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June
Beta: Common findings
Beta version of the Common Findings feature is now available for the Enterprise package. Common Findings leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to intelligently group recurring issues across all the digital assets in your entire organization. This intelligent grouping significantly reduces the time it takes to consolidate, sort through, and prioritize findings that affect multiple digital assets by collapsing all your data into a single report.
The Conformance Score for Manual Audits
Achieve accessibility goals more effectively with the new conformance score for manual testing. This improved methodology enables you to align program goals with remediation efforts to help define a strategic path to score improvement.
Some evaluations might not contain the information about the accessibility standard they are based on. For such evaluations, you can now select the accessibility standards manually. This allows the platform to calculate their conformance score.
AI Monitoring Summaries: Accelerate understanding to start work faster
Monitoring reports now include an AI-generated summary that highlights scope changes, resolved issues, regressions, and recommended actions—providing a clearer snapshot of accessibility progress across scans.
AI Audit Summaries: Advanced insights to help you prioritize and speed up remediation
You can use built-in AI prompts to interact with the platform and get concise, AI powered summaries of your uploaded manual evaluations. These summaries help you to identify what to fix first. Use them to move directly from interpretation of detected issues to their remediation. Focus on the most important issues from your manual evaluation, assess and prioritize them quickly and efficiently, and create relevant tasks directly in the platform.
Digital asset findings: A unified view of all automated findings for an asset
You can now access a consolidated view of all automated findings for a selected digital asset with digital asset findings. Review the findings in a single location, filter them based on a set of criteria, prioritize them, and start remediating them directly in the platform. To review all findings for a digital asset, go to the digital assets page, select an asset, and then select the Findings tab. The feature applies to all monitors and scans regardless of the rule or page for an asset.
Platform navigation updates
Based directly on feedback from our users, our team has created an all new navigation design aimed at making it easier to understand the different levels of your workspace, easier to navigate between different pages of the application, and faster to get to the tools you need to start work sooner.
We've removed the digital asset selector and replaced it with the name of a digital asset you are viewing. This dropdown was used to switch between digital assets. You can now use breadcrumbs or the switcher to navigate the platform.
Automated remediation in scan and monitoring results
Scan and monitoring results now show which findings are eligible for automated remediation, along with a preview of potential score improvements and reduced finding counts based on automated remediation availability.
Expanded user flow limits
Clients who were previously restricted to three automated flows can now set up as many flows as needed.
Beta: Live Device Testing
Mobile testing now defaults to real devices for faster, more responsive sessions and near real-time interaction. iOS apps continue to run on virtual devices. Device availability is determined as part of the beta process.
Expanded device selection for mobile testing
Mobile testing now allows users to select from multiple real and virtual device/OS combinations. Device selection is available within the test session setup.
May
Digital asset evaluation overview
The overview dashboard now lists all manual evaluations so you can track audit progress from start to finish, even before results are available.
Alpha: Common findings
Common Findings groups repeated accessibility issues across your organization into a single entry, helping you identify high-impact problems and fix them at scale with less manual effort.
Alpha: Automated remediation in scan results
Scan results now show which findings are eligible for automated remediation, along with a preview of potential score improvements and reduced finding counts based on automated remediation availability.
Mobile testing SDK
You can now use the Mobile Testing SDK to run accessibility tests directly within your mobile apps. This helps you catch issues earlier in development and ensure a more accessible mobile experience.
Breadcrumbs and navigation switcher
We’ve improved navigation with a hierarchical tree, persistent search, responsive design, and icon-supported breadcrumbs to make it easier to move between workspaces and digital assets.
Asana projects board
We’ve optimized the Asana integration to support large tenants by dynamically loading project lists, preventing timeouts and UI freezes when connecting Platform Projects to Asana.
April
Design evaluation export now includes a status column
The CSV export from design evaluations now includes a new “Status” column, giving more visibility into each item’s progress.
Track page-level results with updated Scan API and Webhook enhancements
API
The Scan API now includes enriched page details, such as page-specific scores and findings, for better analysis. Webhooks triggered on scan completion now include associated tags, providing clearer context like:
[workspaceName] - [dpName] scan result for [scanTitle] is complete. [Tag1] [Tag2] [Tag3]
Webhook
When a Scan Completed webhook event is triggered, and the associated digital asset has tags, the notification now includes those tags for added context, such as:
[workspaceName] - [dpName] scan result for [scanTitle] is complete. [Tag1] [Tag2] [Tag3]
Simplified tenant limit configuration for better setup
Tenant setup is now easier with a unified input for resource limits.
New tenants see default package limits pre-filled, while existing ones see current values. Inputs now follow defined maximums:
- 10,000 monitored pages
- 500 academy seats
- 50,000 PDF pages
Bug fixes
We’ve fixed an issue that caused conformance scores to be based on inconsistent criteria. Existing scores may adjust to reflect accurate calculations aligned with the selected standard, version and level.
Note: There is a known bug where conformance scores may not appear for evaluations created in Access Assistant due to a current limitation. We’re working on a fix to restore score visibility.
March
Improved API support for historical reporting
Developers can now take advantage of the enhanced digital property and scan API suite. The API enhancements allow developers to:
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Get comparative scan data: Using
GET /api/v1/public/digital-properties/:digitalPropertyId/metrics, you can pull metrics to make data-driven decisions and support custom reporting with improved usability. -
Add a “skip” parameter: Using
GET /api/v1/public/digital-properties/:digitalPropertyId/metrics?skip=<skipAmount>&limit=<limitAmount>, you can get data in smaller and targeted chunks while improving response time. -
Tag digital assets: Digital asset tags support precise data filtering and management with the Digital Property API using internal indexes (unique IDs). You can add up to 10 tags to a single digital asset and use the tags across different assets, enhancing the platform integration with your systems for fast and accurate data retrieval.
You can now push tasks to issue tracking software from the Task details page
Experience improved workflows with the ability to push tasks to your issue tracking software directly from the Task details page. This new option improves navigation efficiency and streamlines usage for issue tracking integrations.
Projects now show workspace name instead of digital asset name
Project details now show the workspace name instead of the digital asset name. This change aligns projects with their position in the platform hierarchy.
Website/app is now digital asset!
Website/app is now digital asset! This change simplifies the platform experience, making it easier to access and navigate key features more efficiently.
Access Engine v2.27 now delivers more consistent results
Enjoy more accurate scores with updates that resolve result inconsistencies and past escalations. All future scans will reflect these improvements, with a slight score boost for all digital assets.
Automate pre-scan steps to streamline scanning and monitoring
Improve scan success by automating steps like dismissing pop-ups or logging in before a scan starts. Pre-scan flows help scanners access content smoothly by completing required actions during monitoring or advanced scan setup.
Record automated flows with the browser extension
Easily capture full or pre-scan flows using the browser extension and send them directly to the platform—saving time and minimizing manual errors.
Non-WCAG Standards are now supported for Android and iOS manual evaluations
The Test Accelerator now supports non-WCAG standards (Section 508, EN 301 549) for manual evaluations on Android and iOS. Testers and customers with the Manual Testing add-on can select multiple standards, generate compliance reports, and use updated rule libraries and test guides.
February
You can now configure monitoring to include iframes
You can now include iframes in your monitoring scans! To include iframes in your monitoring scans, select Include iframes in your monitoring settings. Any accessibility issues that are from iframes will say “This finding was discovered in an iframe”.
Historical monitoring exports now include number of resolved findings
Track the history of resolved findings in your monitoring history report. The “Resolved findings since the last scan” column shows the number of fixed and/or dismissed findings since the previous previous monitoring scan. Use resolved findings to:
- Monitor progress over time.
- Effectively communicate achievements and progress.
- Pinpoint the date when an issues introduced.
Note:
- The value doesn’t include resolved findings from on-demand scans, the browser extension, SDKs, or APIs.
- Resolved finding data is available February 21st, 2025, onward. Retroactive data is not available.
- If you change your monitoring test engine, resolved findings won’t be available for the next monitoring scan. The rules and associated findings vary by testing engine, which impacts the number of resolved findings.
Beta: Mobile accessibility tester
Testing results
Emulator scans now capture both successful and errored tests, and result notifications include more screen details. You can remove testing results, view individual test results and findings, and quickly find what you need with new search and filter options. We also fixed an issue where some elements were missing from emulator scan results, and “Scan results” is now called “Testing results” for clarity.
UI enhancements
iOS device and app details from Appium now sync with the platform automatically. We’ve also improved error handling, making session timeouts and action failures smoother.
Bug fixes
We fixed duplicate headers in mobile emulator testing and resolved UI stretching issues caused by screen orientation lock.
January
You can now see a tooltip on dismissed findings
A tooltip is now available under the Report tab on the Evaluation results page. This helps you understand why dismissed findings appear in your evaluations dashboard.
Learn more about dismissed findings in evaluations.
Beta: Mobile accessibility tester
Use the Mobile accessibility tester to perform UI tests for iOS and Android applications. Results and issue details, are displayed directly on the platform to help developers, QA testers, and accessibility champions identify and address accessibility gaps.
- Perform functional UI testing for iOS and Android apps.
- Download your scan results and take corrective actions to improve accessibility.
Test Accelerator
The Test Accelerator is now available for Enterprise customers and customers who purchase the add-on! Perform in-house manual evaluations on your websites. Our test guides let you know what you'll need and how to test your webpage using assistive technology. Once complete, you can review the evaluation results in the platform and start remediating.
You can now filter manual evaluation results by accessibility standard
Filter evaluation findings by any combination of supported standards, including WCAG, Section 508, and EN 301 549. By focusing on specific standards, you can streamline your reviews and prioritize findings that align with your accessibility goals.
This functionality is available for all manual evaluations across supported standards. Filtering is currently limited to standards configured in the evaluation settings.
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