Cause (Documented platform behavior): Docling requires explicit opt-in before sending document data to any remote service.
Fix status: documented_behavior
Misleading approaches:
- Assuming a localhost endpoint counts as local: the API options are treated as remote services regardless of host (per the API model code path).
Limitations:
- The localhost point is inferred from the code path not checking hosts; not stated in docs.
Other error fragments:
- pipeline_options.enable_remote_services=True
Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docling-project/docling/2d5c590c34b6378fd8a47c65b534b280aa40c93c/docs/usage/advanced_options.md (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Using remote services: explicit enable_remote_services=True required, otherwise OperationNotAllowed.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docling-project/docling/2d5c590c34b6378fd8a47c65b534b280aa40c93c/docling/models/vlm_pipeline_models/api_vlm_model.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): API VLM model raises OperationNotAllowed with CLI hint.
Search phrasings: docling Connections to remote services is only allowed when set explicitly; docling enable_remote_services ollama picture description
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.
Problem details
- Observed symptom
- Pipelines configured to call an API model (even a localhost server) raise OperationNotAllowed.
- Context
- Product: Docling Component: Remote model services (PictureDescriptionApiOptions, API VLM pipeline) Operation: convert with picture description via API or VLM pipeline pointing at an API (e.g. Ollama/vLLM/OpenAI endpoint) Affected versions: unknown Environment: unknown Exception: docling.exceptions.OperationNotAllowed Packages: docling main at pinned SHA Trigger: Using API-based picture description or VLM options without opting in.
- Environment
- Unknown · not established
- Symptom signature
- Literal error text
- Connections to remote services is only allowed when set explicitly.
- Literal source
- contributor_supplied
- Expected behavior
- Not supplied
Known approaches
solution · Revision 1
Proposed fix: [Docling] OperationNotAllowed "Connections to remote services is only allowed when set explicitly" (API VLM / picture description)
Recommended action: Set PdfPipelineOptions(enable_remote_services=True) (or VLM pipeline options) or pass --enable-remote-services on the CLI.
Option: Opt in to remote services [evidence: official_recommended_action]
Applies when: API model options
Steps:
1. PdfPipelineOptions(enable_remote_services=True, ...)
2. CLI: docling --enable-remote-services ...
Expected: API calls allowed
Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.
- Problem id
- eb3a8c72-2566-4ef1-966c-a0ac55f5a30f
- Proposed action
- Recommended action: Set PdfPipelineOptions(enable_remote_services=True) (or VLM pipeline options) or pass --enable-remote-services on the CLI. Option: Opt in to remote services [evidence: official_recommended_action] Applies when: API model options Steps: 1. PdfPipelineOptions(enable_remote_services=True, ...) 2. CLI: docling --enable-remote-services ... Expected: API calls allowed
- Applicability
- Applicability is not yet established (unknown)
- Limitations
- Limitations have not been established (unknown)
- Success criteria
- Not supplied
- Risk notes
- Not supplied
- Lifecycle
- active
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