Merge pull request #2995 from plotly/deprecate-plugins

Deprecate plugins

Author: T4rk1n

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 - [#2985](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2985) Deprecate dynamic component loader.
 - [#2985](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2985) Deprecate `run_server`, use `run` instead.
 - [#2899](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2899) Deprecate `dcc.LogoutButton`, can be replaced with a `html.Button` or `html.A`. eg: `html.A(href=os.getenv('DASH_LOGOUT_URL'))` on a Dash Enterprise instance.
+- [#2995](https://github.com/plotly/dash/pull/2995) Deprecate `Dash.__init__` keywords:
+  - The `plugins` keyword will be removed.
+  - Old `long_callback_manager` keyword will be removed, can use `background_callback_manager` instead.
 
 ## [2.18.0] - 2024-09-04
 

dash/dash.py

@@ -547,6 +547,13 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
 
         self._assets_files = []
         self._long_callback_count = 0
+        if long_callback_manager:
+            warnings.warn(
+                DeprecationWarning(
+                    "`long_callback_manager` is deprecated and will be remove in Dash 3.0, "
+                    "use `background_callback_manager` instead."
+                )
+            )
         self._background_manager = background_callback_manager or long_callback_manager
 
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -557,6 +564,12 @@ def __init__(  # pylint: disable=too-many-statements
         if plugins is not None and isinstance(
             plugins, patch_collections_abc("Iterable")
         ):
+            warnings.warn(
+                DeprecationWarning(
+                    "The `plugins` keyword will be removed from Dash init in Dash 3.0 "
+                    "and replaced by a new hook system."
+                )
+            )
             for plugin in plugins:
                 plugin.plug(self)