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Browser Performance Profiling Basics

Profile web performance with devtools

This guide explains using browser devtools for performance profiling: record performance traces, find long tasks and layout shifts, audit network waterfalls, and prioritize fixes.

Record a trace

Use Performance panel to capture a session and identify long tasks.

Check layout shifts

Review CLS contributors and fix unstable elements.

Audit network

Inspect waterfall for large/slow assets; defer or compress where possible.

Fix and retest

Apply changes, rerun traces, and compare metrics.

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