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+``get_ticklabels`` now always populates labels
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Previously `.Axis.get_ticklabels` (and `.Axes.get_xticklabels`,
+`.Axes.get_yticklabels`) would only return empty strings unless a draw had
+already been performed.  Now the ticks and their labels are updated when the
+labels are requested.
@@ -1343,13 +1343,6 @@ def get_ticklabels(self, minor=False, which=None):
         Returns
         -------
         list of `~matplotlib.text.Text`
-
-        Notes
-        -----
-        The tick label strings are not populated until a ``draw`` method has
-        been called.
-
-        See also: `~.pyplot.draw` and `~.FigureCanvasBase.draw`.
         """
         if which is not None:
             if which == 'minor':
 
@@ -7773,3 +7773,4 @@ def test_get_xticklabel():
     ax.plot(np.arange(10))
     for ind in range(10):
         assert ax.get_xticklabels()[ind].get_text() == f'{ind}'
+        assert ax.get_yticklabels()[ind].get_text() == f'{ind}'