# Severity Counters Are Back
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We've brought the severity counters back to reports, to accurately show how many issues per severity have been detected.
I recently learned that people care for exact numbers.
Trying to make the information in Rocket Validator reports more readable, I chose to simplify them and instead of indicating the exact number of issues by their type, I just ordered them by their severity.
So for example, here's how the summary report looked like before - it just says "Main issues found" in the heading, without giving you the exact number:
Who cares if there are 1423 issues, or just 1226, right? Wrong! It turns out exact numbers still matter for many people.
Like, for example, one of our clients from a web department in a US University:
> My boss likes to see progress such as in January, there were 50 critical issues, but in April there were 40.
Makes sense! When you are reporting to someone else, a good way to show progress is showing the numbers. That's what [KPIs](https://kpi.org/KPI-Basics) are for anyway, they provide objective evidence of progress towards achieving a desired result. Do the issues decrease over time? Good!
So, we've brought the counters back, showing how many exact HTML and accessibility issues have been detected, categorized by their severity:
Here, the W3C HTML validator uses `error` and `warning`, while the Axe Core accessibility checker uses `critical`, `serious`, `moderate` and `minor`. We include exact numbers for the reports now.
So in short, there's a fine balance between giving too much detail, and oversimplifying the interface!
We'll keep this in mind for future changes. Feel free to [drop us a line](https://rocketvalidator.com/contact) if you want to suggest an improvement to make Rocket Validator reports work better for you!