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Bug introduced in 10.4 or earlier and persisting through 12.0

Consider the following example: 

ClearAll["Global`*"];

Needs["ErrorBarPlots`"];

x=Table[n,{n,1,100}];

SeedRandom[314];
y=RandomReal[{9,10},100];
yErr=RandomReal[{0,1},100];

yWithErrors=Transpose[{Transpose[{x,y}],ErrorBar/@yErr}];

ErrorListPlot[yWithErrors, Joined -> True, PlotStyle -> {Blue}, 
 Epilog -> {PointSize[Large], Point[Transpose[{x, y}]]}, 
 PlotRange -> All, Frame -> True, 
 FrameLabel -> {{"y", ""}, {"x", ""}}, 
 BaseStyle -> {FontSize -> 20, FontFamily -> "Calibri"}, 
 ImageSize -> 600]

Independently if I use PlotRange -> All, PlotRange -> Total or PlotRange -> Automatic the output is:

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As you see the error bars are not completely visible.

Is the only solution to see the error bars to set the PlotRange manually?

ErrorListPlot[yWithErrors, Joined -> True, PlotStyle -> {Blue}, 
 Epilog -> {PointSize[Large], Point[Transpose[{x, y}]]}, 
 PlotRange -> {All, {8, 11}}, Frame -> True, 
 FrameLabel -> {{"y", ""}, {"x", ""}}, 
 BaseStyle -> {FontSize -> 20, FontFamily -> "Calibri"}, 
 ImageSize -> 600]

enter image description here

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  • $\begingroup$ seems like a version 10 issue; it doesn't arise in v9 $\endgroup$
    – kglr
    Commented Jul 18, 2016 at 13:01
  • $\begingroup$ I am running 10.4.1 (Win 64bit Pro). $\endgroup$
    – mrz
    Commented Jul 18, 2016 at 13:03
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    $\begingroup$ This is a bug. ErrorListPlot is no longer considering the error bars when calculating the plot range. You get the exact same plot range regardless of how large the errors are. $\endgroup$
    – Jason B.
    Commented Jul 18, 2016 at 14:35
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    $\begingroup$ I reported this as a bug. A simpler example that shows the issue would be ErrorListPlot[{.1 #, .8} & /@ Range[10], PlotRange -> All], which also shows the utility of kglr's workaround. $\endgroup$
    – Jason B.
    Commented Jul 18, 2016 at 15:05
  • $\begingroup$ The same problem with version 11 ... Three weeks ago I informed the technical support and they reproduced the problem with version 10.4.1, but that's it ... $\endgroup$
    – mrz
    Commented Aug 12, 2016 at 8:07

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In version 9, PlotRange -> All in ErrorListPlot works as expected:

ErrorListPlot[yWithErrors, Joined -> True, PlotStyle -> {Blue}, 
 Epilog -> {PointSize[Large], Point[Transpose[{x, y}]]}, 
 PlotRange -> All, Frame -> True, 
 FrameLabel -> {{"y", ""}, {"x", ""}}, 
 BaseStyle -> {FontSize -> 20, FontFamily -> "Calibri"}, 
 ImageSize -> 600, PlotLabel -> Style[$Version, 20]]

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In versions 10+,

elp=ErrorListPlot[yWithErrors, Joined -> True, PlotStyle -> {Blue}, 
 Epilog -> {PointSize[Large], Point[Transpose[{x, y}]]}, 
 PlotRange -> All, Frame -> True, 
 FrameLabel -> {{"y", ""}, {"x", ""}}, 
 BaseStyle -> {FontSize -> 20, FontFamily -> "Calibri"}, 
 ImageSize -> 600, PlotLabel->Style[$Version, 20]]

gives

Mathematica graphics

A work-around: Wrap the output of ErrorListPlot with Show using the option PlotRange -> All:

Show[elp, PlotRange -> All]

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