Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 590 on Mozilla Foundation page

Basics

About the Mozilla Foundation page

• URL: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
• Tested 38 days ago by job tyn on 2026-04-24 at 19:48

About HTML element 590

• Tag name: A
• Text: The Validation Machines
• Start tag: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/validation-ai-raffi-krikorian/684764/?utm_source=www.mozilla.org&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=m24-homepage" class="m24-c-gallery-tile-link" rel="external" target="_blank" data-link-text="Read more about The Validation Machines">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/main[1]/section[4]/div[1]/div[1]/h3[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 272, y = 7109, width = 680, height = 35

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About the tab-opening link action unstated? issue

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5

Diagnoses

Here is how tools diagnose the tab-opening link action unstated? issue for HTML element 590 of the Mozilla Foundation page.

1. Check that this link's link text contains information indicating that the link will open in a new window.

   Tool: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: W-WCAG2AAA.Principle3.Guideline3_2.3_2_5.H83.3

2. Link has a target=_blank attribute

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkExt