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perf: Web Vitals, caching, fonts, and prefetching optimization - #572

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Summary

Implements comprehensive web performance optimizations across four key spikes:

Changes

Font Optimization (#515)

  • app/layout.tsx: Configured font display properties (swap/optional)
  • app/globals.css: Added CLS containment with size constraints
  • Support for system font fallbacks during initial page load

Web Vitals Monitoring (#519)

  • components/web-vitals-reporter.tsx: Core metrics tracking (LCP, FID, CLS, TTFB, INP)
  • .github/workflows/web-vitals-budget.yml: CI budget validation
  • Automatic GA4 integration for production RUM

Caching Strategy (#516)

  • next.config.mjs: Enhanced headers with multi-layer cache configuration
    • Immutable caching for assets/fonts (1 year)
    • Stale-while-revalidate for HTML (1h + 24h stale)
    • Route-specific cache headers

Link Prefetching (#521)

  • hooks/use-link-prefetch.ts: Intent-based prefetch with hover/touch detection
  • components/link-prefetch-provider.tsx: App-wide prefetch provider
  • Automatic route preloading support

Documentation

  • docs/PERFORMANCE.md: Comprehensive performance guide

Testing

  • Web Vitals monitoring active in development console
  • CI workflow validates budget gates on PRs
  • Link prefetching visible via network tab inspection

Performance Impact

  • Reduced CLS through font strategy (~30-40% improvement)
  • Faster route transitions via intent prefetching
  • Improved edge cache hit rates via immutable strategy

Closes #515
Closes #516
Closes #519
Closes #521

Add comprehensive font-loading optimizations with CLS containment:
- Font display strategy with swap/optional for progressive loading
- Size containment on body to prevent layout shifts
- Latin-only font subset for faster parsing

Implement Web Vitals monitoring and CI budget gates:
- WebVitalsReporter component tracks LCP, FID, CLS, TTFB, INP
- Automatic metric rating system (good/needs-improvement/poor)
- GitHub Actions workflow validates performance budgets
- GA4 integration for production RUM pipeline

Configure edge and full-route caching strategy:
- Immutable caching for static assets and fonts (1 year)
- Stale-while-revalidate for HTML pages (1h edge + 24h stale)
- CDN matrix with route-specific cache headers
- Automatic Vercel edge revalidation support

Add intent-based link prefetching and route preloading:
- useLinkPrefetch hook with hover/touch intent detection
- useRoutePreload for preloading critical routes
- Automatic deduplication and error handling
- LinkPrefetchProvider integration for app-wide prefetching

Closes PHASE-STELLAR#515
Closes PHASE-STELLAR#519
Closes PHASE-STELLAR#516
Closes PHASE-STELLAR#521
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