tickFormat not working in self-hosted instance

[EmilyRagan]

I have a self-hosted instance of the quickchart Docker image where the tickFormat plugin just doesn't work and I can't figure out why. I've tried running the image locally and I have the same issue. When I POST the same request to https://quickchart.io/chart, the tick formatting does work, so maybe it's something with the set up of my hosted image? I have tried the latest image (v1.7.1) as well as the image that seems to be running the quickchart site (v1.4.1), according to the https://quickchart.io/healthcheck endpoint.

The tick format section of the Reference > Labels page in the documentation says that tickFormat is a built-in plugin:

If your labels are not complex, the built-in tickFormat plugin allows you to apply common formatting needs without having to write Javascript

but the plugins and addons reference page does not include any item in the table for tick format, and I haven't been able to find any additional library for this. What am I missing?