TypeError: 'generator' object is not reversible

[SchoolGuy]

Describe the bug

When building my Projekt on RTD I get a stacktrace which I can't reproduce locally.

Running Sphinx v1.8.5
loading translations [en]... done
making output directory...
loading intersphinx inventory from https://docs.python.org/3/objects.inv...
building [mo]: targets for 0 po files that are out of date
building [html]: targets for 27 source files that are out of date
updating environment: 27 added, 0 changed, 0 removed
reading sources... [  3%] cobbler

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/cmd/build.py", line 304, in build_main
    app.build(args.force_all, filenames)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/application.py", line 341, in build
    self.builder.build_update()
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 347, in build_update
    len(to_build))
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 360, in build
    updated_docnames = set(self.read())
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 468, in read
    self._read_serial(docnames)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 490, in _read_serial
    self.read_doc(docname)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/builders/__init__.py", line 534, in read_doc
    doctree = read_doc(self.app, self.env, self.env.doc2path(docname))
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/io.py", line 318, in read_doc
    pub.publish()
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/docutils/core.py", line 219, in publish
    self.apply_transforms()
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/docutils/core.py", line 200, in apply_transforms
    self.document.transformer.apply_transforms()
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py", line 90, in apply_transforms
    Transformer.apply_transforms(self)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/docutils/transforms/__init__.py", line 171, in apply_transforms
    transform.apply(**kwargs)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/transforms/__init__.py", line 245, in apply
    apply_source_workaround(n)
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/util/nodes.py", line 94, in apply_source_workaround
    for classifier in reversed(node.parent.traverse(nodes.classifier)):
TypeError: 'generator' object is not reversible

Exception occurred:
  File "/home/docs/checkouts/readthedocs.org/user_builds/cobbler/envs/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sphinx/util/nodes.py", line 94, in apply_source_workaround
    for classifier in reversed(node.parent.traverse(nodes.classifier)):
TypeError: 'generator' object is not reversible
The full traceback has been saved in /tmp/sphinx-err-id_ia31r.log, if you want to report the issue to the developers.
Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
A bug report can be filed in the tracker at <https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues>. Thanks!

How to Reproduce

Not reproducible locally

Expected behavior

Project builds successfully.

Your project

https://readthedocs.org/projects/cobbler

Screenshots

No response

OS

Linux

Python version

3.7

Sphinx version

1.8.5

Sphinx extensions

sphinx.ext.autodoc, sphinx.ext.doctest, sphinx.ext.intersphinx, sphinx.ext.todo', 'sphinx.ext.coverage, sphinx.ext.mathjax, sphinx.ext.ifconfig, sphinx.ext.viewcode

Extra tools

No response

Additional context

https://readthedocs.org/projects/cobbler/builds/15157681/

[astrojuanlu]

Please check out #9727, #9788, readthedocs/readthedocs.org#8616 , readthedocs/readthedocs.org#8618, readthedocs/readthedocs.org#8640, readthedocs/readthedocs.org#8642.

[gmilde]

This is another duplicate of #9810.
As these duplicates keep coming, maybe considering the long term support request for 1.x and 2.x in #9807 may ease not only RTD users frustration but also Sphinx developers issue maintenance burden.

[SchoolGuy]

My issue got solved exactly as described in the linked issue. I will close it thus!