Kilotest: Diagnoses of autocomplete invalid violation by HTML element 1390 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
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form item
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: FORM
• Text: Sign Up
• Start tag: <form id="footer-md-signup" action="/hrw-newsletter/subscribe" class="signup-form__form flex flex-wrap" method="post">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[2]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/form[1]
• Bounding box: x = 360, y = 10020, width = 444, height = 34
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the autocomplete invalid issue for HTML element 1390 of the Human Rights Watch contact page.

1. You have defined an invalid tokens <code>email</code>.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: identify_input_purpose