add beforeDestroy hook

docs/developers/plugins.md

@@ -147,3 +147,10 @@ Plugins can interact with the chart throughout the render process. The rendering
 Plugins can interact with the chart during the event handling process. The event handling flow is documented in the flowchart below. Each of the green processes is a plugin notification. If a plugin makes changes that require a re-render, the plugin can set `args.changed` to `true` to indicate that a render is needed. The built-in tooltip plugin uses this method to indicate when the tooltip has changed.
 
 ![Chart.js event handling flowchart](./event_flowchart.png)
+
+### Chart destroy
+
+Plugins are notified during the destroy process. These hooks can be used to destroy things that the plugin made and used during its life.
+The `destroy` hook has been deprecated since Chart.js version 3.7.0, use the `afterDestroy` hook instead.
+
+![Chart.js destroy flowchart](./destroy_flowchart.png)

src/core/core.controller.js

@@ -891,6 +891,7 @@ class Chart {
   }
 
   destroy() {
+    this.notifyPlugins('beforeDestroy');
     const {canvas, ctx} = this;
 
     this._stop();
@@ -904,9 +905,12 @@ class Chart {
       this.ctx = null;
     }
 
+    // TODO V4: delete destroy hook and reference to it in plugin flowchart
     this.notifyPlugins('destroy');
 
     delete instances[this.id];
+
+    this.notifyPlugins('afterDestroy');
   }
 
   toBase64Image(...args) {

src/core/core.plugins.js

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export default class PluginService {
     const descriptors = filter ? this._descriptors(chart).filter(filter) : this._descriptors(chart);
     const result = this._notify(descriptors, chart, hook, args);
 
-    if (hook === 'destroy') {
+    if (hook === 'afterDestroy') {
       this._notify(descriptors, chart, 'stop');
       this._notify(this._init, chart, 'uninstall');
     }

types/index.esm.d.ts

@@ -1053,13 +1053,28 @@ export interface Plugin<TType extends ChartType = ChartType, O = AnyObject> exte
    * @param {object} options - The plugin options.
    */
   resize?(chart: Chart, args: { size: { width: number, height: number } }, options: O): void;
+  /**
+   * Called before the chart is being destroyed.
+   * @param {Chart} chart - The chart instance.
+   * @param {object} args - The call arguments.
+   * @param {object} options - The plugin options.
+   */
+  beforeDestroy?(chart: Chart, args: EmptyObject, options: O): void;
   /**
    * Called after the chart has been destroyed.
    * @param {Chart} chart - The chart instance.
    * @param {object} args - The call arguments.
    * @param {object} options - The plugin options.
+   * @deprecated since version 3.7.0 in favour of afterDestroy
    */
   destroy?(chart: Chart, args: EmptyObject, options: O): void;
+  /**
+   * Called after the chart has been destroyed.
+   * @param {Chart} chart - The chart instance.
+   * @param {object} args - The call arguments.
+   * @param {object} options - The plugin options.
+   */
+  afterDestroy?(chart: Chart, args: EmptyObject, options: O): void;
   /**
    * Called after chart is destroyed on all plugins that were installed for that chart. This hook is also invoked for disabled plugins (options === false).
    * @param {Chart} chart - The chart instance.