# Make PDFs open directly (not via download) by default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** completed, pdf-previews
**Created:** [11 november 2025 om 21:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190 "2025-11-11T21:39:03Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [18 februari 2026 om 07:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190/22 "2026-02-18T07:36:57Z")

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No tweaks since the security fix linked above. It could’ve been caching, especially if you did the upgrade via the UI the first time. If you’ve now done a full rebuild, then that will’ve reset the NGINX cache. Glad to hear it’s working now!

I opened a new topic for the mp4 issue

> [@Mp4 files are downloading instead of displaying inline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mp4-files-are-downloading-instead-of-displaying-inline/396363):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Make PDFs open directly (not via download) by default](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-pdfs-open-directly-not-via-download-by-default/388190/21) Something is causing mp4 files to still be served with content-disposition: attachment. We need to investigate and fix.

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