From ef7f82a36b008652a1b6c9dd3a14ddefe9104af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: isha <ixia90312@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 04:13:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Lightcurve.plot now correctly handles error bars by
 bypassing parent check

---
 stingray/lightcurve.py | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stingray/lightcurve.py b/stingray/lightcurve.py
index c6cff03b6..eb54109bb 100644
--- a/stingray/lightcurve.py
+++ b/stingray/lightcurve.py
@@ -1635,9 +1635,10 @@ def plot(
         if not self.input_counts:
             flux_attr = "countrate"
 
-        return super().plot(
+        # 1. Let the parent plot the main points (We force witherrors=False so it doesn't try and fail)
+        ax = super().plot(
             flux_attr,
-            witherrors=witherrors,
+            witherrors=False,   
             labels=labels,
             ax=ax,
             title=title,
@@ -1648,6 +1649,22 @@ def plot(
             axis_limits=axis_limits,
         )
 
+        # 2. Manually plot the error bars ourselves
+        if witherrors:
+            err_col = flux_attr + "_err"
+            # Only try to plot if the error data actually exists
+            if hasattr(self, err_col):
+                ax.errorbar(
+                    self.time,
+                    getattr(self, flux_attr),
+                    yerr=getattr(self, err_col),
+                    fmt="none",  # "none" means don't draw the dots again (parent already did)
+                    ecolor="k",  # Black error bars (optional, but looks standard)
+                    zorder=10
+                )
+
+        return ax
+
     @classmethod
     def read(
         cls, filename, fmt=None, format_=None, err_dist="gauss", skip_checks=False, **fits_kwargs