Issues

• Is -a still recommended after the upstream fixes to unconditionally copy static files?

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#212 · Filter by author joelostblom opened on Apr 7, 2026

• Allow to serve site with path prefix

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#208 · Filter by author ffplexim opened on Jan 26, 2026

• The CPU usage of sphinx-autobuild is very high.

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#202 · Filter by author ramwin opened on Oct 10, 2025

• Feature: Add --watch-step to control rebuild delay

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#200 · Filter by author un4gt opened on Aug 4, 2025
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• Problems installing latest versions of sphinx-autobuild on Windows from PyPI with latest versions of pip

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#197 · Filter by author fohrloop opened on Jul 13, 2025

• OS watch limits due to filtering occurring after watch registration

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#194 · Filter by author jonatanolofsson opened on Jun 6, 2025

• Infinite reload loop after the first file change

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#187 · Filter by author savchenko opened on Dec 29, 2024
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• Can not build project (a folder is not found?)

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#186 · Filter by author Gabriel-p opened on Nov 19, 2024

• Allow customising browser-facing hostname, port, and protocol

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#185 · Filter by author KyeRussell opened on Nov 18, 2024
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• Feature Request: Proxy Support

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#184 · Filter by author ryanewtaylor opened on Nov 15, 2024

• Feature Request: Host over https

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#183 · Filter by author ryanewtaylor opened on Nov 15, 2024

• Server not yet serving when browser is opened for the first time

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#179 · Filter by author cmarqu opened on Sep 8, 2024
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• Exposing watchfiles settings to the user

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#174 · Filter by author cmarqu opened on Sep 3, 2024
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• Support building multiple targets?

  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#168 · Filter by author deliciouslytyped opened on Jul 20, 2024

• Ignore autosummary generated files to detect changes

  enhancement
  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#154 · Filter by author plutonium-239 opened on Apr 14, 2024
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• Ignore contents of .gitignore

  enhancement
  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#140 · Filter by author hugovk opened on Oct 30, 2023

• Use sphinx's exclude_patterns for ignore pattern

  enhancement
  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#131 · Filter by author LecrisUT opened on Jun 27, 2023
  5

• ENH: Support watching single files

  enhancement
  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#118 · Filter by author snowman2 opened on Jul 7, 2022
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• Can't use --ignore with doc/_build/jupyter_execute/*.ipynb to prevent infinite loop

  bug
  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#117 · Filter by author NickleDave opened on Jun 5, 2022
  2

• Support recursive ** globs in --ignore

  enhancement
  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#112 · Filter by author asmeurer opened on Dec 3, 2021
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• Recommend additional workflow example for working with Jinja templates that requires -aE option

  documentation
  sphinx-doc/sphinx-autobuild#104 · Filter by author SunbrightShinobi opened on Dec 22, 2020
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