Audit Result
UUID: 019ea691-7453-7247-ae51-16dd515ac114
https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/?realm=pearson&authIndexType=service&authIndexValue=AuthN&client_id=PAICE-V2&goto=https%3A%2F%2Fpaice-dev.pearson.com%2F#login/
Scanned 2 months ago
Meta Information
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Title Tag Warning
Found 17 characters. Keep title between 30 and 60 characters.
Fix: Add a unique <title> tag describing the main page intent in 30-60 characters.
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Meta Description Error
Missing meta description.
Fix: Add <meta name="description" content="..."> in <head> with a clear page summary.
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Canonical URL Warning
Canonical link not found.
Fix: Add <link rel="canonical" href="https://example.com/page"> to avoid duplicate URL ambiguity.
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Viewport Meta Pass
Viewport configured: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
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HTML Lang Pass
Language declared as "en".
Content Structure
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H1 Tag Warning
Found 4 H1 tags.
Fix: Use a single, descriptive <h1> that states the primary purpose of the page.
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Heading Hierarchy Pass
Valid heading flow across 13 headings.
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Image Alt Text Error
10 of 24 images are missing alt text.
Fix: Add meaningful alt attributes to all informative images for accessibility and image SEO.
Technical Optimization
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HTTPS Pass
Page is served over HTTPS.
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HSTS & HTTPS Redirect Warning
2 HTTPS hardening issues detected.
- • Missing Strict-Transport-Security header.
- • Could not probe the HTTP version of this page.
Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security with a long max-age, add includeSubDomains, and redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS.
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Security Headers Warning
Missing: strict-transport-security, content-security-policy, x-frame-options, x-content-type-options, referrer-policy.
Full HTTP headers (14)
- • accept-ranges: bytes
- • alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400
- • content-length: 742
- • content-type: text/html
- • date: Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:29:48 GMT
- • etag: "0db90c73d93e59daa85b41f9d29286e9"
- • last-modified: Thu, 21 May 2026 09:16:27 GMT
- • server: AmazonS3
- • via: 1.1 25613905b0a903d6371e53d7485e0cb0.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)
- • x-amz-cf-id: gwEEdQNsqhPlVVI2mKt3NlMx3rhnJig9kxA92e9WhD_X6_H7C5lbFQ==
- • x-amz-cf-pop: JFK50-P14
- • x-amz-server-side-encryption: AES256
- • x-amz-version-id: Wnw9fz4IxnshnbZD9vZ6lsB3oUXlmQ37
- • x-cache: Miss from cloudfront
Fix: Add the missing security headers at your reverse proxy or application layer.
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CSP Quality Warning
Content-Security-Policy header is missing.
- • Missing Content-Security-Policy header.
Fix: Define a restrictive Content-Security-Policy and avoid unsafe directives such as unsafe-inline and unsafe-eval.
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Cookie Security Pass
No first-party cookies were set during the initial page load.
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Server response headers do not expose version tokens.
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Cloudflare Proxy Warning
Domain does not appear to be behind Cloudflare.
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Perceived Load Time Pass
Loaded in 0.60s (perceived).
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Render Blocking Resources Warning
48 scripts and 5 styles may block rendering.
- • script: https://cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/0d545d30-0e52-4bd4-bbe4-db2d55525649/OtAutoBlock.js
- • script: https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/config/ThemeConfiguration.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/100.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/115.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1303.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1309.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1310.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/119.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1311.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1312.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1314.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1322.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1327.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1329.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1330.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1331.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1318.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1332.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/111.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1313.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1334.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1335.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1337.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1336.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1338.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/109.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1315.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/114.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1317.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/112.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1320.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1324.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1323.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1325.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1326.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1328.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1333.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1316.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/122.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1456.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/7.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/8.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1454.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1474.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1339.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1340.3d6bde62ed.js
- • script: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1459.3d6bde62ed.js
- • style: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/css/bootstrap-3.4.1-custom.11a781173068b0dfcdd39e62835f62b6.css
- • style: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/css/structure.cfe93ef4daf8cdf3a30090a08341bbf5.css
Fix: Defer non-critical scripts and inline critical CSS to improve first paint speed.
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Compression Warning
12 text resources look uncompressed.
- • https://paice-dev.pearson.com/ (text/html)
- • https://paice-dev.pearson.com/js/runtime~main.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.js (application/javascript)
- • https://paice-dev.pearson.com/css/vendors.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.css (text/css)
- • https://paice-dev.pearson.com/css/main.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.css (text/css)
- • https://paice-dev.pearson.com/js/main.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.js (application/javascript)
- • https://paice-dev.pearson.com/js/vendors.ab6cd2fa9d64a6f0e0ed.js (application/javascript)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/json/realms/pearson/serverinfo/* (application/json;charset=UTF-8)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/googleAnalyticsId.jsp (text/html;charset=UTF-8)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/115.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1303.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1329.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/1454.3d6bde62ed.js (text/javascript)
Fix: Enable Brotli or Gzip compression for HTML, CSS, JS, and JSON responses.
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Robots.txt Error
robots.txt missing or inaccessible (404).
Fix: Create a robots.txt file at https://iam-stage.pearson.com/robots.txt and allow intended crawlers.
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Sitemap File Warning
Sitemap missing or inaccessible at https://iam-stage.pearson.com/sitemap.xml (404).
Fix: Publish a sitemap.xml and reference it in robots.txt with: Sitemap: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/sitemap.xml
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Crawl Directives Warning
No robots meta tag defined.
Fix: Add <meta name="robots" content="index,follow"> (or the intended directive) in <head>.
Accessibility Basics
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Form Labels Pass
All 11 controls are labeled.
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Landmarks Warning
Missing landmarks: header.
Fix: Use semantic regions (<header>, <nav>, <main>, <footer>) for navigation and assistive tech.
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Tap Target Size Warning
7 interactive elements appear smaller than 48px.
- • a.iconWrapper.mfa-icon-btn - 30x44px
- • a#forgotPassword (Forgot password?) - 110x30px
- • a#forgotUsername (Forgot username?) - 113x30px
- • input#idToken2_0.btn.btn-lg - 335x36px
- • button#change_cookie_link (Change Cookie Consents) - 158x30px
- • button#onetrust-pc-btn-handler (Cookie Settings, Opens the preference center dialog) - 125x42px
- • button#onetrust-accept-btn-handler (Allow and Continue) - 146x42px
Fix: Increase target size to at least 48x48 CSS pixels for touch interactions.
Social & Rich Results
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Open Graph Basics Warning
Missing og:title or og:description.
Fix: Add og:title and og:description tags to control social preview text.
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Open Graph Image Warning
og:image is missing.
Fix: Add <meta property="og:image" content="https://..."> with a high-quality share image.
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Twitter Card Warning
twitter:card is missing.
Fix: Add <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> for better previews on X.
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Structured Data Warning
No JSON-LD schema scripts found.
Fix: Add JSON-LD structured data matching your page type (Organization, Article, Product, etc.).
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PWA Metadata Warning
Manifest or Apple touch icon is missing.
Fix: Link your web app manifest and apple-touch-icon for improved install/share experiences.
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Open Graph/Twitter Quality Warning
5 social preview quality issues detected.
- • ISSUE: og:url should be an absolute URL.
- • ISSUE: og:title should typically be between 10 and 70 characters.
- • ISSUE: og:description should typically be between 50 and 200 characters.
- • ISSUE: Use an absolute URL for og:image or twitter:image.
- • ISSUE: twitter:card is missing.
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:title length: 40-60 characters (acceptable: 10-70).
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal og:description length: 110-160 characters (acceptable: 50-200).
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image size: 1200x630 pixels.
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image aspect ratio: 1.91:1.
- • GUIDELINE: Optimal preview image file size: under 5 MB.
- • GUIDELINE: Recommended twitter:card: summary_large_image.
Fix: Use absolute OG/Twitter URLs, keep metadata lengths in recommended ranges, and provide a preview image near 1200x630 under 5MB.
Links Analysis
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Internal Links Error
5 internal links returned errors.
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/chat_assistant (HTTP 404)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.aboutHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.licenseHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.termsSaleHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)
- • https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/XUI/key%20'customLocalization.footer.links.privacyPolicyHref%20(en-US)'%20returned%20an%20object%20instead%20of%20string. (HTTP 404)
Fix: Fix or remove the listed internal URLs, and ensure routes/pages return 200 responses.
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External Links Warning
2 external links returned errors or timed out.
- • http://www.pearsoned.com/permissions/ (timeout)
- • https://qiactive.com/choose-share/pearsonPolicy/showLegalLinks?countryCode=US&policyDescription=Business+Associate+Addendum (HTTP 500)
Fix: Replace dead external URLs or point to working alternatives.
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Link Format Warning
10 links are empty, invalid, or placeholder-only.
- • href="#" text="Back to Help Topics"
- • href="#"
- • href="(empty)" text="Back"
- • href="(empty)" text="Higher Education Support"
- • href="(empty)" text="English Language Learning (ELL) Support"
- • href="(empty)" text="Pearson UK Support"
- • href="(empty)" text="US Clinical Assessments Support"
- • href="#" text="Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information"
- • href="#" text="Modern Slavery Statement"
- • href="#" text="Patent Notice"
Fix: Replace empty/#/javascript href values with real destinations or use buttons for non-navigation actions.
Performance & Runtime
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Core Web Vitals: LCP Pass
Largest Contentful Paint: 0.74s.
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Core Web Vitals: CLS Pass
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.009.
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Total Blocking Time estimate: 158ms.
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Broken Assets Pass
No failed CSS/JS/image/font/media requests detected.
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JavaScript Runtime Errors Warning
10 JavaScript runtime issues detected.
- • Request failed: https://paice-dev.pearson.com/dashboard-api/user/info? (HTTP 401, type: xhr)
- • Request failed: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/json/sessions?_action=getSessionInfo (HTTP 401, type: xhr)
- • Request failed: https://iam-stage.pearson.com/openidm/endpoint/consentpolicy?action=get&clientID=PAICE-V2 (HTTP 404, type: xhr)
- • Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 () [https://paice-dev.pearson.com/dashboard-api/user/info?:1]
- • Blocked script execution in 'about:blank' because the document's frame is sandboxed and the 'allow-scripts' permission is not set. [https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/202601.1.0/otBannerSdk.js:7]
- • Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 () [https://iam-stage.pearson.com/auth/json/sessions?_action=getSessionInfo:1]
- • Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 () [https://iam-stage.pearson.com/openidm/endpoint/consentpolicy?action=get&clientID=PAICE-V2:1]
- • Blocked script execution in 'about:blank' because the document's frame is sandboxed and the 'allow-scripts' permission is not set. [about:blank:1]
- • Request failed with status code 401
- • Failed to execute 'appendChild' on 'Node': Identifier 'qgPasswordKeyboardFixApplied' has already been declared
Fix: Fix JS files returning 404/failed requests and resolve the listed runtime exceptions.