We’ve enhanced the CrUX Field Data section on the Overview and Performance screens by adding LCP Subparts and RTT (Round Trip Time) metrics. These additions provide more insights into your site’s real-user performance and help you prioritize the right areas for optimization.

LCP Subparts

This new feature breaks down the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) element into its components such as Time to First Byte (TTFB), Resource Load Delay, Resource Load Duration, and Element Render Delay. These metrics help pinpoint which part of the LCP contributes most to the delay, allowing you to optimize your page’s loading performance more effectively.

To view the details, click the "View LCP Subparts" button in the CrUX Field Data section on the Overview or Performance screen

RTT (Round Trip Time)

RTT measures the time it takes for a network request to travel from the browser to the server and back. High RTT can indicate network latency issues that impact your site’s speed, especially for users in certain regions.

Shareable Links Feature

We are pleased to announce that users can now share viewer access to their projects, site or even their whole client using customized and revokable secret links.

New Payment Methods Added

A variety of new payment options have been added, such as debit/credit card and digital payment methods, to provide greater flexibility and convenience at checkout.

Pay by Invoice Feature

We are excited to announce that users can now pay for their Niteco Performance Insights annual subscription by requesting an invoice and making a bank transfer.

Users can now upgrade their plans by clicking on the Upgrade plan button. They can then customize their plan on the payment plan screen and proceed to pay via invoice to activate their subscription:

Updates to Email Addresses

Email addresses for all notifications have been made unique in order to allow customers to easily filter different types of notifications in their mail clients.

To make it easier for users to distinguish between resources, labels such as Defer, Async, fetchPriority, and Lazy have been added.

Audit Logs tab

To make it easier for users to track changes, an Audit Logs tab has been added at the client, project, and site levels. Depending on the level selected, users can filter logs by date range, action, project, site, or the user who made the changes. Clicking on a specific row allows users to view detailed information about the changes made.

Video

Place the video under the Browser Waterfall section on the Performance screen. Previously, users needed to click on the Video option to access it.

Remove FID

The Chrome team has officially replaced First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint as the Core Web Vitals metric for assessing interaction responsiveness. As a result, FID is no longer supported in Chrome tools, and we have removed it from CrUX data. Currently, only five metrics remain.

Other Updates

Check Statistic Screen:

• Improved performance for faster page loading.
• Enhanced UX/UI for a better user experience.

Email Alert Template:

• Included a link to the Dashboard/Overview screen that activates when the image or link is clicked.

Project Listing:

• Added a Uptime Monitoring Budget column, allowing users to view it without navigating to the Settings tab.
• Performance Screen - Browser Waterfall:
• Added Early Hints Headers for configured sites

Bug Fixes

Custom Dashboard Screen:

• Resolved an issue preventing users from comparing or bookmarking specific test points.
• Fixed an issue that incorrectly displayed the Compare Test and Bookmark Test options when they shouldn’t appear.

Add/Edit Site Feature:

• Resolved an issue with URL validation.
• Fixed a problem with the site name during bulk additions.

Report Dashboard screen:

• Resolved an issue that hindered the display of all parameters in the URL.

What's new in this update?

In this update, we’ve upgraded Lighthouse from version 10.4 to 12.2 and Chrome from version 115 to 127, aligning with PageSpeed Insights as of May 10, 2024.

Additionally, trial users now have admin roles, granting them full system access. As admins, users can add more members and manage teams, a feature previously exclusive to owners

There are several ways to add new users. The first method is through the Users & Teams option in the right menu. Follow these steps:

1. Select Users & Teams from the right menu.
2. Click the Add Users button to open the Add New User popup.
3. Type in email address, select the role then Add new users

The second method is through the Clients option in the left menu or the Edit Client option in the Report Dashboard screen. Follow these steps:

1. Select Clients from the right menu or select Edit client from the Dashboard .
2. In the Manage Clients screen, choose a client. Skip this step if select Edit client from the Report Dashboard screen.
3. Go to the Member tab.
4. Click the Add button and select Add Users to open the Add User to Client popup
5. Type in email address, select the role then Add new users

Improvements and Bug fixes

Improvements

Benchmark Screen:

• Optimized code for faster performance.

Clients & Project Listing:

• Added paging to prevent performance issues with numerous clients and projects.

Icons:

• Updated icons for a better user experience.

Navigation:

• Enhanced UX for easier system navigation. Users can now edit clients, add/edit projects, and add/edit sites directly from the Report Dashboard.

Budget Alert Email:

• Included links in emails to the corresponding Custom Dashboard or Overview screen, based on settings.

Bug Fixes

Email Report:

• Fixed styling issues in the new Outlook for standard and competitor reports.

Notification:

• Resolved a bug preventing users from canceling a running test.

This update includes some improvements and bug fixes. Here are the details:

Improvements

Performance screen:

• Updated interval option from checkbox to radio button to reduce steps when users want to change interval in Browser Waterfall
• Added waiting time and updated request connection value formatting

Bug fixes

Project settings tab:

• Fixed a bug related to the client’s check budget not showing for the projects that have all sites paused

Video:

• Fixed a bug related to the progress indicator position not being correct sometimes

Compare test:

• Fixed a bug related to the “Add to current compare test session” button still showing although there is no unsaved session
• Fixe some styling

Performance screen:

• Fixed a bug related to the wrong end time for some events

Deploy screen:

• Fixed a bug not showing “Make A Test” button

Navigation:

• Fixed a bug related to organization not include in some cases causing showing blank data to super admin user

Google has updated its Core Web Vitals metrics, with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) now taking the place of First Input Delay (FID). In response, we've updated our web application to reflect this change. The CrUX Field Data status will now evaluate three metrics: Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP), and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS), instead of LCP, First Input Delay (FID), and CLS.

This update includes some improvements and bug fixes. Here are the details:

Improvements

Compare Test screen:

• Changed UX/UI to be more friendly. Added views for advanced users

CuUX data:

• Added a badge on CrUX card to indicate data source

Edit Site feature:

• Added code color and validated the code in some cases in scripting so it is easier for user s to check the code
• Added more scripting templates so users don’t have to go to scripting documentation for more details on popular scripting
• Added pixel ratio for desktop and validate the pixel value for custom device

Performance screen:

• Reduced the click action on the video icon on Browser Waterfall. It is now auto-played when clicked

Notification:

• Changed the position of page name and URL so users can easily see which page has finished the test run
• Added tooltip when hoover on the page

Manage Users screen (for super admin only):

• Added more columns and filters to the screen

Test Management screen (for super admin only):

• Added Organization filter

Bug fixes

Navigation:

• Fixed the issue related to open a new tab when users in report detail screen
• Fixed the issue related to showing data when users navigating on quick navigation

Search features:

• Fixed the issue related to entered text still show when users navigate to another screen

Benchmark screen:

• Fixed the issue related to showing location that no longer is configured

Filmstrip feature:

• Fixed the issue related to aspect ratio in filmstrip

Edit Site feature:

• Fixed the issue related to chatbot that sometimes prevent users to click on Add/Save button