Kilotest: Diagnoses of sizes attribute invalid violation by HTML element 1177 on Center for Democracy and Technology page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://cdt.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 19:43 by job 261007T1941-nud
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1226
  • Violators: 632
  • Issues: 48
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
• Priority: highest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
• Violations: 10
• Violators: 10

About the violator

• Tag name: IMG
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <img src="https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x-500x500.jpg" alt="Miranda Bogen, wearing a burnt orange top and black jacket, smiling in front of a grey background." loading="lazy" class="media-figure__source media-figure__source--lazy " srcset="https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x-500x500.jpg 500w, https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x-768x769.jpg 768w, https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x-100x100.jpg 100w, https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x-250x250.jpg 250w, https://cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Miranda-Bogen-055-headshot-1x1-1000x.jpg 1000w" data-sizes-applied="false">
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 1227, y = 5262, width = 168, height = 210
• Reported by Html Checker API

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the sizes attribute invalid issue for HTML element 1177 of the Center for Democracy and Technology page.

1. When the srcset attribute has any image candidate string with a width descriptor, the sizes attribute must also be specified.

   Rule engine: Html Checker API (World Wide Web Consortium)