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• Three engines, one Stats screen

  2026-09-22 by Jaime Iniesta

  The Stats section has a new layout: every engine score on one strip, and one tab per engine for the detailed charts.

• Introducing the Rocket Validator A11y Panel Chrome Extension

  2026-09-02 by Jaime Iniesta

  A free Chrome extension that finds accessibility issues on your pages while you browse them. No account needed.

• 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.

• Issue descriptions and guide links are now in the API

  2026-08-03 by Jaime Iniesta

  Every issue returned by the Rocket Validator API now carries a short explanation of the problem and a link to the full guide, in plain text, markdown and HTML.