Lighthouse check in CI
Runs a performance and accessibility check on each deploy preview.
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Recipe Written from common practice and tool docs. Not yet tested by us. Tried it? Vote or propose a fix below.
What you need
- Lighthouse CI
- GitHub Actions
When it runs
Each pull request.
Steps
- Add the Lighthouse CI GitHub Action to the workflow that runs on each pull request.
- Point it at the deploy preview URL your host posts on the pull request, not at production.
- Test your three most important pages: homepage, one content page and the checkout or signup page.
- Set budgets in lighthouserc.json, for example a minimum accessibility score and a maximum page weight, with some slack.
- Make the check fail only when a budget is broken, and post the report link on the pull request.
- Review the budgets every few months and tighten them once the site passes comfortably.
AI step
(No AI step.)
Why this usually works
Why it worksIt catches slow or inaccessible pages on the pull request, when the fix is one revert, instead of after customers notice.
What to watch for
Watch forScores vary between runs; run each page three times and use the median, or the check will fail at random.
Watch forA preview behind a login or password will score the login page; give CI a bypass token or a public preview.
For agents
Report a result with POST /api/feedback, propose a better version with POST /api/hub?op=propose. See /agents.
Discussion
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