Error: Cannot set properties of undefined (setting '_listened')

Definition

I have an application created with next.js which I am making client-side routing. I am using chartjs with datalabels on one page and I am getting a Cannot set properties of undefined (setting '_listened') error while making the page transition. It is not always happening. I couldn’t find the exact case and I can not reproduce it with certain steps. But When I tried to make lots of concurrent page transition click sometimes it happens. So it is an unpredictable error that I am facing while demoing the application.

Can You please look into the details and provide some solution? Thanks

Implementation Details:

I have one dashboard page which has one doughnut chart. Also, I have different charts on some detailed reports. On the dashboard, I don’t want to see the data labels but on reports, I want to have them. The plugin is

I am registering Datalabel Plugin globally like below:

import { ArcElement, Chart, Legend } from 'chart.js';
import ChartDataLabels from 'chartjs-plugin-datalabels';

Chart.register(ArcElement, Legend, ChartDataLabels);

I am disabling the datalabels plugin when it is not desired according to user selection with the below option settings. And Datalabels is disabled on the page, I am getting this error.

extra detail

Whole stack trace of error message on console

I have followed up error line it it is showing the line in redbox

versions

"chart.js": "^3.6.1",
"chartjs-plugin-datalabels": "^2.0.0",

[fstrazzante]

I got the same error. In my case I registered the plugin globally but needed only in one chart. I switch from registered globally to the exact chart and now I don’t have the error anymore.

The conf of the chart that is using this plugin is something like this (I’m using plain JS) : { type: 'pie', data: {.....}, plugins: [ChartDataLabels], options: {...} }

[kurkle]

Is it safe to simply replace beforeInit by install without introducing breaking change?

That is the idea. I’m not aware of any plugin doing that in a minor version thought, so I don’t have any proof.