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Distinguish theoretical backward compatibility from practical backward compatibility Open

Response-Only WCAG 2.3

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/wcag#5344 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 2, 2026
ISO does not require abbreviation/initialism expansion Open

w3c/wcag#5324 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Update Understanding Success Criteria 1.4.8 Visual Presentation to clarify the purpose of the phrase "(aligned to both the left and the right margins)" Open

1.4.8 Visual Presentation i18n

w3c/wcag#5323 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 25, 2026
Does the use of `Summary` and `Details` for an accordion pass 1.3.1? Open

1.3.1 Info and Relationships Response-Only

w3c/wcag#5321 · 14 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 24, 2026
What is considered 'functionality' in 1.4.10 Reflow Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/wcag#5320 · Opened Aug 24, 2026
1.4.5 Move the note embedded in a paragraph to the standard styling Open

w3c/wcag#5318 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 20, 2026
Clarification on WCAG 1.4.11 Non-Text Contrast – Updated Understanding Document Statement on Boundaries Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

w3c/wcag#5304 · Opened Aug 12, 2026
Consider generalizing listing of autocomplete attributes for 1.3.5 Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

w3c/wcag#5288 · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 7, 2026
The procedure in F19 could be made more accurate Open

Techniques

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 78/100

w3c/wcag#5286 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
F111 could be clarified and simplified Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

w3c/wcag#5285 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
The procedure in F108 does not account for the normative exceptions Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

w3c/wcag#5284 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Step 2 of the procedure in F107 is ambiguous Open

Techniques

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 72/100

w3c/wcag#5283 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
Editorial: step 3 of the procedure in F103 appears unnecessary Open

Editorial Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

w3c/wcag#5282 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
F102 procedure should better align with the scope of 1.4.10 Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

w3c/wcag#5281 · Opened Aug 6, 2026
F99 should use "user interface component" instead of "input" Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 75/100

w3c/wcag#5280 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
The wording "programmatically linked label" in F96 is ambiguous Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 55/100

w3c/wcag#5279 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
The procedure in F92 appears to be incomplete and internally inconsistent Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 74/100

w3c/wcag#5278 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
The procedure in F88 should acknowledge the availability of a mechanism to achieve the goal Open

Techniques

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

w3c/wcag#5277 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
F75 could be simplified and clarified Open

Techniques

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

w3c/wcag#5274 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Editorial: the first step of the procedure in F72 could be removed Open

Editorial Techniques

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 82/100

w3c/wcag#5273 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
The procedure in F65 is too implementation-specific Open

Techniques

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

w3c/wcag#5272 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
The first step of the procedure in F63 is too restrictive Open

Techniques

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

w3c/wcag#5271 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
F55 incorrectly maps to SC 2.4.7 and SC 2.4.13 Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

w3c/wcag#5270 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
F50 is more restrictive than the 2.2.2 SC Open

Techniques

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

w3c/wcag#5269 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
F49 procedure is missing the target element Open

Techniques

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 82/100

w3c/wcag#5268 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
F46 does not account for tables with a presentational role Open

Techniques

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 56/100

w3c/wcag#5267 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
F42 should acknowledge intentionally duplicated links Open

Techniques

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

w3c/wcag#5266 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Procedure in failure techniques F38 and F39 are too strict Open

Techniques

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

w3c/wcag#5265 · Opened Aug 5, 2026
Section 5.4 Third Party Content is missnamed Open

Conformance WCAG 2.x ErratumRaised

w3c/wcag#5263 · 4 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 4, 2026
The procedure in F36 does not 100% align with SC 3.2.2 Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

w3c/wcag#5262 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
The procedure in F24 does not clearly identify the target element Open

Editorial Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

w3c/wcag#5261 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
F9 should also map to SC 3.2.1 Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

w3c/wcag#5260 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
F20 incorrectly maps to SC 4.1.2 Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 74/100

w3c/wcag#5259 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Procedure in failure technique F16 is too strict Open

Techniques

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

w3c/wcag#5258 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
C27 makes overly sweeping statements about DOM order needing to match visual order Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

w3c/wcag#5254 · Opened Aug 3, 2026
Tests procedures inaccuracies Open

Techniques

w3c/wcag#5248 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 3, 2026
G143: Conflation of non-text alternative text and form control instructions Open

w3c/wcag#5227 · 9 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 18, 2026
3.2.4 Consistent Identification: ambiguities in the Understanding document require clarification Open

3.2.4 Consistent Identification

w3c/wcag#5225 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 15, 2026
2.5.3 Label in name, F96 example for logos Open

w3c/wcag#5171 · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 17, 2026
What to do text of 1.2.3 understanding document Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

w3c/wcag#5156 · 8 comments · Opened Jun 10, 2026
1.1.1/1.2: Does "time-based media" include short animations? Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/wcag#5155 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 8, 2026
2.4.11 Focus not obscured - Content opened by the user: workable ways of showing focus Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/wcag#5154 · Opened Jun 8, 2026
Proposal: New General Technique for SC 1.1.1, using the Map Equivalent Purpose (MEP) Framework for digital geographic maps Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

w3c/wcag#5124 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened May 17, 2026
Supplement suggestion to use MathML with new "intent" attribute Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

w3c/wcag#5093 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 30, 2026
Proposal: New Failure Technique — Failure of SC 2.1.1 and SC 3.2.2 due to using `keydown`/`keyup` event handlers without guarding against IME composition Open

2.1.1 Keyboard 3.2.2 On Input i18n-tracker Techniques

w3c/wcag#5075 · 5 comments · 2 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 19, 2026
F69 is an insufficient Failure technique for Resize Text Open

1.4.4 Resize text Techniques Understanding

w3c/wcag#5071 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 15, 2026
Inconsistent/broken looking "+"/"-" icon on expand/collapse controls Open

Design & Layout

w3c/wcag#5068 · 3 assignees · Opened Apr 13, 2026
SC 2.4.11 | Add Escape key as a passing technique for auto-appearing overlays such as cookie banners Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 58/100

w3c/wcag#5054 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 8, 2026
Clarification needed for contrast requirements for focusable _disabled_ controls Open

1.4.11 Non-text contrast Discussion

w3c/wcag#5053 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Apr 8, 2026
Further expand the explanation for exemptions to 3.1.4 Abbreviations Open

3.1.4 Abbreviations

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

w3c/wcag#5044 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 4, 2026

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