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title: "Optimizing a request's critical path"
description: "How can you optimize a confirmed bottleneck on the critical path?"
status: "coming-soon"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://bulnik.dev/en/articles/topics/T45.09/"
topicId: "T45.09"
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> Coming soon — this article is being prepared. Below are its question, intended outcome, and place in the story.

## The question

How can you optimize a confirmed bottleneck on the critical path?

## What we will work through

Optimize a confirmed bottleneck on the critical path.

## Before you begin

Previously covered: Application CPU profiling; Tracing a user request through the system.

- [Application CPU profiling](/en/articles/topics/T45.01/)
- [Tracing a user request through the system](/en/articles/topics/T01.02/)