- Does the beacon slow the page down? It is a vendored copy of Google’s web-vitals 4.2.4, loaded in the footer, reporting once per page after the metrics settle. Bot traffic is rejected and reports are rate-limited per IP.
- Where does the data go? Into your own database, and the raw readings stay there in both tiers. The free plugin sends no measurement anywhere. The Pro add-on sends figures built from them in two cases only: to the AI advisor when you press it (see §14), and in a regression alert to a Telegram, Slack or webhook channel you have set up. The free plugin’s own performance work does make HTTP requests, and every one of them is aimed at your site or at an asset your own pages already load: the page profiler fetches each URL of this site that you audit or batch-scan (§1; a URL on another host is refused), the pre-update snapshot fetches your front page (§5), the asset inventory sends a HEAD to each script and stylesheet your pages load from this site to read its size (assets from other hosts are listed without a size), and the recovery drill makes a real loopback call to your own secret panic route (§6). None of them carries a measurement, and none of them is aimed at us. The one part of the free download that does reach api.avakode.com is the shared Forge suite layer bundled with every product: the dashboard’s API health check, only when you press Run diagnostics, and the NPS feedback box, when you answer it. Neither carries a measurement either.