Bokeh: Models must be owned by only a single document

Question

I'm working with Bokeh 0.12.2 in a Jupyter notebook and it frequently throws exceptions about "Models must be owned by only a single document":

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RuntimeError                              Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-23-f50ac7abda5e> in <module>()
      2     ea.legend.label_text_font_size = '10pt'
      3 
----> 4 show(column([co2, co, nox, o3]))

C:\Users\pokeeffe\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\bokeh\io.py in show(obj, browser, new, notebook_handle)
    308     '''
    309     if obj not in _state.document.roots:
--> 310         _state.document.add_root(obj)
    311     return _show_with_state(obj, _state, browser, new, notebook_handle=notebook_handle)
    312 

C:\Users\pokeeffe\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\bokeh\document.py in add_root(self, model)
    443             self._roots.append(model)
    444         finally:
--> 445             self._pop_all_models_freeze()
    446         self._trigger_on_change(RootAddedEvent(self, model))
    447 

C:\Users\pokeeffe\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\bokeh\document.py in _pop_all_models_freeze(self)
    343         self._all_models_freeze_count -= 1
    344         if self._all_models_freeze_count == 0:
--> 345             self._recompute_all_models()
    346 
    347     def _invalidate_all_models(self):

C:\Users\pokeeffe\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\bokeh\document.py in _recompute_all_models(self)
    367             d._detach_document()
    368         for a in to_attach:
--> 369             a._attach_document(self)
    370         self._all_models = recomputed
    371         self._all_models_by_name = recomputed_by_name

C:\Users\pokeeffe\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\bokeh\model.py in _attach_document(self, doc)
     89         '''This should only be called by the Document implementation to set the document field'''
     90         if self._document is not None and self._document is not doc:
---> 91             raise RuntimeError("Models must be owned by only a single document, %r is already in a doc" % (self))
     92         doc.theme.apply_to_model(self)
     93         self._document = doc

RuntimeError: Models must be owned by only a single document, <bokeh.models.tickers.DaysTicker object at 0x00000000042540B8> is already in a doc

The trigger is always calling show(...) (although never the first time after kernel start-up, only subsequent calls).

Based on the docs, I thought reset_output() would return my notebook to an operable state but the exception persists. Through trial-and-error, I've determined it's necessary to also re-define everything being passing to show(). That makes interactive work cumbersome and error-prone.

[Ref]:

reset_output(state=None)

  Clear the default state of all output modes.

  Returns: None

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• Am I right about reset_output() -- is it supposed to resolve the situation causing this exception?

• Else, how do I avoid this kind of exception?

Answer 1

It may be because of conflicting objects that has the same name. you need to create completely new objects every time.