How it works

What each diagnostic measures, and where browser limitations apply.

Latency

The tool sends sequential requests to one tiny same-origin endpoint and reports the median successful browser HTTP round-trip time. This includes network, CDN, HTTP and browser overhead, so it is an approximation rather than ICMP ping.

Jitter

Jitter is the mean variation between consecutive successful timings from that same probe sequence. It is an application-layer approximation, not UDP or RTP jitter.

Request loss

The loss percentage is the share of measured latency probes that fail. It is application-layer request loss and must not be interpreted as raw packet loss.

Service checks

Configured services are checked once each for browser reachability. Their response times are shown separately and never enter the latency, jitter or request-loss calculations.

Download and upload

Quick checks use small transfers. Full diagnostics use larger adaptive transfers so faster links have more time to reach representative throughput.

Security signals

The browser can confirm signals such as HTTPS transport, secure-context status and mixed-content exposure. It cannot audit your router, wireless encryption, DNS path or local network.