F46: Failure of Success Criterion 1.3.1 due to using th elements, caption elements, or non-empty summary attributes in layout tables

Corpus WCAG 2.2Applies to WCAG 2.0, 2.1, 2.2Level AAutomatable: yes

Summary: using th elements, caption elements, or non-empty summary attributes in layout tables

Why it fails: This page reproduces the F46 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 1.3.1.

Failure technique

Intentional failure — audit this region

Ada	98
Bob	87

<table class="f46-table">
  <tr><th>Ada</th><td>98</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Bob</th><td>87</td></tr>
</table>

Expected audit result

Manual check: Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F46 failure in isolation.