Release 9.1.0 (released Dec 31, 2025)

Dependencies

• #14153: Drop Python 3.11 support.
• #12555: Drop Docutils 0.20 support. Patch by Adam Turner

Features added

• Add :meth:~sphinx.application.Sphinx.add_static_dir for copying static assets from extensions to the build output. Patch by Jared Dillard

Bugs fixed

• #14189: autodoc: Fix duplicate :no-index-entry: for modules. Patch by Adam Turner
• #13713: Fix compatibility with MyST-Parser. Patch by Adam Turner
• Fix tests for Python 3.15. Patch by Adam Turner
• #14089: autodoc: Fix default option parsing. Patch by Adam Turner
• Remove incorrect static typing assertions. Patch by Adam Turner
• #14050: LaTeXTranslator fails to build documents using the "acronym" standard role. Patch by Günter Milde
• LaTeX: Fix rendering for grid filled merged vertical cell. Patch by Tim Nordell
• #14228: LaTeX: Fix overrun footer for cases of merged vertical table cells. Patch by Tim Nordell
• #14207: Fix creating HTMLThemeFactory objects in third-party extensions. Patch by Adam Turner
• #3099: LaTeX: PDF build crashes if a code-block contains more than circa 1350 codelines (about 27 a4-sized pages at default pointsize). Patch by Jean-François B.
• #14064: LaTeX: TABs ending up in sphinxVerbatim fail to obey tab stops. Patch by Jean-François B.
• #14089: autodoc: Improve support for non-weakreferencable objects. Patch by Adam Turner
• LaTeX: Fix accidental removal at 3.5.0 (#8854) of the documentation of literalblockcappos key of :ref:'sphinxsetup' <latexsphinxsetup>. Patch by Jean-François B.