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Tested 2 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:44 by job 261007T2129-ov7
Summary of results:
- Rule engines:
  - Called: 12
  - Were able to test: 12
  - Reported any rule violations: 11
- Violations: 1653
- Violators: 652
- Issues: 54
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Issues reported

Highest priority: 16

link not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 8 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y + WAVE)
- Violations: 10
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
contrast poor
- Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 5 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + WAVE)
- Violations: 8
- Violators: 6
- Where was the issue found?
ID not unique
- Why it matters: User may be pointed to the wrong item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Html Checker + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 16
- Violators: 12
- Where was the issue found?
svg image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
- Violations: 40
- Violators: 40
- Where was the issue found?
iframe not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of an embedded page
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
abbr title missing
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an abbreviation
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.4
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + QualWeb)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
aria reference invalid
- Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
aria attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
focusable element hidden
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
requirement invalid
- Why it matters: User may fail to get help determining whether a form item must be completed
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
parent invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot properly operate an item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
itemid invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help to identify a referent
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
- Violations: 16
- Violators: 9
- Where was the issue found?
attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
attribute value invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
ID empty
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
- Violations: 3
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help to know what is in an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (WAVE)
- Violations: 39
- Violators: 38
- Where was the issue found?

High priority: 9

attribute obsolete
- Why it matters: Page includes obsolete code that the browser may fail to process
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Html Checker + Testaro)
- Violations: 6
- Violators: 6
- Where was the issue found?
forms not distinctly named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
autocomplete invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
code invalid
- Why it matters: Invalid code in the page may prevent a helper from working
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
summary has explicit role
- Why it matters: User cannot detect details
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
box size absolute
- Why it matters: User cannot enlarge the content of an item for readability
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
target very small
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (SureA11y)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
small targets too near to each other
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 20
- Violators: 20
- Where was the issue found?
element focusability and operability conflict
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 3
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?

Low priority: 11

heading level skipped
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + Html Checker + Pour)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
link indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Alfa + Pour + Testaro)
- Violations: 90
- Violators: 80
- Where was the issue found?
link href missing
- Why it matters: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Html Checker + Testaro)
- Violations: 7
- Violators: 6
- Where was the issue found?
heading structure illogical
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 7
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
font size absolute
- Why it matters: User cannot adjust the text size for readability
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
heading heads nothing
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
links not grouped as nav
- Why it matters: User cannot get help identifying links as a navigation tool
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
line height low
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 14
- Violators: 14
- Where was the issue found?
links named identically
- Why it matters: User cannot get help differentiating links
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 7
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
menu navigation nonstandard
- Why it matters: Menus behave improperly for a keyboard-only user
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
focus indication improvable
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily choose an item to operate
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.7
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 113
- Violators: 113
- Where was the issue found?

Lowest priority: 18

text contrast improvable
- Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
- Reported by 7 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Violations: 924
- Violators: 452
- Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated?
- 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: 31
- Violators: 22
- Where was the issue found?
role redundant
- Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Pour)
- Violations: 7
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
target small
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Pour)
- Violations: 144
- Violators: 134
- Where was the issue found?
button name not visible
- Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 6
- Violators: 6
- Where was the issue found?
fieldset missing?
- Why it matters: User may be unable to get help recognizing a group of related form items
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 3
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
link destination not URL
- Why it matters: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
text contrast not testable
- Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
label location dubious
- Why it matters: User may fail to notice the explanation of an item in a form
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
list-like br use dubious
- Why it matters: User cannot get help recognizing a list of items
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
all-capital text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
large visible-element count
- Why it matters: User cannot easily find items in the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
double br use dubious
- Why it matters: User may be unable to get help to fully understand the text
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
role assigned instead of implicit
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 19
- Violators: 19
- Where was the issue found?
inconsistent heading, link, or button styles
- Why it matters: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
title attribute invalid
- Why it matters: User gets too little, too much, or repeated help explaining an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 36
- Violators: 36
- Where was the issue found?
z-index not zero
- Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 11
- Violators: 11
- Where was the issue found?
hovering changes content
- Why it matters: User cannot explore the page reliably with a mouse
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?

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History

Issues reported

link not named

contrast poor

ID not unique

svg image not named

iframe not named

abbr title missing

aria reference invalid

aria attribute invalid

focusable element hidden

requirement invalid

parent invalid

itemid invalid

attribute invalid

attribute value invalid

ID empty

image not named

attribute obsolete

forms not distinctly named

autocomplete invalid

code invalid

summary has explicit role

box size absolute

target very small

small targets too near to each other

element focusability and operability conflict

heading level skipped

link indication poor

link href missing

heading structure illogical

font size absolute

heading heads nothing

links not grouped as nav

line height low

links named identically

menu navigation nonstandard

focus indication improvable

text contrast improvable

tab-opening link action unstated?

role redundant

target small

button name not visible

fieldset missing?

link destination not URL

text contrast not testable

label location dubious

list-like br use dubious

all-capital text

large visible-element count

double br use dubious

role assigned instead of implicit

inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

title attribute invalid

z-index not zero

hovering changes content