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Performance

· 17 checks — Lighthouse + waterfall + sustainability rolled into one auditable list.
SCORE
92
GRADE
A
FIX
2
REVIEW
2
PASS
11
INFO
2

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

0
Performance Overall performance score (0–100) based on Core Web Vitals and other metrics. 90+ is good.
45
Accessibility Measures how accessible the page is for users with disabilities. Checks color contrast, ARIA labels, and semantic HTML.
73
Best Practices Checks for modern web development best practices including HTTPS, no console errors, and secure JavaScript.
45
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.

0 ms

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

0 ms

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

0 ms

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

0.000

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

0 ms

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

0 ms

Page Load Progression

375 ms
750 ms
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.2 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Checks
17
11 PASS 2 REVIEW 2 FIX
D
Third-Party Impact
Action
100% third-party, 0 ms blocking
FIX
100% third-party, 0 ms blocking
Warning::
Third-party code accounts for 100% of page weight (677.3 KiB of 677.4 KiB)
Info::
Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)
100%
First-party Third-party
F
HTTP Caching
Action
No cache headers
FIX
No cache headers
Warning::
No Cache-Control header found
Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers.

No Cache-Control header

Adding a Cache-Control header can significantly improve repeat-visit performance.

B
JS Execution Cost
571ms total JS execution
REVIEW
571ms total JS execution
Warning::
https://js.hcaptcha.com/1/api.js: 334ms CPU time
Info::
Unattributable: 162ms CPU time
Info::
https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWJIYLWA=...: 76ms CPU time
Warning::
Third-party scripts: 571ms (100% of total)

Main Thread Breakdown

Script Evaluation 39% Other 30% Style & Layout 18% Script Parsing & Compilation 7% Parse HTML & CSS 4%
ScriptTotalScriptingParse/CompileParty
https://js.hcaptcha.com/1/api.js334ms175ms34ms3rd
Unattributable162ms5ms0ms3rd
https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWJIYLWA=719d34d31c8e3a6e6fffd425f7e032f376ms64ms11ms3rd
C
Green Hosting
Action
Whether the site is served from green-energy infrastructure
REVIEW

Green Hosting

No green hosting detected

A+
Page Weight Budget
677 KB transferred, 17 requests
PASS
677 KB transferred, 17 requests
Info::
Page weighs 2.4 MB (677 KB transferred)
Info::
17 HTTP requests
Info::
Estimated 0.14 g CO2 per page load
677 KB / 2.4 MB budget
677 KB transferred
17 requests
0.14 g CO2 per page load
JavaScript 483.2 KiB 71%
HTML 173.6 KiB 26%
Other 15.4 KiB 2%
Other 4.0 KiB 1%
Other 1.1 KiB 0%
Images 36 B 0%
0 2.4 MB 4.9 MB
Under budget
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+
Image Optimization
4 images, 0 KB saveable
PASS
4 images, 0 KB saveable
Info::
All images are well-optimized
4 images 0 KB
0 oversized -0 KB
1 legacy format
0 missing dimensions CLS risk
A+
Font Loading
No web fonts (system fonts)
PASS
No web fonts (system fonts)
Info::
No web fonts loaded — system fonts are fastest
No web fonts loaded — system fonts are optimal.
A+
JS Bundles
3 scripts, 0 KB unused
PASS
3 scripts, 0 KB unused
0 KB unused JavaScript

Downloaded but never executed on this page.

ScriptSizeUnusedMinifiedParty
https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWJIYLWA=719d34d31c8e3a6e6fffd425f7e032f319 KB3rd
https://js.hcaptcha.com/1/api.js86 KB3rd
https://newassets.hcaptcha.com/c/d48c491644d555edb0e283c66c2698dbaec44c9f1c02167e386f51f75a8d27bb/hsw.js378 KB3rd
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
1 hints, 0 missing preconnects
PASS
1 hints, 0 missing preconnects
Info::
Page uses 1 resource hint(s)

Current Resource Hints

preconnect
preload
1
dns-prefetch
prefetch

1 resource hints configured

A
Page Weight Inventory
17 resources · 677 KB · 0 KB savings available
PASS
17 resources · 677 KB · 0 KB savings available
Info::
Within 1MB page-weight target
Got: 677 KB
Warning::
16 third-party resources (100% of weight)
Info::
1 resources over 200KB
17 resources · 677.4 KiB · 16 third-party Within 1MB page-weight target
JavaScript 71% · 483.2 KiB
Document 26% · 173.6 KiB
Image 3% · 19.4 KiB
Other 0% · 1.2 KiB
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
Network Waterfall
17 requests over 1016ms
INFO
0 ms 500 ms 1.0 shttps://nypl.org// https://nypl.org/ — 301 — 53 B — 66 ms — h2https://www.nypl.org/www.nypl.org/ https://www.nypl.org/ — 200 — 1.2 KiB — 26 ms — h2https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWJIYLWA=719d34d31c8e3a6e6fffd425f7e032f3www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SW... https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWJIYLWA=719d34d31c8e3a6e6fffd425f7e032f3 — 200 — 19.0 KiB — 13 ms — h2https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWKMTFSR=1&e=0.9068769179990539www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SW... https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWKMTFSR=1&e=0.9068769179990539 — 200 — 36 B — 5 ms — h2https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWUDNSAI=31&xinfo=46-30026617-0%200NNN%20RT%281776810786660%2010%29%20q%280%20-1%20-1%20-1%29%20r%281%20-1%29%20B12%284%2c315%2c0%29%20U24&incident_id=413000210207996364-155076975434466670&edet=12&cinfo=04000000&rpinfo=0&cts=HLaT77H02TqTey1dGkxKqxU7u5KP31d7kC8UYdOO5BfIxZQrUpbt4RzIy34CMuwg&cip=92.38.149.11&mth=GETwww.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SW... https://www.nypl.org/_Incapsula_Resource?SWUDNSAI=31&xinfo=46-30026617-0%200NNN%20RT%281776810786660%2010%29%20q%280%20-1%20-1%20-1%29%20r%281%20-1%29%20B12%284%2c315%2c0%29%20U24&incident_id=413000210207996364-155076975434466670&edet=12&cinfo=04000000&rpinfo=0&cts=HLaT77H02TqTey1dGkxKqxU7u5KP31d7kC8UYdOO5BfIxZQrUpbt4RzIy34CMuwg&cip=92.38.149.11&mth=GET — 200 — 7.6 KiB — 7 ms — h2https://js.hcaptcha.com/1/api.jsjs.hcaptcha.com/1/api.js https://js.hcaptcha.com/1/api.js — 200 — 86.0 KiB — 54 ms — h3data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGUAAAAeCAYAAAA1mdDNAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAACh5JREFUaAXtW…data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAA... data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAGUAAAAeCAYAAAA1mdDNAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAACh5JREFUaAXtW… — 200 — 0 B — 0 ms — datahttps://newassets.hcaptcha.com/captcha/v1/7d7b8b396198c8eb285d18bbc376e49a41bb440a/static/hcaptcha.htmlnewassets.hcaptcha.com/captcha/v1/7... https://newassets.hcaptcha.com/captcha/v1/7d7b8b396198c8eb285d18bbc376e49a41bb440a/static/hcaptcha.html — 200 — 164.8 KiB — 69 ms — h3https://newassets.hcaptcha.com/captcha/v1/7d7b8b396198c8eb285d18bbc376e49a41bb440a/static/hcaptcha.htmlnewassets.hcaptcha.com/captcha/v1/7... https://newassets.hcaptcha.com/captcha/v1/7d7b8b396198c8eb285d18bbc376e49a41bb440a/static/hcaptcha.html — 200 — 0 B — 67 ms — h3https://a6c5cd21aaec.w.hcaptcha.com/logo.pnga6c5cd21aaec.w.hcaptcha.com/logo.pn... https://a6c5cd21aaec.w.hcaptcha.com/logo.png — 200 — 2.0 KiB — 32 ms — http/1.1data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhyADIAPQZAPb29vX19e3t7fT09Orq6vLy8u7u7vv7++np6ezs7Ovr6+jo6O/v7/r6+vj4+…data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhyADIA... data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhyADIAPQZAPb29vX19e3t7fT09Orq6vLy8u7u7vv7++np6ezs7Ovr6+jo6O/v7/r6+vj4+… — 200 — 0 B — 1 ms — datadata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhyADIAPQZAPb29vX19e3t7fT09Orq6vLy8u7u7vv7++np6ezs7Ovr6+jo6O/v7/r6+vj4+…data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhyADIA... data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhyADIAPQZAPb29vX19e3t7fT09Orq6vLy8u7u7vv7++np6ezs7Ovr6+jo6O/v7/r6+vj4+… — 200 — 0 B — 2 ms — datahttps://fb5a89ff0add.w.hcaptcha.com/logo.pngfb5a89ff0add.w.hcaptcha.com/logo.pn... https://fb5a89ff0add.w.hcaptcha.com/logo.png — 200 — 2.0 KiB — 35 ms — http/1.1data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEAAAABACAYAAACqaXHeAAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAAC00lEQ…data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAA... data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEAAAABACAYAAACqaXHeAAAABmJLR0QA/wD/AP+gvaeTAAAC00lEQ… — 200 — 0 B — 0 ms — datahttps://api.hcaptcha.com/checksiteconfig?v=7d7b8b396198c8eb285d18bbc376e49a41bb440a&host=www.nypl.org&sitekey=dd6e16a7-972e-47d2-93d0-96642fb6d8de&sc=1&swa=1&spst=1api.hcaptcha.com/checksiteconfig?v=... https://api.hcaptcha.com/checksiteconfig?v=7d7b8b396198c8eb285d18bbc376e49a41bb440a&host=www.nypl.org&sitekey=dd6e16a7-972e-47d2-93d0-96642fb6d8de&sc=1&swa=1&spst=1 — 200 — 1.1 KiB — 43 ms — h3https://www.nypl.org/favicon.icowww.nypl.org/favicon.ico https://www.nypl.org/favicon.ico — 200 — 15.4 KiB — 304 ms — h2https://newassets.hcaptcha.com/c/d48c491644d555edb0e283c66c2698dbaec44c9f1c02167e386f51f75a8d27bb/hsw.jsnewassets.hcaptcha.com/c/d48c491644... https://newassets.hcaptcha.com/c/d48c491644d555edb0e283c66c2698dbaec44c9f1c02167e386f51f75a8d27bb/hsw.js — 200 — 378.3 KiB — 30 ms — h3
HTML JavaScript CSS Images Fonts XHR/Fetch Other
Third-Party Script Cost
Per-script blocking time, transfer cost, and cache headers
INFO
100% of JavaScript execution is third-party
First-party Third-party 571ms · 105KB · $8/mo
js.hcaptcha.com
Other
Costly
Execution 334ms
Transfer 86 KB
Monthly Cost $4/mo
Unattributable
Other
Optional
Execution 162ms
Transfer 0 KB
Monthly Cost $2/mo
www.nypl.org
Other
Optional
Execution 76ms
Transfer 19 KB
Monthly Cost $1/mo

These scripts may cost more than they're worth

  • js.hcaptcha.com adds 334ms and costs ~$4/month

100% of JavaScript execution time is spent on third-party scripts. Consider auditing which scripts are essential.

Why this matters

When third-party JS execution time exceeds your own, performance gains from frontend work are capped by code you don't own.

Learn more

Every millisecond of third-party JS competes with your own for main-thread time. If their share is bigger than yours, optimization on your code base barely moves the needle. Audit, defer, or remove third-parties before further frontend optimization. Use Lighthouse's third-party audit to identify the worst offenders.

Source: web.dev

js.hcaptcha.com takes 334ms of CPU time. Consider loading it asynchronously or replacing it with a lighter alternative.

Why this matters

This script has high main-thread execution time — optimize hot paths or defer.

Source: web.dev

How third-party costs are calculated

All checks on this page are automated. Results are estimates - run targeted manual reviews when the score affects a release decision.

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