# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://www.fedoraproject.org

**Date:** April 7, 2026  
**URL:** https://www.fedoraproject.org  
**Overall Grade:** C (78/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/670542e0-6791-f4ea-a889-96fde02fd4f9

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers
2. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy
3. **[CRITICAL]** 1 button(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality
4. **[CRITICAL]** 17 image(s) missing alt attribute — Accessibility > Alt Text Quality
5. **[CRITICAL]** 4 image-in-link without alt text — Accessibility > Alt Text Quality

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## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 83 |
| Accessibility | 67 |
| Best Practices | 100 |
| SEO | 83 |

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## Security

### Security Headers (C — 60/100)

*6 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Strict-Transport-Security is properly configured
- **[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.
- **[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 202 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 2 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 2 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 (A — 91/100)

*844 KB transferred, 33 requests*

- **[PASS]** Page weighs 1.5 MB (844 KB transferred)
- **[INFO]** Fonts are 591 KB — consider subsetting or using system fonts — Subset fonts to include only used characters, or switch to system font stacks.
- **[PASS]** 33 HTTP requests
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.17 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources*

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

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

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

### Image Optimization (C — 60/100)

*19 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/digita... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/IoT-lo... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/server... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/cloud-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/coreos... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/logos/... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/workst... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/kde-lo... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/assets/images/logo-s... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (B — 80/100)

*541ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.fedoraproject.org/: 299ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** Unattributable: 243ms CPU time
- **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 243ms (45% of total)

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*7 fonts (591 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 7 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (A+ — 100/100)

*1 scripts, 0 KB unused*


### 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)

*180 links checked, 180 healthy, 0 broken*

- **[PASS]** 180 of 180 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 (B — 80/100)

*Open Graph tags are partially configured — some improvements recommended.*

- **[INFO]** og:title is short (12 characters) — Ideal length is 25–60 characters for social sharing previews.
- **[INFO]** Missing og:url — The og:url tag specifies the canonical URL for the shared content.
- **[INFO]** Missing og:type — The og:type tag helps social platforms categorize the content.
- **[INFO]** Missing og:site_name — The og:site_name tag displays the website name in social previews.
- **[INFO]** Missing twitter:card — Without twitter:card, Twitter falls back to Open Graph tags. Adding it gives you more control.

### 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 (B — 80/100)

*9 A records, 22 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 9 IPv4 address(es)
- **[PASS]** Has 7 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
- **[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.
- **[INFO]** No NS records found
- **[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)

*No redirects — direct access*

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

### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100)

*IPv6 reachable (31 ms)*

- **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2001:4178:2:1269::fed2, 2604:1580:fe00:0:dead:beef:cafe:fed1, 2606:f640:6000:651::7, 2605:bc80:3010:600:dead:beef:cafe:fed9, 2a05:d014:10:7803:8468:7fac:f199:d194, 2a05:d014:10:7803:6af9:4da5:bf50:ad83, 2a05:d01c:c6a:cc02:eee3:30f3:2341:57a6

### Crawlability (B — 80/100)

*robots.txt present, no sitemap*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[INFO]** No sitemap.xml found — A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently.
- **[INFO]** robots.txt does not reference a sitemap — Add a 'Sitemap:' directive to robots.txt so search engines can discover your sitemap.

### URL Variants (C — 65/100)

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

- **[CRITICAL]** Both www and non-www versions serve content
- **[WARNING]** HTTP→HTTPS redirect uses 302 instead of 301

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

*fedoraproject.org — via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, 22 years, 10 months old*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Sep 24, 2026 (5 months remaining)
- **[PASS]** DNSSEC is enabled
- **[PASS]** Registrar: Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE

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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 (F — 5/100)

*Missing <html lang>*

- **[WARNING]** <html lang> attribute is missing — The lang attribute on <html> is required for screen readers and WCAG 3.1.1 compliance.
- **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header
- **[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+ — 100/100)

*No third-party trackers detected*

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

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## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (F — 25/100)

*1 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.
- **[PASS]** Terms of Service detected — Found at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/.
- **[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

*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 (B — 70/100)

*1 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** TRUSTe / TrustArc badge detected — Found via body text: 'truste'. Note: the presence of a badge does not verify the certification is current or valid.

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## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (D — 50/100)

*No CDN detected*

- **[WARNING]** No CDN detected — A CDN can significantly improve load times for users around the world by caching content at edge nodes closer to them.

### HTTP Caching (D — 40/100)

*No cache headers*

- **[WARNING]** No Cache-Control header found — Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.
- **[PASS]** ETag present — enables conditional (304) responses
- **[PASS]** Last-Modified header present

### Transport Security (A — 90/100)

*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.
- **[PASS]** HSTS enabled (includeSubDomains, preload)
- **[PASS]** HSTS preload enabled
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

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## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (A — 90/100)

*10 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[PASS]** 3 <nav> landmark(s) found
- **[WARNING]** 3 of 3 <nav> elements are unlabeled — Multiple navigations need aria-label to distinguish them for screen readers.
- **[PASS]** Skip navigation link present

### Heading Hierarchy (A — 85/100)

*18 headings, 1 skip(s)*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present
- **[WARNING]** Heading level skipped: H1 → H3 (missing H2) — Skipping heading levels breaks the document outline. Screen readers may interpret missing levels as structural errors.

### Alt Text Quality (F — 30/100)

*17 of 19 images have issues*

- **[CRITICAL]** 17 image(s) missing alt attribute — Images without alt text are invisible to screen readers.
- **[CRITICAL]** 4 image-in-link without alt text — An image inside a link with no alt creates an empty link.
- **[PASS]** 2 image(s) with good alt text

### Form Accessibility (C — 55/100)

*47 of 67 controls have issues*

- **[CRITICAL]** 47 control(s) without accessible label — Form controls need a <label>, aria-label, or aria-labelledby for screen readers.
- **[PASS]** 20 control(s) properly labeled

### Link & Button Quality (D — 50/100)

*11 issue(s) across 363 links and 1 buttons*

- **[WARNING]** 10 link(s) with generic text — Generic link text like 'click here' doesn't describe the destination.
- **[CRITICAL]** 4 image-only link(s) without alt text
- **[CRITICAL]** 1 button(s) with no accessible text
- **[PASS]** 349 link(s) with descriptive text

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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 (F — 30/100)

*2 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[PASS]** HTML icon links detected
- **[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'>.

### 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]** 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 — 30/100)

*1 navigation pattern(s)*

- **[PASS]** Skip navigation link detected
- **[PASS]** 3 navigation landmark(s) detected

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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 (A+ — 100/100)

*3079 words, Difficult*

- **[PASS]** Page has 3079 words — good depth for search engines
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Difficult (grade 12)

### Internal Links (A+ — 95/100)

*196 internal, 167 external*

- **[PASS]** 196 internal links (54%)
- **[PASS]** 97% of links use descriptive anchor text
- **[INFO]** Page has 363 links — consider reducing
- **[INFO]** 196 internal / 167 external links

### Image SEO (A+ — 95/100)

*19 images, 19 descriptive filenames*

- **[PASS]** All images have descriptive filenames
- **[INFO]** 17 image(s) missing alt text — see Accessibility tab

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


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## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (A — 85/100)

*0.23g CO2 per view*

- **[PASS]** 0.23g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 0.8 MB, producing an estimated 0.23g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.04g, network 0.04g, end-user device 0.15g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 28.0 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 28.0 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 3499 smartphones.

### Green Hosting (D — 40/100)

*Not green*

- **[INFO]** No confirmed renewable energy commitment detected — Consider providers like Cloudflare, Google Cloud, or Vercel that match 100% of their energy use with renewables.
- **[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 24 KB (vs 843 KB first visit). 32 of 33 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.23g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.01g CO2 (first visit: 0.23g)

### Carbon Budget (A — 85/100)

*13th percentile*

- **[PASS]** 0.23g CO2 — below the sustainability target of 0.50g — Cleaner than an estimated 87% of websites analyzed. This page meets the Web Sustainability Guidelines target.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 13th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (A+ — 100/100)

*100% efficient*

- **[PASS]** Transfer efficiency: 100% — Only 0 KB of potential savings identified. Your page is well-optimized for size.

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