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Lab Test Settings

In the project settings you can set the project name and other project-wide settings. You can also configure metric groups here.

Project lab test settings

Number of times to run each test

To reduce variability between results, DebugBear can run tests multiple times and select the median result. The other results will be discarded.

By default tests are only run once, but you can run each test up to 7 times.

Median reducing Lighthouse result variance for a New York Times article

How is the median result selected?

The median result is currently selected based on the First Contentful Paint and Largest Contentful Paint metrics. The algorithm used is similar to the median-run algorithm used by Lighthouse.

How to rename a project

To rename a project, click on the pencil icon to the right of the project selector.

Renaming a project