# Astro 4.4

DevFeed: [Astro 4.4](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/astro-4-4-3205.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://astro.build/blog/astro-440/>)

Author: Erika; Emanuele Stoppa; Matthew Phillips; Nate Moore; Bjorn Lu

Published: 2024-02-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [The Astro Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-astro-blog.md>)

Topics: [Astro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/astro.md>), [build performance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/build-performance.md>), [Streaming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/streaming.md>), [Server-side rendering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server-side-rendering.md>)

Tags: [astro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/astro.md>), [audits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audits.md>), [build-times](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build-times.md>), [image](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/image.md>), [node](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>)

## AI overview

Astro 4.4 adds performance audits to the dev toolbar, improves streaming performance, and can automatically infer dimensions for remote images. The release also reduces build times for some large Starlight websites and supports image-dimension inference for CMS and other external sources, with a performance cost in SSR.

## Source excerpt

Astro 4.4 is now available! This release includes the addition of performance audits for the dev toolbar, performance upgrades, the ability to automatically infer the dimensions of remote images, and more.