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+{
+  "passes": [{
+    "network": true,
+    "trace": true,
+    "loadPage": true,
+    "gatherers": [
+      "url",
+      "critical-request-chains",
+      "screenshots",
+      "speedline"
+    ]
+  }],
+
+  "audits": [
+    "first-meaningful-paint",
+    "speed-index-metric",
+    "estimated-input-latency",
+    "time-to-interactive",
+    "user-timings",
+    "screenshots",
+    "critical-request-chains"
+  ],
+
+  "aggregations": [{
+    "name": "Perf metrics",
+    "description": "",
+    "scored": true,
+    "categorizable": true,
+    "items": [{
+      "name": "Page load performance is fast",
+      "description": "",
+      "criteria": {
+        "first-meaningful-paint": {
+          "rawValue": 100,
+          "weight": 1
+        },
+        "speed-index-metric": {
+          "rawValue": 100,
+          "weight": 1
+        },
+        "estimated-input-latency": {
+          "rawValue": 100,
+          "weight": 1
+        },
+        "time-to-interactive": {
+          "rawValue": 100,
+          "weight": 1
+        }
+      }
+    }]
+  },{
+    "name": "Performance diagnostics",
+    "description": "",
+    "scored": false,
+    "categorizable": false,
+    "items": [{
+      "criteria": {
+        "critical-request-chains": {
+          "rawValue": 0,
+          "weight": 1
+        },
+        "user-timings": {
+          "rawValue": 0,
+          "weight": 1
+        }
+      }
+    }]
+  }]
+}