Issues reported for OpenSecrets home

About the page

URL: https://www.opensecrets.org/
Tested 29 days ago on 2026-10-12 at 21:08 by job 261012T2043-ayi
Rule engines: 12 called, 8 able to test, violations reported by 8
Results: 838 violations, 544 violators, 41 issues
Download the full technical report (JSON)

History

34 days ago (oldest)
30 days ago
29 days ago (latest; this report)

Request a retest

Issues reported

Highest priority: 16

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 7 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Results: 36 violations, 9 violators
Where was the issue found?
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 6 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Results: 10 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
button not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 10 violations, 7 violators
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 4 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + SureA11y)
- Results: 18 violations, 9 violators
Where was the issue found?
attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Axe + Html Checker API + SureA11y)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
image 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 3 rule engines (Editoria11y + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 3 violations, 1 violator
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 (Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Results: 284 violations, 260 violators
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 2 rule engines (Alfa + Axe)
- Results: 24 violations, 13 violators
Where was the issue found?
region not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help surveying the parts of the page
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
Where was the issue found?
meta charset declared too late
- Why it matters: Browser may display incorrect text
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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 API)
- Results: 70 violations, 70 violators
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 API)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
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 API)
- Results: 32 violations, 32 violators
Where was the issue found?
control not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how to operate a form item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
Where was the issue found?
presentation element has child
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot reach an item intended to be reachable
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
input not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on what information to enter in a form item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?

High priority: 12

role invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 6 violations, 6 violators
Where was the issue found?
landmarks 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 (Axe)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
skip method missing or invalid
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily reach the specific content of the page
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, surprising a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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 API)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
invalid CSS at-rule
- Why it matters: Page cannot be properly displayed in particular contexts
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 60 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
control child of link or button
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 17 violations, 17 violators
Where was the issue found?
select not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of a list of options
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
visible label not in name
- Why it matters: User cannot get help choosing a form control to operate
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 36 violations, 36 violators
Where was the issue found?
form submission button missing
- Why it matters: User cannot easily submit a form
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
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)
- Results: 86 violations, 86 violators
Where was the issue found?
element reloads or redirects
- Why it matters: Page change may surprise a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.2.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (WAVE)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?

Low priority: 5

line height low
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 7 violations, 7 violators
Where was the issue found?
label types incompatible
- Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on the topics of form items
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 4 violations, 4 violators
Where was the issue found?
heading level skipped
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
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 1 rule engine (HTML CodeSniffer)
- Results: 3 violations, 2 violators
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)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?

Lowest priority: 8

text contrast improvable
- Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
- Reported by 5 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Results: 72 violations, 32 violators
Where was the issue found?
content beyond landmarks
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Axe)
- Results: 3 violations, 3 violators
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 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Results: 2 violations, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
heading-like styles dubious
- Why it matters: User may be unable to understand the topic of a part of the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Results: 8 violations, 8 violators
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)
- Results: 5 violations, 5 violators
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)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?
container size unit not percentage
- Why it matters: User may be unable to see all of an item without scrolling in both dimensions
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.10
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Results: 1 violation, 1 violator
Where was the issue found?
element referenced by multiple labels
- Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on the topics of form items
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (SureA11y)
- Results: 2 violations, 2 violators
Where was the issue found?

What you can do

Choose how to address these issues:

Do it yourself

Explore the issues, following the links above. Decide which issues are actual defects. Plan and implement corrections. Then retest the page.

Use artificial intelligence

Make Kilotest available to an AI assistant. Then give it a prompt like this:

Kilotest reports issues on the OpenSecrets home web page. Describe them and propose a plan to resolve the genuine defects.

Issues reported for OpenSecrets home

About the page

History

Issues reported

image not named

link not named

button not named

contrast poor

attribute invalid

image link not named

ID not unique

focusable element hidden

region not named

meta charset declared too late

attribute value invalid

ID empty

parent invalid

control not named

presentation element has child

input not named

role invalid

landmarks not distinctly named

skip method missing or invalid

tab-opening link action unstated

code invalid

invalid CSS at-rule

control child of link or button

select not named

visible label not in name

form submission button missing

box size absolute

element reloads or redirects

line height low

label types incompatible

heading level skipped

heading structure illogical

links not grouped as nav

text contrast improvable

content beyond landmarks

target small

heading-like styles dubious

text contrast not testable

label location dubious

container size unit not percentage

element referenced by multiple labels

What you can do

Do it yourself

Use artificial intelligence