# General

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## [About the General category](https://community.plotly.com/t/about-the-general-category/97439)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/about-the-general-category/97439 "2026-08-17T23:16:28Z")

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Not sure where to post in our forum? Use the General category! Use this for general discussion, or anything that might pertain to multiple products or features.

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## [Different behavior of a Dash app depending on the use of the embedded web server or of gunicorn](https://community.plotly.com/t/different-behavior-of-a-dash-app-depending-on-the-use-of-the-embedded-web-server-or-of-gunicorn/97763)

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**Author:** [@jfh999](https://community.plotly.com/u/jfh999)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/different-behavior-of-a-dash-app-depending-on-the-use-of-the-embedded-web-server-or-of-gunicorn/97763 "2026-10-01T00:20:32Z")

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Hi, I am quite new to Dash. I work on a Raspberry Pi cm5 running Trixie to develop a motion detection camera and also have the possibility of live streaming the camera data. I use Dash 4.4.0 and Python 3.13.5. I also …

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## [Exporting Sessions as Editable PDF Reports in Plotly Studio Embedded](https://community.plotly.com/t/exporting-sessions-as-editable-pdf-reports-in-plotly-studio-embedded/97727)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/exporting-sessions-as-editable-pdf-reports-in-plotly-studio-embedded/97727 "2026-09-24T08:01:14Z")

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Hey everyone! Major new feature available in Plotly Studio Embedded this week: Converting sessions to editable PDF reports. Every session in Plotly Studio Embedded contains data, graphs, thinking blocks, SQL queries, an…

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## [New Autoposition Text Feature - Work in Progress, Feedback Welcome!](https://community.plotly.com/t/new-autoposition-text-feature-work-in-progress-feedback-welcome/97729)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/new-autoposition-text-feature-work-in-progress-feedback-welcome/97729 "2026-09-23T04:13:14Z")

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Hey everyone – I’ve started working on one of Plotly’s oldest issues: text autoposition on scatter plots. If you display text on a scatter plot or a line plot, you can easily end up with a situation where the text on t…

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## [Plotly for Print-Ready Data Visualization](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-for-print-ready-data-visualization/97716)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-for-print-ready-data-visualization/97716 "2026-09-21T18:10:22Z")

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Hey everyone! Happy Monday :slightly\_smiling\_face: I took Fable 5.1 for a spin with Plotly 4.0 last week and came up with this pretty awesome list of print-ready Plotly graphs as static PNG and SVGs: Plotly for Highly C…

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## [Plotly chart becomes slow with a large dataset](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-chart-becomes-slow-with-a-large-dataset/97675)

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**Author:** [@lilyhazel265](https://community.plotly.com/u/lilyhazel265)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2026, 10:24am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/plotly-chart-becomes-slow-with-a-large-dataset/97675 "2026-09-20T10:24:31Z")

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Hi, I’m using Plotly to display a dataset with a lot of points, and the chart becomes noticeably slow when zooming or panning. Is there a recommended way to improve the performance, without reducing too much of the data? …

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## [Comprehensive release notes for plotly.js 4 / plotly.py 7](https://community.plotly.com/t/comprehensive-release-notes-for-plotly-js-4-plotly-py-7/97691)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/comprehensive-release-notes-for-plotly-js-4-plotly-py-7/97691 "2026-09-18T21:13:38Z")

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Hey everyone! Plotly.js / Plotly.py were released a couple of weeks ago :tada: I put together a very complete set of release notes with examples for all of the features, bug fixes, and changes-to-defaults. Check it out…

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## [Quiver Plots Preview (New!)](https://community.plotly.com/t/quiver-plots-preview-new/97450)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/quiver-plots-preview-new/97450 "2026-08-21T16:00:46Z")

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Hey everyone - Plotly.js 4.0.0 right around the corner and it features a brand new trace type: quiver plots! We’ve long had workarounds for creating these plots and we’re excited to finally have this be a first-class tr…

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## [Adding a data chatbot to your Dash apps](https://community.plotly.com/t/adding-a-data-chatbot-to-your-dash-apps/97474)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/adding-a-data-chatbot-to-your-dash-apps/97474 "2026-08-20T21:58:26Z")

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Hello everyone! We’re really pleased to have released Plotly Studio Embedded this week. Plotly Studio Embedded adds a very nice chart-making, data-querying chatbot to your Dash apps. We’re going to have a launch event n…

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## [Introducing Plotly Studio Embedded 🎉 Add AI data chatbots to your Dash apps](https://community.plotly.com/t/introducing-plotly-studio-embedded-add-ai-data-chatbots-to-your-dash-apps/97440)

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**Author:** [@chriddyp](https://community.plotly.com/u/chriddyp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/introducing-plotly-studio-embedded-add-ai-data-chatbots-to-your-dash-apps/97440 "2026-08-17T23:17:43Z")

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Hey everyone - Really excited to share this feature that we launched today: Plotly Studio Embedded. If you’ve been following my work over the last year, you may know that I’ve been heads down in building out Plotly Stud…
