Kilotest: Diagnoses of attribute invalid violation by HTML element 271 on Human Rights Watch contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.hrw.org/contact-us
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-ov7
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1653
  • Violators: 652
  • Issues: 54
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
• Violations: 5
• Violators: 5

About the violator

• Tag name: BUTTON
• Text: Search … }
• Start tag: <button type="submit" aria-polite="live" data-component-id="hrw_components:button" class="hrw-button mobile_menu__search_button">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/header[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/dialog[1]/div[1]/div[2]/form[1]/button[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Html Checker

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the attribute invalid issue for HTML element 271 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. Attribute aria-polite not allowed on element button at this point.

   Rule engine: Html Checker (World Wide Web Consortium)