Read your scan results

What to know

Automated results describe checks performed on one rendered page. A barrier is a detected issue; a manual-review finding means automation could not decide. Best practices are presented separately from WCAG failures.

What to do

1. Confirm the page address, scan date, and any partial-result notice.
2. Review barriers by severity and consider their effect on real user tasks.
3. Open findings to inspect the selector, markup, explanation, and available evidence.
4. Review items that need a person even if there are no automated failures.
5. Read the coverage and limitations before sharing the result as a summary.

What happens next

Fixing reported barriers is progress, but passing automated checks does not prove that every interaction is accessible.

If you need more help

A rule count, an affected element count, and the number of pages checked are different measurements. Compare like-for-like numbers and review the report’s stated scope.

• How scores work
• What automation misses