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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"bug: “type”, not “typealias“ & you’re confusing “role” and “objtype”","articleBody":"### Description of the bug\n\nIn these two spots, you should pass `role=\"type\"`, “typealias” is neither a role that exists nor a valid objtype\n\nhttps://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/blob/8125b0d28b039693ff05b8caac981da47eb4cd7c/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/type_alias.html.jinja#L38\n\nhttps://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/blob/8125b0d28b039693ff05b8caac981da47eb4cd7c/src/mkdocstrings_handlers/python/templates/material/_base/type_alias.html.jinja#L86\n\nThere’s also a bigger bug in `mkdocstrings` (https://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings/issues/826), and probably zensical: `role` != `objtype`:\n\nhttps://github.com/mkdocstrings/mkdocstrings/blob/9a11dcb8e9b39ff6e1a22abdd362350de4e68e9f/src/mkdocstrings/_internal/inventory.py#L64\n\ne.g. the role `attr` refers to objtype “attribute”,\n\n### To Reproduce\ndocument this:\n\n```py\ntype Foo = int\n```\n\nthe objects.inv you create will contain broken entries\n\n### Full traceback\nN/A\n\n### Expected behavior\n- `type` statements create `type` entries in `object.inv` (not `typealias`)\n- attributes create `attribute` entries in `objects.inv` (not `attr`, that’s the role used to refer to them)\n\n### Environment information\nv2.0.8\n\n### Additional context\nN/A\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/flying-sheep","@type":"Person","name":"flying-sheep"},"datePublished":"2026-09-03T13:58:36Z","url":"https://github.com/mkdocstrings/python/issues/339"}