[HELP WANTED] versioning doesn't appear on setup (serve locally)

[kurt-o-sys]

Hi, I'm trying to use mike, but apparently, I fail:

1. install mkdocs ( https://www.mkdocs.org/getting-started/ )
2. run git init
3. install and setup mike (https://github.com/jimporter/mike)
4. run mike deploy 14.61 LATEST
5. run mike serve (or mkserve)

I never get the versions dropdown to see.

What am I doing wrong?

Thx, Kurt

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With the default theme (mkdocs):

With the material theme (https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/getting-started/):

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In the logs, versions.json is not found:

$ mkdocs serve 
INFO    -  DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
             File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mike/mkdocs_plugin.py", line 6, in <module>
               from pkg_resources import iter_entry_points
             File "/opt/homebrew/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 118, in <module>
               warnings.warn(
INFO    -  Building documentation...
INFO    -  Cleaning site directory
INFO    -  Documentation built in 0.12 seconds
INFO    -  [14:46:23] Watching paths for changes: 'docs', 'mkdocs.yml'
INFO    -  [14:46:23] Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8000/skryv-docs/
WARNING -  [14:46:25] "GET /versions.json HTTP/1.1" code 404
INFO    -  [14:46:25] Browser connected: http://localhost:8000/skryv-docs/
WARNING -  [14:46:28] "GET / HTTP/1.1" code 302
INFO    -  [14:46:28] Browser connected: http://localhost:8000/skryv-docs/
WARNING -  [14:46:28] "GET /versions.json HTTP/1.1" code 404

$ mike serve
Starting server at http://localhost:8000/
Press Ctrl+C to quit.
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:36] code 404, message File not found
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:36] "GET /livereload/314215069/314219764 HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:39] code 404, message File not found
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:39] "GET /livereload/314215069/314219764 HTTP/1.1" 404 -
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:40] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:40] "GET /LATEST/ HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:40] "GET /14.62/ HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:40] "GET /14.62/assets/stylesheets/main.35e1ed30.min.css HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:40] "GET /14.62/assets/javascripts/bundle.aecac24b.min.js HTTP/1.1" 200 -
127.0.0.1 - - [19/Oct/2023 14:47:40] "GET /14.62/assets/images/favicon.png HTTP/1.1" 200 -

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$ cat mkdocs.yml
site_name: Platform docs
site_url: <site url>

theme:
  name: mkdocs 

extra:
  version:
    provider: mike

plugins:
  - mike:
      canonical_version: null
      version_selector: true
      css_dir: css
      javascript_dir: js

[jimporter]

Are you sure you're actually testing with mike serve (and not mkdocs serve)? The logs when you ran mike serve look correct to me. (It's expected that you'd get a 404 looking for versions.json with the latter, since MkDocs itself isn't aware of mike.)

If you still have problems, please refile a new issue and fill out the bug reporting form fully. I can't help with this unless I see the commits.