Pearl Theme - Speed Optimization Extension - Javascript Error

Hi,

we have the Magento 2.3.4 CE, Pearl Theme 1.10 and Algolia Extension.

I mention here the Algolia extension because it inserts Javascript into the pages and this Javascript is broken after the 'minify' by jsShrink.

The script blocks are of type '<script type="text/template">'. They often contain more html code than javascript, so jsShrink probably doesn't work well here.

The error happens in the class 'app/code/WorldPixel/SpeedOptimization/Observer/BlockAfterToHtml.php' in line 95.

jsShrink makes the following lines...

<script type="text/template" id="autocomplete_categories_template">
    <a class="algoliasearch-autocomplete-hit" href="{{url}}">
        {{#image_url}}
        <div class="thumb">
            <img src="{{{image_url}}}" alt="{{{name}}}" /></div>
        {{/image_url}}

        {{#image_url}}
        <div class="info">
            {{/image_url}}
            {{^image_url}}
            <div class="info-without-thumb">
                {{#_highlightResult.path}}
                {{{_highlightResult.path.value}}}
                {{/_highlightResult.path}}
                {{^_highlightResult.path}}
                {{{path}}}
                {{/_highlightResult.path}}

                {{#product_count}}
                <small>({{product_count}})</small>
                {{/product_count}}</div>
            <div class="algolia-clearfix"></div>
            {{/image_url}}</div></a></script>

... this code.

<!-- Category hit template --><script type="text/template"id="autocomplete_categories_template"><a class="algoliasearch-autocomplete-hit"href="{{url}}">{{#image_url}}<div class="thumb"><img src="{{{image_url}}}"alt="{{{name}}}"/></div>{{/image_url}}{{#image_url}}<div class="info">{{/image_url}}{{^image_url}}<div class="info-without-thumb">{{#_highlightResult.path}}{{{_highlightResult.path.value}}}{{/_highlightResult.path}}{{^_highlightResult.path}}{{{path}}}{{/_highlightResult.path}}{{#product_count}}<small>({{product_count}})</small>{{/product_count}}</div><div class="algolia-clearfix"></div>{{/image_url}}</div></a></script>

It removes whitespace, so the code is no longer valid html and the javascript Template Engine has problems parsing it.

As a temporary solution we have now excluded Javascript of type 'text/template' from being minified.

It would be useful to find a better solution for the future.

Greetings from Hannover/Germany

Lutz