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+# Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
+# the root directory of this source tree.
+
+"""
+A custom Matplotlib backend that overrides the show method to return image bytes.
+"""
+
+import base64
+import io
+import json as _json
+import logging
+
+import matplotlib
+from matplotlib.backend_bases import FigureManagerBase
+
+# Import necessary components from Matplotlib
+from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvasAgg
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class CustomFigureCanvas(FigureCanvasAgg):
+    def show(self):
+        # Save the figure to a BytesIO object
+        buf = io.BytesIO()
+        self.print_png(buf)
+        image_bytes = buf.getvalue()
+        buf.close()
+        return image_bytes
+
+
+class CustomFigureManager(FigureManagerBase):
+    def __init__(self, canvas, num):
+        super().__init__(canvas, num)
+
+
+# Mimic module initialization that integrates with the Matplotlib backend system
+def _create_figure_manager(num, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Create a custom figure manager instance.
+    """
+    FigureClass = kwargs.pop("FigureClass", None)  # noqa: N806
+    if FigureClass is None:
+        from matplotlib.figure import Figure
+
+        FigureClass = Figure  # noqa: N806
+    fig = FigureClass(*args, **kwargs)
+    canvas = CustomFigureCanvas(fig)
+    manager = CustomFigureManager(canvas, num)
+    return manager
+
+
+def show():
+    """
+    Handle all figures and potentially return their images as bytes.
+
+    This function iterates over all figures registered with the custom backend,
+    renders them as images in bytes format, and could return a list of bytes objects,
+    one for each figure, or handle them as needed.
+    """
+    image_data = []
+    for manager in matplotlib._pylab_helpers.Gcf.get_all_fig_managers():
+        # Get the figure from the manager
+        fig = manager.canvas.figure
+        buf = io.BytesIO()  # Create a buffer for the figure
+        fig.savefig(buf, format="png")  # Save the figure to the buffer in PNG format
+        buf.seek(0)  # Go to the beginning of the buffer
+        image_bytes = buf.getvalue()  # Retrieve bytes value
+        image_base64 = base64.b64encode(image_bytes).decode("utf-8")
+        image_data.append({"image_base64": image_base64})
+        buf.close()
+
+    req_con, resp_con = _open_connections()
+
+    _json_dump = _json.dumps(
+        {
+            "type": "matplotlib",
+            "image_data": image_data,
+        }
+    )
+    req_con.send_bytes(_json_dump.encode("utf-8"))
+    resp = _json.loads(resp_con.recv_bytes().decode("utf-8"))
+    log.info(resp)
+
+
+FigureCanvas = CustomFigureCanvas
+FigureManager = CustomFigureManager