Kilotest: Diagnoses of heading structure illogical violation by HTML element 471 on US Digital Response page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.usdigitalresponse.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 23:22 by job 261007T2305-nes
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 814
  • Violators: 261
  • Issues: 38
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
• Priority: low
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Violations: 8
• Violators: 8

About the violator

• Tag name: H3
• Text: Join hundreds of governments already strengthening their digital services
• Start tag: <h3 class="heading-16">
• XPath: /html/body/main[1]/section[9]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/h3[1]
• Bounding box: x = 560, y = 8366, width = 800, height = 79
• Reported by HTML CodeSniffer

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the heading structure illogical issue for HTML element 471 of the US Digital Response page.

1. The heading structure is not logically nested. This h3 element should be an h2 to be properly nested.

   Rule engine: HTML CodeSniffer (Squiz Labs)

   Rule: E-WCAG2AAA.Principle1.Guideline1_3.1_3_1_AAA.G141