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Performance

Insights

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.

Layout shifts occur when elements move absent any user interaction. Investigate the causes of layout shifts, such as elements being added, removed, or their fonts changing as the page loads.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:node label:Element subItemsHeading:map[key:extra] valueType:node] map[granularity:0.001 key:score label:Layout shift score subItemsHeading:map[key:cause valueType:text] valueType:numeric]]
items: [map[node:map[type:text value:Total] score:0.29350800000000005] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1500 height:781 left:0 right:1350 top:719 width:1350] lhId:page-20-DIV nodeLabel:What's New More News PRESS RELEASE | March 20: New Review Highlights Evidence … path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV selector:div.container-fluid > div.row > div.col-12 > div#hp-row2 snippet:<div id="hp-row2" class="row"> type:node] score:0.251719] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1500 height:781 left:0 right:1350 top:719 width:1350] lhId:page-20-DIV nodeLabel:What's New More News PRESS RELEASE | March 20: New Review Highlights Evidence … path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV selector:div.container-fluid > div.row > div.col-12 > div#hp-row2 snippet:<div id="hp-row2" class="row"> type:node] score:0.038486] map[node:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:1005 height:51 left:68 right:433 top:954 width:365] lhId:page-16-DIV nodeLabel:ARTICLE | January 13: Director: After Decade of Drift, AHRQ Returns to Core Mis… path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,1,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,4,DIV selector:div#block-block-content-41c1f3ed-c826-4b3f-ad23-7a726490a763 > div.content > div.clearfix > div.blog snippet:<div class="blog"> type:node] score:0.003303 subItems:map[items:[map[cause:Unsized image element extra:map[boundingRect:map[bottom:164 height:92 left:68 right:553 top:72 width:486] lhId:page-13-IMG nodeLabel:AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality path:1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,0,HEADER,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG selector:div.col-md-12 > div.logo-ahrq > a.skip-external > img snippet:<img src="/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/images/theme_core/…" alt="AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality "> type:node]] map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://www.ahrq.gov/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/public/uswds/fonts/source-sans-pro/sourcesanspro-regular-webfont.woff2]] map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://www.ahrq.gov/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/public/uswds/fonts/source-sans-pro/sourcesanspro-bold-webfont.woff2]] map[cause:Web font extra:map[type:url value:https://www.ahrq.gov/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/public/uswds/fonts/public-sans/PublicSans-Regular.woff2]]] type:subitems]]]

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.

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLResource SizeEst Savings
AHRQ's Mission and Priorities div#slide0 > a.slide-img > picture > img.img-responsive
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/slides/about-ahrq-slide.jpg262.3 KiB212.0 KiB
X div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img.img-spacing
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...100.6 KiB100.6 KiB
Physicians are in the meeting div.slide > div.image-wrapper > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/features/PS_Quality_Improvement_Card.jpg77.6 KiB59.5 KiB
Healthcare-Associated Infections div.slide > div.image-wrapper > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/features/HAIs_BottomHomePage.jpg57.7 KiB39.6 KiB
Clinical Hero div.quizzes-cards-wrapper > div.quiz-card > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/inline-images/Clinical-Hero.png26.6 KiB19.9 KiB
AHRQ Genius - icon div.quizzes-cards-wrapper > div.quiz-card > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/inline-images/AHRQ-o-phile.png25.4 KiB19.1 KiB
Practice Improvement icon of a doctor with a stethoscope div.feature > div.feature-image > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/features/core_competency_icon_improvement.jpg19.9 KiB19.0 KiB
Data & Analytics icon of chart div.feature > div.feature-image > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/features/core_competency_icon_analytics_0.jpg19.6 KiB18.7 KiB
ul.clearfix > li > a > img.utility-envelope ul.clearfix > li > a > img.utility-envelope
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...18.2 KiB18.2 KiB
Quality Improvement Guru - icon div.quizzes-cards-wrapper > div.quiz-card > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/inline-images/Quality-Improvement-Guru.png23.1 KiB17.3 KiB
You Tube div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img.img-spacing
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...14.9 KiB14.9 KiB
Healthy People 2030 div.feature > div.feature-image > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/features/healthy-people-2030.jpg13.8 KiB13.4 KiB
LinkedIn div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img.img-spacing
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...11.6 KiB11.5 KiB
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality div.col-md-12 > div.logo-ahrq > a.skip-external > img
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...13.2 KiB8.5 KiB
Facebook div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...7.8 KiB7.8 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-IMG
nodeLabel: AHRQ's Mission and Priorities
path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,4,DIV,2,DIV,0,DIV,2,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,PICTURE,3,IMG
selector: div#slide0 > a.slide-img > picture > img.img-responsive
snippet: <img class="img-responsive w-100 img-fluid" src="/sites/default/files/slides/about-ahrq-slide.jpg" alt="AHRQ's Mission and Priorities" typeof="foaf:Image">

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.

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

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 477 ms
URLTime Spent
ahrq.gov/477 ms
www.ahrq.gov/0.0 ms

These are the largest layout shifts observed on the page. Each table item represents a single layout shift, and shows the element that shifted the most. Below each item are possible root causes that led to the layout shift. Some of these layout shifts may not be included in the CLS metric value due to windowing. Learn how to improve CLS

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

ElementLayout shift score
What's New More News PRESS RELEASE | March 20: New Review Highlights Evidence … div.container-fluid > div.row > div.col-12 > div#hp-row2
0.252
What's New More News PRESS RELEASE | March 20: New Review Highlights Evidence … div.container-fluid > div.row > div.col-12 > div#hp-row2
0.038
ARTICLE | January 13: Director: After Decade of Drift, AHRQ Returns to Core Mis… div#block-block-content-41c1f3ed-c826-4b3f-ad23-7a726490a763 > div.content > div.clearfix > div.blog
0.003

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

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: 80 ms 82.1 KiB
URLTransfer SizeEst Savings
/sites/default/files/css/css_-Lf44xSgnh2X5EsstgY0S55arm6I...87.3 KiB82.1 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.

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reasonFailure type
Pages with cache-control:no-store header cannot enter back/forward cache.Actionable
Pages whose main resource has cache-control:no-store cannot enter back/forward cache.Not actionable
Back/forward cache is disabled because some JavaScript network request received resource with Cache-Control: no-store header.Not actionable

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
X div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img.img-spacing
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...
You Tube div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img.img-spacing
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...
LinkedIn div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img.img-spacing
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...
Facebook div.col-md-12 > div.f1-div-width > a.skip-external > img
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...
AHRQ: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality div.col-md-12 > div.logo-ahrq > a.skip-external > img
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...
HHS header.usa-banner__header > div.row > div.col-lg-auto > img.usa-banner__header-flag
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...
U.S. flag header.usa-banner__header > div.row > div.col-lg-auto > img.usa-banner__header-flag
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...

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

Optimize DOM size
Forced reflow
LCP breakdown
Modern HTTP
Optimize viewport for mobile
Max Potential First Input Delay 50 ms
Minify CSS
Minify JavaScript
User Timing marks and measures 14 user timings
JavaScript execution time 0.2 s
Minimizes main-thread work 0.5 s
Avoid long main-thread tasks 1 long task found
Network Requests
Network Round Trip Times 90 ms
Server Backend Latencies 20 ms
Tasks
Diagnostics
Metrics
Screenshot Thumbnails
Final Screenshot
Script Treemap Data
Resources Summary
Initial server response time was short Root document took 10 ms
INP breakdown
Avoid non-composited animations
97

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.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
div.clearfix > div.quizzes-cards-wrapper > div.quiz-card > a.skip-external div.clearfix > div.quizzes-cards-wrapper > div.quiz-card > a.skip-external

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

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
`[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
Input buttons have discernible text.
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.
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.
Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements
Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.
Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order
Document has a main landmark.
Deprecated ARIA roles were not used
Identical links have the same purpose.
`[accesskey]` values are unique
`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names
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 an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
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 type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text
The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`
`<object>` elements have alternate text
Select elements have associated label elements.
Skip links are focusable.
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.
`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.
`[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.
Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.
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.
88

Best Practices

User Experience

Image display dimensions should match natural aspect ratio. Learn more about image aspect ratio.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URLAspect Ratio (Displayed)Aspect Ratio (Actual)
Main Navigation Menu div.col-md-12 > div#mm-mob > div.mm-mob-icon-bgc > img.logo-white
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...25 x 25 (1.00)1867 x 2134 (0.87)
Physicians are in the meeting div.slide > div.image-wrapper > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/features/PS_Quality_Improvement_Card.jpg156 x 325 (0.48)390 x 325 (1.20)
FLU.gov div.feature > div.feature-image > a.skip-external > img
www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/feature_blocks/flu.jpg52 x 52 (1.00)90 x 75 (1.20)

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.

URLDisplayed sizeActual sizeExpected size
U.S. flag header.usa-banner__header > div.row > div.col-lg-auto > img.usa-banner__header-flag
/themes/custom/ahrq_bootstrap_barrio/pattern-lab/source/i...17 x 1216 x 1117 x 12

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.

SourceDescription
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 405 ()
Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 405 ()
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
Page has the HTML doctype
Properly defines charset
No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools
Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks
Use a strong HSTS policy
Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP
Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types
Detected JavaScript libraries
Page has valid source maps
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP
85

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.

Content Best Practices

Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Crawling and Indexing

If your robots.txt file is malformed, crawlers may not be able to understand how you want your website to be crawled or indexed. Learn more about robots.txt.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Line #ContentError
66Disallow /redirects/Syntax not understood

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

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 are crawlable
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

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