PDP LCP 8-10 seconds in development

Online Store and Theme Development
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Has anyone experienced issues with very slow LCP for Product pages. (liquid)
Page loads take 8-10 seconds on average. Once the page is visited once in incognito and revisited the product is cached and the speed is fine.

I am wanting to know if this is a cache issue with in the limitations of using a Development site or something else.

I have used barebones products and the result is the same.

I am using the latest Shopify Yuva theme and have reached out for support but they do not know what it is. I have removed all redirects.

Could this be related to product metafields even if they are not populated or is there some CDN restrictions that could prevent cacheing while in development.

The theme makers say is has nothing to do with JS/theme.

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Hey Christopher!

There are many reasons why the LCP can be so high. It’s hard to say exactly what might be the issue for you without having an example URL or at least a name of the theme you’re using.

If you’re willing to tinker with the code a little bit, we have a nice guide that walks through the most common loading speed issues and how to fix them.