Audit rules
HTTP Requests
Observed number of distinct subresources the HTML references (scripts, stylesheets, images, media, frames, icons, preloads); review above 50 (legacy threshold). Resources loaded by CSS or JavaScript are not counted. In a QuikSEO audit, a failure has info severity and counts against the score. The exact condition, its exceptions and its sources follow below.
performance.http_requestsInfo01 — Definition
How This Rule Is Checked
The rule is a pure function of the fetched page: no extra requests, no account settings. The same input always gives the same result.
Rule Severity and Score
- Rule id
performance.http_requests- Group
- Performance
- Severity of a failure
- Info
- Counts in the score
- Yes, whenever it applies to the page
- Required for a score
- No
- Replaces the check
http_requests
Condition and Exceptions
- Condition
- Observed number of subresources; review above 50 (legacy threshold)
- Exceptions
- —
Sources and Project Decision
- Sources
- Keep request counts low and transfer sizes small | Lighthouse | Chrome for Developers (Chrome for Developers, Q20)
- Project decision
- Threshold inherited from 66audit. Subresources are counted once per distinct URL (a repeated URL is requested once).
02 — Performance
Other Rules in This Group
The other checks of the same group, each with its own condition and sources.
- DOM Sizeperformance.dom_size
- HTML Page Sizeperformance.page_size
- Render Blocking Scriptsperformance.render_blocking_scripts
- Render Blocking Stylesheetsperformance.render_blocking_stylesheets
- Response Timeperformance.response_time
- Time to First Byteperformance.ttfb