F103: Failure of Success Criterion 4.1.3 due to providing status messages that cannot be programmatically determined through role or properties
Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.1, 2.2Level AAAutomatable: partial
Summary: providing status messages that cannot be programmatically determined through role or properties
Why it fails: This page reproduces the F103 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 4.1.3.
Failure technique
Understanding
Quickref
Click Save — status text updates visually but lacks role="status" or live region semantics.
Intentional failure — audit this region
F103
<button type="button" id="f103-save">Save</button>
<span id="f103-status" class="f103-status"></span>Expected audit result
- 4.1.3: fail — Specimen demonstrates failure of 4.1.3.
Manual check: Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F103 failure in isolation.