`mkdocs` does not watch for file changes when using `click>8.2.1`
Author: oliversheridanmethvenCreated Oct 2, 2025Updated May 18, 2026
I noticed when I did a dependency upgrade to some of the latest and greatest, that mkdocs was no longer watching for file changes. Eventually I narrows this down. With click==8.2.1 everything works and file changes trigger everything to reload. However, when this gets bumped to click=8.3.0 no files are being watched and no dynamic doc reloading when doing a mkdocs serve.
It is likely related to this issue: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/4014
Can we pin to 8.2.1 as a hot-fix until this is resolved?
Source: mkdocs/mkdocs