103 Early Hints
Allow a client to request static assets while waiting for the HTML response.
103 Early Hints is an HTTP status code designed to speed up content delivery. When enabled, Cloudflare can cache the Link headers marked with preload and/or preconnect from HTML pages and serve them in a 103 Early Hints response before reaching the origin server. Browsers can use these hints to fetch linked assets while waiting for the origin’s final response, dramatically improving page load speeds.
To ensure Early Hints are enabled on your zone:
- Log in to the Cloudflare Dashboard and select your account and website.
- Go to Speed > Optimization > Content Optimization.
- Enable the Early Hints toggle to on.
You can return Link headers from a Worker running on your zone to speed up your page load times.