From 4ab530b8a83c6f56b34612c1ea5c9bc07c34e3ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Rajan <7121943+kvnloo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2026 22:29:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: distinguish embedded browser performance

---
 docs/PERFORMANCE.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
index 34b207f79..873ef8768 100644
--- a/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
+++ b/docs/PERFORMANCE.md
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ Use the same controls before attributing a difference to the application:
 6. Record live object counts before attributing a difference to the client.
 7. Treat a live-source outage as missing coverage, not as evidence of low client
    rendering cost.
+8. Record whether the app is running in Pinokio's embedded view or in an
+   external browser. The same Pinokio 8.2.0 Linux server was reported as
+   severely stuttery in the embedded view and smooth when its local URL was
+   opened directly in a normal browser ([#365](https://github.com/bilawalsidhu/gods-eye-view/issues/365)).
+   Treat that as a browser/compositor-path difference until the GPU renderer
+   proves otherwise.
 
 ## What is not established yet