topic R plots not rendering in Data Engineering https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/r-plots-not-rendering/m-p/157353#M54536 <P>Has anyone been experiencing the issue of R plots not rendering in notebooks, starting a few days ago?</P><P>t's not related to splarkly or plotly, or specifc data types, or anything. For example in base R: plot(1:3, 5:7) calculates without error, but does not display a graphic. Re-starting cluster, re-attaching cluster to notebook, etc. make no difference.</P><P>It's an R thing because running</P><DIV><DIV><SPAN>%python</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>import</SPAN><SPAN> matplotlib.pyplot </SPAN><SPAN>as</SPAN><SPAN> plt</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>plt.</SPAN><SPAN>plot</SPAN><SPAN>([</SPAN><SPAN>1</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>2</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>3</SPAN><SPAN>], [</SPAN><SPAN>5</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>6</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>7</SPAN><SPAN>])</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>display</SPAN><SPAN>(plt)</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>does what you'd expect.</SPAN></DIV></DIV> Wed, 20 May 2026 19:26:04 GMT plankton 2026-05-20T19:26:04Z R plots not rendering https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/r-plots-not-rendering/m-p/157353#M54536 <P>Has anyone been experiencing the issue of R plots not rendering in notebooks, starting a few days ago?</P><P>t's not related to splarkly or plotly, or specifc data types, or anything. For example in base R: plot(1:3, 5:7) calculates without error, but does not display a graphic. Re-starting cluster, re-attaching cluster to notebook, etc. make no difference.</P><P>It's an R thing because running</P><DIV><DIV><SPAN>%python</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>import</SPAN><SPAN> matplotlib.pyplot </SPAN><SPAN>as</SPAN><SPAN> plt</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>plt.</SPAN><SPAN>plot</SPAN><SPAN>([</SPAN><SPAN>1</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>2</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>3</SPAN><SPAN>], [</SPAN><SPAN>5</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>6</SPAN><SPAN>, </SPAN><SPAN>7</SPAN><SPAN>])</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>display</SPAN><SPAN>(plt)</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>does what you'd expect.</SPAN></DIV></DIV> Wed, 20 May 2026 19:26:04 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/r-plots-not-rendering/m-p/157353#M54536 plankton 2026-05-20T19:26:04Z