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• Manual reviews: the accessibility checks that need a human

  2026-07-02 by Jaime Iniesta

  A new report option keeps the Axe Core checks marked as incomplete — the ones a machine can flag but can't confirm, like text over a background image — in their own Manual review tab, apart from your confirmed violations.

• Test for RGAA and WCAG Compliance with Rocket Validator and Axe 4.11

  2025-10-27 by Almudena García

  Rocket Validator now supports the French RGAA accessibility framework with the latest Axe 4.11 update, making it easy to test your sites for both RGAA and WCAG compliance.

• Accessibility Checker upgraded to AccessLint Core 0.21

  2026-08-14 by Jaime Iniesta

  Rocket Validator's accessibility validation servers now run AccessLint Core 0.21. No rules were added or removed, but several rules changed how they decide a result. Your issue counts may change when you re-run a report.

• Accessibility Checker upgraded to Axe Core 4.13

  2026-08-14 by Jaime Iniesta

  Rocket Validator's accessibility validation servers now run Axe Core 4.13. No rules were added or removed, but many existing rules changed, including new support for web components using Element Internals. Your issue counts may change as a result.

• Introducing AccessLint Core

  2026-08-03 by Jaime Iniesta

  Rocket Validator now runs AccessLint Core alongside Axe Core, as a public beta. Every page gets checked by two accessibility engines from the same crawl, so you can see where they agree and where they differ.

• Accessibility Checker upgraded to Axe Core 4.12

  2026-06-24 by Jaime Iniesta

  The accessibility validation server on Rocket Validator has been upgraded to Axe Core 4.12, which adds a new rule checking that ARIA tab elements have an accessible name, along with a number of bug fixes and improvements.