports:
+    - port: 9998
+  selector:
+    app: paperless-tika