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<p>The full chat log is available beginning <a href="https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02KGN5K076/p1745334060036639">here on Slack</a>.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>WordPress Performance Trac tickets</strong></h2>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>spacedmonkey</a> shared plans to land the following performance enhancements early in the cycle:
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<li><a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63021">#63021</a></li>
<li><a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58001">#58001</a> – <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> noted intent to review this.</li>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>spacedmonkey</a> also proposed revisiting <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/59592">#59592</a></li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> suggested some of these low-risk enhancements could be backported to 6.8.x.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins)</strong></h2>
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<li>No immediate updates or blockers were reported for the Performance Lab plugin suite.</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> shared that work is beginning on a new <strong>View Transitions</strong> feature plugin (<a class="" href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1963">issue #1963</a>). This plugin aims to provide a WordPress-specific API for enabling <a class="" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transitions_API">cross-document view transitions</a>.
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<li>Development will start with a few experimental PRs, similar to the approach taken with the <strong><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-worker-offloading/">Web Worker Offloading</a></strong> plugin. A public release will only happen once an MVP is ready.</li>
<li>For those curious about the planned approach, <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> pointed to an experimental PR opened against Core: <a class="" href="https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/8370">wordpress-develop#8370</a>, which will serve as the basis before being ported over to plugin form.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Open Floor</strong></h2>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> removed the milestone due dates from the <a class="" href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/milestones">performance plugin repo</a>, following the team’s decision to move to an <strong>on-demand release schedule</strong>. Due dates will now be set only when a specific plugin release is planned.</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> shared an adapted GitHub Actions workflow originally created by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/shyamgadde/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>shyamgadde</a> to <strong>bump the “Tested up to” version</strong> in <code>readme.txt</code> without triggering a full deployment. The updated version works for single-plugin repos and can be reused by most plugins on WordPress.org. Example: <a class="" href="https://github.com/felixarntz/ai-services/blob/main/.github/workflows/bump-tested-up-to-dotorg.yml">bump-tested-up-to-dotorg.yml</a>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> is planning to write a blog post to promote the workflow.</li>
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<p><strong>Our next chat will be held on <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20250506T1500"><abbr class="date" title="2025-05-06T15:00:00+00:00">Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 15:00 UTC</abbr></a> in the <a href="https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-performance/">#core-performance channel</a> in <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/chat/">Slack</a></strong>.</p>
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