Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 2563 on Good Food Institute (GFI) page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://gfi.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:39 by job 261007T2129-czj
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1594
  • Violators: 901
  • Issues: 61
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Pour + Testaro)
• Violations: 120
• Violators: 92

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: full suite of newsletters
• Start tag: <a href="/newsletters" target="_blank">
• XPath: /html/body/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/form[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[5]/p[1]/a[2]
• Bounding box: x = 985, y = 7323, width = 140, height = 20
• Reported by Pour + Testaro

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the tab-opening link action unstated? issue for HTML element 2563 of the Good Food Institute (GFI) page.

1. Links opening a new window should say so

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: new-window-link

2. Link has a target=_blank attribute

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkExt