diff --git a/lighthouse-cli/test/cli/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap b/lighthouse-cli/test/cli/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
index e106723d1b59..86441b7a2f06 100644
--- a/lighthouse-cli/test/cli/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
+++ b/lighthouse-cli/test/cli/__snapshots__/index-test.js.snap
@@ -680,73 +680,75 @@ Object {
     "best-practices": Object {
       "auditRefs": Array [
         Object {
-          "id": "appcache-manifest",
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety",
+          "id": "is-on-https",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "is-on-https",
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety",
+          "id": "external-anchors-use-rel-noopener",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "uses-http2",
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety",
+          "id": "geolocation-on-start",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "uses-passive-event-listeners",
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety",
+          "id": "notification-on-start",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "no-document-write",
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety",
+          "id": "no-vulnerable-libraries",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "external-anchors-use-rel-noopener",
+          "group": "best-practices-ux",
+          "id": "password-inputs-can-be-pasted-into",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "geolocation-on-start",
+          "group": "best-practices-ux",
+          "id": "image-aspect-ratio",
+          "weight": 1,
+        },
+        Object {
+          "group": "best-practices-ux",
+          "id": "image-size-responsive",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
+          "group": "best-practices-browser-compat",
           "id": "doctype",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
+          "group": "best-practices-browser-compat",
           "id": "charset",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "no-vulnerable-libraries",
+          "group": "best-practices-general",
+          "id": "appcache-manifest",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
+          "group": "best-practices-general",
           "id": "js-libraries",
           "weight": 0,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "notification-on-start",
-          "weight": 1,
-        },
-        Object {
+          "group": "best-practices-general",
           "id": "deprecations",
           "weight": 1,
         },
         Object {
-          "id": "password-inputs-can-be-pasted-into",
-          "weight": 1,
-        },
-        Object {
+          "group": "best-practices-general",
           "id": "errors-in-console",
           "weight": 1,
         },
-        Object {
-          "id": "image-aspect-ratio",
-          "weight": 1,
-        },
-        Object {
-          "id": "image-size-responsive",
-          "weight": 1,
-        },
       ],
       "title": "Best Practices",
     },
@@ -933,6 +935,21 @@ Object {
           "id": "third-party-summary",
           "weight": 0,
         },
+        Object {
+          "group": "diagnostics",
+          "id": "uses-http2",
+          "weight": 0,
+        },
+        Object {
+          "group": "diagnostics",
+          "id": "uses-passive-event-listeners",
+          "weight": 0,
+        },
+        Object {
+          "group": "diagnostics",
+          "id": "no-document-write",
+          "weight": 0,
+        },
         Object {
           "id": "network-requests",
           "weight": 0,
@@ -1167,6 +1184,18 @@ Object {
       "description": "These are opportunities to to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.",
       "title": "Tables and lists",
     },
+    "best-practices-browser-compat": Object {
+      "title": "Browser Compatibility",
+    },
+    "best-practices-general": Object {
+      "title": "General",
+    },
+    "best-practices-trust-safety": Object {
+      "title": "Trust and Safety",
+    },
+    "best-practices-ux": Object {
+      "title": "User Experience",
+    },
     "budgets": Object {
       "description": "Performance budgets set standards for the performance of your site.",
       "title": "Budgets",
@@ -1430,6 +1459,18 @@ Object {
       "description": "These are opportunities to to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.",
       "title": "Tables and lists",
     },
+    "best-practices-browser-compat": Object {
+      "title": "Browser Compatibility",
+    },
+    "best-practices-general": Object {
+      "title": "General",
+    },
+    "best-practices-trust-safety": Object {
+      "title": "Trust and Safety",
+    },
+    "best-practices-ux": Object {
+      "title": "User Experience",
+    },
     "budgets": Object {
       "description": "Performance budgets set standards for the performance of your site.",
       "title": "Budgets",
diff --git a/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/test-definitions/offline-local/offline-expectations.js b/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/test-definitions/offline-local/offline-expectations.js
index 9c580da2ff27..d4ae8e07790e 100644
--- a/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/test-definitions/offline-local/offline-expectations.js
+++ b/lighthouse-cli/test/smokehouse/test-definitions/offline-local/offline-expectations.js
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ module.exports = [
         'is-on-https': {
           score: 1,
         },
-        'uses-http2': {
-          score: 0,
-        },
         'external-anchors-use-rel-noopener': {
           score: 1,
         },
@@ -35,12 +32,6 @@ module.exports = [
         'render-blocking-resources': {
           score: 1,
         },
-        'no-document-write': {
-          score: 1,
-        },
-        'uses-passive-event-listeners': {
-          score: 1,
-        },
         'password-inputs-can-be-pasted-into': {
           score: 1,
         },
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js b/lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js
index 1aff3d12c481..3144371bc36a 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ const i18n = require('../../lib/i18n/i18n.js');
 const UIStrings = {
   /** Title of a Lighthouse audit that provides detail on the page's use of the `document.write` API. This descriptive title is shown to users when the page does not use `document.write`. */
   title: 'Avoids `document.write()`',
-  /** Title of a Lighthouse audit that provides detail on the page's use of the `document.write` API. This descriptive title is shown to users when the page does use `document.write`. */
-  failureTitle: 'Uses `document.write()`',
+  /** Title of a Lighthouse audit that provides detail on the page's use of the `document.write` API. This imperative title is shown to users when the page does use `document.write`. */
+  failureTitle: 'Avoid `document.write()`',
   /** Description of a Lighthouse audit that tells the user why they should avoid `document.write`. This is displayed after a user expands the section to see more. No character length limits. 'Learn More' becomes link text to additional documentation. */
   description: 'For users on slow connections, external scripts dynamically injected via ' +
       '`document.write()` can delay page load by tens of seconds. ' +
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js b/lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js
index b1f282c1c36e..b0db2269544a 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ const UIStrings = {
   'not automatically checked by Lighthouse. They do not affect your score but it\'s important that you verify them manually.',
   /** Title of the Best Practices category of audits. This is displayed at the top of a list of audits focused on topics related to following web development best practices and accepted guidelines. Also used as a label of a score gauge; try to limit to 20 characters. */
   bestPracticesCategoryTitle: 'Best Practices',
+  /** Title of the Trust & Safety group of audits. This is displayed at the top of a list of audits focused on maintaining user trust and protecting security in web development. */
+  bestPracticesTrustSafetyGroupTitle: 'Trust and Safety',
+  /** Title of the User Experience group of the Best Practices category. Within this section are the audits related to the end user's experience of the webpage. */
+  bestPracticesUXGroupTitle: 'User Experience',
+  /** Title of the Browser Compatibility group of the Best Practices category. Within this section are the audits related to whether the page is interpreted consistently by browsers. */
+  bestPracticesBrowserCompatGroupTitle: 'Browser Compatibility',
+  /** Title of the General group of the Best Practices category. Within this section are the audits that don't belong to a specific group but are of general interest. */
+  bestPracticesGeneralGroupTitle: 'General',
   /** Title of the Fast and Reliable section of the web app category. Within this section are audits that check if the web site loaded quickly and can reliably load even if the internet connection is very slow or goes offline. */
   pwaFastReliableGroupTitle: 'Fast and reliable',
   /** Title of the Installable section of the web app category. Within this section are audits that check if Chrome supports installing the web site as an app on their device. */
@@ -384,6 +392,18 @@ const defaultConfig = {
       title: str_(UIStrings.seoCrawlingGroupTitle),
       description: str_(UIStrings.seoCrawlingGroupDescription),
     },
+    'best-practices-trust-safety': {
+      title: str_(UIStrings.bestPracticesTrustSafetyGroupTitle),
+    },
+    'best-practices-ux': {
+      title: str_(UIStrings.bestPracticesUXGroupTitle),
+    },
+    'best-practices-browser-compat': {
+      title: str_(UIStrings.bestPracticesBrowserCompatGroupTitle),
+    },
+    'best-practices-general': {
+      title: str_(UIStrings.bestPracticesGeneralGroupTitle),
+    },
   },
   categories: {
     'performance': {
@@ -428,6 +448,9 @@ const defaultConfig = {
         {id: 'timing-budget', weight: 0, group: 'budgets'},
         {id: 'resource-summary', weight: 0, group: 'diagnostics'},
         {id: 'third-party-summary', weight: 0, group: 'diagnostics'},
+        {id: 'uses-http2', weight: 0, group: 'diagnostics'},
+        {id: 'uses-passive-event-listeners', weight: 0, group: 'diagnostics'},
+        {id: 'no-document-write', weight: 0, group: 'diagnostics'},
         // Audits past this point don't belong to a group and will not be shown automatically
         {id: 'network-requests', weight: 0},
         {id: 'network-rtt', weight: 0},
@@ -505,23 +528,24 @@ const defaultConfig = {
     'best-practices': {
       title: str_(UIStrings.bestPracticesCategoryTitle),
       auditRefs: [
-        {id: 'appcache-manifest', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'is-on-https', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'uses-http2', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'uses-passive-event-listeners', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'no-document-write', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'external-anchors-use-rel-noopener', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'geolocation-on-start', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'doctype', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'charset', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'no-vulnerable-libraries', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'js-libraries', weight: 0},
-        {id: 'notification-on-start', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'deprecations', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'password-inputs-can-be-pasted-into', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'errors-in-console', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'image-aspect-ratio', weight: 1},
-        {id: 'image-size-responsive', weight: 1},
+        // Trust & Safety
+        {id: 'is-on-https', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-trust-safety'},
+        {id: 'external-anchors-use-rel-noopener', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-trust-safety'},
+        {id: 'geolocation-on-start', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-trust-safety'},
+        {id: 'notification-on-start', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-trust-safety'},
+        {id: 'no-vulnerable-libraries', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-trust-safety'},
+        // User Experience
+        {id: 'password-inputs-can-be-pasted-into', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-ux'},
+        {id: 'image-aspect-ratio', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-ux'},
+        {id: 'image-size-responsive', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-ux'},
+        // Browser Compatibility
+        {id: 'doctype', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-browser-compat'},
+        {id: 'charset', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-browser-compat'},
+        // General Group
+        {id: 'appcache-manifest', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-general'},
+        {id: 'js-libraries', weight: 0, group: 'best-practices-general'},
+        {id: 'deprecations', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-general'},
+        {id: 'errors-in-console', weight: 1, group: 'best-practices-general'},
       ],
     },
     'seo': {
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-US.json b/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-US.json
index 086a81467816..477a7c0a1f55 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-US.json
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
     "message": "For users on slow connections, external scripts dynamically injected via `document.write()` can delay page load by tens of seconds. [Learn more](https://web.dev/no-document-write)."
   },
   "lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js | failureTitle": {
-    "message": "Uses `document.write()`"
+    "message": "Avoid `document.write()`"
   },
   "lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js | title": {
     "message": "Avoids `document.write()`"
@@ -1325,9 +1325,21 @@
   "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | a11yTablesListsVideoGroupTitle": {
     "message": "Tables and lists"
   },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesBrowserCompatGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "Browser Compatibility"
+  },
   "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesCategoryTitle": {
     "message": "Best Practices"
   },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesGeneralGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "General"
+  },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesTrustSafetyGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "Trust and Safety"
+  },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesUXGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "User Experience"
+  },
   "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | budgetsGroupDescription": {
     "message": "Performance budgets set standards for the performance of your site."
   },
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-XL.json b/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-XL.json
index cc845329f82d..6af1a32a6a55 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-XL.json
+++ b/lighthouse-core/lib/i18n/locales/en-XL.json
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
     "message": "F̂ór̂ úŝér̂ś ôń ŝĺôẃ ĉón̂ńêćt̂íôńŝ, éx̂t́êŕn̂ál̂ śĉŕîṕt̂ś d̂ýn̂ám̂íĉál̂ĺŷ ín̂j́êćt̂éd̂ v́îá `document.write()` ĉán̂ d́êĺâý p̂áĝé l̂óâd́ b̂ý t̂én̂ś ôf́ ŝéĉón̂d́ŝ. [Ĺêár̂ń m̂ór̂é](https://web.dev/no-document-write)."
   },
   "lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js | failureTitle": {
-    "message": "Ûśêś `document.write()`"
+    "message": "Âv́ôíd̂ `document.write()`"
   },
   "lighthouse-core/audits/dobetterweb/no-document-write.js | title": {
     "message": "Âv́ôíd̂ś `document.write()`"
@@ -1325,9 +1325,21 @@
   "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | a11yTablesListsVideoGroupTitle": {
     "message": "T̂áb̂ĺêś âńd̂ ĺîśt̂ś"
   },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesBrowserCompatGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "B̂ŕôẃŝér̂ Ćôḿp̂át̂íb̂íl̂ít̂ý"
+  },
   "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesCategoryTitle": {
     "message": "B̂éŝt́ P̂ŕâćt̂íĉéŝ"
   },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesGeneralGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "Ĝén̂ér̂ál̂"
+  },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesTrustSafetyGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "T̂ŕûśt̂ án̂d́ Ŝáf̂ét̂ý"
+  },
+  "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesUXGroupTitle": {
+    "message": "Ûśêŕ Êx́p̂ér̂íêńĉé"
+  },
   "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | budgetsGroupDescription": {
     "message": "P̂ér̂f́ôŕm̂án̂ćê b́ûd́ĝét̂ś ŝét̂ śt̂án̂d́âŕd̂ś f̂ór̂ t́ĥé p̂ér̂f́ôŕm̂án̂ćê óf̂ ýôúr̂ śît́ê."
   },
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/test/config/config-test.js b/lighthouse-core/test/config/config-test.js
index ebf0351ad88b..44bf4f125a68 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/test/config/config-test.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/test/config/config-test.js
@@ -1161,8 +1161,21 @@ describe('Config', () => {
       };
       const extendedConfig = new Config(extended);
 
+      // When gatherers have instance properties that are bind()'d, they'll not match.
+      // Gatherers in each config will still be compared via the constructor on .implementation.
+      // https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/pull/10090#discussion_r382864319
+      function deleteInstancesForTest(config) {
+        for (const pass of config.passes) {
+          for (const gatherer of pass.gatherers) {
+            delete gatherer.instance;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      deleteInstancesForTest(extendedConfig);
+      deleteInstancesForTest(config);
+
       assert.equal(config.passes.length, 1, 'did not filter config');
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(config, extendedConfig, 'had mutations');
+      expect(config).toEqual(extendedConfig); // ensure we didn't have mutations
     });
 
     it('should filter out other passes if passed Performance', () => {
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/test/results/sample_v2.json b/lighthouse-core/test/results/sample_v2.json
index a1c2b25cd9f4..75537ceeb497 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/test/results/sample_v2.json
+++ b/lighthouse-core/test/results/sample_v2.json
@@ -3076,7 +3076,7 @@
     },
     "no-document-write": {
       "id": "no-document-write",
-      "title": "Uses `document.write()`",
+      "title": "Avoid `document.write()`",
       "description": "For users on slow connections, external scripts dynamically injected via `document.write()` can delay page load by tens of seconds. [Learn more](https://web.dev/no-document-write).",
       "score": 0,
       "scoreDisplayMode": "binary",
@@ -3877,6 +3877,21 @@
           "weight": 0,
           "group": "diagnostics"
         },
+        {
+          "id": "uses-http2",
+          "weight": 0,
+          "group": "diagnostics"
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "uses-passive-event-listeners",
+          "weight": 0,
+          "group": "diagnostics"
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "no-document-write",
+          "weight": 0,
+          "group": "diagnostics"
+        },
         {
           "id": "network-requests",
           "weight": 0
@@ -4171,76 +4186,78 @@
       "title": "Best Practices",
       "auditRefs": [
         {
-          "id": "appcache-manifest",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "is-on-https",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety"
         },
         {
-          "id": "is-on-https",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "external-anchors-use-rel-noopener",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety"
         },
         {
-          "id": "uses-http2",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "geolocation-on-start",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety"
         },
         {
-          "id": "uses-passive-event-listeners",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "notification-on-start",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety"
         },
         {
-          "id": "no-document-write",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "no-vulnerable-libraries",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-trust-safety"
         },
         {
-          "id": "external-anchors-use-rel-noopener",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "password-inputs-can-be-pasted-into",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-ux"
         },
         {
-          "id": "geolocation-on-start",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "image-aspect-ratio",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-ux"
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "image-size-responsive",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-ux"
         },
         {
           "id": "doctype",
-          "weight": 1
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-browser-compat"
         },
         {
           "id": "charset",
-          "weight": 1
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-browser-compat"
         },
         {
-          "id": "no-vulnerable-libraries",
-          "weight": 1
+          "id": "appcache-manifest",
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-general"
         },
         {
           "id": "js-libraries",
-          "weight": 0
-        },
-        {
-          "id": "notification-on-start",
-          "weight": 1
+          "weight": 0,
+          "group": "best-practices-general"
         },
         {
           "id": "deprecations",
-          "weight": 1
-        },
-        {
-          "id": "password-inputs-can-be-pasted-into",
-          "weight": 1
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-general"
         },
         {
           "id": "errors-in-console",
-          "weight": 1
-        },
-        {
-          "id": "image-aspect-ratio",
-          "weight": 1
-        },
-        {
-          "id": "image-size-responsive",
-          "weight": 1
+          "weight": 1,
+          "group": "best-practices-general"
         }
       ],
       "id": "best-practices",
-      "score": 0.06
+      "score": 0.08
     },
     "seo": {
       "title": "SEO",
@@ -4480,6 +4497,18 @@
     "seo-crawl": {
       "title": "Crawling and Indexing",
       "description": "To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app."
+    },
+    "best-practices-trust-safety": {
+      "title": "Trust and Safety"
+    },
+    "best-practices-ux": {
+      "title": "User Experience"
+    },
+    "best-practices-browser-compat": {
+      "title": "Browser Compatibility"
+    },
+    "best-practices-general": {
+      "title": "General"
     }
   },
   "timing": {
@@ -6972,6 +7001,18 @@
       "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | seoCrawlingGroupDescription": [
         "categoryGroups[seo-crawl].description"
       ],
+      "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesTrustSafetyGroupTitle": [
+        "categoryGroups[best-practices-trust-safety].title"
+      ],
+      "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesUXGroupTitle": [
+        "categoryGroups[best-practices-ux].title"
+      ],
+      "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesBrowserCompatGroupTitle": [
+        "categoryGroups[best-practices-browser-compat].title"
+      ],
+      "lighthouse-core/config/default-config.js | bestPracticesGeneralGroupTitle": [
+        "categoryGroups[best-practices-general].title"
+      ],
       "stack-packs/packs/wordpress.js | unused_css_rules": [
         "stackPacks[0].descriptions[unused-css-rules]"
       ],