#1154 set latex_table_style = ["booktabs"] in docs/conf.py to work around TeX Live 2026's colortbl update, which makes Sphinx's colorrows implementation self-referential and crashes the PDF docs build with TeX capacity exceeded at the first table (upstream: sphinx-doc/sphinx#14465).
The upstream fix is milestoned for Sphinx 9.1.1, which is not yet released (latest is 9.1.0 as of 2026-07-12).
Once the docs CI job installs a Sphinx release containing the fix:
Cosmetic only — until then PDF tables just lose alternating row colours.
#1154 set
latex_table_style = ["booktabs"]indocs/conf.pyto work around TeX Live 2026's colortbl update, which makes Sphinx'scolorrowsimplementation self-referential and crashes the PDF docs build withTeX capacity exceededat the first table (upstream: sphinx-doc/sphinx#14465).The upstream fix is milestoned for Sphinx 9.1.1, which is not yet released (latest is 9.1.0 as of 2026-07-12).
Once the docs CI job installs a Sphinx release containing the fix:
latex_table_styleline (and its comment) fromdocs/conf.pyto restore the default["booktabs", "colorrows"]row shading in the PDFbuild-doc-formatslatex job still passesCosmetic only — until then PDF tables just lose alternating row colours.