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ca.gov Desktop Performance
69/100
These metrics represent real-world Chrome users experience viewing ca.gov web page. Reports are focused on loading performance and other critical factors that most affect user experience. Follow our guide to track, optimize, and improve the quality of your web pages.
User Loading Experience
First Input Delay
First Contentful Paint
Cumulative Layout Shift
Largest Contentful Paint
Metrics
Cumulative Layout Shift1/100 1.45
Cumulative Layout Shift measures the movement of visible elements within the viewport. Learn more.
Largest Contentful Paint23/100 3.6 s
Largest Contentful Paint marks the time at which the largest text or image is painted. Learn More
Speed Index61/100 2.0 s
Speed Index shows how quickly the contents of a page are visibly populated. Learn more.
First Contentful Paint91/100 0.9 s
First Contentful Paint marks the time at which the first text or image is painted. Learn more.
Time to Interactive100/100 1.0 s
Time to interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more.
Total Blocking Time100/100 0 ms
Sum of all time periods between FCP and Time to Interactive, when task length exceeded 50ms, expressed in milliseconds. Learn more.
Should Fix (17)
Opportunities
These suggestions can help your page load faster. They don't directly affect the Performance score.
Serve images in next-gen formats
Potential savings of 1,938 KiB
1,850 ms
Properly size images
Potential savings of 426 KiB
510 ms
Efficiently encode images
Potential savings of 279 KiB
280 ms
Remove unused JavaScript
Potential savings of 223 KiB
270 ms
Minify JavaScript
Potential savings of 61 KiB
110 ms
Eliminate render-blocking resources
Potential savings of 80 ms
80 ms
Diagnostics
More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.
Ensure text remains visible during webfont load
Does not use passive listeners to improve scrolling performance
Avoid `document.write()`
Serve static assets with an efficient cache policy
34 resources found
Avoid enormous network payloads
Total size was 4,229 KiB
Minimizes main-thread work
2.0 s
Avoid chaining critical requests
13 chains found
Avoid long main-thread tasks
1 long task found
Avoid large layout shifts
5 elements found
Largest Contentful Paint element
1 element found
Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small
115 requests • 4,229 KiB
Passed Audits (12)
Preload key requests
Use video formats for animated content
Initial server response time was short
Root document took 380 ms
Defer offscreen images
Avoids an excessive DOM size
550 elements
Enable text compression
Avoid multiple page redirects
Potential savings of 190 ms
Preconnect to required origins
Remove unused CSS
Potential savings of 64 KiB
Minify CSS
Potential savings of 14 KiB
Minimize third-party usage
Third-party code blocked the main thread for 0 ms
JavaScript execution time
0.5 s

ca.gov Desktop SEO
90/100
These checks ensure that your page is optimized for search engine results ranking. There are additional factors Lighthouse does not check that may affect your search ranking. Learn more. Run these additional validators on your site to check additional SEO best practices.
Should Fix (1)
Crawling and Indexing
To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.
Links are not crawlable
Passed Audits (9)
Document has a meta description
Document avoids plugins
Document has a `<title>` element
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
Document has a valid `hreflang`
Links have descriptive text
Page isn’t blocked from indexing
Page has successful HTTP status code

ca.gov Desktop Best Practices
69/100
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the overall code health of ca.gov page. Current recommendations will help to make your page fast and secure, to create a good user experience and to avoid deprecated technologies.
Should Fix (4)
General
Browser errors were logged to the console
Trust and Safety
Does not use HTTPS
1 insecure request found
Links to cross-origin destinations are unsafe
Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities
2 vulnerabilities detected
Passed Audits (10)
Avoids Application Cache
Detected JavaScript libraries
Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load
Serves images with appropriate resolution
Displays images with correct aspect ratio
Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load
Page has the HTML doctype
Properly defines charset
Avoids deprecated APIs
Allows users to paste into password fields

ca.gov Desktop Progressive Web App
22/100
These checks validate the aspects of a Progressive Web App. Learn more. These checks are required by the baseline PWA Checklist but are not automatically checked by Lighthouse. They do not affect your score but it's important that you verify them manually.
Should Fix (9)
PWA Optimized
Does not set a theme color for the address bar.
Is not configured for a custom splash screen
Manifest doesn't have a maskable icon
Installable
Does not use HTTPS
1 insecure request found
Web app manifest does not meet the installability requirements
Does not register a service worker that controls page and `start_url`
Fast and reliable
`start_url` does not respond with a 200 when offline
Current page does not respond with a 200 when offline
Page load is not fast enough on mobile networks
Interactive on simulated mobile network at 11.9 s
Passed Audits (4)
Has a `<meta name="viewport">` tag with `width` or `initial-scale`
Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS
Provides a valid `apple-touch-icon`
Contains some content when JavaScript is not available

ca.gov Desktop Accessibility
93/100
These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Only a subset of accessibility issues can be automatically detected so manual testing is also encouraged. These items address areas which an automated testing tool cannot cover. Learn more in our guide on conducting an accessibility review.
Should Fix (2)
Navigation
These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.
Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order
ARIA
These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.
Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` are missing some or all of those required children.
Passed Audits (24)
Links have a discernible name
`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.
ARIA IDs are unique
Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio
`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute
Form elements have associated labels
The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region
`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles
No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0
Document has a `<title>` element
`[role]` values are valid
List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>` or `<ol>` parent elements
`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents
Image elements have `[alt]` attributes
`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes
Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).
Buttons have an accessible name
`[id]` attributes on active, focusable elements are unique
`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element
`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled
`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`
`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute
`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title
`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

Desktop Speed
62/100
These checks analyze the performance of ca.gov on desktop devices and return PageSpeed score and information on how to improve the load time. What makes a good Progressive Web App?
Should Fix (6)
Optimize images
Leverage browser caching
Eliminate render-blocking JavaScript and CSS in above-the-fold content
Reduce server response time
Minify JavaScript
Minify HTML
Passed Audits (4)
Avoid landing page redirects
Enable compression
Minify CSS
Prioritize visible content
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