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a11y Testing Is Broken: How Lighthouse and Axe Fail in Real Projects

watch on portal.gitnation.org ↗https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/a11y-testing-is-broken-how-lighthouse-and-axe-fail-in-real-projects
Talkat JSNation 2025 · on Thursday, 2025-06-12· at 14:45· [accessibility, developer-experience]

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name:Glafira Zhur
website:https://glashazhur.dev/

resources

video:https://portal.gitnation.org/contents/a11y-testing-is-broken-how-lighthouse-and-axe-fail-in-real-projects
slides:none on file

summary

Explains why automated tools Lighthouse and Axe give misleading accessibility assurances—highlighting issues like broken keyboard focus, incorrect or misleading ARIA usage, and failures with dynamic content—and notes that despite sharing foundations they can produce differing results. Describes examining those specific blind spots and contrasting tool outputs to show why high scores don’t equal real compliance, and suggests more reliable approaches for ensuring true accessibility ahead of the European Accessibility Act (EAA).

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