Read the Docs Build Optimization

Overview

Diagnose and speed up slow Read the Docs builds by reducing output formats and dependencies, choosing faster build tooling, and lowering API documentation overhead. Prefer minimal, low-risk configuration changes first.

Required inputs

• Build URL or raw logs (timing, memory errors, or timeouts).
• .readthedocs.yaml and documentation dependency files.
• Documentation toolchain (Sphinx or MkDocs) and whether sphinx.ext.autodoc is in use.
• Output formats currently enabled.

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