Performance Chat Summary: 13 January 2026

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

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WordPress Performance Trac tickets

@westonruter shared that an issue related to Modern Image Formats in core had surfaced, pointing to #60480.
@westonruter shared the reports covering performance-related tickets for WordPress 6.9.1 and 7.0 specifically enhancements/features.
- @westonruter highlighted #64066 as potentially the most impactful open ticket, which proposes changing Speculative Loading’s default eagerness from conservative to moderate when caching is detected. @westonruter noted that no negative feedback has been received so far but acknowledged the change could be controversial and planned to ask for additional feedback in the #hosting channel.
@mukesh27 asked about the status of the Admin View Transitions work. @westonruter replied that this is tracked in #64470, with an active PR #10699 opened by @flixos90.
- @westonruter shared that the change looks close to being ready, but an unexpected E2E test failure still needs investigation. @mukesh27 shared that the implementation looks solid overall, and @westonruter mentioned he had merged the latest trunk changes and planned further debugging, including testing behavior with unminified scripts if the failure persists.

@SarthakJaiswal shared that he has been working on PR #2321, plans to review feedback, and will implement required changes soon, while also asking whether there are additional polishing improvements worth considering.

@mukesh27 asked who would be attending WordCamp Asia this year. @westonruter shared that he is looking forward to the Core Performance table at Contributor Day and noted that, since the conference will correspond with WordPress 7.0, either team could land some very early things for WordPress 7.1 or focus on Performance Lab.