{
  "id": "F103",
  "rulePrefix": "F103",
  "variant": null,
  "ruleType": "w3c-failure",
  "scanScope": "specimen",
  "synthetic": false,
  "status": "current",
  "title": "Failure of Success Criterion 4.1.3 due to providing status messages that cannot be programmatically determined through role or properties",
  "summary": "providing status messages that cannot be programmatically determined through role or properties",
  "whyItFails": "This page reproduces the F103 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 4.1.3.",
  "principles": [
    "robust"
  ],
  "guidelines": [
    "4.1"
  ],
  "successCriteria": [
    {
      "id": "4.1.3",
      "name": "Status Messages",
      "level": "AA",
      "slug": "status-messages"
    }
  ],
  "versions": [
    "2.1",
    "2.2"
  ],
  "automatable": "partial",
  "requires": [
    "html",
    "css",
    "js",
    "input"
  ],
  "isolated": true,
  "pairWith": [],
  "w3c": {
    "understanding": [
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/status-messages"
    ],
    "quickref": [
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#status-messages"
    ],
    "technique": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/failures/F103"
  },
  "specimen": {
    "html": "<button type=\"button\" id=\"f103-save\">Save</button>\n<span id=\"f103-status\" class=\"f103-status\"></span>",
    "css": ".f103-status { margin-left: 8px; color: #060; }",
    "js": "document.getElementById('f103-save')?.addEventListener('click', () => {\n  document.getElementById('f103-status').textContent = 'Saved successfully';\n});",
    "assets": [],
    "demoHint": "Click Save — status text updates visually but lacks role=\"status\" or live region semantics.",
    "demoAction": "document.getElementById('f103-save')?.click();"
  },
  "expectedFindings": [
    {
      "sc": "4.1.3",
      "outcome": "fail",
      "note": "Specimen demonstrates failure of 4.1.3."
    }
  ],
  "mustNotFlag": [],
  "manualCheck": "Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F103 failure in isolation.",
  "generated": {
    "url": "https://wcagfail.patternd.io/specimens/F103/",
    "lastmod": "2026-10-08"
  }
}