Lighthouse Desktop

· 0 checks — Desktop Lighthouse audit -- Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO category breakdown.

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Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

value: No additional origins are good candidates for preconnecting

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.9 KiB
/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=NARA&subagen...	0.0 ms	9.4 KiB
dap.digitalgov.gov/web-vitals/dist/web-vitals.attribution.iife.js	0.0 ms	4.5 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Diagnostics

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reason	Failure type
Pages with cache-control:no-store header cannot enter back/forward cache.	Actionable
Pages whose main resource has cache-control:no-store cannot enter back/forward cache.	Not actionable
Back/forward cache is disabled because some JavaScript network request received resource with Cache-Control: no-store header.	Not actionable

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 63.9 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/assets/application-2e402d2fd2374feafca5b5ff4298d8fea16e6...	42.9 KiB	39.7 KiB
/assets/vendor-eb100195f777040f710b702257d7c3e4d84f545f4e...	25.1 KiB	24.2 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 431.2 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL4ZEK4L&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	147.2 KiB	106.1 KiB
/assets/vendor-f85646c5f313ac76ccdb22b09e7f5747049d66ceb4...	116.4 KiB	83.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-EDYG1V6520&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	160.1 KiB	64.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-17607887-1	116.6 KiB	61.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL4ZEK4L	147.2 KiB	60.8 KiB
/assets/application_pipeline-f6855aab2a4f8536c61b97d1045b...	39.6 KiB	31.1 KiB
/assets/turbo.min-d6bfc462b5848d5a21257bb526cac71836a03d0...	27.9 KiB	23.9 KiB

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 304 ms

URL	Time Spent
federalregister.gov/	304 ms
www.federalregister.gov/	0.0 ms

●Time to Interactive 2.1 s

●Max Potential First Input Delay 70 ms

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●Font display

●Forced reflow

●Improve image delivery

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Render blocking requests

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify CSS

●Minify JavaScript

●Avoids enormous network payloads Total size was 1,139 KiB

●User Timing marks and measures 16 user timings

●JavaScript execution time 0.2 s

●Minimizes main-thread work 0.5 s

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 1 long task found

●Image elements have explicit `width` and `height`

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 20 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 190 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 110 ms

●Avoid large layout shifts 2 layout shifts found

○INP breakdown

○LCP request discovery

○Avoid non-composited animations

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

ARIA

Each ARIA `role` supports a specific subset of `aria-*` attributes. Mismatching these invalidates the `aria-*` attributes. Learn how to match ARIA attributes to their roles.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
`main > div#main > div > div#suggestions`

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
997,726 documents `div.homepage-grid > div#embedded-search-area > form#embedded_entry_search_form > span#expected_result_count`
Thursday, April 9, 2026 `div.section > ul.fr-list > li > span.fr-doc-date`
Friday, April 17, 2026 `div.section > ul.fr-list > li > span.fr-doc-date`
Thursday, April 16, 2026 `div.section > ul.fr-list > li > span.fr-doc-date`

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Link text that is discernible improves the experience for users with low vision. Learn how to make links distinguishable.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
80 documents `div.fr-head-meta-counts > ul.fr-list > li > a`
6 documents `li > div.public-inspection-list-stats > div.filings-summary > a`
82 documents `li > div.public-inspection-list-stats > div.filings-summary > a`
here `div.content-block > div#home-aid-tagline > p > a`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Navigation

Properly ordered headings that do not skip levels convey the semantic structure of the page, making it easier to navigate and understand when using assistive technologies. Learn more about heading order.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Current Issue `div.fr-head-metadata-bar > div.fr-head-meta-label-holder > div.fr-head-meta-label > h4`

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Best practices

Touch targets with sufficient size and spacing help users who may have difficulty targeting small controls to activate the targets. Learn more about touch targets.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
9 `tbody > tr > td.count > a`
5 `tbody > tr > td.count > a`
Notices `tbody > tr > td > a`
6 `tbody > tr > td.count > a`
Proclamations `tbody > tr > td > a`
3 `tbody > tr > td.count > a`
2 `tbody > tr > td.count > a`
Notices `tbody > tr > td > a`
3 `tbody > tr > td.count > a`
Proclamations `tbody > tr > td > a`

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Screen readers have features to make navigating tables easier. Ensuring that tables use the actual caption element instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute may improve the experience for screen reader users. Learn more about captions.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
March 2026 0 Determinations 9 Executive Orders 0 Memorandums 5 Notices 6 Procla… `div#popular-and-presdoc-container > div.section > div#monthly-document-counts > table.fr-table`
April 2026 0 Determinations 3 Executive Orders 0 Memorandums 2 Notices 3 Procla… `div#popular-and-presdoc-container > div.section > div#monthly-document-counts > table.fr-table`

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Form elements have associated labels

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

●Document has a main landmark.

●ARIA IDs are unique

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

○Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

○`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○`[role]` values are valid

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

100

Best Practices

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No browser errors logged to the console

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Use a strong HSTS policy

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Content Best Practices

Meta descriptions may be included in search results to concisely summarize page content. Learn more about the meta description.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Link destination	Link Text
www.federalregister.gov/reader-aids	here

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links are crawlable

●robots.txt is valid

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

○Image elements have `[alt]` attributes