My Plotly version is 6.4.0
I am using plotly.io.to_image to convert a Figure into a static image.
With kaleido version 0.2.1, it is only very slow during the first, but subsequent operations are very fast.
However, with version 1.2.0, every single use is very slow.
I noticed that after the first use, version 0.2.1 starts a kaleido process in the background and keeps it running persistently.
But version 1.2.0 does not maintain the kaleido process. This is likely the reason why version 1.2.0 is slow every time it is used.
I really want to upgrade to the higher version,because I noticed that Plotly will no longer support kaleido older versions in future releases. but for now, I have to stick with 0.2.1.