Automattic / Automattic/jetpack

Boost: Enable / disable features independently on mobile and desktop

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[Plugin] Boost New Feature
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Description

### Impacted plugin

Boost

### What

It would be nice to toggle modules independently for mobile and desktop users

### How

Some users have reported that some features (like Critical CSS) have different impacts on their Mobile and Desktop scores. In cases like these, it might be nice to enable the feature only for users on a specific device profile.

However, there is a big challenge here: Depending on what caching solutions a site uses, it may be impossible to serve different versions of a site on different devices without cache pollution and cross contamination.

This is an outline of an idea - here for discussion about whether or not it is feasible.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing Boost's existing module settings and how device-specific caching is handled; define whether independent mobile and desktop toggles can avoid cache pollution, then document a concrete feasibility decision and implementation scope.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php, wordpress
Domain
performance, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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