Plotly graphs in Python Jupyter Notebook don't show for other users when live sharing

[lectrician1]

Type: Bug

1. Create a Jupyter Notebook
2. Import plotly.io and plotly.express import plotly.io as pio import plotly.express as px
3. Create a plot fig = px.scatter(x=[0, 1, 2, 3, 4], y=[0, 1, 4, 9, 16]) fig.show()
4. Run the cells
5. Start a Live Share session and share with friends

What happens:

Friends see interactive plots when they initially load the Live-shared editor, but when they or the host re-run the cells that plot the plots, the plots disappear. They only show for the user who is hosting the live-share session.

Extension version: 1.0.5828 VS Code version: Code 1.75.0 (e2816fe719a4026ffa1ee0189dc89bdfdbafb164, 2023-02-01T15:23:45.584Z) OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22621 Modes: Sandboxed: No

System Info

|Item|Value| |---|---| |CPUs|11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11370H @ 3.30GHz (8 x 3302)| |GPU Status|2d_canvas: enabled
canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off
direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok
gpu_compositing: enabled
multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on
opengl: enabled_on
rasterization: enabled
raw_draw: disabled_off_ok
skia_renderer: enabled_on
video_decode: enabled
video_encode: enabled
vulkan: disabled_off
webgl: enabled
webgl2: enabled
webgpu: disabled_off| |Load (avg)|undefined| |Memory (System)|15.84GB (4.80GB free)| |Process Argv|--crash-reporter-id 2e438a36-6729-4a81-8ee8-331793e8b75a| |Screen Reader|no| |VM|0%|

A/B Experiments

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[ikubaysan]

I have the same problem with matplotlib plots with Live Share. Guests can run the code, but only the host will see the plots.

[koioannis]

Hi there! I just wanted to suggest a temporary solution for the issue. You could try plotting the figure as an SVG using the fig.show_svg() function. This may not allow for interactive plots, but it could serve as a workaround until a more permanent solution is found. Hope this helps!