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[mkdocs] - plotly.js loaded many times

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript

Research direction

Start by comparing the network requests on the existing JavaScript 3d-axes page with the corresponding MkDocs page, as described in the issue. Trace how the six examples are rendered on the MkDocs site and identify why plotly.js is requested multiple times; done means the page loads it only once.

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Description

bug

In the existing docs if you go to a page like https://plotly.com/javascript/3d-axes/
We can see although there are six examples, plotly.js is loaded from the cdn once:

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On the mkdocs site however it looks like it loads multiple times

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JavaScript
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