# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://gitter.im **Date:** April 22, 2026 **URL:** https://gitter.im **Overall Grade:** C (76/100) **Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/8583b75c-936e-4aa0-850c-92317cdbc092 ## 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]** 8 image(s) missing alt attribute — Accessibility > Alt Text Quality 4. **[CRITICAL]** No
landmark found — Accessibility > Landmark Structure 5. **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers --- ## Lighthouse Scores | Category | Score | |----------|-------| | Performance | 91 | | Accessibility | 81 | | Best Practices | 96 | | SEO | 73 | --- ## Security ### Security Headers (F — 30/100) *3 of 10 headers properly configured* - **[PASS]** Strict-Transport-Security is properly configured (consider adding preload) - **[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 not present ### 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 76 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 --- ## 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 --- ## Performance ### Page Weight Budget (B — 76/100) *1.3 MB transferred, 27 requests* - **[PASS]** Page weighs 1.3 MB (1.3 MB transferred) - **[WARNING]** Images are 1.3 MB — compress or use modern formats — Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size. - **[PASS]** 27 HTTP requests - **[INFO]** Estimated 0.28 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) *20 images, 0 KB saveable* - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/trusted-by-logos/trusted-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/gitter-apps@2x.png is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/testimonials/testimonial-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/trusted-by-logos/trusted-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/trusted-by-logos/trusted-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/testimonials/testimonial-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/testimonials/testimonial-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/testimonials/testimonial-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/trusted-by-logos/trusted-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/trusted-by-logos/trusted-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/testimonials/testimonial-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/testimonials/testimonial-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/testimonials/testimonial-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/logo-text-white-nomargin@... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/trusted-by-logos/trusted-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/images/trusted-by-logos/trusted-... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS. ### JS Execution Cost (B — 80/100) *689ms total JS execution* - **[WARNING]** https://gitter.im/: 529ms CPU time - **[INFO]** Unattributable: 160ms CPU time - **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 160ms (23% of total) ### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100) *3 fonts (0 KB)* - **[INFO]** 3 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional) ### JS Bundles (A+ — 100/100) *No JavaScript* - **[PASS]** No JavaScript bundles ### 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 (B — 70/100) *27 resources · 1.3 MB · 0 KB savings available* - **[WARNING]** Page weight 345 KB over 1MB target - **[INFO]** 3 third-party resources (0% of weight) - **[INFO]** 2 resources over 200KB ### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100) *No render-blocking resources detected* - **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in ### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100) *No third-party resources detected* --- ## Content Quality ### Links (D — 63/100) *40 links checked, 32 healthy, 7 broken* - **[CRITICAL]** 32 of 40 links are healthy - **[INFO]** Long redirect chain: https://gitter.im/docs (5 hops) - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://gitter.im/airbnb — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://gitter.im/aws — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://gitter.im/google — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://gitter.im/microsoft — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://gitter.im/mozillascience — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://gitter.im/rails — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://gitter.im/scala — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. ### 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. --- ## Infrastructure ### DNS Records (A+ — 95/100) *1 A records, 40 ms lookup* - **[PASS]** Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es) - **[INFO]** Single A record — no DNS redundancy — Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down. - **[INFO]** No IPv6 (AAAA) records - **[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: 40 ms ### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100) *No redirects — direct access* - **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access ### 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 (B — 75/100) *no robots.txt, no sitemap* - **[INFO]** No robots.txt found — robots.txt is optional but recommended. It tells search engine crawlers which pages to index. - **[INFO]** No sitemap.xml found — A sitemap helps search engines discover and index your pages more efficiently. ### 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) *gitter.im — hosted on AWS* - **[PASS]** Hosting: AWS --- ## 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]** attribute is present - **[PASS]** value is valid - **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header - **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The 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 (C — 55/100) *1 trackers detected* - **[INFO]** 1 third-party trackers detected — Found 1 analytics, 0 advertising, 0 marketing, 0 tag manager trackers. - **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no cookie policy found — This page loads 1 trackers but no cookie policy was detected. GDPR requires disclosure when using tracking cookies. - **[WARNING]** Trackers detected but no privacy policy found — Most data protection regulations require a privacy policy when collecting user data via trackers. ### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100) *0 cookies · 1 trackers · 0 pre-consent* - **[INFO]** 1 third-party tracker(s) detected on page --- ## Legal ### Legal Page Ecosystem (F — 10/100) *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. - **[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. - **[PASS]** Acceptable Use Policy detected — Found at https://static.element.io/pdfs/acceptable-use-policy.pdf, linked from footer. ### Copyright Notice (B — 80/100) *© 2025 New Vector Ltd Matrix API Blog Twitter* - **[INFO]** Copyright year is 2025 (1 year(s) behind) — Copyright year is 2025 — 1 year(s) behind. While copyright protection doesn't depend on the year being current, an outdated notice may suggest the site is not actively maintained. Update to © 2026 or use a range like © 2025–2026. - **[PASS]** Copyright holder: New Vector Ltd Matrix API Blog Twitter ### 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 (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. --- ## 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) - **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT) --- ## Accessibility ### Landmark Structure (C — 60/100) *3 landmarks* - **[CRITICAL]** No
landmark found — Screen reader users cannot quickly navigate to the primary content. Wrap your main content in
. - **[PASS]** 1