Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 612 on Mozilla Foundation page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
• Tested 32 days ago on 2026-09-08 at 04:02 by job 260908T0359-xmh
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 753
  • Violators: 192
  • Issues: 47
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: FOOTER
• Text: Discover Mozilla products and initiatives. We promise to keep your email private and secure — no sharing, no selling, just great updates. … Website Privacy Notice Cookies Legal Community Participation Guidelines About this site
• Start tag: <footer class="moz24-footer" id="colophon" role="contentinfo">
• XPath: /html/body/div[2]/footer[1]
• Bounding box: x = 0, y = 6969, width = 1920, height = 1026
• Reported by Accessibility Checker

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 612 of the Mozilla Foundation page.

1. The explicitly-assigned ARIA role "contentinfo" is redundant with the implicit role of the element <footer>

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_redundant