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Performance

· 26 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
90
GRADE
A
FIX
1
REVIEW
4
PASS
18
INFO
3

Performance-focused optimization plan with CWV assessment, top offenders, and time estimates

Mobile Desktop
46
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
93
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
81
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
92
SEO Measures basic SEO optimizations: meta tags, crawlability, link text, and mobile friendliness.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

3.95 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

44.17 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

62 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.224

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

13.46 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

47.27 s

Page Load Progression

452 ms
903 ms
1.4 s
1.8 s
2.3 s
2.7 s
3.2 s
3.6 s
Checks
26
18 PASS 4 REVIEW 1 FIX
F
Page Weight Budget
Action
14.2 MB transferred, 21 requests
FIX
14.2 MB transferred, 21 requests
Critical::
Page weighs 14.3 MB (14.2 MB transferred)
Warning::
Images are 13.9 MB — compress or use modern formats
Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size.
Got: 13.9 MB
Info::
Fonts are 226 KB — consider subsetting or using system fonts
Subset fonts to include only used characters, or switch to system font stacks.
Got: 226 KB
Info::
21 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 3.0 g CO2 per page load
14.2 MB / 2.4 MB budget
14.2 MB transferred
21 requests
3.0 g CO2 per page load
Images 13.9 MiB 98%
Fonts 226.0 KiB 2%
JavaScript 20.6 KiB 0%
HTML 7.6 KiB 0%
CSS 4.9 KiB 0%
Other 2.9 KiB 0%
Other 1.5 KiB 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Over budget

Convert images to WebP/AVIF and resize to display dimensions to reduce transfer size.

Why this matters

Image bandwidth is high — modern formats (WebP/AVIF) and resizing typically cut it 50%+.

Source: web.dev

Subset fonts to include only used characters, or switch to system font stacks.

Why this matters

Font payload is large — subset to used glyphs only, or fall back to system fonts (zero load time).

Source: web.dev font loading

B
Image Optimization
6 images, 0 KB saveable
REVIEW
6 images, 0 KB saveable
Info::
All images are well-optimized
6 images 13.9 MB
0 oversized -0 KB
6 legacy format
0 missing dimensions CLS risk
C
JS Execution Cost
Action
1885ms total JS execution
REVIEW
1885ms total JS execution
Warning::
Unattributable: 878ms CPU time
Warning::
https://thebalkanchronicle.com/en/: 651ms CPU time
Warning::
https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-p...: 356ms CPU time

Main Thread Breakdown

Other 47% Style & Layout 24% Script Evaluation 24%
ScriptTotalScriptingParse/CompileParty
Unattributable878ms7ms0ms1st
https://thebalkanchronicle.com/en/651ms97ms3ms1st
https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js356ms338ms3ms1st
C
Page Weight Inventory
Action
21 resources · 14.2 MB · 0 KB savings available
REVIEW
21 resources · 14.2 MB · 0 KB savings available
Warning::
Page weight 14.2 MB exceeds 1 MB target by 13.2 MB
Got: 14.2 MB Expected: ≤ 1 MB
Info::
8 third-party resources (2% of weight)
Info::
6 resources over 200KB
21 resources · 14.2 MiB · 8 third-party 13.2 MiB over 1MB target
Image 98% · 13.9 MiB
Font 2% · 226.0 KiB
JavaScript 0% · 20.6 KiB
Document 0% · 7.6 KiB
CSS 0% · 4.9 KiB
Other 0% · 1.8 KiB
B
HTTP Caching
public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
REVIEW
public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Info::
Cache-Control header is set
Got: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Info::
No ETag or Last-Modified header
Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.
Cache-Control

public, max-age=0, must-revalidate

DirectiveValueMeaning
public—Any cache may store this response
max-age0Cache for 0 seconds
must-revalidate—Must recheck with server after expiry
A+
Third-Party Impact
2% third-party, 0 ms blocking
PASS
2% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Info::
Third-party code accounts for 2% of page weight (238.9 KiB of 14.2 MiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
98%
First-party Third-party
A+
Text Compression
All text resources are compressed
PASS
All text resources are compressed
Info::
All text resources are compressed
All text resources are properly compressed.
A+
Font Loading
6 fonts (226 KB)
PASS
6 fonts (226 KB)
Info::
6 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

Web fonts

6

226 KB total

Render-blocking

0

of 6

Dominant font-display

swap

Most common across fonts

Font loading timeline
Transfer FOIT (block) FOUT (swap)
0 ms 2.0 s 4.0 s 6.0 s 8.0 s 10.0 s 12.0 s 14.0 s 16.0 s 18.0 s 20.0 s 22.0 s 24.0 s 26.0 s 28.0 s 30.0 s 32.0 s 34.0 s 36.0 s 38.0 s 40.0 s 42.0 s 44.0 s 46.0 s FCP 4.0 s LCP 44.2 shttps://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa1ZL7W0Q5nw.woff2UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrM... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa1ZL7W0Q5nw.woff2 — 47.3 KiB — 126 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTzYgEM86xQ.woff2nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij_... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTzYgEM86xQ.woff2 — 37.6 KiB — 113 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXQ-oAGIyY0.woff2neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXQ-oAGIyY0.woff2 — 20.0 KiB — 122 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa25L7W0Q5n-wU.woff2UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrM... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa25L7W0Q5n-wU.woff2 — 83.3 KiB — 142 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXo-oAGIyY0Wfw.woff2neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXo-oAGIyY0Wfw.woff2 — 17.2 KiB — 121 ms — font-display: swaphttps://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTLYgEM86xRbPQ.woff2nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij_... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTLYgEM86xRbPQ.woff2 — 20.5 KiB — 111 ms — font-display: swap
UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrM... woff2 swap
Size 47 KB
Load time 126 ms
Start 334 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij_... woff2 swap
Size 38 KB
Load time 113 ms
Start 335 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88... woff2 swap
Size 20 KB
Load time 122 ms
Start 335 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrM... woff2 swap
Size 83 KB
Load time 142 ms
Start 336 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88... woff2 swap
Size 17 KB
Load time 121 ms
Start 336 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij_... woff2 swap
Size 21 KB
Load time 111 ms
Start 337 ms
Risk FOUT — text flashes from fallback to web font
Optimization checklist
  • Preload critical fonts (priority=high)
  • Use woff2 format for all fonts
  • Set font-display to swap, optional, or fallback
  • Subset large fonts (≤100 KB each)
A+
JS Bundles
2 scripts, 0 KB unused
PASS
2 scripts, 0 KB unused
0 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v4513226cdae34746b4dedf0b4dfa099e178179150949611 KB—✓3rd
https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scripts/jsd/b0da9f4911ba/main.js?9 KB—✓1st
A+
Resource Caching
All resources properly cached
PASS
All resources properly cached
Info::
No caching issues found
All static resources have appropriate caching headers.
A+
Critical Rendering Path
No render-blocking resources
PASS
No render-blocking resources
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected
A+
Resource Hints
2 hints, 0 missing preconnects
PASS
2 hints, 0 missing preconnects
Info::
Page uses 2 resource hint(s)

Current Resource Hints

preconnect
2
preload
—
dns-prefetch
—
prefetch
—

2 resource hints configured

A+
HTTP/3 (QUIC)
HTTP/3 advertised via Alt-Svc
PASS
HTTP/3 advertised via Alt-Svc
Info::
HTTP/3 (QUIC) is supported
First-load mobile users on cellular networks see meaningful latency improvements with HTTP/3. The QUIC transport collapses TLS + TCP handshakes into one and recovers faster from packet loss.
A+
Compression Algorithm
Main response uses brotli
PASS
Main response uses brotli
Info::
Main HTML response uses brotli (Content-Encoding: br)
Brotli is the best text-compression algorithm for general use, ~20% smaller than gzip on average (40% on smaller files). Modern browsers all support it.
A+
LCP Image Preload
LCP preload audit not available
PASS
LCP preload audit not available
Info::
LCP image preload audit not available for this scan
A+
Main HTML Cache-Control
Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate
PASS
Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate
Info::
Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate
Got: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
A+
Server-Timing Observability
3 Server-Timing entries advertised
PASS
3 Server-Timing entries advertised
Info::
Server-Timing header advertises 3 timing entries
A+
Server Response Intelligence
2 server-response signal(s) detected
PASS
2 server-response signal(s) detected
Info::
`Vary` header declared: accept-encoding
The page declares a `Vary` header, telling downstream caches which request headers the response varies on. Critical for content-negotiated responses (compression, language, cookies, device class).
Info::
No `ETag` or `Last-Modified` -- conditional GET not supported
Without either header, browsers can't issue conditional GETs and refresh always re-downloads the full response body even when nothing changed. Add `ETag: "<hash>"` (or `Last-Modified: <date>`) on cacheable responses; the server returns 304 Not Modified when the client's cached copy is still valid, saving bandwidth.
A+
Render-Blocking Resources
No render-blocking resources detected
PASS
No render-blocking resources detected
Info::
No render-blocking resources detected in <head>
A+
Third-Party Resources
No third-party resources detected
PASS
No third-party resources detected
A+
JavaScript Blocking
No render-blocking JS or document.write usage detected
PASS
No render-blocking JS or document.write usage detected
Info::
No JavaScript blocking issues detected
A+
CSS Performance Depth
No CSS performance depth issues detected
PASS
No CSS performance depth issues detected
Info::
No CSS performance depth issues detected
A+
Green Hosting
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
PASS

Green Hosting

This site is hosted on green energy infrastructure

Provider: Cloudflare

Network Waterfall
21 requests over 965ms
INFO
0 ms 2.0 s 4.0 s 6.0 s 8.0 s 10.0 s 12.0 s 14.0 s 16.0 s 18.0 s 20.0 s 22.0 s 24.0 s 26.0 s 28.0 s 30.0 s 32.0 s 34.0 s 36.0 s 38.0 s 40.0 s 42.0 s 44.0 s 46.0 s FCP 4.0 s LCP 44.2 shttps://thebalkanchronicle.com/en//en/ https://thebalkanchronicle.com/en/ — 200 — 7.6 KiB — 105 ms — h2https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;700;900&family=Source+Serif+Pro:wght@400;600&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swapfonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Pl... https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Playfair+Display:wght@400;700;900&family=Source+Serif+Pro:wght@400;600&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap — 200 — 1.6 KiB — 107 ms — h2https://thebalkanchronicle.com/_astro/_slug_.BUG2KoX3.css/_astro/_slug_.BUG2KoX3.css https://thebalkanchronicle.com/_astro/_slug_.BUG2KoX3.css — 200 — 3.3 KiB — 50 ms — h2https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/pula.png/images/pula.png https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/pula.png — 200 — 1.8 MiB — 282 ms — h2https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v4513226cdae34746b4dedf0b4dfa099e1781791509496static.cloudflareinsights.com/beaco... https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/v4513226cdae34746b4dedf0b4dfa099e1781791509496 — 200 — 11.3 KiB — 88 ms — h2https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/iberia.jpg/images/iberia.jpg https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/iberia.jpg — 200 — 1.4 MiB — 406 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/marija.png/images/marija.png https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/marija.png — 200 — 799.9 KiB — 355 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/srbs.png/images/srbs.png https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/srbs.png — 200 — 3.4 MiB — 593 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/novi.png/images/novi.png https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/novi.png — 200 — 3.3 MiB — 588 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/village.png/images/village.png https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/village.png — 200 — 3.1 MiB — 578 ms — h3https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa1ZL7W0Q5nw.woff2fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa1ZL7W0Q5nw.woff2 — 200 — 47.3 KiB — 126 ms — h3https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTzYgEM86xQ.woff2fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTzYgEM86xQ.woff2 — 200 — 37.6 KiB — 113 ms — h3https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXQ-oAGIyY0.woff2fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXQ-oAGIyY0.woff2 — 200 — 20.0 KiB — 122 ms — h3https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa25L7W0Q5n-wU.woff2fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/inter/v20/UcC73FwrK3iLTeHuS_nVMrMxCp50SjIa25L7W0Q5n-wU.woff2 — 200 — 83.3 KiB — 142 ms — h3https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXo-oAGIyY0Wfw.woff2fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/sourceserifpro/v18/neIQzD-0qpwxpaWvjeD0X88SAOeauXo-oAGIyY0Wfw.woff2 — 200 — 17.2 KiB — 121 ms — h3https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTLYgEM86xRbPQ.woff2fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay... https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/playfairdisplay/v40/nuFiD-vYSZviVYUb_rj3ij__anPXDTLYgEM86xRbPQ.woff2 — 200 — 20.5 KiB — 111 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts... https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/scripts/jsd/main.js — 302 — 259 B — 21 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scripts/jsd/b0da9f4911ba/main.js?/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scr... https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/scripts/jsd/b0da9f4911ba/main.js? — 200 — 9.3 KiB — 69 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/jsd/oneshot/b0da9f4911ba/0.6858271672897848:1784977234:QlHwYvAig5ypTWn3FuW0nBJoDlPlWT5rHS2dq_EP02Y/a20b1d749c7dda89/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/jsd... https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/h/g/jsd/oneshot/b0da9f4911ba/0.6858271672897848:1784977234:QlHwYvAig5ypTWn3FuW0nBJoDlPlWT5rHS2dq_EP02Y/a20b1d749c7dda89 — 200 — 1.1 KiB — 43 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/rum?/cdn-cgi/rum? https://thebalkanchronicle.com/cdn-cgi/rum? — 204 — 475 B — 22 ms — h3https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/favicon.ico/images/favicon.ico https://thebalkanchronicle.com/images/favicon.ico — 200 — 2.7 KiB — 30 ms — h3
HTML JavaScript CSS Images Fonts XHR/Fetch Other
Real-User Performance (CrUX)
Field metrics from the Chrome User Experience Report
INFO

Chrome User Experience (CrUX)

Real-user metrics from the Chrome UX Report (2026-06-26 — 2026-07-23)

LCP (p75)

375 ms

99% good

INP (p75)

36 ms

98% good

CLS (p75)

0.000

98% good

FCP (p75)

349 ms

TTFB (p75)

125 ms

This origin passes Core Web Vitals assessment
Image Optimization
28 images, 10019 KB total, 2556 KB wasted
INFO

Image Optimization Audit

Total Images

28

Total Size

10019 KB

Oversized

2

Wasted

2556 KB

28 missing dimensions
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