Kilotest: Issues reported for Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference

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• URL: https://pnsqc.org/
• Tested by job z1b on 2026-04-02 at 14:53

Issues reported

Summary

11 tools reported issues (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + ASLint + Axe + Editoria11y + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb + Testaro + WallyAX + WAVE)

43 issues were reported (10 highest, 8 high, 6 low, 19 lowest priority)

Details

Highest priority

iframe not named

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of an embedded document
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 4 tools (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + WallyAX)
• Where was the issue found?

contrast poor

• Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 3 tools (Accessibility Checker + Axe + WAVE)
• Where was the issue found?

svg image not named

• Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
• Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
• Reported by 2 tools (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
• Where was the issue found?

attribute invalid

• Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 2 tools (Accessibility Checker + Axe)
• Where was the issue found?

aria attribute invalid

• Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 2 tools (Alfa + QualWeb)
• Where was the issue found?

image link not named

• Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 1 tool (ASLint)
• Where was the issue found?

input not named

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on what information to enter in a form item
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 tool (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Where was the issue found?

Tab-focusable elements wrong

• Why it matters: Item selections by a keyboard-only user are useless or impossible
• Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

focus indication poor

• Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot choose an item to operate
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.7
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

control not named

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on how to operate a form item
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 tool (WAVE)
• Where was the issue found?

High priority

role invalid

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of an item
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 tool (Accessibility Checker)
• Where was the issue found?

autocomplete invalid

• Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form item
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
• Reported by 1 tool (ASLint)
• Where was the issue found?

focusable element not active

• Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 tool (Axe)
• Where was the issue found?

tab-opening link action unstated

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, surprising a user
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 1 tool (Editoria11y)
• Where was the issue found?

input has placeholder instead of name

• Why it matters: User cannot get reliable help on what information to enter in a form item
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

element focusability and operability conflict

• Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
• Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

hover indication poor

• Why it matters: User cannot explore the document reliably with a mouse
• Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

skip method missing or invalid

• Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily reach the specific content of the document
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.1
• Reported by 1 tool (WallyAX)
• Where was the issue found?

Low priority

links named identically

• Why it matters: User cannot get help differentiating links
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 2 tools (QualWeb + Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

main missing

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the document is organized
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
• Reported by 1 tool (Axe)
• Where was the issue found?

line height low

• Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

link indication poor

• Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

page content moves spontaneously

• Why it matters: Motion-sensitive user may suffer harm
• Related WCAG standard: 2.2.2
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

adjacent links not combined

• Why it matters: Keyboard-only user expends extra effort to skip a link
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 1 tool (WAVE)
• Where was the issue found?

Lowest priority

content beyond landmarks

• Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the document is organized
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
• Reported by 3 tools (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe)
• Where was the issue found?

text contrast improvable

• Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
• Reported by 3 tools (ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Where was the issue found?

tab-opening link action unstated?

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 3 tools (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer + Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

text contrast not testable

• Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
• Reported by 2 tools (Alfa + HTML CodeSniffer)
• Where was the issue found?

target small

• Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
• Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
• Reported by 2 tools (Alfa + Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

button name not visible

• Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 tool (ASLint)
• Where was the issue found?

labeling risky

• Why it matters: User may misunderstand a form control
• Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
• Reported by 1 tool (ASLint)
• Where was the issue found?

links dubiously share name

• Why it matters: User may be unable to get help differentiating links
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
• Reported by 1 tool (Axe)
• Where was the issue found?

aria-label on non-labelable role

• Why it matters: User is misinformed about an item
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 tool (Html Checker API)
• Where was the issue found?

section heading missing

• Why it matters: User cannot understand the topic of a part of the document
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 tool (Html Checker API)
• Where was the issue found?

nav links better as list?

• Why it matters: User cannot get help recognizing a list of navigation links
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 tool (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Where was the issue found?

position sticky

• Why it matters: User may be unable to see needed content or may be forced to scroll in both dimensions
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4.10
• Reported by 1 tool (HTML CodeSniffer)
• Where was the issue found?

label location dubious

• Why it matters: User may fail to notice the explanation of an item in a form
• Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
• Reported by 1 tool (QualWeb)
• Where was the issue found?

all-capital text

• Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
• Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

all-italic text

• Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
• Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

large visible-element count

• Why it matters: User cannot easily find items in the document
• Related WCAG standard: 2.4
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

• Why it matters: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.4
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

title attribute invalid

• Why it matters: User gets too little, too much, or repeated help explaining an item
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?

z-index not zero

• Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
• Related WCAG standard: 1.4
• Reported by 1 tool (Testaro)
• Where was the issue found?