# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://www.hashicorp.com

**Date:** April 7, 2026  
**URL:** https://www.hashicorp.com  
**Overall Grade:** C (72/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/4eb35237-3004-7fb0-4d5f-ac06e77b1bdb

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
2. **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Security > Security Headers
3. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy
4. **[CRITICAL]** No favicon or icon links detected — Accessibility > Favicon & Branding
5. **[WARNING]** 152 HTTP requests — consider bundling or reducing — Performance > Page Weight Budget

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 61 |
| Accessibility | 92 |
| Best Practices | 96 |
| SEO | 83 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (F — 10/100)

*2 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Strict-Transport-Security forces browsers to use HTTPS, preventing downgrade attacks. Add the header with a max-age of at least 1 year.
- **[WARNING]** X-Content-Type-Options header is missing — This header prevents MIME-type sniffing, which can lead to XSS attacks. Set it to 'nosniff'.
- **[WARNING]** X-Frame-Options header is missing — This header prevents clickjacking by controlling who can embed your page in a frame. Set it to DENY or SAMEORIGIN.
- **[WARNING]** Referrer-Policy header is missing — Controls how much referrer information is sent with requests. Set to 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin' or stricter.
- **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header is missing — Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are allowed. Set it to restrict unused features.
- **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — CSP is the most important header for preventing XSS attacks. See the CSP section for detailed analysis.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing — COOP isolates your browsing context, preventing cross-origin side-channel attacks. Set to '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 (F — 0/100)

*No enforcing CSP policy found*

- **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — CSP is the most effective defense against XSS attacks. Add a Content-Security-Policy header to restrict resource loading.

### 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 67 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 2 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 1 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (A+ — 100/100)

*No cookies set — no cookie security risks*

- **[PASS]** No cookies set — no cookie security risks

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## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (A+ — 100/100)

*No external resources*

- **[PASS]** No external resources to protect

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

*No known vulnerabilities*

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

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

*No exposures*

- **[INFO]** No security.txt found — Consider adding a security.txt at /.well-known/security.txt.
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (F — 30/100)

*No DMARC*

- **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Without DMARC, email receivers have no policy for handling authentication failures.

### 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 (D — 53/100)

*2.1 MB transferred, 152 requests*

- **[INFO]** Page weighs 5.8 MB (2.1 MB transferred)
- **[WARNING]** JavaScript is 948 KB — consider code splitting or lazy loading — Large JavaScript bundles delay interactivity. Split code by route or defer non-critical scripts.
- **[WARNING]** 152 HTTP requests — consider bundling or reducing — Each request adds latency. Bundle small files, use sprites, or eliminate unnecessary requests.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.44 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (A+ — 100/100)

*13% third-party, 0 ms blocking*

- **[INFO]** Third-party code accounts for 13% of page weight (286.0 KiB of 2.1 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 (B — 75/100)

*18 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[PASS]** All images are well-optimized

### JS Execution Cost (D — 40/100)

*2790ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 821ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/_next/static/chunks/1528...: 496ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/en: 462ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/_next/static/chunks/webp...: 324ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/: 280ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 1228ms (44% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*2 fonts (196 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 2 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (D — 40/100)

*51 scripts, 301 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-NRF...: 81 KB unused (46%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/_next/static/chunks/9626...: 56 KB unused (72%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/_next/static/chunks/cd24...: 49 KB unused (83%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/_next/static/chunks/5014...: 44 KB unused (82%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.hashicorp.com/_next/static/chunks/8796...: 38 KB unused (74%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 301 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

### 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)

*1 links checked, 1 healthy, 0 broken*

- **[PASS]** 1 of 1 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 — 85/100)

*2 A records, 22 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 2 IPv4 address(es)
- **[INFO]** No IPv6 (AAAA) records
- **[WARNING]** CNAME record at zone apex — A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.
- **[PASS]** 4 nameserver(s) configured
- **[INFO]** No MX records — email not configured via DNS
- **[INFO]** CAA records not checked — CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update.
- **[INFO]** No SPF record found in TXT records — SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 22 ms

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*0 redirect(s), 66 ms total*


### IPv6 Readiness (C — 60/100)

*No IPv6 support*

- **[INFO]** No IPv6 (AAAA) records found — IPv6 support is increasingly important for global accessibility. About 40% of internet users have IPv6 connectivity.

### Crawlability (A — 90/100)

*no robots.txt, sitemap with 3764 URLs*

- **[INFO]** No robots.txt found — robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index.
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 3764 entries

### URL Variants (A — 90/100)

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

- **[WARNING]** HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301

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

*hashicorp.com — via CSC Corporate Domains, Inc., 15 years, 1 months old, hosted on AWS*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Apr 30, 2028 (2 years, 1 months remaining)
- **[INFO]** DNSSEC is not enabled — DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc.
- **[PASS]** Hosting: AWS

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## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (B — 80/100)

*No consent signals detected*

- **[WARNING]** No privacy policy link detected — A privacy policy page is recommended for transparency and may be legally required.
- **[INFO]** No terms of service link detected
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[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 — 90/100)

*Lang attribute present*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header
- **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The <html lang> attribute and Content-Language header should agree.

### 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+ — 100/100)

*No third-party trackers detected*

- **[PASS]** No third-party trackers detected

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (F — 0/100)

*0 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[WARNING]** Privacy Policy not detected — No link matching common Privacy Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Privacy Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[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

*0 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]** No specific regulatory indicators detected — No strong signals for GDPR, CCPA, ADA, PCI, HIPAA, or COPPA were found. This does not mean these regulations don't apply — it means we didn't detect common technical indicators.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*0 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]** No recognized third-party data-sharing services detected — This page does not appear to load external tracking, analytics, or advertising scripts.

### 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 (B — 80/100)

*Vercel*

- **[PASS]** Site is served via Vercel CDN

### HTTP Caching (D — 40/100)

*no-store (uncacheable)*

- **[INFO]** Cache-Control: no-store prevents all caching — Intentional for dynamic content, but increases server load for every page view.
- **[INFO]** No ETag or Last-Modified header — Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.

### Transport Security (B — 75/100)

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

- **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) not advertised — HTTP/3 eliminates head-of-line blocking. If your CDN supports it, consider enabling it.
- **[WARNING]** Missing Strict-Transport-Security header — HSTS tells browsers to only use HTTPS, preventing SSL stripping attacks.
- **[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 (B — 80/100)

*No headings*

- **[WARNING]** No headings found — Headings (H1-H6) create the document outline for screen reader navigation.

### 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+ — 97/100)

*1 links, 0 buttons — all OK*

- **[WARNING]** 1 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 (F — 25/100)

*HTTP 429, custom page*

- **[WARNING]** Unexpected status code: HTTP 429 — Expected HTTP 404 but received 429. This may confuse search engine crawlers.
- **[PASS]** Custom styled 404 page

### Favicon & Branding (F — 0/100)

*No icons detected*

- **[WARNING]** No favicon.ico at site root — Some older browsers, bookmark tools, and RSS readers look for /favicon.ico. Add one as a fallback.
- **[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'>.
- **[CRITICAL]** No favicon or icon links detected — Your site will show the browser's generic page icon in tabs, bookmarks, and home screens.

### Web Manifest (D — 40/100)

*Not found*

- **[INFO]** No web manifest found — No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

### Dark Mode Support (B — 70/100)

*Dark mode detected*

- **[PASS]** Dark-specific theme-color detected — A theme-color with media='(prefers-color-scheme: dark)' adapts the browser toolbar for dark mode.
- **[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 — 90/100)

*Title: 26 chars*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[WARNING]** Title is only 26 characters — consider expanding

### Content Depth (F — 10/100)

*18 words, Very Difficult*

- **[CRITICAL]** Page has only 18 words — nearly empty — Search engines need substantive text content to understand and rank a page.
- **[INFO]** Text-to-HTML ratio is 0% — Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Very Difficult (grade 17)
- **[WARNING]** Thin content — only 18 words

### Internal Links (B — 70/100)

*0 internal, 1 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 / 1 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)

*0.50g CO2 per view*

- **[PASS]** 0.50g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 2.1 MB, producing an estimated 0.50g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.01g, network 0.10g, end-user device 0.38g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 59.9 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 59.9 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 7490 smartphones.
- **[PASS]** Green hosting reduces data center emissions

### Green Hosting (A+ — 100/100)

*Green (both)*

- **[PASS]** Both hosting and CDN use renewable energy
- **[INFO]** Vercel: Hosted on AWS/Google Cloud with renewable energy commitments
- **[INFO]** Vercel: Hosted on AWS/Google Cloud with renewable energy commitments
- **[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)

*97% cached*

- **[PASS]** 97% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 66 KB (vs 2160 KB first visit). 150 of 152 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.48g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.02g CO2 (first visit: 0.50g)

### Carbon Budget (B — 70/100)

*39th percentile*

- **[PASS]** 0.50g CO2 — below the sustainability target of 0.50g — Cleaner than an estimated 61% of websites analyzed. This page meets the Web Sustainability Guidelines target.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 39th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (B — 80/100)

*86% efficient*

- **[INFO]** Transfer efficiency: 86% — An estimated 301 KB (14%) could be eliminated: 0 KB via better compression, 0 KB via modern image formats, 301 KB of unused JavaScript. This wasted data produces 0.07g of unnecessary CO2 per page view.

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