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[BUG]: plotly is installing `js` top-level package with data files

envgap__plotly__plotly.py-5584

Original GitHub issue ↗Dated source checkout ↗Opened 2026-04-30

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02 / ENVIRONMENT RECIPE

Base commit: fbaf3df7b4a4b76f31bed20f81c7e61bd87280f6
Manifest: pyproject.toml
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03 / ORIGINAL ISSUE TEXT

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### Description

plotly 6.7.0 (and git fbaf3df7b4a4b76f31bed20f81c7e61bd87280f6) are installing a `js/install.json` file straight into site-packages. This results in an empty `js` namespace being importable and confuses packages that have optional dependencies on an actual `js` package, i.e.:

```pytb
>>> import js
>>> js
<module 'js' (namespace) from ['/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/js']>
```

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### Steps to reproduce

```
pip install plotly
python -c 'import js; print(js)'  # should fail / not exist
```

### Notes

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