Tweet by addyosmani

January 11, 2026

Chrome DevTools now supports *individual* network request throttling! Folks have been asking for this for years! DevTools now allows developers to simulate slow network conditions for specific requests rather than the entire page. This helps in testing how a web application performs and handles issues when specific resources (like images, scripts, or API calls) are slow to load.

Author
addyosmani
Date
January 11, 2026
Open on X