# Pitfall Log

Project: PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

Summary: Found 14 structured pitfall item(s), including 0 high/blocking item(s). Top priority: Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification.

## 1. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this installation risk before relying on the project: Link Checker Report
- User impact: Developers may fail before the first successful local run: Link Checker Report
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18134, failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18131, failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18126, failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18122, failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18103

## 2. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/17974

## 3. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18157

## 4. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18194

## 5. Installation risk - Installation risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a installation risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: community_evidence:github | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/17974

## 6. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: Link Checker Report
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: Link Checker Report
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18157

## 7. Configuration risk - Configuration risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this configuration risk before relying on the project: PaddleOCR-VL HPS: returnMarkdownImages=false is ineffective with default PaddleX 3.6 SDK
- User impact: Developers may misconfigure credentials, environment, or host setup: PaddleOCR-VL HPS: returnMarkdownImages=false is ineffective with default PaddleX 3.6 SDK
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_issue | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/issues/18194

## 8. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

## 9. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

## 10. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

## 11. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

## 12. Runtime risk - Runtime risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Developers should check this performance risk before relying on the project: v3.7.0
- User impact: Upgrade or migration may change expected behavior: v3.7.0
- Evidence: failure_mode_cluster:github_release | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR/releases/tag/v3.7.0

## 13. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR

## 14. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: release_recency=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PaddleOCR