Accessibility Conformance Report for Marketing Publishing Pipeline

(Based on VPAT® Version 2.4)

Report Date

This report was last updated on March 28, 2025.

Product Description

Publishing pipeline for Dotcom marketing pages using Contentful.

Contact Information

Please share questions or comments on the accessibility community discussion page.

Scope

The scope of this report is limited to:

  • Leadership: Leadership Figures, Cards
  • Newsroom: GitHub Newsroom, Press releases, Reports, Customer stories
  • Customer Stories: Navigation Bar, Duolingo, High-growth companies, Software leaders
  • Customer Terms: General Terms, Product Terms, Updates
  • Procurement Legal: Banner, Main, Footer
  • Marketing Publishing Pipeline: Readme
  • Partners: Navigation Bar, Partner benefits, Services and Channel Partners
  • Directory: Search, Drop-down buttons, Directories
  • Technology Partner: Partner showcase, Benefits, Build with GitHub
  • Resources: Bookmarks, Filters, Listed resources
  • Newsfeed: Tweet Cards, Newsletters

Evaluation Methods Used

Scenarios were tested using:

  • Keyboard-only interactions
  • JAWS and NVDA with Google Chrome
  • axe
  • Colour Contrast Analyzer
  • Platform features such as high contrast and zoom

Applicable Standards/Guidelines

This report reflects outstanding issues found by an audit based on the level A and AA criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 (WCAG 2.2 AA).

Terms

  • Supports: The functionality of the product has at least one method that meets the criterion without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
  • Partially Supports: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criterion.
  • Does Not Support: The majority of product functionality does not meet the criterion.
  • Not Applicable: The criterion is not relevant to the product.
  • Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criterion.

WCAG 2.2

Level A Success Criteria

Success Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations
1.1.1 Non-text Content

Supports
1.2.1 Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded)

Supports
1.2.2 Captions (Prerecorded)

Supports
1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative

Supports
1.3.1 Info and Relationships

Supports
1.3.2 Meaningful Sequence

Supports
1.3.3 Sensory Characteristics

Supports
1.4.1 Use of Color

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [SocialImpactWeb5.3] Link 'The Hive' solely relies on color
  • [GH_CMSF2_ Tempt1.4] [GitHub CMS F2 template-Frequently Asked Questions] Link 'Lobortis mattis ' has insufficient color contrast with the surrounding text.
1.4.2 Audio Control

Supports
2.1.1 Keyboard

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [SocialImpactWeb1.2] 'Photo image of GitHub' control of the video is not keyboard accessible
2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap

Supports
2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts

Supports
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable

Supports
2.2.2 Pause Stop Hide

Supports
2.3.1 Three Flashes or Below Threshold

Supports
2.4.1 Bypass Blocks

Supports
2.4.2 Page Titled

Supports
2.4.3 Focus Order

Supports
2.4.4 Link Purpose (In Context)

Supports
2.5.1 Pointer Gestures

Supports
2.5.2 Pointer Cancellation

Supports
2.5.3 Label in Name

Supports
2.5.4 Motion Actuation

Supports
3.1.1 Language of Page

Supports
3.2.1 On Focus

Supports
3.2.2 On Input

Supports
3.2.6 Consistent Help

Not Evaluated
3.3.1 Error Identification

Supports
3.3.2 Labels or Instructions

Supports
3.3.7 Redundant Entry

Not Evaluated
4.1.2 Name Role Value

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [MrktPubPipLeadership1.3] [Marketing Publishing Pipeline leadership- Leaders] The screen reader is not announcing the role information when 'Thomas Dohmke' control is activated.

Level AA Success Criteria

Success Criteria Conformance Level Remarks and Explanations
1.2.4 Captions (Live)

Supports
1.2.5 Audio Description (Prerecorded)

Supports
1.3.4 Orientation

Supports
1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose

Supports
1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum)

Supports
1.4.4 Resize text

Supports
1.4.5 Images of Text

Supports
1.4.10 Reflow

Partially Supports

Exceptions include:

  • [GHDiversityReport1.2] On setting viewport to 320*256 px, star user images are getting disappeared
  • [MrktPubPipprocurement1.1] [MrkPubPipeProcumentLegal- Marketing Publishing Pipeline_Procurement] The horizontal scroll bar appears when the viewport changes to 320*256 pixels.
  • [MrktPubPipCstmrTerms1.1] [MrktPubPipCstmrTerms - Customer Terms] Horizontal scrollbar appears for the page 'Customer Agreements' when reflow settings are applied.
1.4.11 Non-text Contrast

Supports
1.4.12 Text-spacing

Supports
1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus

Supports
2.4.5 Multiple Ways

Supports
2.4.6 Headings and Labels

Supports
2.4.7 Focus Visible

Supports
2.4.11 Focus Not Obscured (Minimum)

Not Evaluated
2.5.7 Dragging Movements

Not Evaluated
2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)

Not Evaluated
3.1.2 Language of Parts

Supports
3.2.3 Consistent Navigation

Supports
3.2.4 Consistent Identification

Supports
3.3.3 Error Suggestion

Supports
3.3.4 Error Prevention (LFD)

Supports
3.3.8 Accessible Authentication (Minimum)

Not Evaluated
4.1.3 Status Messages

Supports

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