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[AWS Diagram] Optimize GIF assets with MP4/WebM videos - #8152

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This PR fixes #8144

This PR introduces a proof of concept for replacing large GIF assets with optimized MP4/WebM videos in the AWS Architecture Diagram section.

  • Replaces the 4 AWS diagram GIFs with MP4/WebM video versions.
  • Adds a shared AutoVideo component for consistent video rendering.
  • Uses autoplay, muted, loop, and playsInline for the videos.
  • Preserves explicit dimensions to maintain layout stability.
  • Tested on /cloud-native-management/generate-aws-architecture-diagram.
  • This is an AWS-only POC to validate the approach before applying it to the remaining GIF assets across the repository.

Notes for Reviewers

Please review the video implementation and the AWS Architecture Diagram page.

If this approach is acceptable, the same GIF-to-video optimization can be applied to the remaining affected pages.

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  • New Features
    • Added autoplaying, muted, looping videos for AWS configuration, deployment, drag-and-drop, and icon-library demonstrations, with accessible labels.
  • Style
    • Updated AWS image sizing to fit available width while maintaining its proportions.
    • Reflowed and revised several captions.

Signed-off-by: Jignesh4611 <solankijignesh4611@gmail.com>
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The change adds a reusable AutoVideo component and replaces four GIFs on the AWS diagram page with MP4 and WebM videos.

Changes

AWS diagram media

Layer / File(s) Summary
Video component
src/components/AutoVideo/index.js
Adds a video component with optional WebM and MP4 sources, dimensions, alt text, class, and style.
AWS diagram video replacements
src/sections/AWS-Diagram/diagram.js
Replaces four GIFs with videos and updates image sizing styles. Captions and links remain unchanged apart from formatting; the deployment heading spacing is corrected.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Refactor · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to d8bf6

Visitors requesting reduced motion cannot avoid the looping demonstrations, other visitors cannot pause them, and below-the-fold videos can consume data on first load. Address these issues before merging.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning PR #8152 implements the AWS subset of issue #8144. It adds the shared AutoVideo wrapper, MP4/WebM sources, autoplay, muted looping inline playback, preload="none", and explicit dimensions. Issue #… Implement and test the remaining issue #8144 requirements, or narrow the linked issue and acceptance criteria to this AWS proof of concept. Add lazy loading and prefers-reduced-motion handling to AutoVideo, then convert the remaining re…
Out of Scope Changes check ⚠️ Warning The video replacements, shared component, dimensions, and responsive image styling support issue #8144. The summary also reports reworded captions and removal of extra whitespace from a deployment hea… Remove the unrelated caption wording and heading whitespace changes, unless the changes are required for the video implementation and their connection is documented.
✅ Passed checks (3 passed)
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Description Check ✅ Passed Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: replacing AWS Diagram GIF assets with MP4/WebM videos.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
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Explanation

PR #8152 implements the AWS subset of issue #8144. It adds the shared AutoVideo wrapper, MP4/WebM sources, autoplay, muted looping inline playback, preload="none", and explicit dimensions. Issue #8144 also requires lazy video loading, prefers-reduced-motion support, Kanvas import deduplication, and conversion of the remaining in-component and blog GIFs. The summary provides no evidence for those requirements. The excluded video files also prevent direct verification of the converted asset contents and final payload.

Resolution

Implement and test the remaining issue #8144 requirements, or narrow the linked issue and acceptance criteria to this AWS proof of concept. Add lazy loading and prefers-reduced-motion handling to AutoVideo, then convert the remaining required GIFs, deduplicate Kanvas imports, and verify the payload reduction.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The video replacements, shared component, dimensions, and responsive image styling support issue #8144. The summary also reports reworded captions and removal of extra whitespace from a deployment heading. Those text-only changes have no stated connection to GIF conversion, loading behavior, or layout stability.

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src/components/AutoVideo/index.js

Parsing error: [BABEL] /src/components/AutoVideo/index.js: babel-preset-gatsby has been loaded, which consumes config generated by the Gatsby CLI. Set NODE_ENV=test to bypass, or run gatsby build first. (While processing: "/node_modules/babel-preset-gatsby/index.js")

src/sections/AWS-Diagram/diagram.js

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Review comments at @src/components/AutoVideo/index.js:
- Line 14: Update the AutoVideo component’s autoPlay behavior to check
prefers-reduced-motion and avoid starting playback for visitors who request
reduced motion; show a still frame with an explicit play option for them while
preserving automatic playback for other visitors.
- Line 18: Update the AutoVideo component to defer both source loading and
autoplay until the video approaches the viewport, using supported video lazy
loading or an intersection observer; preload="none" alone does not prevent
autoplay downloads.
- Line 16: Update the AutoVideo component’s looping video element to expose
native controls, allowing visitors to pause and resume autoplaying videos. Keep
the existing looping behavior.

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  • src/sections/AWS-Diagram/videos/deploy.mp4 is excluded by !**/*.mp4
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Disable automatic playback when reduced motion is requested.

autoPlay starts these demonstrations even when the visitor requests reduced motion. That leaves motion-sensitive visitors exposed to four looping videos. Check prefers-reduced-motion before starting playback, and show a still frame with an explicit play option for those visitors. (developer.mozilla.org)

Based on learnings, frontend animation must honor prefers-reduced-motion.

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Review comment at @src/components/AutoVideo/index.js at line 14:
Update the AutoVideo component’s autoPlay behavior to check
prefers-reduced-motion and avoid starting playback for visitors who request
reduced motion; show a still frame with an explicit play option for them while
preserving automatic playback for other visitors.

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Source: Learnings

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muted
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Provide a way to pause the looping videos.

These videos autoplay and loop, but the component exposes no controls. Visitors cannot pause a demonstration while reading the adjacent content. Add native controls or an accessible pause/play control. Automatically moving content that continues for more than five seconds requires a pause, stop, or hide mechanism unless the movement is essential. (w3.org)

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Review comment at @src/components/AutoVideo/index.js at line 16:
Update the AutoVideo component’s looping video element to expose native
controls, allowing visitors to pause and resume autoplaying videos. Keep the
existing looping behavior.

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loop
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preload="none"

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Defer video loading until each demonstration is near the viewport.

preload="none" does not make an autoplaying video lazy: autoplay takes precedence and requires the browser to download video data for playback. As a result, the four videos can load on the initial page visit even when they are below the fold. Defer playback and source loading until each video approaches the viewport; use video lazy loading where supported or an intersection observer. (developer.mozilla.org)

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Review comment at @src/components/AutoVideo/index.js at line 18:
Update the AutoVideo component to defer both source loading and autoplay until
the video approaches the viewport, using supported video lazy loading or an
intersection observer; preload="none" alone does not prevent autoplay downloads.

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