Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 2118 on Good Food Institute (GFI) contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://gfi.org/contact/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:45 by job 261007T2129-wkj
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1181
  • Violators: 728
  • Issues: 57
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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: 50
• Violators: 24

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Stay in … the loop
• Start tag: <a class="footer-social__item" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-good-food-institute/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-umami-event-url="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-good-food-institute/" data-umami-event="outbound-link-click">
• XPath: /html/body/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[3]
• Bounding box: x = 363, y = 5225, width = 72, height = 80
• Reported by Pour + Testaro

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the tab-opening link action unstated? issue for HTML element 2118 of the Good Food Institute (GFI) contact 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