Front-End’s Missing Metric: The TBT Window
The TBT Window is the FCP-to-TTI interval used to calculate Total Blocking Time. If FCP or TTI moves, TBT can change even when long tasks do not.
Latest / June 1, 2026
2 posts from engineering leaders published June 1, 2026, by Harry Roberts and David Heinemeier Hansson.
The TBT Window is the FCP-to-TTI interval used to calculate Total Blocking Time. If FCP or TTI moves, TBT can change even when long tasks do not.
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