Identify a route with a predictable slow component and the expected initial fallback. Confirm the hosting stack permits the required streaming response behavior.

1. Test the route in a controlled environment at the application listener and through the public proxy. Compare when the first response data arrives.

2. Review buffering settings at each proxy or CDN layer. Apply the supported per-route or response-header approach, such as an approved Nginx buffering control, where needed.

3. Check compression, timeout and connection behavior together with streaming. Do not globally disable unrelated protections without a specific requirement.

4. Ensure loading states are useful and sensitive content is still authorised before it is sent. Once response bytes are sent, changing the response status later has limitations.

5. Test a slow dependency and a failure after the initial response starts. Confirm the interface presents an appropriate result instead of appearing permanently stuck.

Observe progressive content in the browser network timing and page behavior. Test through the real public hostname because a local success does not prove the proxy path behaves the same way.

If all content arrives at once only through the proxy, inspect buffering and intermediary caches. If it also happens internally, examine the component and data-fetching structure.

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