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Start Render

Start Render is a lab metric that marks the point in time when the very first pixels are painted to the user's screen. It is essentially the same as First Contentful Paint (FCP), representing the first visual confirmation that the page is loading.

Fabian Krumbholz
April 8, 2026
1 min read
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