"Resorting to unclean kill browser." when using fig.write_image()
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Using:
MacOS
uv for package management
Python 3.13.1
Kaleido 1.2.0
nbformat 5.10.4
choreographer 1.2.1
plotly 6.5.2
I have recently moved to a new computer (previously I was using Windows11, Plotly 6.0.0 and Kaleido 0.2.1) and now writing images is taking forever and throwing the "Resorting to unclean kill browser." message
For instance, this simple script:
import plotly.graph_objects as go
fig = go.Figure()
fig.write_image('aaa.png')
Output: Resorting to unclean kill browser.
is taking around 9 seconds.
The images are still being produced and saved correctly but the times are too long. Is there a fix?
Thank you
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