wcag criterion
4.1.3 Status Messages
WCAG 2.2 Success Criterion 4.1.3 Status Messages (Level AA) requires that status messages — error confirmations, form-submit results, loading indicators — be programmatically determinable through role or properties such that they can be presented to the user by assistive technologies without receiving focus.
About 4.1.3 Status Messages
Use aria-live="polite" for non-critical updates, aria-live="assertive" for urgent. Toast notifications and form-validation errors typically need 4.1.3 handling.
Where 4.1.3 Status Messages appears in a AccessivePath audit
Our AI auditors test concepts like 4.1.3 Status Messages as part of the WCAG 2.2 Level AA audit cycle — both via automated rule scanning and through screen-reader simulation and human pair review.
Stop guessing. Get the audit a Fortune 500 a11y team would have written.
Free audit on your live URL. No sign-up. IAAP-format report. Ready in hours.
founders@accessivepath.com · +977 9851094056