Screen reader is announcing “Grouping” when navigating through chat history in browse mode.

Is it an issue related to Adaptive Cards?

No.

What is the PWD impact?

No response

What browsers and screen readers do this issue affect?

Windows: Edge with Windows Narrator, Windows: Chrome with NVDA, Windows: Chrome/Firefox with JAWS

Are there any code-based customization done to Web Chat?

No, I am using Web Chat without any customizations except "styleOptions".

What version of Web Chat are you using?

Latest production

Which area does this issue affect?

Others or unrelated

What is the public URL for the website?

No response

How to reproduce the issue?

1. Open https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface?at_preview_token=4FhxMZZq5RXQNNpOOuFqCLBpWwq30eLAUx7_sjX2n68&at_preview_index=1_2&at_preview_listed_activities_only=true in Edge.
2. Start NVDA.
3. [Tab] to the ‘Help me choose’ button and open the window. Focus will be on the close “X”.
4. Tab x 2
5. “Chat history, use the up and down arrow keys”
6. “Grouping Bot Surface said” – Is it clear to the user what this means?

What do you expect?

Screen readers should not announce grouping information while navigating through chat history.
Remove the role=”group” from the

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What actually happened?

Screen reader is announcing “Grouping” when navigating through chat history in browse mode.

Do you have any screenshots or recordings to repro the issue?

Did you find any DOM elements that might have caused the issue?

No response

MAS reference

https://aka.ms/MAS1.3.1

WCAG reference

No response

WAI-ARIA reference

No response

Adaptive Card JSON

No response

Additional context

No response

Reproduce the issue at the linked Microsoft Surface URL with Edge and a screen reader, then inspect the chat-history DOM for the div using role="group". Done means the grouping role is removed for this content and screen readers no longer announce “Grouping” while navigating chat history.