Commit eb0f2076b32 for woocommerce

commit eb0f2076b325964d3d9a4a906b749f9d0bf5cde5
Author: Vlad Olaru <vlad.olaru@automattic.com>
Date:   Thu Oct 8 09:02:14 2026 +0300

    Compress the onboarding and task list images (#69553)

    * perf: Compress the onboarding and task list images

    Optimize 14 shipped images without changing file names, formats or dimensions.
    The set shrinks from 214 KB to 98 KB (54%). Each file keeps a luma SSIM of at
    least 0.98 against its trunk copy and a ssimulacra2 score of at least 80.
    The files and numbers are in the PR description.

    Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

    * chore: Add changelog entry for onboarding image optimization

    Nothing here changes what merchants see, so the entry is comment-only.

    Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

    * perf: Keep gradients and soft shadows free of banding

    The first version cut several PNGs to very small palettes and judged
    them by SSIM and ssimulacra2 alone. Both stayed high on smooth
    gradients and soft shadows that nevertheless showed steps.

    Add a banding check: the error on smooth areas of the trunk image must
    stay at 3 levels or less. Re-pick every file under that limit, which
    gives larger palettes for gradients and soft shadows. Leave files
    untouched when the safe result saves under 1 KB.

    The 13 changed files now total 100 KB instead of 203 KB.

    Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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    Co-authored-by: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/core-profiler/logo-tiktok.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/core-profiler/logo-tiktok.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/airwallex.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/airwallex.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/other-small.jpg b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/other-small.jpg
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/pinterest.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/pinterest.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/zipco.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/onboarding/zipco.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/task_list/expand-section-illustration.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/task_list/expand-section-illustration.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/task_list/purchase-illustration.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/task_list/purchase-illustration.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/task_list/store-details-illustration.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/task_list/store-details-illustration.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/woocommerce_logo.png b/plugins/woocommerce/assets/images/woocommerce_logo.png
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diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-compress-onboarding-images b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-compress-onboarding-images
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@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+Comment: Compress the onboarding, task list and setup wizard images; no merchant-facing change.
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/client/admin/client/task-lists/fills/tax/woocommerce-tax/logo.png b/plugins/woocommerce/client/admin/client/task-lists/fills/tax/woocommerce-tax/logo.png
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