{
  "schemaVersion": "crawler-atlas-1",
  "atlasVersion": "atlas-2026-07-28-v1",
  "canonical": "/atlas/lazy-content",
  "title": "Lazy-loaded content",
  "category": {
    "slug": "rendering",
    "title": "Rendering and client execution"
  },
  "definition": "Lazy content is deferred until a viewport, interaction, or application state triggers its retrieval.",
  "mechanism": "Deferral saves bandwidth for people but introduces an additional condition before a crawler can observe the content or links.",
  "validation": "Record network requests and DOM mutations while scrolling through fixed checkpoints, and distinguish native image loading from script-driven text insertion.",
  "commonFailure": "Infinite scroll without paginated URLs creates content a person can reach but a crawler cannot address, revisit, or cite reliably.",
  "related": [
    "/atlas/client-rendering",
    "/atlas/shadow-dom"
  ],
  "modified": "2026-07-28"
}