Because the feedback button is only added if specific settings are found:
if html_context.get("github_issues") and not disable_feedback_button:
html_js_files.append("github_issue_links.js")
And the defaults are set afterwards, the feedback button is not added to documentation by default as is intended.
Current workaround is to provide 'github_issues': 'enabled', in html_context in the configuration file.