# Limitations

## Chrome WebGL Limit

Chrome has a limit of 8 WebGL contexts active at one time.
If more than 8 charts that use WebGL are created, the earliest charts appear as empty.
Options to work around this include:

1. Using Firefox, which has a higher limit.
2. Setting `render_mode = "svg"` when creating the chart where possible, such as in scatter charts.
   Some charts, such as 3D charts and maps, do not provide this option as they require WebGL.
3. Disabling WebGL in the Deephaven settings. Charts that require WebGl will still render in WebGL when available.
4. Setting Chrome to allow more WebGL contexts with the `--max-active-webgl-contexts` flag.
   For example, to set the limit to 64:

```bash
--max-active-webgl-contexts=64
```

See more on flags [here](https://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags/).

> [!WARNING]
> Disabling WebGL, either in the settings or per chart, can lead to performance issues when plotting large datasets.