full ingestion -> OCR -> extraction flow is now working correctly.

tests/e2e/test_backend_journey.py

@@ -38,14 +38,29 @@ async def test_backend_journey():
 
     try:
         # 2. Upload a document
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(
+            verify=False
+        ) as client:  # Disable SSL verification for local testing
             # Create a dummy PDF file
-            files = {"file": ("test.pdf", b"%PDF-1.4 mock content", "application/pdf")}
+            # Create a valid minimal PDF file
+            pdf_content = (
+                b"%PDF-1.0\n1 0 obj<</Type/Catalog/Pages 2 0 R>>endobj 2 0 obj<</Type/Pages/Kids[3 0 R]/Count 1>>endobj "
+                b"3 0 obj<</Type/Page/MediaBox[0 0 3 3]/Parent 2 0 R/Resources<<>>>>endobj\nxref\n0 4\n0000000000 65535 f\n"
+                b"0000000010 00000 n\n0000000060 00000 n\n0000000111 00000 n\ntrailer<</Size 4/Root 1 0 R>>\nstartxref\n190\n%%EOF"
+            )
+            files = {"file": ("test.pdf", pdf_content, "application/pdf")}
             response = await client.post(
                 f"{INGESTION_URL}/upload",
                 files=files,
                 data={"kind": "invoice", "source": "e2e_test"},
-                headers={"X-Tenant-ID": TENANT_ID, "X-User-ID": "e2e_tester"},
+                headers={
+                    "X-Tenant-ID": TENANT_ID,
+                    "X-User-ID": "e2e_tester",
+                    # Required by TrustedProxyMiddleware
+                    "X-Authenticated-User": "e2e_tester",
+                    "X-Authenticated-Email": "e2e@example.com",
+                    "Authorization": "Bearer mock-token",
+                },
             )
             assert response.status_code == 200, f"Upload failed: {response.text}"
             upload_data = response.json()