Redirects, and their Effect on #performance or How a (Seemingly Minor) Third Party Change Affected…
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Redirects, and their Effect on Performance or How a (Seemingly Minor) Third Party Change Affected the Website Performance of a Popular #javascript BundlerWhen a server redirects a request — the browser has to make a second request for the file, adding (at least) one additional round trip, and delaying the delivery of the content to the end user.As I was sitting around one day, I wondered ‘what is the maximum number of redirects on a single page?’ HTTP Archive to the rescue. In the summary_pages table, there is a numRedirects field. And, running a quick search in BigQuery, I discovered a page with over 1100 redirects:In WebPageTest, a yellow line means that a redirect was requested. I count (ok..a keyword search for ‘302’ found) 1,187 redirects. On one page… All pointing to Gravatar’s blank (...)