Kilotest: Diagnoses of tab-opening link action unstated? violation by HTML element 1119 on Synchronicity Earth USA page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.synchronicityearthusa.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 23:21 by job 261007T2305-mxz
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1476
  • Violators: 529
  • Issues: 62
• 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: 30
• Violators: 24

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: Portrait of Edward Cunningham<img decoding="async" width="350" height="350" alt="Portrait of Edward Cunningham" src="https://www.synchronicityearthusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Edward-Cunningham-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.synchronicityearthusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Edward-Cunningham-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https://www.synchronicityearthusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Edward-Cunningham-1.jpg 350w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 200px"/> … a.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-2{ color: #ffffff; background-color: #007976; border-color: #333333;}a.fb-icon-element.fontawesome-icon.fb-icon-element-2:hover { color: #ffffff; background-color: #2ba0a3; border-color: #2ba0a3;}
• Start tag: <a class="fb-icon-element-2 fb-icon-element fontawesome-icon fa-linkedin fab circle-yes fusion-text-flow fusion-link" style="font-size:28.16px;line-height:56.32px;height:56.32px;width:56.32px;border-width:0px;border-radius:4px 4px 4px 4px;margin-right:16px;" href="http://linkedin.com/in/edward-cunningham-3660923" aria-label="Link to http://linkedin.com/in/edward-cunningham-3660923" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
• XPath: /html/body/div[11]/div[1]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by Testaro

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the tab-opening link action unstated? issue for HTML element 1119 of the Synchronicity Earth USA page.

1. Link has a target=_blank attribute

   Rule engine: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkExt