| # Largest Contentful Paint Bug Fixes in M98 |
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| ## Bug Fixes in Chrome 98 |
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| In Chrome 98, a bug fix was made to the Chrome implementation. Previously, we |
| would wait for one visual update at a time and record the paint times of all |
| pending text nodes upon receiving the timestamp for the visual update. This |
| could cause certain text nodes that had just been detected to be considered |
| displayed even though they're not. Instead, we keep track of the objects which |
| are painted on each animation frame and set their timestamps to the visual |
| update corresponding to that animation frame. This is already how it works for |
| image objects, so this change only impacts text paint times, making them more |
| accurate. [Source code for this |
| change](https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3265727). |
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| ## How does this affect a site's metrics? |
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| A website whose LCP is text may see their LCP values increase due to the more |
| accurate paint times being used. |
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| ## When were users affected? |
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| Chrome 98 is currently scheduled to be released the week of February 1, 2022. |
