{
  "id": "F7",
  "rulePrefix": "F7",
  "variant": null,
  "ruleType": "w3c-failure",
  "scanScope": "specimen",
  "synthetic": false,
  "status": "current",
  "title": "Failure of Success Criterion 2.2.2 due to an object or applet\n                    that has blinking content without a mechanism to pause the content that blinks\n                    for more than five seconds",
  "summary": "an object or applet\n                    that has blinking content without a mechanism to pause the content that blinks\n                    for more than five seconds",
  "whyItFails": "This page reproduces the F7 failure pattern so auditors can verify detection against 2.2.2.",
  "principles": [
    "operable"
  ],
  "guidelines": [
    "2.2"
  ],
  "successCriteria": [
    {
      "id": "2.2.2",
      "name": "Pause, Stop, Hide",
      "level": "A",
      "slug": "pause-stop-hide"
    }
  ],
  "versions": [
    "2.0",
    "2.1",
    "2.2"
  ],
  "automatable": "no",
  "requires": [
    "html",
    "js",
    "timed"
  ],
  "isolated": true,
  "pairWith": [],
  "w3c": {
    "understanding": [
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/pause-stop-hide"
    ],
    "quickref": [
      "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/#pause-stop-hide"
    ],
    "technique": "https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/failures/F7"
  },
  "specimen": {
    "html": "<object id=\"f7-feed\" type=\"text/html\" data=\"about:blank\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\">\n  Live feed placeholder\n</object>",
    "css": "",
    "js": "setInterval(() => {\n  const o = document.getElementById('f7-feed');\n  if (o) o.data = 'about:blank?t=' + Date.now();\n}, 6000);",
    "assets": []
  },
  "expectedFindings": [
    {
      "sc": "2.2.2",
      "outcome": "fail",
      "note": "Specimen demonstrates failure of 2.2.2."
    }
  ],
  "mustNotFlag": [],
  "manualCheck": "Confirm the specimen demonstrates the documented F7 failure in isolation.",
  "generated": {
    "url": "https://wcagfail.patternd.io/specimens/F7/",
    "lastmod": "2026-10-08"
  }
}