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Scrolling in a user-flow timespan not working correctly on a server
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**Summary**
Running Lighthouse User Flow on a server fails to capture the scrolling timespans correctly.
I am trying to build something similar to [PageSpeed Insights](https://pagespeed.web.dev) but that can capture user flows. The idea is that you will be able to run Replay Records or custom user-flows, but i am starting with a simple predefined user-flow as a prof of concept.
The project is built on top of [@push-based/user-flow](https://github.com/push-based/user-flow/) and runs on an EC2 m5.large instance to reduce variability in the results.
The issue I am having is that when running the audit on the server it is not able to capture scrolling correctly.
[Local Audit Result](https://deepblue-userflow-records.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/deep-blue-performance-test.uf.html)
[Remote Audit Result](https://deepblue-userflow-records.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/2022-10-18T09_59deep-blue.io.uf.html)
[Related issue #14463](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/issues/14463)
To achieve the scrolling I am using [Protocol.Input.SynthesizeScrollGestureRequest](https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/Input/#method-synthesizeScrollGesture)
```ts
export class ScrollAction {
private session?: CDPSession;
constructor(private readonly page: Page) {}
async swipeToPageBottom(): Promise {
await this.page.waitForSelector('body');
await this._synthesizeTouchScroll('down');
}
async swipeToPageTop(): Promise {
await this.page.waitForSelector('body');
await this._synthesizeTouchScroll('up');
}
private async _synthesizeTouchScroll(direction: 'down' | 'up'): Promise {
const scrollParams = await this._getScrollParams(direction);
this.session = await this.page.target().createCDPSession();
// https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/tot/Input/#method-synthesizeScrollGesture
await this.session.send('Input.synthesizeScrollGesture', scrollParams);
}
private async _getScrollParams(direction: 'down' | 'up'): Promise {
const innerHeight = await this._getInnerContentHeight();
const x = 200;
const y = direction === 'up' ? 200 : 600;
const scrollDistance = 1500;
const speed = 800;
const repeatDelayMs = 250;
const yDistance = direction === 'up' ? scrollDistance : scrollDistance * (-1);
const repeatCount = Math.ceil(innerHeight / scrollDistance) - 1;
const gestureSourceType = 'touch';
return {x, y, yDistance, speed, repeatCount, repeatDelayMs, gestureSourceType};
}
private async _getInnerContentHeight(): Promise {
const innerContentHandle = await this.page.$('body');
const innerContentBox = await innerContentHandle!.boundingBox();
return innerContentBox!.height;
}
}
```
The rest of the code is publicly avalible: [ufo repo](https://github.com/ChristopherPHolder/ufo).
And the url to be able to run it on the server is [Userflow Runner](https://deep-blue.io/userflows/)
I also read that @connorjclark was looking into "some types of INP that could be automatically tested". Is there a discution or an issue where i can read up on that to see if i can include any of them in my Web User Flow Runner?
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