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Release 4.5.0 (in development)
==============================
Dependencies
------------
Incompatible changes
--------------------
Deprecated
----------
* ``sphinx.ext.napoleon.docstring.GoogleDocstring._qualify_name()``
Features added
--------------
* #10260: Enable ``FORCE_COLOR`` and ``NO_COLOR`` for terminal colouring
* #10234: autosummary: Add "autosummary" CSS class to summary tables
* #10125: extlinks: Improve suggestion message for a reference having title
* #9494, #9456: html search: Add a config variable
:confval:`html_show_search_summary` to enable/disable the search summaries
* #9337: HTML theme, add option ``enable_search_shortcuts`` that enables :kbd:'/' as
a Quick search shortcut and :kbd:`Esc` shortcut that
removes search highlighting.
* #10252: C++, support attributes on classes, unions, and enums.
* #10253: :rst:dir:`pep` role now generates URLs based on peps.python.org
Bugs fixed
----------
* #10133: autodoc: Crashed when mocked module is used for type annotation
* #10146: autodoc: :confval:`autodoc_default_options` does not support
``no-value`` option
* #9971: autodoc: TypeError is raised when the target object is annotated by
unhashable object
* #9529: LaTeX: named auto numbered footnote (ex. ``[#named]``) that is referred
multiple times was rendered to a question mark
* #9924: LaTeX: multi-line :rst:dir:`cpp:function` directive has big vertical
spacing in Latexpdf
* #10158: LaTeX: excessive whitespace since v4.4.0 for undocumented
variables/structure members
* #10175: LaTeX: named footnote reference is linked to an incorrect footnote if
the name is also used in the different document
* #10179: i18n: suppress "rST localization" warning
* #10181: napoleon: attributes are displayed like class attributes for google
style docstrings when :confval:`napoleon_use_ivar` is enabled
* #10122: sphinx-build: make.bat does not check the installation of sphinx-build
command before showing help
Testing
--------
Release 4.4.1 (in development)
==============================
Dependencies
------------
Incompatible changes
--------------------
Deprecated
----------
Features added
--------------
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9876: autodoc: Failed to document an imported class that is built from native
binary module
Testing
--------
Release 4.4.0 (released Jan 17, 2022)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
* #10007: Use ``importlib_metadata`` for python-3.9 or older
* #10007: Drop ``setuptools``
Features added
--------------
* #9075: autodoc: Add a config variable :confval:`autodoc_typehints_format`
to suppress the leading module names of typehints of function signatures (ex.
``io.StringIO`` -> ``StringIO``)
* #9831: Autosummary now documents only the members specified in a module's
``__all__`` attribute if :confval:`autosummary_ignore_module_all` is set to
``False``. The default behaviour is unchanged. Autogen also now supports
this behavior with the ``--respect-module-all`` switch.
* #9555: autosummary: Improve error messages on failure to load target object
* #9800: extlinks: Emit warning if a hardcoded link is replaceable
by an extlink, suggesting a replacement.
* #9961: html: Support nested <kbd> HTML elements in other HTML builders
* #10013: html: Allow to change the loading method of JS via ``loading_method``
parameter for :meth:`Sphinx.add_js_file()`
* #9551: html search: "Hide Search Matches" link removes "highlight" parameter
from URL
* #9815: html theme: Wrap sidebar components in div to allow customizing their
layout via CSS
* #9827: i18n: Sort items in glossary by translated terms
* #9899: py domain: Allows to specify cross-reference specifier (``.`` and
``~``) as ``:type:`` option
* #9894: linkcheck: add option ``linkcheck_exclude_documents`` to disable link
checking in matched documents.
* #9793: sphinx-build: Allow to use the parallel build feature in macOS on macOS
and Python3.8+
* #10055: sphinx-build: Create directories when ``-w`` option given
* #9993: std domain: Allow to refer an inline target (ex. ``_`target name```)
via :rst:role:`ref` role
* #9981: std domain: Strip value part of the option directive from general index
* #9391: texinfo: improve variable in ``samp`` role
* #9578: texinfo: Add :confval:`texinfo_cross_references` to disable cross
references for readability with standalone readers
* #9822 (and #9062), add new Intersphinx role :rst:role:`external` for explict
lookup in the external projects, without resolving to the local project.
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9866: autodoc: doccomment for the imported class was ignored
* #9883: autodoc: doccomment for the alias to mocked object was ignored
* #9908: autodoc: debug message is shown on building document using NewTypes
with Python 3.10
* #9968: autodoc: instance variables are not shown if __init__ method has
position-only-arguments
* #9194: autodoc: types under the "typing" module are not hyperlinked
* #10009: autodoc: Crashes if target object raises an error on getting docstring
* #10058: autosummary: Imported members are not shown when
``autodoc_class_signature = 'separated'``
* #9947: i18n: topic directive having a bullet list can't be translatable
* #9878: mathjax: MathJax configuration is placed after loading MathJax itself
* #9932: napoleon: empty "returns" section is generated even if no description
* #9857: Generated RFC links use outdated base url
* #9909: HTML, prevent line-wrapping in literal text.
* #10061: html theme: Configuration values added by themes are not be able to
override from conf.py
* #10073: imgconverter: Unnecessary availablity check is called for "data" URIs
* #9925: LaTeX: prohibit also with ``'xelatex'`` line splitting at dashes of
inline and parsed literals
* #9944: LaTeX: extra vertical whitespace for some nested declarations
* #9940: LaTeX: Multi-function declaration in Python domain has cramped
vertical spacing in latexpdf output
* #10015: py domain: types under the "typing" module are not hyperlinked defined
at info-field-list
* #9390: texinfo: Do not emit labels inside footnotes
* #9413: xml: Invalid XML was generated when cross referencing python objects
* #9979: Error level messages were displayed as warning messages
* #10057: Failed to scan documents if the project is placed onto the root
directory
* #9636: code-block: ``:dedent:`` without argument did strip newlines
Release 4.3.2 (released Dec 19, 2021)
=====================================
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9917: C and C++, parse fundamental types no matter the order of simple type
specifiers.
Release 4.3.1 (released Nov 28, 2021)
=====================================
Features added
--------------
* #9864: mathjax: Support chnaging the loading method of MathJax to "defer" via
:confval:`mathjax_options`
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9838: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on building document for functions
decorated by functools.lru_cache
* #9879: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on building document for an object
having invalid __doc__ attribute
* #9844: autodoc: Failed to process a function wrapped with functools.partial if
:confval:`autodoc_preserve_defaults` enabled
* #9872: html: Class namespace collision between autodoc signatures and
docutils-0.17
* #9868: imgmath: Crashed if the dvisvgm command failed to convert equation
* #9864: mathjax: Failed to render equations via MathJax v2. The loading method
of MathJax is back to "async" method again
Release 4.3.0 (released Nov 11, 2021)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
* Support Python 3.10
Incompatible changes
--------------------
* #9649: ``searchindex.js``: the embedded data has changed format to allow
objects with the same name in different domains.
* #9672: The rendering of Python domain declarations is implemented
with more docutils nodes to allow better CSS styling.
It may break existing styling.
* #9672: the signature of
:py:meth:`domains.py.PyObject.get_signature_prefix` has changed to
return a list of nodes instead of a plain string.
* #9695: ``domains.js.JSObject.display_prefix`` has been changed into a method
``get_display_prefix`` which now returns a list of nodes
instead of a plain string.
* #9695: The rendering of Javascript domain declarations is implemented
with more docutils nodes to allow better CSS styling.
It may break existing styling.
* #9450: mathjax: Load MathJax via "defer" strategy
Deprecated
----------
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.AttributeDocumenter._datadescriptor``
* ``sphinx.writers.html.HTMLTranslator._fieldlist_row_index``
* ``sphinx.writers.html.HTMLTranslator._table_row_index``
* ``sphinx.writers.html5.HTML5Translator._fieldlist_row_index``
* ``sphinx.writers.html5.HTML5Translator._table_row_index``
Features added
--------------
* #9639: autodoc: Support asynchronous generator functions
* #9664: autodoc: ``autodoc-process-bases`` supports to inject reST snippet as a
base class
* #9691: C, added new info-field ``retval``
for :rst:dir:`c:function` and :rst:dir:`c:macro`.
* C++, added new info-field ``retval`` for :rst:dir:`cpp:function`.
* #9618: i18n: Add :confval:`gettext_allow_fuzzy_translations` to allow "fuzzy"
messages for translation
* #9672: More CSS classes on Python domain descriptions
* #9695: More CSS classes on Javascript domain descriptions
* #9683: Revert the removal of ``add_stylesheet()`` API. It will be kept until
the Sphinx-6.0 release
* #2068, add :confval:`intersphinx_disabled_reftypes` for disabling
interphinx resolution of cross-references that do not have an explicit
inventory specification. Specific types of cross-references can be disabled,
e.g., ``std:doc`` or all cross-references in a specific domain,
e.g., ``std:*``.
* #9623: Allow to suppress "toctree contains reference to excluded document"
warnings using :confval:`suppress_warnings`
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9630: autodoc: Failed to build cross references if :confval:`primary_domain`
is not 'py'
* #9644: autodoc: Crashed on getting source info from problematic object
* #9655: autodoc: mocked object having doc comment is warned unexpectedly
* #9651: autodoc: return type field is not generated even if
:confval:`autodoc_typehints_description_target` is set to "documented" when
its info-field-list contains ``:returns:`` field
* #9657: autodoc: The base class for a subclass of mocked object is incorrect
* #9607: autodoc: Incorrect base class detection for the subclasses of the
generic class
* #9755: autodoc: memory addresses are shown for aliases
* #9752: autodoc: Failed to detect type annotation for slots attribute
* #9756: autodoc: Crashed if classmethod does not have __func__ attribute
* #9757: autodoc: :confval:`autodoc_inherit_docstrings` does not effect to
overridden classmethods
* #9781: autodoc: :confval:`autodoc_preserve_defaults` does not support
hexadecimal numeric
* #9630: autosummary: Failed to build summary table if :confval:`primary_domain`
is not 'py'
* #9670: html: Fix download file with special characters
* #9710: html: Wrong styles for even/odd rows in nested tables
* #9763: html: parameter name and its type annotation are not separated in HTML
* #9649: HTML search: when objects have the same name but in different domains,
return all of them as result instead of just one.
* #7634: intersphinx: references on the file in sub directory are broken
* #9737: LaTeX: hlist is rendered as a list containing "aggedright" text
* #9678: linkcheck: file extension was shown twice in warnings
* #9697: py domain: An index entry with parens was registered for ``py:method``
directive with ``:property:`` option
* #9775: py domain: Literal typehint was converted to a cross reference when
:confval:`autodoc_typehints='description'`
* #9708: needs_extension failed to check double-digit version correctly
* #9688: Fix :rst:dir:`code`` does not recognize ``:class:`` option
* #9733: Fix for logging handler flushing warnings in the middle of the docs
build
* #9656: Fix warnings without subtype being incorrectly suppressed
* Intersphinx, for unresolved references with an explicit inventory,
e.g., ``proj:myFunc``, leave the inventory prefix in the unresolved text.
Release 4.2.0 (released Sep 12, 2021)
=====================================
Features added
--------------
* #9445: autodoc: Support class properties
* #9479: autodoc: Emit a warning if target is a mocked object
* #9560: autodoc: Allow to refer NewType instances with module name in Python
3.10 or above
* #9447: html theme: Expose the version of Sphinx in the form of tuple as a
template variable ``sphinx_version_tuple``
* #9594: manpage: Suppress the title of man page if description is empty
* #9445: py domain: ``:py:property:`` directive supports ``:classmethod:``
option to describe the class property
* #9524: test: SphinxTestApp can take ``builddir`` as an argument
* #9535: C and C++, support more fundamental types, including GNU extensions.
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9608: apidoc: apidoc does not generate a module definition for implicit
namespace package
* #9504: autodoc: generate incorrect reference to the parent class if the target
class inherites the class having ``_name`` attribute
* #9537, #9589: autodoc: Some objects under ``typing`` module are not displayed
well with the HEAD of 3.10
* #9487: autodoc: typehint for cached_property is not shown
* #9509: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on failed resolving typehints
* #9518: autodoc: autodoc_docstring_signature does not effect to ``__init__()``
and ``__new__()``
* #9522: autodoc: PEP 585 style typehints having arguments (ex. ``list[int]``)
are not displayed well
* #9481: autosummary: some warnings contain non-existing filenames
* #9568: autosummary: summarise overlined sectioned headings correctly
* #9600: autosummary: Type annotations which contain commas in autosummary table
are not removed completely
* #9481: c domain: some warnings contain non-existing filenames
* #9481: cpp domain: some warnings contain non-existing filenames
* #9456: html search: abbreation marks are inserted to the search result if
failed to fetch the content of the page
* #9617: html search: The JS requirement warning is shown if browser is slow
* #9267: html theme: CSS and JS files added by theme were loaded twice
* #9585: py domain: ``:type:`` option for :rst:dir:`py:property` directive does
not create a hyperlink
* #9576: py domain: Literal typehint was converted to a cross reference
* #9535 comment: C++, fix parsing of defaulted function parameters that are
function pointers.
* #9564: smartquotes: don't adjust typography for text with
language-highlighted ``:code:`` role.
* #9512: sphinx-build: crashed with the HEAD of Python 3.10
Release 4.1.2 (released Jul 27, 2021)
=====================================
Incompatible changes
--------------------
* #9435: linkcheck: Disable checking automatically generated anchors on
github.com (ex. anchors in reST/Markdown documents)
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9489: autodoc: Custom types using ``typing.NewType`` are not displayed well
with the HEAD of 3.10
* #9490: autodoc: Some objects under ``typing`` module are not displayed well
with the HEAD of 3.10
* #9436, #9471: autodoc: crashed if ``autodoc_class_signature = "separated"``
* #9456: html search: html_copy_source can't control the search summaries
* #9500: LaTeX: Failed to build Japanese document on Windows
* #9435: linkcheck: Failed to check anchors in github.com
Release 4.1.1 (released Jul 15, 2021)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
* #9434: sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp-2.0.0 or above
* #9434: sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml-1.1.5 or above
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9438: html: HTML logo or Favicon specified as file not being found on output
Release 4.1.0 (released Jul 12, 2021)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
* Support jinja2-3.0
Deprecated
----------
* The ``app`` argument of ``sphinx.environment.BuildEnvironment`` becomes
required
* ``sphinx.application.Sphinx.html_theme``
* ``sphinx.ext.autosummary._app``
* ``sphinx.util.docstrings.extract_metadata()``
Features added
--------------
* #8107: autodoc: Add ``class-doc-from`` option to :rst:dir:`autoclass`
directive to control the content of the specific class like
:confval:`autoclass_content`
* #8588: autodoc: :confval:`autodoc_type_aliases` now supports dotted name. It
allows you to define an alias for a class with module name like
``foo.bar.BazClass``
* #9175: autodoc: Special member is not documented in the module
* #9195: autodoc: The arguments of ``typing.Literal`` are wrongly rendered
* #9185: autodoc: :confval:`autodoc_typehints` allows ``'both'`` setting to
allow typehints to be included both in the signature and description
* #4257: autodoc: Add :confval:`autodoc_class_signature` to separate the class
entry and the definition of ``__init__()`` method
* #8061, #9218: autodoc: Support variable comment for alias classes
* #3014: autodoc: Add :event:`autodoc-process-bases` to modify the base classes
of the class definitions
* #9272: autodoc: Render enum values for the default argument value better
* #9384: autodoc: ``autodoc_typehints='none'`` now erases typehints for
variables, attributes and properties
* #3257: autosummary: Support instance attributes for classes
* #9358: html: Add "heading" role to the toctree items
* #9225: html: Add span tag to the return typehint of method/function
* #9129: html search: Show search summaries when html_copy_source = False
* #9307: html search: Prevent corrections and completions in search field
* #9120: html theme: Eliminate prompt characters of code-block from copyable
text
* #9176: i18n: Emit a debug message if message catalog file not found under
:confval:`locale_dirs`
* #9414: LaTeX: Add xeCJKVerbAddon to default fvset config for Chinese documents
* #9016: linkcheck: Support checking anchors on github.com
* #9016: linkcheck: Add a new event :event:`linkcheck-process-uri` to modify
URIs before checking hyperlinks
* #6525: linkcheck: Add :confval:`linkcheck_allowed_redirects` to mark
hyperlinks that are redirected to expected URLs as "working"
* #1874: py domain: Support union types using ``|`` in info-field-list
* #9268: py domain: :confval:`python_use_unqualified_type_names` supports type
field in info-field-list
* #9097: Optimize the parallel build
* #9131: Add :confval:`nitpick_ignore_regex` to ignore nitpicky warnings using
regular expressions
* #9174: Add ``Sphinx.set_html_assets_policy`` to tell extensions to include
HTML assets in all the pages. Extensions can check this via
``Sphinx.registry.html_assets_policy``
* C++, add support for
- ``inline`` variables,
- ``consteval`` functions,
- ``constinit`` variables,
- ``char8_t``,
- ``explicit(<constant expression>)`` specifier,
- digit separators in literals, and
- constraints in placeholder type specifiers, aka. adjective syntax
(e.g., ``Sortable auto &v``).
* C, add support for digit separators in literals.
* #9166: LaTeX: support containers in LaTeX output
Bugs fixed
----------
* #8872: autodoc: stacked singledispatches are wrongly rendered
* #8597: autodoc: a docsting having metadata only should be treated as
undocumented
* #9185: autodoc: typehints for overloaded functions and methods are inaccurate
* #9250: autodoc: The inherited method not having docstring is wrongly parsed
* #9283: autodoc: autoattribute directive failed to generate document for an
attribute not having any comment
* #9364: autodoc: single element tuple on the default argument value is wrongly
rendered
* #9362: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on processing a subclass of Tuple[()]
* #9404: autodoc: TypeError is raised on processing dict-like object (not a
class) via autoclass directive
* #9317: html: Pushing left key causes visiting the next page at the first page
* #9381: html: URL for html_favicon and html_log does not work
* #9270: html theme : pyramid theme generates incorrect logo links
* #9217: manpage: The name of manpage directory that is generated by
:confval:`man_make_section_directory` is not correct
* #9350: manpage: Fix font isn't reset after keyword at the top of samp role
* #9306: Linkcheck reports broken link when remote server closes the connection
on HEAD request
* #9280: py domain: "exceptions" module is not displayed
* #9418: py domain: a Callable annotation with no parameters
(e.g. ``Callable[[], None])`` will be rendered with a bracket missing
(``Callable[], None]``)
* #9319: quickstart: Make sphinx-quickstart exit when conf.py already exists
* #9387: xml: XML Builder ignores custom visitors
* #9224: ``:param:`` and ``:type:`` fields does not support a type containing
whitespace (ex. ``Dict[str, str]``)
* #8945: when transforming typed fields, call the specified role instead of
making an single xref. For C and C++, use the ``expr`` role for typed fields.
Release 4.0.3 (released Jul 05, 2021)
=====================================
Features added
--------------
* C, add C23 keywords ``_Decimal32``, ``_Decimal64``, and ``_Decimal128``.
* #9354: C, add :confval:`c_extra_keywords` to allow user-defined keywords
during parsing.
* Revert the removal of ``sphinx.util:force_decode()`` to become some 3rd party
extensions available again during 5.0
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9330: changeset domain: :rst:dir:`versionchanged` with contents being a list
will cause error during pdf build
* #9313: LaTeX: complex table with merged cells broken since 4.0
* #9305: LaTeX: backslash may cause Improper discretionary list pdf build error
with Japanese engines
* #9354: C, remove special macro names from the keyword list.
See also :confval:`c_extra_keywords`.
* #9322: KeyError is raised on PropagateDescDomain transform
Release 4.0.2 (released May 20, 2021)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
* #9216: Support jinja2-3.0
Incompatible changes
--------------------
* #9222: Update Underscore.js to 1.13.1
* #9217: manpage: Stop creating a section directory on build manpage by default
(see :confval:`man_make_section_directory`)
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9210: viewcode: crashed if non importable modules found on parallel build
* #9240: Unknown node error for pending_xref_condition is raised if an extension
that does not support the node installs a missing-reference handler
Release 4.0.1 (released May 11, 2021)
=====================================
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9189: autodoc: crashed when ValueError is raised on generating signature
from a property of the class
* #9188: autosummary: warning is emitted if list value is set to
autosummary_generate
* #8380: html search: tags for search result are broken
* #9198: i18n: Babel emits errors when running compile_catalog
* #9205: py domain: The :canonical: option causes "more than one target for
cross-reference" warning
* #9201: websupport: UndefinedError is raised: 'css_tag' is undefined
Release 4.0.0 (released May 09, 2021)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
4.0.0b1
* Drop python 3.5 support
* Drop docutils 0.12 and 0.13 support
* LaTeX: add ``tex-gyre`` font dependency
4.0.0b2
* Support docutils-0.17. Please notice it changes the output of HTML builder.
Some themes do not support it, and you need to update your custom CSS to
upgrade it.
Incompatible changes
--------------------
4.0.0b1
* #8539: autodoc: info-field-list is generated into the class description when
``autodoc_typehints='description'`` and ``autoclass_content='class'`` set
* #8898: extlinks: "%s" becomes required keyword in the link caption string
* domain: The ``Index`` class becomes subclasses of ``abc.ABC`` to indicate
methods that must be overridden in the concrete classes
* #4826: py domain: The structure of python objects is changed. A boolean value
is added to indicate that the python object is canonical one
* #7425: MathJax: The MathJax was changed from 2 to 3. Users using a custom
MathJax configuration may have to set the old MathJax path or update their
configuration for version 3. See :mod:`sphinx.ext.mathjax`.
* #7784: i18n: The msgid for alt text of image is changed
* #5560: napoleon: :confval:`napoleon_use_param` also affect "other parameters"
section
* #7996: manpage: Make a section directory on build manpage by default (see
:confval:`man_make_section_directory`)
* #7849: html: Change the default setting of
:confval:`html_codeblock_linenos_style` to ``'inline'``
* #8380: html search: search results are wrapped with ``<p>`` instead of
``<div>``
* html theme: Move a script tag for documentation_options.js in
basic/layout.html to ``script_files`` variable
* html theme: Move CSS tags in basic/layout.html to ``css_files`` variable
* #8915: html theme: Emit a warning for sphinx_rtd_theme-0.2.4 or older
* #8508: LaTeX: uplatex becomes a default setting of latex_engine for Japanese
documents
* #5977: py domain: ``:var:``, ``:cvar:`` and ``:ivar:`` fields do not create
cross-references
* #4550: The ``align`` attribute of ``figure`` and ``table`` nodes becomes
``None`` by default instead of ``'default'``
* #8769: LaTeX refactoring: split sphinx.sty into multiple files and rename
some auxiliary files created in ``latex`` build output repertory
* #8937: Use explicit title instead of <no title>
* #8487: The :file: option for csv-table directive now recognizes an absolute
path as a relative path from source directory
4.0.0b2
* #9023: Change the CSS classes on :rst:role:`cpp:expr` and
:rst:role:`cpp:texpr`.
Deprecated
----------
* :confval:`html_codeblock_linenos_style`
* ``favicon`` and ``logo`` variable in HTML templates
* ``sphinx.directives.patches.CSVTable``
* ``sphinx.directives.patches.ListTable``
* ``sphinx.directives.patches.RSTTable``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.directive.DocumenterBridge.filename_set``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.directive.DocumenterBridge.warn()``
* ``sphinx.registry.SphinxComponentRegistry.get_source_input()``
* ``sphinx.registry.SphinxComponentRegistry.source_inputs``
* ``sphinx.transforms.FigureAligner``
* ``sphinx.util.pycompat.convert_with_2to3()``
* ``sphinx.util.pycompat.execfile_()``
* ``sphinx.util.smartypants``
* ``sphinx.util.typing.DirectiveOption``
Features added
--------------
4.0.0b1
* #8924: autodoc: Support ``bound`` argument for TypeVar
* #7383: autodoc: Support typehints for properties
* #5603: autodoc: Allow to refer to a python class using its canonical name
when the class has two different names; a canonical name and an alias name
* #8539: autodoc: Add :confval:`autodoc_typehints_description_target` to control
the behavior of ``autodoc_typehints=description``
* #8841: autodoc: :confval:`autodoc_docstring_signature` will continue to look
for multiple signature lines without backslash character
* #7549: autosummary: Enable :confval:`autosummary_generate` by default
* #8898: extlinks: Allow %s in link caption string
* #4826: py domain: Add ``:canonical:`` option to python directives to describe
the location where the object is defined
* #7199: py domain: Add :confval:`python_use_unqualified_type_names` to suppress
the module name of the python reference if it can be resolved (experimental)
* #7068: py domain: Add :rst:dir:`py:property` directive to describe a property
* #7784: i18n: The alt text for image is translated by default (without
:confval:`gettext_additional_targets` setting)
* #2018: html: :confval:`html_favicon` and :confval:`html_logo` now accept URL
for the image
* #8070: html search: Support searching for 2characters word
* #9036: html theme: Allow to inherite the search page
* #8938: imgconverter: Show the error of the command availability check
* #7830: Add debug logs for change detection of sources and templates
* #8201: Emit a warning if toctree contains duplicated entries
* #8326: ``master_doc`` is now renamed to :confval:`root_doc`
* #8942: C++, add support for the C++20 spaceship operator, ``<=>``.
* #7199: A new node, ``sphinx.addnodes.pending_xref_condition`` has been added.
It can be used to choose appropriate content of the reference by conditions.
4.0.0b2
* #8818: autodoc: Super class having ``Any`` arguments causes nit-picky warning
* #9095: autodoc: TypeError is raised on processing broken metaclass
* #9110: autodoc: metadata of GenericAlias is not rendered as a reference in
py37+
* #9098: html: copy-range protection for doctests doesn't work in Safari
* #9103: LaTeX: imgconverter: conversion runs even if not needed
* #8127: py domain: Ellipsis in info-field-list causes nit-picky warning
* #9121: py domain: duplicated warning is emitted when both canonical and its
alias objects are defined on the document
* #9023: More CSS classes on domain descriptions, see :ref:`nodes` for details.
* #8195: mathjax: Rename :confval:`mathjax_config` to
:confval:`mathjax2_config` and add :confval:`mathjax3_config`
Bugs fixed
----------
4.0.0b1
* #8917: autodoc: Raises a warning if function has wrong __globals__ value
* #8415: autodoc: a TypeVar imported from other module is not resolved (in
Python 3.7 or above)
* #8992: autodoc: Failed to resolve types.TracebackType type annotation
* #8905: html: html_add_permalinks=None and html_add_permalinks="" are ignored
* #8380: html search: Paragraphs in search results are not identified as ``<p>``
* #8915: html theme: The translation of sphinx_rtd_theme does not work
* #8342: Emit a warning if a unknown domain is given for directive or role (ex.
``:unknown:doc:``)
* #7241: LaTeX: No wrapping for ``cpp:enumerator``
* #8711: LaTeX: backticks in code-blocks trigger latexpdf build warning (and font
change) with late TeXLive 2019
* #8253: LaTeX: Figures with no size defined get overscaled (compared to images
with size explicitly set in pixels) (fixed for ``'pdflatex'/'lualatex'`` only)
* #8881: LaTeX: The depth of bookmarks panel in PDF is not enough for navigation
* #8874: LaTeX: the fix to two minor Pygments LaTeXFormatter output issues ignore
Pygments style
* #8925: LaTeX: 3.5.0 ``verbatimmaxunderfull`` setting does not work as
expected
* #8980: LaTeX: missing line break in ``\pysigline``
* #8995: LaTeX: legacy ``\pysiglinewithargsret`` does not compute correctly
available horizontal space and should use a ragged right style
* #9009: LaTeX: "release" value with underscore leads to invalid LaTeX
* #8911: C++: remove the longest matching prefix in
:confval:`cpp_index_common_prefix` instead of the first that matches.
* C, properly reject function declarations when a keyword is used
as parameter name.
* #8933: viewcode: Failed to create back-links on parallel build
* #8960: C and C++, fix rendering of (member) function pointer types in
function parameter lists.
* C++, fix linking of names in array declarators, pointer to member
(function) declarators, and in the argument to ``sizeof...``.
* C, fix linking of names in array declarators.
4.0.0b2
* C, C++, fix ``KeyError`` when an ``alias`` directive is the first C/C++
directive in a file with another C/C++ directive later.
4.0.0b3
* #9167: html: Failed to add CSS files to the specific page
Release 3.5.5 (in development)
==============================
Release 3.5.4 (released Apr 11, 2021)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
* #9071: Restrict docutils to 0.16
Bugs fixed
----------
* #9078: autodoc: Async staticmethods and classmethods are considered as non
async coroutine-functions with Python3.10
* #8870, #9001, #9051: html theme: The style are not applied with docutils-0.17
- toctree captions
- The content of ``sidebar`` directive
- figures
Release 3.5.3 (released Mar 20, 2021)
=====================================
Features added
--------------
* #8959: using UNIX path separator in image directive confuses Sphinx on Windows
Release 3.5.2 (released Mar 06, 2021)
=====================================
Bugs fixed
----------
* #8943: i18n: Crashed by broken translation messages in ES, EL and HR
* #8936: LaTeX: A custom LaTeX builder fails with unknown node error
* #8952: Exceptions raised in a Directive cause parallel builds to hang
Release 3.5.1 (released Feb 16, 2021)
=====================================
Bugs fixed
----------
* #8883: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on assigning __annotations__ on
read-only class
* #8884: html: minified js stemmers not included in the distributed package
* #8885: html: AttributeError is raised if CSS/JS files are installed via
:confval:`html_context`
* #8880: viewcode: ExtensionError is raised on incremental build after
unparsable python module found
Release 3.5.0 (released Feb 14, 2021)
=====================================
Dependencies
------------
* LaTeX: ``multicol`` (it is anyhow a required part of the official latex2e
base distribution)
Incompatible changes
--------------------
* Update Underscore.js to 1.12.0
* #6550: html: The config variable ``html_add_permalinks`` is replaced by
:confval:`html_permalinks` and :confval:`html_permalinks_icon`
Deprecated
----------
* pending_xref node for viewcode extension
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.anchors_ignore``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.auth``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.broken``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.good``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.redirected``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.rqueue``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.to_ignore``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.workers``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.CheckExternalLinksBuilder.wqueue``
* ``sphinx.builders.linkcheck.node_line_or_0()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.AttributeDocumenter.isinstanceattribute()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.directive.DocumenterBridge.reporter``
* ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.importer.get_module_members()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate._simple_info()``
* ``sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate._simple_warn()``
* ``sphinx.writers.html.HTMLTranslator.permalink_text``
* ``sphinx.writers.html5.HTML5Translator.permalink_text``
Features added
--------------
* #8022: autodoc: autodata and autoattribute directives does not show right-hand
value of the variable if docstring contains ``:meta hide-value:`` in
info-field-list
* #8514: autodoc: Default values of overloaded functions are taken from actual
implementation if they're ellipsis
* #8775: autodoc: Support type union operator (PEP-604) in Python 3.10 or above
* #8297: autodoc: Allow to extend :confval:`autodoc_default_options` via
directive options
* #759: autodoc: Add a new configuration :confval:`autodoc_preserve_defaults` as
an experimental feature. It preserves the default argument values of
functions in source code and keep them not evaluated for readability.
* #8619: html: kbd role generates customizable HTML tags for compound keys
* #8634: html: Allow to change the order of JS/CSS via ``priority`` parameter
for :meth:`Sphinx.add_js_file()` and :meth:`Sphinx.add_css_file()`
* #6241: html: Allow to add JS/CSS files to the specific page when an extension
calls ``app.add_js_file()`` or ``app.add_css_file()`` on
:event:`html-page-context` event
* #6550: html: Allow to use HTML permalink texts via
:confval:`html_permalinks_icon`
* #1638: html: Add permalink icons to glossary terms
* #8868: html search: performance issue with massive lists
* #8867: html search: Update JavaScript stemmer code to the latest version of
Snowball (v2.1.0)
* #8852: i18n: Allow to translate heading syntax in MyST-Parser
* #8649: imgconverter: Skip availability check if builder supports the image
type
* #8573: napoleon: Allow to change the style of custom sections using
:confval:`napoleon_custom_styles`
* #8004: napoleon: Type definitions in Google style docstrings are rendered as
references when :confval:`napoleon_preprocess_types` enabled
* #6241: mathjax: Include mathjax.js only on the document using equations
* #8775: py domain: Support type union operator (PEP-604)
* #8651: std domain: cross-reference for a rubric having inline item is broken
* #7642: std domain: Optimize case-insensitive match of term
* #8681: viewcode: Support incremental build
* #8132: Add :confval:`project_copyright` as an alias of :confval:`copyright`
* #207: Now :confval:`highlight_language` supports multiple languages
* #2030: :rst:dir:`code-block` and :rst:dir:`literalinclude` supports automatic
dedent via no-argument ``:dedent:`` option
* C++, also hyperlink operator overloads in expressions and alias declarations.
* #8247: Allow production lists to refer to tokens from other production groups
* #8813: Show what extension (or module) caused it on errors on event handler
* #8213: C++: add ``maxdepth`` option to :rst:dir:`cpp:alias` to insert nested
declarations.
* C, add ``noroot`` option to :rst:dir:`c:alias` to render only nested
declarations.
* C++, add ``noroot`` option to :rst:dir:`cpp:alias` to render only nested
declarations.
Bugs fixed
----------
* #8727: apidoc: namespace module file is not generated if no submodules there
* #741: autodoc: inherited-members doesn't work for instance attributes on super
class
* #8592: autodoc: ``:meta public:`` does not effect to variables
* #8594: autodoc: empty __all__ attribute is ignored
* #8315: autodoc: Failed to resolve struct.Struct type annotation
* #8652: autodoc: All variable comments in the module are ignored if the module
contains invalid type comments
* #8693: autodoc: Default values for overloaded functions are rendered as string
* #8134: autodoc: crashes when mocked decorator takes arguments
* #8800: autodoc: Uninitialized attributes in superclass are recognized as
undocumented
* #8655: autodoc: Failed to generate document if target module contains an
object that raises an exception on ``hasattr()``
* #8306: autosummary: mocked modules are documented as empty page when using
:recursive: option
* #8232: graphviz: Image node is not rendered if graph file is in subdirectory
* #8618: html: kbd role produces incorrect HTML when compound-key separators (-,
+ or ^) are used as keystrokes
* #8629: html: A type warning for html_use_opensearch is shown twice
* #8714: html: kbd role with "Caps Lock" rendered incorrectly
* #8123: html search: fix searching for terms containing + (Requires a custom
search language that does not split on +)
* #8665: html theme: Could not override globaltoc_maxdepth in theme.conf
* #8446: html: consecutive spaces are displayed as single space
* #8745: i18n: crashes with KeyError when translation message adds a new auto
footnote reference
* #4304: linkcheck: Fix race condition that could lead to checking the
availability of the same URL twice
* #8791: linkcheck: The docname for each hyperlink is not displayed
* #7118: sphinx-quickstart: questionare got Mojibake if libreadline unavailable
* #8094: texinfo: image files on the different directory with document are not
copied
* #8782: todo: Cross references in todolist get broken
* #8720: viewcode: module pages are generated for epub on incremental build
* #8704: viewcode: anchors are generated in incremental build after singlehtml
* #8756: viewcode: highlighted code is generated even if not referenced
* #8671: :confval:`highlight_options` is not working
* #8341: C, fix intersphinx lookup types for names in declarations.
* C, C++: in general fix intersphinx and role lookup types.
* #8683: :confval:`html_last_updated_fmt` does not support UTC offset (%z)
* #8683: :confval:`html_last_updated_fmt` generates wrong time zone for %Z
* #1112: ``download`` role creates duplicated copies when relative path is
specified
* #2616 (fifth item): LaTeX: footnotes from captions are not clickable,
and for manually numbered footnotes only first one with same number is
an hyperlink
* #7576: LaTeX with French babel and memoir crash: "Illegal parameter number
in definition of ``\FNH@prefntext``"
* #8055: LaTeX (docs): A potential display bug with the LaTeX generation step
in Sphinx (how to generate one-column index)
* #8072: LaTeX: Directive :rst:dir:`hlist` not implemented in LaTeX
* #8214: LaTeX: The :rst:role:`index` role and the glossary generate duplicate
entries in the LaTeX index (if both used for same term)
* #8735: LaTeX: wrong internal links in pdf to captioned code-blocks when
:confval:`numfig` is not True
* #8442: LaTeX: some indexed terms are ignored when using xelatex engine
(or pdflatex and :confval:`latex_use_xindy` set to True) with memoir class
* #8750: LaTeX: URLs as footnotes fail to show in PDF if originating from
inside function type signatures
* #8780: LaTeX: long words in narrow columns may not be hyphenated
* #8788: LaTeX: ``\titleformat`` last argument in sphinx.sty should be
bracketed, not braced (and is anyhow not needed)
* #8849: LaTex: code-block printed out of margin (see the opt-in LaTeX syntax
boolean :ref:`verbatimforcewraps <latexsphinxsetupforcewraps>` for use via
the :ref:`'sphinxsetup' <latexsphinxsetup>` key of ``latex_elements``)
* #8183: LaTeX: Remove substitution_reference nodes from doctree only on LaTeX
builds
* #8865: LaTeX: Restructure the index nodes inside title nodes only on LaTeX
builds
* #8796: LaTeX: potentially critical low level TeX coding mistake has gone
unnoticed so far
* C, :rst:dir:`c:alias` skip symbols without explicit declarations
instead of crashing.
* C, :rst:dir:`c:alias` give a warning when the root symbol is not declared.
* C, ``expr`` role should start symbol lookup in the current scope.
Release 3.4.3 (released Jan 08, 2021)
=====================================
Bugs fixed
----------
* #8655: autodoc: Failed to generate document if target module contains an
object that raises an exception on ``hasattr()``
Release 3.4.2 (released Jan 04, 2021)
=====================================
Bugs fixed
----------
* #8164: autodoc: Classes that inherit mocked class are not documented
* #8602: autodoc: The ``autodoc-process-docstring`` event is emitted to the
non-datadescriptors unexpectedly
* #8616: autodoc: AttributeError is raised on non-class object is passed to
autoclass directive
Release 3.4.1 (released Dec 25, 2020)
=====================================
Bugs fixed
----------
* #8559: autodoc: AttributeError is raised when using forward-reference type
annotations
* #8568: autodoc: TypeError is raised on checking slots attribute
* #8567: autodoc: Instance attributes are incorrectly added to Parent class
* #8566: autodoc: The ``autodoc-process-docstring`` event is emitted to the
alias classes unexpectedly
* #8583: autodoc: Unnecessary object comparison via ``__eq__`` method
* #8565: linkcheck: Fix PriorityQueue crash when link tuples are not
comparable
Release 3.4.0 (released Dec 20, 2020)
=====================================
Incompatible changes
--------------------
* #8105: autodoc: the signature of class constructor will be shown for decorated
classes, not a signature of decorator