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[BUG]: Y-axis autorange stops working when updating the xaxes range for subplots with shared x-axes and y-axes #8053
Description
Description
Making a subplot figure with shared_xaxes = True, shared_yaxes=True and updating the figure to with an explicit xaxis_range resets the y-axes ranges to (-1, 4).
- This only happens of both the x-axes and y-axes are shared, and only when updating the x-axes range.
- It only happens if you actually have more than one row, and more than one column in the figure.
- Tried with numpy inputs and plain python lists - same result.
Steps to reproduce
import numpy as np
import plotly.graph_objects as go
from plotly.subplots import make_subplots
fig = make_subplots(rows=2, cols=2, shared_xaxes=True, shared_yaxes=True)
x = np.linspace(0, 100, 200)
y = 10 * x
fig.add_scatter(x=x, y=y, row=1, col=1)
fig.add_scatter(x=x, y=y, row=1, col=2)
fig.add_scatter(x=x, y=y, row=2, col=1)
fig.add_scatter(x=x, y=y, row=2, col=2)
fig.update_xaxes(range=(0, 100))
fig.show()
Activity
robertclaus commentedon Sep 17, 2026
@CarlAndersson this does appear to be a bug in Plotly.js. I'll transfer the issue over to that repo so we can look at it.
In the meantime, I believe the issue is in how we detect the need to auto-set the range on the y axis when only the x axis is set. You should be able to work around this by setting the y axis behavior explicitly.
CarlAndersson commentedon Sep 18, 2026
Yep, I can confirm that explicitly setting
autorange=Trueon the yaxes is a viable workaround. Thanks for the quick response!X6M-Work commentedon Nov 8, 2026
Opened #8165 for this.
hasRangeinconstraints.handleDefaultsis never reset between match groups, so once the shared x axes (with a range) are processed, the later y groups getautorange: false. That's why it needs both more than one row and more than one column: it takes two match groups to leak.