# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://pixabay.com

**Date:** April 16, 2026  
**URL:** https://pixabay.com  
**Overall Grade:** C (77/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/039f00e1-f73b-4a44-b494-040ad0068a57

## Top Findings

1. **[WARNING]** 32 third-party resources (58% of weight) — Performance > Page Weight Inventory
2. **[WARNING]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has no SameSite attribute — Security > Cookie Security
3. **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
4. **[WARNING]** External script from challenges.cloudflare.com lacks integrity attribute — Security > Subresource Integrity
5. **[WARNING]** HSTS max-age is too short (3600s, should be ≥ 31536000s) — Security > Security Headers

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 62 |
| Accessibility | 84 |
| Best Practices | 96 |
| SEO | 83 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (B — 70/100)

*6 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[WARNING]** HSTS max-age is too short (3600s, should be ≥ 31536000s) — A short max-age leaves a window for downgrade attacks. Set max-age to at least 31536000 (1 year).
- **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Frame-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Referrer-Policy is properly configured
- **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header is missing — Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are allowed. Set it to restrict unused features.
- **[PASS]** Content-Security-Policy is present
- **[INFO]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy is set but not 'same-origin'
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — COEP prevents loading cross-origin resources without explicit permission. Required for SharedArrayBuffer and high-resolution timers.
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info

### Content Security Policy (B — 70/100)

*2 of 11 CSP checks passed*

- **[INFO]** Raw CSP policy
- **[WARNING]** default-src directive is missing — default-src provides a fallback for other directives. Set it to restrict default resource loading.
- **[INFO]** No script-src or default-src to check for 'unsafe-inline'
- **[INFO]** No script-src or default-src to check for 'unsafe-eval'
- **[INFO]** No script-src or default-src to check for wildcard
- **[PASS]** object-src falls back to default-src
- **[WARNING]** base-uri directive is missing — Without base-uri, attackers can inject a <base> tag to hijack relative URLs. Set it to 'self' or 'none'.
- **[PASS]** frame-ancestors directive is set
- **[WARNING]** form-action directive is missing — form-action restricts where forms can submit data, preventing form hijacking.
- **[INFO]** upgrade-insecure-requests is not set — This directive upgrades HTTP resources to HTTPS automatically, preventing mixed content.
- **[INFO]** Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only is also set — A report-only policy is active alongside the enforcing policy for monitoring.

### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100)

*TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used
- **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used
- **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance.
- **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 60 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 3 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 3 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (A+ — 95/100)

*1 cookies analyzed, 2 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has the Secure flag
- **[PASS]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has the HttpOnly flag
- **[WARNING]** Cookie '__cf_bm' has no SameSite attribute — Without an explicit SameSite attribute, browser default behavior varies. Set SameSite=Lax or Strict.

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (F — 20/100)

*0 of 1 external resources have SRI*

- **[WARNING]** External script from challenges.cloudflare.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code.

### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100)

*No known vulnerabilities*

- **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected

### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100)

*No exposures*

- **[PASS]** security.txt is present — good practice
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (A+ — 100/100)

*DMARC: reject*

- **[PASS]** DMARC policy is reject — strongest protection

### Permissions-Policy (D — 40/100)

*No header set*

- **[WARNING]** No Permissions-Policy header — Consider adding a Permissions-Policy header to restrict browser feature access from embedded content.

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

- **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default

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## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (C — 66/100)

*1.7 MB transferred, 65 requests*

- **[INFO]** Page weighs 4.6 MB (1.7 MB transferred)
- **[WARNING]** JavaScript is 869 KB — consider code splitting or lazy loading — Large JavaScript bundles delay interactivity. Split code by route or defer non-critical scripts.
- **[INFO]** 65 HTTP requests
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.35 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (B — 70/100)

*58% third-party, 0 ms blocking*

- **[WARNING]** Third-party code accounts for 58% of page weight (977.1 KiB of 1.7 MiB)
- **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

- **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed

### Image Optimization (C — 60/100)

*12 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://pixabay.com/static/img/blank.gif is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2026/04/01/10/37/muk... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2026/03/18/11/30/sla... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2026/03/31/10/37/10-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (F — 20/100)

*4807ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://pixabay.com/: 1610ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://pixabay.com/static/frontend/chunk-2137.216...: 896ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 858ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://cdn-au.onetrust.com/scripttemplates/202603...: 432ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://pixabay.com/static/frontend/chunk-client_s...: 376ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 1646ms (34% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*5 fonts (67 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 5 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (D — 40/100)

*29 scripts, 395 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://pixabay.com/static/frontend/chunk-client_s...: 97 KB unused (60%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://accounts.google.com/gsi/client: 80 KB unused (83%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://pixabay.com/static/frontend/chunk-2137.216...: 69 KB unused (52%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://cdn-au.onetrust.com/scripttemplates/202603...: 68 KB unused (53%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/bundle/sdk.js/: 56 KB unused (72%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 395 KB

### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100)

*All resources properly cached*

- **[PASS]** No caching issues found

### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected

### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100)

*No optimization needed*

- **[PASS]** No resource hint issues

### Page Weight Inventory (D — 40/100)

*65 resources · 1.7 MB · 395 KB savings available*

- **[WARNING]** Page weight 670 KB over 1MB target
- **[INFO]** ~395 KB of savings available
- **[WARNING]** 32 third-party resources (58% of weight)

### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources detected*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in <head>

### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources detected*


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## Content Quality

### Links (A+ — 100/100)

*4 links checked, 4 healthy, 0 broken*

- **[PASS]** 4 of 4 links are healthy

### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100)

*No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.*

- **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS

### Open Graph (F — 0/100)

*No Open Graph tags found — social sharing previews will be generic.*

- **[WARNING]** No Open Graph meta tags found — Without og:title, og:description, and og:image, social media platforms will generate a generic preview when your page is shared.

### Structured Data (C — 40/100)

*No structured data (JSON-LD) found.*

- **[INFO]** No structured data (JSON-LD) found — Adding structured data helps search engines understand your content and can enable rich results.

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## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (A+ — 100/100)

*2 A records, 5 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
- **[PASS]** Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
- **[PASS]** 2 nameserver(s) configured
- **[PASS]** 5 mail exchanger(s) configured
- **[INFO]** CAA records not checked — CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
- **[PASS]** SPF record present in TXT
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 5 ms

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*No redirects — direct access*

- **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access

### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100)

*IPv6 reachable (1 ms)*

- **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a06:98c1:3107::6812:2860, 2606:4700:4400::ac40:93a0

### Crawlability (A+ — 100/100)

*robots.txt present, sitemap with 3953 URLs*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 3953 entries
- **[PASS]** Sitemap index with 3953 child sitemaps
- **[PASS]** robots.txt references sitemap

### URL Variants (A+ — 100/100)

*www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS*

- **[PASS]** www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www)
- **[PASS]** HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS

### Domain Intelligence (A+ — 100/100)

*pixabay.com — via Gandi SAS, 15 years, 9 months old*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Oct 7, 2026 (5 months remaining)
- **[PASS]** DNSSEC is enabled
- **[PASS]** Registrar: Gandi SAS
- **[WARNING]** Registrar lock is NOT enabled — The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

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## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (A+ — 95/100)

*privacy policy found*

- **[PASS]** Privacy policy link found
- **[INFO]** No terms of service link detected
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[PASS]** 1 cookie(s) set on initial load (functional)
- **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance.

### Language & i18n (A+ — 100/100)

*Lang attribute + Content-Language header*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[PASS]** Content-Language header is set
- **[PASS]** Language signals are consistent

### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100)

*Font sizes and tap targets checked*


### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*Viewport properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present
- **[PASS]** width=device-width is set
- **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed

### Third-Party Trackers (A+ — 95/100)

*2 trackers detected*

- **[INFO]** 2 third-party trackers detected — Found 2 analytics, 0 advertising, 0 marketing, 0 tag manager trackers.

### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*1 cookies · 2 trackers · 0 pre-consent*

- **[INFO]** 2 third-party tracker(s) detected on page

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (F — 35/100)

*1 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[PASS]** Privacy Policy detected — Found at https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/, linked from footer.
- **[WARNING]** Terms of Service not detected — No link matching common Terms of Service URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Terms of Service, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Accessibility Statement not detected — No link matching common Accessibility Statement URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Accessibility Statement, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data.

### Copyright Notice (C — 55/100)

*No copyright notice detected*

- **[INFO]** No copyright notice detected — No copyright notice detected in the page content. While not legally required in most jurisdictions (copyright exists automatically), a notice is standard practice and signals site ownership.

### Regulatory Indicators

*1 regulatory indicator(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments.
- **[INFO]** GDPR indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting GDPR may be relevant: Privacy policy page found. EU General Data Protection Regulation — governs collection and processing of personal data of EU residents.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*1 third-party service(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows.
- **[INFO]** 1 third-party services across 1 categories — 1 third-party services detected across 1 categories: CDN (1). Each of these services receives some user data from your site visitors.
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare (CDN) — Detected via script URL. Typically collects: IP address (transient), Request metadata. Privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/. Data Processing Agreement available.

### Compliance Badges (C — 55/100)

*0 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No compliance badges detected — No recognized compliance certification badges or seals were found. This is common — many sites do not display compliance badges.

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## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (A+ — 100/100)

*Cloudflare (HIT)*

- **[PASS]** Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: GRU)
- **[PASS]** CDN cache status: HIT

### HTTP Caching (B — 80/100)

*s-maxage=86400*

- **[PASS]** Cache-Control header is set
- **[PASS]** CDN TTL: 1 day (s-maxage=86400)
- **[PASS]** Last-Modified header present

### Transport Security (A — 85/100)

*HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis*

- **[PASS]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) supported — The server advertises HTTP/3 via Alt-Svc for faster connections on mobile networks.
- **[WARNING]** HSTS max-age is short: 0 days — HSTS max-age should be at least 1 year (31536000 seconds).
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (B — 70/100)

*2 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[WARNING]** No <nav> landmark found
- **[INFO]** No banner (header) landmark
- **[WARNING]** Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1) — Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.

### Heading Hierarchy (A+ — 100/100)

*3 headings*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present

### Alt Text Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*No images*

- **[PASS]** No images on this page

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*No form controls*

- **[PASS]** No form controls on this page

### Link & Button Quality (A — 94/100)

*2 links, 0 buttons — all OK*

- **[WARNING]** 2 link(s) open in new tab without warning — Add '(opens in new tab)' to link text or aria-label.

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## UX

### 404 Error Page (B — 80/100)

*HTTP 404, custom page*

- **[PASS]** Correct 404 status code returned
- **[PASS]** Custom styled 404 page
- **[PASS]** Navigation links present on 404 page
- **[PASS]** Homepage link present on 404 page

### Favicon & Branding (D — 50/100)

*3 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[INFO]** No apple-touch-icon detected — iOS devices use this when users add your site to their home screen. Add <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>.
- **[PASS]** Multiple icon sizes detected

### Web Manifest (A+ — 95/100)

*PWA-ready*

- **[PASS]** Meets PWA install criteria
- **[PASS]** Name present: Pixabay
- **[PASS]** 192x192 icon present
- **[PASS]** 512x512 icon present
- **[PASS]** Display mode: standalone

### Dark Mode Support (B — 70/100)

*Dark mode detected*

- **[PASS]** prefers-color-scheme CSS detected in inline styles
- **[INFO]** Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles — External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

### Print Stylesheet (D — 40/100)

*No print styles*

- **[INFO]** No print-specific styles detected — When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

### Navigation UX (F — 0/100)

*No navigation patterns*

- **[INFO]** No breadcrumbs, search, or skip link detected — These navigation aids help users orient themselves and find content efficiently, especially on large sites.

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## SEO

### Canonical URL (B — 80/100)

*Minor issues*

- **[WARNING]** No canonical tag found — Search engines will determine the canonical URL themselves, which may cause duplicate content issues.

### Meta Tags (A — 85/100)

*Title: 16 chars*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[WARNING]** Title is only 16 characters — consider expanding
- **[INFO]** Title and H1 have very different wording — Alignment helps users confirm they've reached the right page.

### Content Depth (F — 10/100)

*47 words, Very Difficult*

- **[CRITICAL]** Page has only 47 words — nearly empty — Search engines need substantive text content to understand and rank a page.
- **[INFO]** Text-to-HTML ratio is 1% — Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 11)
- **[WARNING]** Thin content — only 47 words

### Internal Links (B — 70/100)

*0 internal, 2 external*

- **[WARNING]** No internal links found — Internal links help search engines discover and rank your other pages.
- **[PASS]** 100% of links use descriptive anchor text
- **[INFO]** 0 internal / 2 external links
- **[WARNING]** Dead-end page — no outgoing internal links

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*No images*

- **[PASS]** No images on this page

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (A — 85/100)

*0.39g CO2 per view*

- **[PASS]** 0.39g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 1.7 MB, producing an estimated 0.39g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.01g, network 0.08g, end-user device 0.30g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 47.0 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 47.0 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 5873 smartphones.
- **[PASS]** Green hosting reduces data center emissions

### Green Hosting (A+ — 100/100)

*Green (both)*

- **[PASS]** Both hosting and CDN use renewable energy
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare: Verified by the Green Web Foundation
- **[INFO]** Cloudflare: 100% renewable energy for global network since 2019
- **[INFO]** Green hosting status based on known provider commitments — Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.

### Repeat Visit Weight (A+ — 100/100)

*99% cached*

- **[PASS]** 99% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 24 KB (vs 1694 KB first visit). 64 of 65 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.39g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.01g CO2 (first visit: 0.39g)

### Carbon Budget (A — 85/100)

*29th percentile*

- **[PASS]** 0.39g CO2 — below the sustainability target of 0.50g — Cleaner than an estimated 71% of websites analyzed. This page meets the Web Sustainability Guidelines target.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 29th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (B — 80/100)

*77% efficient*

- **[INFO]** Transfer efficiency: 77% — An estimated 395 KB (23%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 395 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.09g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.

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