**[Guillaume Nodet](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=gnt)** opened **[MJAVADOC-716](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-716?redirect=false)** and commented I always end up with `Configuration changed, re-generating javadoc.`. --- **Issue Links:** - [MJAVADOC-626](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MJAVADOC-626) Detect stale files and skip generation if not needed **Remote Links:** - [GitHub Pull Request #144 ](https://github.com/apache/maven-javadoc-plugin/pull/144) **Backported to:** [3.6.1](https://github.com/apache/maven-javadoc-plugin/milestone/35?closed=1)