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Lighthouse Mobile

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

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Performance

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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.

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
/sites/ed/files/js/js_Wj2Sq2NoiwFGbdEFsMziHOlziEFZW7S4g8a...	0.0 ms	1.2 MiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/instagram.svg	0.0 ms	622.2 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/logo.svg	0.0 ms	177.9 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Medium.ttf	0.0 ms	153.5 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/logo-footer2.svg	0.0 ms	153.1 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-SemiBold.ttf	0.0 ms	152.3 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Bold.ttf	0.0 ms	152.2 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Regular.ttf	0.0 ms	150.2 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Light.ttf	0.0 ms	142.6 KiB
/sites/ed/files/css/css_Nd982RyHoH3he70bbY2WEdD-6AhMd2Tfc...	0.0 ms	102.8 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/twitter.svg	0.0 ms	75.2 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/facebook-es.svg	0.0 ms	67.1 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/facebook.svg	0.0 ms	64.6 KiB
/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/fonts/source-sans-pro/s...	0.0 ms	20.9 KiB
/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/fonts/source-sans-pro/s...	0.0 ms	20.7 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/youtube.svg	0.0 ms	16.5 KiB
/sites/ed/files/css/css_ApV8g-YevBKRd4svErH9rX3LF0Qmr9Fub...	0.0 ms	13.7 KiB
scripts.clarity.ms/0.8.72-beta/clarity.js	86400.0 s	25.5 KiB
/Universal-Federated-Analytics-Min.js?agency=ED&pga4=G-TT...	0.0 ms	9.3 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/flickr.svg	0.0 ms	5.8 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/LinkedIn.svg	0.0 ms	3.5 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/images/icon-dot-gov.svg	0.0 ms	1.6 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/images/icon-https.svg	0.0 ms	1.5 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/images/us_flag_small.png	0.0 ms	1.3 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/images/usa-icons/close.svg	0.0 ms	1.0 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/images/usa-icons/arrow_back.svg	0.0 ms	986 B
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/images/usa-icons/expand_more.svg	0.0 ms	970 B

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.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/fonts/source-sans-pro/s...	375 ms
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Regular.ttf	345 ms
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Medium.ttf	340 ms
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-SemiBold.ttf	305 ms
/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/fonts/source-sans-pro/s...	105 ms

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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items: [map[reflowTime:36.37 source:map[column:80089 line:3 type:source-location url:https://www.ed.gov/sites/ed/files/js/js_Wj2Sq2NoiwFGbdEFsMziHOlziEFZW7S4g8aWcqOQ5oQ.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=edgov&include=eJx1jlGOgzAMRC-U1EeKTDKlFoZEsYH29gWW3b_9sZ498szYxxwzDWwIq-3F0on07Dxjr30KKGPdaNQ6sAa8XWWZqPS1sT7uNWyC3eiaj7mWVXG8pcLOY5dCJzgPCku5dtyWR47k2HhEXGpBkOXkhTf6o2Dgnl-JmyReveY6N4WD_rmfqS9oQyeU-EPBxLFLQWJF98Nc_G7wq8RLiYPWPH0BgYlp4w urlProvider:network]]]

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

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Each subpart has specific improvement strategies. Ideally, most of the LCP time should be spent on loading the resources, not within delays.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:label label:Subpart valueType:text] map[key:duration label:Duration valueType:ms]]

items: [map[duration:2222.276 label:Time to first byte subpart:timeToFirstByte] map[duration:483.288 label:Element render delay subpart:elementRenderDelay]]

lhId: page-0-P

nodeLabel: Use the searchable database below to find decisions issued by the Secretary of …

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,3,DIV,0,DIV,3,MAIN,0,DIV,4,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,ARTICLE,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,P

selector: article.node-ed-basic-page > div > div.field > p

snippet: <p>

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

value: no origins were preconnected

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

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
/sites/ed/files/css/css_ApV8g-YevBKRd4svErH9rX3LF0Qmr9Fub...	13.7 KiB
/sites/ed/files/css/css_Nd982RyHoH3he70bbY2WEdD-6AhMd2Tfc...	102.8 KiB	971 ms

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

Keep the server response time for the main document short because all other requests depend on it. Learn more about the Time to First Byte metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 2.1 s

URL	Time Spent
/laws-and-policy/hearings-and-appeals/hearings-and-appeal...	2.2 s

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

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: 180 ms 159.9 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/sites/ed/files/css/css_Nd982RyHoH3he70bbY2WEdD-6AhMd2Tfc...	102.0 KiB	98.6 KiB
.fba-modal-dialog { font-family: Source Sans Pro Web, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sa… } …	52.1 KiB	49.9 KiB
/sites/ed/files/css/css_ApV8g-YevBKRd4svErH9rX3LF0Qmr9Fub...	12.9 KiB	11.4 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: 350 ms 958.7 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/sites/ed/files/js/js_Wj2Sq2NoiwFGbdEFsMziHOlziEFZW7S4g8a...	1.2 MiB	708.2 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TTBYENS3X0	167.4 KiB	115.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TTBYENS3X0&cx=c&gtm=4e6ad1	167.4 KiB	68.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL4ZEK4L	161.5 KiB	66.3 KiB

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
/sites/ed/files/js/js_Wj2Sq2NoiwFGbdEFsMziHOlziEFZW7S4g8a...	1.5 s	763 ms	311 ms
Unattributable	600 ms	29 ms	0.0 ms
/laws-and-policy/hearings-and-appeals/hearings-and-appeal...	462 ms	16 ms	1.7 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL4ZEK4L	385 ms	302 ms	47 ms
scripts.clarity.ms/0.8.72-beta/clarity.js	290 ms	208 ms	5.8 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TTBYENS3X0&cx=c&gtm=4e6ad1	236 ms	194 ms	33 ms
/sites/ed/files/css/css_Nd982RyHoH3he70bbY2WEdD-6AhMd2Tfc...	79 ms	0.0 ms	0.0 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TTBYENS3X0	55 ms	21 ms	34 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	1.6 s
Other	652 ms
Style & Layout	573 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	435 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	279 ms
Rendering	116 ms
Garbage Collection	68 ms

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 5.6 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
.fba-modal-dialog { font-family: Source Sans Pro Web, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sa… } …	52.1 KiB	5.6 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
/sites/ed/files/js/js_Wj2Sq2NoiwFGbdEFsMziHOlziEFZW7S4g8a...	1.2 MiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/instagram.svg	622.2 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/logo.svg	177.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TTBYENS3X0	167.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-TTBYENS3X0&cx=c&gtm=4e6ad1	167.5 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-CSLL4ZEK4L	161.6 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Medium.ttf	153.5 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/logo-footer2.svg	153.1 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-SemiBold.ttf	152.3 KiB
www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/components/base/fonts/Rubik/Rubik-Bold.ttf	152.2 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
Agency logo `div.grid-row > div.usa-footer__logo-bottom > div.usa-footer__logo-image > img.usa-footer__logo-img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/logo-footer2.svg
Department of Education logo `header > h1#fba-form-title-8e6a61eb > div.margin-bottom-2 > img.form-header-logo-square`	/uploads/form/logo/5819/logo_square_Seal_of_the_United_St...
Home `div#logo > em.usa-logo__text > a.logo-img > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/logo.svg
header.usa-banner__header > div.usa-banner__inner > div.grid-col-auto > img.usa-banner__header-flag `header.usa-banner__header > div.usa-banner__inner > div.grid-col-auto > img.usa-banner__header-flag`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/assets/uswds/images/us_flag_small.png
U.S. flag `footer.usa-banner__header > div.usa-banner__inner > div.grid-col-auto > img.usa-banner__header-flag`	touchpoints.app.cloud.gov/img/us_flag_small.png
Facebook Es `div.usa-footer__social-links > div.grid-col-auto > a > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/facebook-es.svg
Facebook `div.usa-footer__social-links > div.grid-col-auto > a > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/facebook.svg
Instagram `div.usa-footer__social-links > div.grid-col-auto > a > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/instagram.svg
LinkedIn `div.usa-footer__social-links > div.grid-col-auto > a > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/LinkedIn.svg
Twitter `div.usa-footer__social-links > div.grid-col-auto > a > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/twitter.svg
Flickr `div.usa-footer__social-links > div.grid-col-auto > a > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/flickr.svg
Youtube `div.usa-footer__social-links > div.grid-col-auto > a > img`	www.ed.gov/themes/custom/edgov/images/icons/youtube.svg

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

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●Improve image delivery

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify JavaScript

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 11 long tasks found

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 170 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 330 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Avoid multiple page redirects

●Avoid large layout shifts 5 layout shifts found

○INP breakdown

○LCP request discovery

○User Timing marks and measures

○Avoid non-composited animations

100

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.

Visible text labels that do not match the accessible name can result in a confusing experience for screen reader users. Learn more about accessible names.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
U.S. Department of Education `div.region > div#logo > em.usa-logo__text > a`

○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-*]` attributes match their roles

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

●`[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

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

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

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●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.

●Select elements have associated label elements.

●`[accesskey]` values are unique

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

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

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

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

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

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

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●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

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

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

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

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Skip links are focusable.

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

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

●Identical links have the same purpose.

●Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

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

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

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○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

○ARIA IDs are unique

○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.

○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

○`[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.

Best Practices

User Experience

Image natural dimensions should be proportional to the display size and the pixel ratio to maximize image clarity. Learn how to provide responsive images.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Displayed size	Actual size	Expected size
Department of Education logo `header > h1#fba-form-title-8e6a61eb > div.margin-bottom-2 > img.form-header-logo-square`	/uploads/form/logo/5819/logo_square_Seal_of_the_United_St...	80 x 80	80 x 80	120 x 120

General

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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Issues logged to the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures, insufficient security controls, and other browser concerns. Open up the Issues panel in Chrome DevTools for more details on each issue.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Issue type
Content security policy

Source maps translate minified code to the original source code. This helps developers debug in production. In addition, Lighthouse is able to provide further insights. Consider deploying source maps to take advantage of these benefits. Learn more about source maps.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Map URL
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●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

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Use a strong HSTS policy

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

100

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.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●Links are crawlable

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

○robots.txt is valid