Issue 494350655: Local Core Web Vitals flicker with iframe activity

Chromium #494350655 Regression CL 7518324 DevTools Performance panel live metrics

Expected vs actual

Expected

The Local metric card should reflect only the primary frame and remain stable while nested iframes update.

Actual (regressed builds)

When iframe contexts emit reset/LCP events, Local metric values can flicker, disappear, or show wrong values.

How to reproduce

1. Open this page in Chrome with DevTools open.

2. Go to Performance panel and watch the Local metrics card.

3. Click Start iframe churn below.

4. In regressed builds, LCP/Local values flicker or blank out every iframe reload.

5. In fixed builds, metrics stay tied to the top frame and do not reset from iframe activity.

Sampler

Top frame hero content (intended stable LCP candidate)

Top frame hero
iframe reload count: 0 | auto mode: off

Iframe event log