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+/**
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+ */
+
+/**
+ * Regression for #28766: a Gauge chart configured with interval bounds and
+ * interval colors (mapped to a categorical color scheme) sometimes renders the
+ * wrong interval colors when first loaded on a dashboard — a refresh fixes it.
+ *
+ * The gauge renders to a <canvas>, so this test reads pixels back from the
+ * rendered gauge and asserts the configured interval colors are present in the
+ * correct mapping. With `color_scheme: supersetColors` and
+ * `interval_color_indices: '1,2'`, the gauge axis must paint the scheme's 1st
+ * and 2nd colors (#1FA8C9 and #454E7C) and must NOT paint the 3rd (#5AC189),
+ * which would indicate a shifted / fallback palette.
+ *
+ * CI green => the gauge paints the configured interval colors on first load;
+ *             merging closes #28766 and guards against regressions.
+ * CI red   => the interval colors are wrong on first load; the bug is live in
+ *             plugin-chart-echarts/src/Gauge (color-scheme resolution).
+ */
+import { testWithAssets, expect } from '../../helpers/fixtures';
+import { apiPost, apiPut } from '../../helpers/api/requests';
+import { apiPostDashboard } from '../../helpers/api/dashboard';
+import { DashboardPage } from '../../pages/DashboardPage';
+
+const DATASET_NAME = 'birth_names';
+
+// supersetColors palette: index 1 = #1FA8C9, index 2 = #454E7C, index 3 = #5AC189
+const COLOR_INTERVAL_1: [number, number, number] = [31, 168, 201];
+const COLOR_INTERVAL_2: [number, number, number] = [69, 78, 124];
+const COLOR_UNUSED_3: [number, number, number] = [90, 193, 137];
+
+async function findDatasetIdByName(page: any, name: string): Promise<number> {
+  const query = `(filters:!((col:table_name,opr:eq,value:'${name}')))`;
+  const resp = await page.request.get(`api/v1/dataset/?q=${query}`);
+  const body = await resp.json();
+  if (!body.result?.length) {
+    throw new Error(`Dataset ${name} not found`);
+  }
+  return body.result[0].id;
+}
+
+testWithAssets(
+  'Gauge renders configured interval colors on a dashboard (#28766)',
+  async ({ page, testAssets }) => {
+    const datasetId = await findDatasetIdByName(page, DATASET_NAME);
+
+    const chartParams = {
+      datasource: `${datasetId}__table`,
+      viz_type: 'gauge_chart',
+      metric: 'count',
+      adhoc_filters: [],
+      groupby: [],
+      row_limit: 10,
+      color_scheme: 'supersetColors',
+      min_val: 0,
+      max_val: 100,
+      start_angle: 225,
+      end_angle: -45,
+      intervals: '50,100',
+      interval_color_indices: '1,2',
+      show_pointer: true,
+      number_format: 'SMART_NUMBER',
+      value_formatter: '{value}',
+    };
+    const chartResp = await apiPost(page, 'api/v1/chart/', {
+      slice_name: `gauge_interval_colors_${Date.now()}`,
+      viz_type: 'gauge_chart',
+      datasource_id: datasetId,
+      datasource_type: 'table',
+      params: JSON.stringify(chartParams),
+    });
+    expect(chartResp.ok()).toBe(true);
+    const chartId: number = (await chartResp.json()).id;
+    testAssets.trackChart(chartId);
+
+    const chartLayoutKey = `CHART-${chartId}`;
+    const positionJson = {
+      DASHBOARD_VERSION_KEY: 'v2',
+      ROOT_ID: { type: 'ROOT', id: 'ROOT_ID', children: ['GRID_ID'] },
+      GRID_ID: {
+        type: 'GRID',
+        id: 'GRID_ID',
+        children: ['ROW-1'],
+        parents: ['ROOT_ID'],
+      },
+      'ROW-1': {
+        type: 'ROW',
+        id: 'ROW-1',
+        children: [chartLayoutKey],
+        parents: ['ROOT_ID', 'GRID_ID'],
+        meta: { background: 'BACKGROUND_TRANSPARENT' },
+      },
+      [chartLayoutKey]: {
+        type: 'CHART',
+        id: chartLayoutKey,
+        children: [],
+        parents: ['ROOT_ID', 'GRID_ID', 'ROW-1'],
+        meta: {
+          chartId,
+          width: 6,
+          height: 60,
+          sliceName: 'gauge_interval_colors',
+        },
+      },
+    };
+    const dashResp = await apiPostDashboard(page, {
+      dashboard_title: `gauge_interval_colors_${Date.now()}`,
+      published: true,
+      position_json: JSON.stringify(positionJson),
+      json_metadata: JSON.stringify({ color_scheme: 'supersetColors' }),
+    });
+    expect(dashResp.ok()).toBe(true);
+    const dashBody = await dashResp.json();
+    const dashboardId: number = dashBody.result?.id ?? dashBody.id;
+    testAssets.trackDashboard(dashboardId);
+
+    await apiPut(page, `api/v1/chart/${chartId}`, { dashboards: [dashboardId] });
+
+    const dashboardPage = new DashboardPage(page);
+    await dashboardPage.gotoById(dashboardId);
+    await dashboardPage.waitForLoad();
+    await dashboardPage.waitForChartsToLoad();
+
+    const canvas = page
+      .locator('[data-test="chart-container"] canvas')
+      .first();
+    await canvas.waitFor({ state: 'visible', timeout: 30_000 });
+
+    // Read the configured interval colors back from the rendered canvas.
+    // Poll because the gauge paints shortly after the chart container appears.
+    const countColors = () =>
+      canvas.evaluate(
+        (
+          el: HTMLCanvasElement,
+          targets: Array<[number, number, number]>,
+        ) => {
+          const ctx = el.getContext('2d');
+          if (!ctx) return targets.map(() => 0);
+          const { data } = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, el.width, el.height);
+          const counts = targets.map(() => 0);
+          for (let i = 0; i < data.length; i += 4) {
+            if (data[i + 3] < 200) continue;
+            for (let t = 0; t < targets.length; t += 1) {
+              const [r, g, b] = targets[t];
+              if (
+                Math.abs(data[i] - r) < 12 &&
+                Math.abs(data[i + 1] - g) < 12 &&
+                Math.abs(data[i + 2] - b) < 12
+              ) {
+                counts[t] += 1;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          return counts;
+        },
+        [COLOR_INTERVAL_1, COLOR_INTERVAL_2, COLOR_UNUSED_3],
+      );
+
+    await expect
+      .poll(async () => (await countColors())[0], { timeout: 20_000 })
+      .toBeGreaterThan(50);
+
+    const [interval1, interval2, unused3] = await countColors();
+
+    expect(
+      interval1,
+      'Gauge should paint the 1st interval color (#1FA8C9)',
+    ).toBeGreaterThan(50);
+    expect(
+      interval2,
+      'Gauge should paint the 2nd interval color (#454E7C)',
+    ).toBeGreaterThan(50);
+    expect(
+      unused3,
+      'Gauge must not paint the 3rd palette color (#5AC189) — indicates a shifted/fallback palette (#28766)',
+    ).toBe(0);
+  },
+);