perf: optimize PageSpeed Insights performance

- Suppress browser source map references to fix 404/SyntaxErrors - Reduce legacy JS polyfills via browserslist config - Optimize LCP by refining Hero animations and image sizes - Implement video lazy loading and reduce SVG animation complexity - Add preconnect hints for critical origins
fix(navigation): Corrected incorrect 'Home' label in both languages
2026-02-19 23:21:01 +01:00 · 2026-02-19 21:40:20 +01:00 · 2026-02-19 20:06:55 +01:00 · 2026-02-19 18:05:29 +01:00 · 2026-02-19 17:15:58 +01:00 · 2026-02-19 16:04:58 +01:00
13 changed files with 76 additions and 52 deletions
--- a/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
+++ b/app/[locale]/layout.tsx
@@ -112,7 +112,11 @@ export default async function Layout(props: {

  return (
    <html lang={safeLocale} className={`scroll-smooth overflow-x-hidden ${inter.variable}`}>
-      <head></head>
+      <head>
+        <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com" />
+        <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossOrigin="anonymous" />
+        <link rel="preconnect" href="https://img.infra.mintel.me" />
+      </head>
      <body className="flex flex-col min-h-screen font-sans selection:bg-accent selection:text-primary-dark antialiased overflow-x-hidden">
        <NextIntlClientProvider messages={messages} locale={safeLocale}>
          <RecordModeProvider isEnabled={recordModeEnabled}>
--- a/components/home/Hero.tsx
+++ b/components/home/Hero.tsx
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ const containerVariants = {
 } as const;

 const headingVariants = {
-  hidden: { opacity: 1, y: 30, scale: 0.95 },
+  hidden: { opacity: 1, y: 10, scale: 0.98 },
  visible: {
    opacity: 1,
    y: 0,
    scale: 1,
-    transition: { duration: 0.8, ease: [0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94] },
+    transition: { duration: 0.4, ease: [0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94] },
  },
 } as const;

@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ const scribbleVariants = {
 } as const;

 const subtitleVariants = {
-  hidden: { opacity: 0, y: 40, scale: 0.95 },
+  hidden: { opacity: 0, y: 20, scale: 0.98 },
  visible: {
    opacity: 1,
    y: 0,
    scale: 1,
-    transition: { duration: 1, ease: [0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94] },
+    transition: { duration: 0.6, ease: [0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94], delay: 0.1 },
  },
 } as const;

--- a/components/home/HeroIllustration.tsx
+++ b/components/home/HeroIllustration.tsx
@@ -154,15 +154,15 @@ export default function HeroIllustration() {
            <stop offset="70%" stopColor="white" stopOpacity="0.4" />
            <stop offset="100%" stopColor="white" stopOpacity="0" />
          </linearGradient>
-          <filter id="glow" x="-50%" y="-50%" width="200%" height="200%">
-            <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="3" result="blur" />
+          <filter id="glow" x="-20%" y="-20%" width="140%" height="140%">
+            <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="1.5" result="blur" />
            <feMerge>
              <feMergeNode in="blur" />
              <feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic" />
            </feMerge>
          </filter>
-          <filter id="soft-glow" x="-100%" y="-100%" width="300%" height="300%">
-            <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="2" result="blur" />
+          <filter id="soft-glow" x="-50%" y="-50%" width="200%" height="200%">
+            <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="1" result="blur" />
            <feMerge>
              <feMergeNode in="blur" />
              <feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic" />
@@ -215,10 +215,10 @@ export default function HeroIllustration() {
          </g>

          {/* ANIMATED ENERGY FLOW */}
-          <g filter="url(#glow)">
+          <g>
            {POWER_LINES.map((line, i) => {
-              // Only animate a subset of lines to reduce main-thread work
-              if (i % 2 !== 0) return null;
+              // Only animate a small subset of lines to reduce main-thread work significantly
+              if (i % 5 !== 0) return null;
              const from = gridToScreen(line.from.col, line.from.row);
              const to = gridToScreen(line.to.col, line.to.row);
              const length = Math.sqrt(Math.pow(to.x - from.x, 2) + Math.pow(to.y - from.y, 2));
--- a/components/home/ProductCategories.tsx
+++ b/components/home/ProductCategories.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default function ProductCategories() {
              alt={category.title}
              fill
              className="object-cover transition-transform duration-1000 group-hover:scale-110"
-              sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 25vw"
+              sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 50vw, 24vw"
            />
            <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-primary-dark/40 group-hover:bg-primary-dark/60 transition-all duration-500" />
            <div className="absolute inset-0 p-8 md:p-10 flex flex-col justify-end text-white">
--- a/components/home/VideoSection.tsx
+++ b/components/home/VideoSection.tsx
@@ -6,14 +6,18 @@ export default function VideoSection() {

  return (
    <section className="relative h-[70vh] overflow-hidden bg-primary">
-      <video 
+      <video
        className="w-full h-full object-cover opacity-60"
-        autoPlay 
-        muted 
-        loop 
+        autoPlay
+        muted
+        loop
        playsInline
+        preload="none"
      >
-        <source src="/uploads/2024/12/making-of-metal-cable-on-factory-2023-11-27-04-55-16-utc-2.webm" type="video/mp4" />
+        <source
+          src="/uploads/2024/12/making-of-metal-cable-on-factory-2023-11-27-04-55-16-utc-2.webm"
+          type="video/webm"
+        />
      </video>
      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-b from-primary/60 via-transparent to-primary/60 flex items-center justify-center">
        <div className="max-w-5xl px-6 text-center animate-slide-up">
@@ -22,9 +26,12 @@ export default function VideoSection() {
              future: (chunks) => (
                <span className="relative inline-block mx-2">
                  <span className="relative z-10 italic text-accent">{chunks}</span>
-                  <Scribble variant="underline" className="w-full h-4 -bottom-2 left-0 text-accent/40" />
+                  <Scribble
+                    variant="underline"
+                    className="w-full h-4 -bottom-2 left-0 text-accent/40"
+                  />
                </span>
-              )
+              ),
            })}
          </h2>
        </div>
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
      dockerfile: Dockerfile
      args:
        NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL: ${NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL}
-        DIRECTUS_URL: ${DIRECTUS_URL}
+        DIRECTUS_URL: "${DIRECTUS_URL}"
    image: registry.infra.mintel.me/mintel/klz-cables.com:${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services:
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}.middlewares=${AUTH_MIDDLEWARE:-klz-ratelimit,klz-forward,klz-compress}"

      # Public Router (Whitelist for OG Images, Sitemaps, Health)
-      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.rule=(${TRAEFIK_HOST_RULE:-Host(`${TRAEFIK_HOST:-klz-cables.com}`)}) && (PathPrefix(`/health`) || PathPrefix(`/sitemap.xml`) || PathPrefix(`/robots.txt`) || PathPrefix(`/manifest.webmanifest`) || PathPrefix(`/_img`) || PathPrefix(`/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/de/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/en/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/de/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/en/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/blog/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/de/blog/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/en/blog/opengraph-image`) || PathRegexp(`^/sitemap(-[0-9]+)?\\.xml$`))"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.rule=(${TRAEFIK_HOST_RULE:-Host(`${TRAEFIK_HOST:-klz-cables.com}`)}) && (PathPrefix(`/health`) || PathPrefix(`/sitemap.xml`) || PathPrefix(`/robots.txt`) || PathPrefix(`/manifest.webmanifest`) || PathPrefix(`/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/de/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/en/api/og`) || PathPrefix(`/logo-white.svg`) || PathPrefix(`/icon-white.svg`) || PathPrefix(`/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/de/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/en/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/blog/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/de/blog/opengraph-image`) || PathPrefix(`/en/blog/opengraph-image`) || PathRegexp(`^/sitemap(-[0-9]+)?\\.xml$`) || PathRegexp(`.*\\.(svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|ico|webm|mp4|map)$`))"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.entrypoints=${TRAEFIK_ENTRYPOINT:-web}"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.tls.certresolver=${TRAEFIK_CERT_RESOLVER:-}"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-public.tls=${TRAEFIK_TLS:-false}"
@@ -165,18 +165,31 @@ services:
      - "cms.klz.localhost:host-gateway"
      - "host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
    environment:
-      IMGPROXY_URL_MAPPING: "${IMGPROXY_URL_MAPPING:-http://klz.localhost/:http://klz-app:3000/,http://cms.klz.localhost/:http://klz-cms:8055/}"
+      IMGPROXY_URL_MAPPING: "${NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL}:http://klz-app:3000,${DIRECTUS_URL}:http://klz-cms:8055"
      IMGPROXY_USE_ETAG: "true"
      IMGPROXY_MAX_SRC_RESOLUTION: 20
-      IMGPROXY_ALLOWED_NETWORKS: "10.0.0.0/8,172.16.0.0/12,192.168.0.0/16"
      IMGPROXY_IGNORE_SSL_ERRORS: "true"
-      IMGPROXY_DEBUG: "true"
+      IMGPROXY_LOG_LEVEL: debug
+      IMGPROXY_ALLOW_LOCAL_NETWORKS: "true"
+
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
-      # HTTP router (local dev)
+      # Existing Local HTTP Router
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy.rule=Host(`img.${TRAEFIK_HOST:-klz.localhost}`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy.entrypoints=web"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy.service=${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy-svc"
+
+      # NEW: Direct Public Staging Router for /_img (Bypasses Next.js rewrites)
+      # This fixes the Next.js URL-decoding bug on dynamic image proxy paths
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img.rule=(Host(`${TRAEFIK_HOST:-klz.localhost}`) || Host(`staging.klz-cables.com`) || Host(`testing.klz-cables.com`)) && PathPrefix(`/_img`)"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img.priority=99999"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img.entrypoints=websecure"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img.tls=true"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img.tls.certresolver=${TRAEFIK_CERT_RESOLVER:-le}"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img.service=${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy-svc"
+      - "traefik.http.services.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy-svc.loadbalancer.server.port=8080"
+      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img.middlewares=${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img-strip"
+      - "traefik.http.middlewares.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-img-strip.stripprefix.prefixes=/_img"
      # HTTPS router (staging/prod)
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy-secure.rule=Host(`img.${TRAEFIK_HOST:-klz.localhost}`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.${PROJECT_NAME:-klz}-imgproxy-secure.entrypoints=${TRAEFIK_ENTRYPOINT:-web}"
--- a/lib/imgproxy-loader.ts
+++ b/lib/imgproxy-loader.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ export default function imgproxyLoader({
  return getImgproxyUrl(src, {
    width,
    resizing_type: 'fit',
-    gravity: 'fv', // Use face-aware focusing (face detection)
+    gravity: 'sm', // Use smart gravity (content-aware) instead of face detection (requires ML)
  });
 }
--- a/lib/imgproxy.ts
+++ b/lib/imgproxy.ts
@@ -13,22 +13,6 @@ interface ImgproxyOptions {
  extension?: string;
 }

-/**
- * Encodes a string to Base64 (URL-safe)
- */
-function encodeBase64(str: string): string {
-  if (typeof Buffer !== 'undefined') {
-    return Buffer.from(str)
-      .toString('base64')
-      .replace(/\+/g, '-')
-      .replace(/\//g, '_')
-      .replace(/=+$/, '');
-  } else {
-    // Fallback for browser environment if Buffer is not available
-    return window.btoa(str).replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_').replace(/=+$/, '');
-  }
-}
-
 export function getImgproxyUrl(src: string, options: ImgproxyOptions = {}): string {
  // Use local proxy path which is rewritten in next.config.mjs
  const baseUrl = '/_img';
@@ -71,10 +55,18 @@ export function getImgproxyUrl(src: string, options: ImgproxyOptions = {}): stri
    `g:${gravity}`,
  ].join('/');

-  // Using /unsafe/ for now as we don't handle signatures yet
-  // Format: <base_url>/unsafe/<options>/<base64_url>
-  const suffix = extension ? `@${extension}` : '';
-  const encodedSrc = encodeBase64(absoluteSrc + suffix);
+  // Using Base64 encoding for the source URL.
+  // This completely eliminates any risk of intermediate proxies (Traefik/Next.js)
+  // URL-decoding the path, which corrupts the double-slash (// to /) and causes 403 errors.
+  // Imgproxy expects URL-safe Base64 (RFC 4648) without padding.
+  const b64 =
+    typeof window === 'undefined'
+      ? Buffer.from(absoluteSrc).toString('base64')
+      : btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(absoluteSrc)));

-  return `${baseUrl}/unsafe/${processingOptions}/${encodedSrc}`;
+  const urlSafeB64 = b64.replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_').replace(/=/g, '');
+
+  const suffix = extension ? `.${extension}` : '';
+
+  return `${baseUrl}/unsafe/${processingOptions}/${urlSafeB64}${suffix}`;
 }
--- a/messages/de.json
+++ b/messages/de.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
  },
  "Navigation": {
    "menu": "Menü",
-    "home": "KLZ Cables Startseite",
+    "home": "Startseite",
    "team": "Team",
    "products": "Produkte",
    "blog": "Blog",
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
  },
  "Navigation": {
    "menu": "Menu",
-    "home": "KLZ Cables Home",
+    "home": "Home",
    "team": "Team",
    "products": "Products",
    "blog": "Blog",
--- a/middleware.ts
+++ b/middleware.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export default function middleware(request: NextRequest) {

 export const config = {
  matcher: [
-    '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|_img|favicon.ico|manifest.webmanifest|.*\\.(?:svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|pdf|txt|vcf|xml)$).*)',
+    '/((?!api|_next/static|_next/image|_img|favicon.ico|manifest.webmanifest|.*\\.(?:svg|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|webp|pdf|txt|vcf|xml|webm|mp4|map)$).*)',
    '/(de|en)/:path*',
    '/(de|en)/:path*',
  ],
--- a/next.config.mjs
+++ b/next.config.mjs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const nextConfig = {
    // Make sure entries are not disposed too quickly
    maxInactiveAge: 60 * 1000,
  },
+  productionBrowserSourceMaps: false,
  logging: {
    fetches: {
      fullUrl: true,
@@ -353,4 +354,6 @@ const nextConfig = {
  },
 };

-export default withMintelConfig(nextConfig);
+export default withMintelConfig(nextConfig, {
+  hideSourceMaps: true,
+});
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@
      "next": "16.1.6"
    }
  },
+  "browserslist": [
+    "last 3 versions",
+    "not dead",
+    "not ie 11"
+  ],
  "peerDependencies": {
    "@remotion/cli": "^4.0.421",
    "@remotion/google-fonts": "^4.0.421",
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Marc Mintel	474fa4f3df	perf: optimize PageSpeed Insights performance All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 7s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 1m26s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 4m17s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 26s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 52s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 3m41s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 2s Details - Suppress browser source map references to fix 404/SyntaxErrors - Reduce legacy JS polyfills via browserslist config - Optimize LCP by refining Hero animations and image sizes - Implement video lazy loading and reduce SVG animation complexity - Add preconnect hints for critical origins	2026-02-19 23:21:01 +01:00
Marc Mintel	f1d49416d1	fix(navigation): Corrected incorrect 'Home' label in both languages All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 17s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 4m11s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 8m43s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 25s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 47s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 3m57s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 2s Details	2026-02-19 21:40:20 +01:00
Marc Mintel	e3e0a7670c	fix(staging): completely resolve phantom 403 imgproxy caching loops via base64, traefik routing precedence, and variable mapping All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 12s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 1m54s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 7m44s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 30s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 1m2s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 3m17s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 1s Details	2026-02-19 20:06:55 +01:00
Marc Mintel	8a87318b12	fix(imgproxy): fallback to smart gravity (sm) instead of face detection (fv) All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 12s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 1m27s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 2m56s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 29s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 51s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 4m33s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 3s Details - 'fv' requires ML modules not present in standard imgproxy image - 'sm' is robust and supported everywhere - Fixes broken images on staging using Next.js Image loader	2026-02-19 18:05:29 +01:00
Marc Mintel	93cb12d7d9	fix(imgproxy): URL-encode plain source URLs All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 13s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 1m49s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 2m57s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 26s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 49s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 4m23s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 1s Details - Use encodeURIComponent for source URLs in plain/ format - Prevents 308 redirect loops caused by double-slash normalization - Prevents invalid URL structures for imgproxy	2026-02-19 17:15:58 +01:00
Marc Mintel	44f0c430a9	fix(infra): whitelist video files and source maps All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 7s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 1m28s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 7m31s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 26s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 1m4s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 3m17s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 2s Details - Added webm, mp4, map to Traefik whitelist to bypass Gatekeeper - Added webm, mp4, map to middleware exclusion to prevent locale redirects - This fixes 404 errors for background videos and source maps on protected environments	2026-02-19 16:04:58 +01:00
Marc Mintel	1478909a73	fix(imgproxy): switch from base64 to plain URL format All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 13s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 1m27s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 7m41s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 26s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 49s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 4m6s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 1s Details Use plain/ source URL format instead of base64 encoding. Base64 was causing 404 errors from imgproxy. Plain format verified working via direct curl tests.	2026-02-19 15:07:20 +01:00
Marc Mintel	837abd4921	fix(infra): whitelist static image assets in traefik All checks were successful Build & Deploy / 🔍 Prepare (push) Successful in 13s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 QA (push) Successful in 1m59s Details Build & Deploy / 🏗️ Build (push) Successful in 10m13s Details Build & Deploy / 🚀 Deploy (push) Successful in 27s Details Build & Deploy / 🧪 Smoke Test (push) Successful in 49s Details Build & Deploy / ⚡ Lighthouse (push) Successful in 4m16s Details Build & Deploy / 🔔 Notify (push) Successful in 2s Details - Added PathRegexp for .svg, .png, .jpg, etc. to public router - Allows central imgproxy to fetch source images from protected staging environment - Resolves broken images caused by imgproxy receiving login page HTML	2026-02-19 01:52:41 +01:00