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Fix Sphinx Documentation Build - Google Fonts Issue

  • Identify the bug: sphinx_immaterial theme attempts to download Google Fonts from fonts.google.com
  • Root cause: Default fonts (Roboto, Roboto Mono) trigger network requests that fail when blocked
  • Fix: Set font: False in html_theme_options in conf.py to disable Google Fonts
  • Test: Build documentation to verify the fix works
  • Verify: Documentation builds successfully without network access to fonts.google.com
  • Cleanup: Add generated docs directories to .gitignore
  • Properly rebased on main - commits now correctly stacked on top of latest main
  • Fix Sphinx 9.x compatibility issue - Install Sphinx <9.0 in separate pip command to prevent dependency resolution from upgrading to Sphinx 9.x
  • Clean up artifacts - Remove wheel file and add *.whl to .gitignore
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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits January 15, 2026 12:57
Set font: False in html_theme_options to prevent sphinx_immaterial from attempting to download Google Fonts from fonts.google.com, which fails when network access is restricted or blocked.

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix bug in Sphinx documentation build Fix Sphinx build failure due to Google Fonts network request Jan 15, 2026
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@copilot Please rebase on main

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@copilot Please rebase on main

Done! The branch has been rebased on main. The changes are in commit 4ddd9b6.

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@copilot The Github Pages workflow is still failing and the error is the same

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@copilot Traceback

  File "/home/runner/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sphinx/transforms/post_transforms/__init__.py", line 352, in run
    if issubclass(translator, SphinxTranslator):
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: issubclass() arg 1 must be a class

The full traceback has been saved in:
/tmp/sphinx-err-wdvjnekx.log

To report this error to the developers, please open an issue at https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx/issues/. Thanks!
Please also report this if it was a user error, so that a better error message can be provided next time.
make: *** [Makefile:17: html] Error 2
writing output... [ 5%] cpp/alpaka_utils
Error: Process completed with exit code 2.

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@copilot The Github Pages workflow is still failing and the error is the same

I investigated the GitHub Pages workflow failure. The Google Fonts fix is working correctly (font: False is in place), but there's a different error occurring: a compatibility issue between Sphinx 9.x and the sphinx_immaterial theme.

I've pinned Sphinx to version <9.0 in the workflow to resolve this TypeError. The fix is in commit 9c0cf5c.

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@copilot Now it works, thanks.
There are still warnings though:

/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/alpaka_utils.rst:2: WARNING: Duplicate explicit target name: "namespaceclue". [docutils]
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'wrappedCoordinates' does not match any of the parameters ['wrapped_coordinates', 'TRange'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<std::ranges::contiguous_range TRange> void setWrappedCoordinates(const TRange &wrapped_coordinates)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'wrappedCoordinates' does not match any of the parameters ['wrapped_coordinates', 'TArgs'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<std::integral... TArgs> void setWrappedCoordinates(TArgs... wrapped_coordinates)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_conversion.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'h_points' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'd_points', 'TQueue', 'Ndim', 'TDev'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue, std::size_t Ndim, concepts::device TDev> auto copyToHost(TQueue &queue, const PointsDevice<Ndim, TDev> &d_points)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_conversion.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'd_points' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'h_points', 'TQueue', 'Ndim', 'TDev'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue, std::size_t Ndim, concepts::device TDev> auto copyToDevice(TQueue &queue, const PointsHost<Ndim> &h_points)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_device.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'input_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsDevice(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, std::span<float> input, std::span<int> output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_device.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'output_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsDevice(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, std::span<float> input, std::span<int> output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_device.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'input_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsDevice(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, float *input, int *output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_device.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'output_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsDevice(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, float *input, int *output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_host.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'input_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsHost(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, std::span<float> input, std::span<int> output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_host.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'output_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsHost(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, std::span<float> input, std::span<int> output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_host.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'input_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsHost(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, float *input, int *output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/cpp/points_host.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'output_buffer' does not match any of the parameters ['queue', 'n_points', 'input', 'output', 'TQueue'] defined in the signature(s): ['template<concepts::queue TQueue> PointsHost(TQueue &queue, int32_t n_points, float *input, int *output)']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/getting-started.rst:147: WARNING: image file not readable: images/docs/getting-started/output-plotter.png [image.not_readable]
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'dc' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'rhoc' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'dm' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'seed_dc' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'ppbin' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'wrapped_coordinates' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['input_data', 'wrapped_coords']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'wrapped_coordinates' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['wrapped_coords']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'choice' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['choice: str', 'parameters: list | None = None', 'function: ~types.LambdaType = <function clusterer.<lambda>>']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'parameters' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['choice: str', 'parameters: list | None = None', 'function: ~types.LambdaType = <function clusterer.<lambda>>']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'function' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['choice: str', 'parameters: list | None = None', 'function: ~types.LambdaType = <function clusterer.<lambda>>']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'cluster_id' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['cluster_index']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'dc' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'rhoc' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'dm' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'ppbin' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'kernel' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'clust_data' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'clust_prop' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']
/home/runner/work/CLUEstering/CLUEstering/docs/source/python/clusterer.rst:2: WARNING: Parameter name 'elapsed_time' does not match any of the parameters defined in the signature: ['dc: float', 'rhoc: float', "dm: [<class 'float'>", 'None] = None', "seed_dc: [<class 'float'>", 'ppbin: int = 128']```

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The issue was that pip's dependency resolver was upgrading Sphinx to 9.x despite the version constraint. This happened because all packages were installed in a single command, allowing pip to resolve dependencies and choose Sphinx 9.x.

Fixed by installing Sphinx <9.0 first in a separate pip command, then installing other packages. This ensures Sphinx stays at 8.x. The fix is in commit a671be5.

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