fix(core): treat unresolvable a11y content as unknowable, not absent

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Second of the fixes from the Phase B-4 review record (#511): its Priority 1 rows 7, 8, 9 and 10. All four are the same mistake — "absent" conflated with "unknowable", which the review named as one of the three mechanisms behind the category's false positives.

Both rules already draw that distinction correctly for an expression, a component, {@render} and {@html}. Four more routes were being read as empty content rather than content the analyzer cannot see:

input	before	why it was wrong
<button><slot /></button>	flagged	content comes from whoever renders the component
<label>Name<slot name="control" /></label>	flagged	same
<label>Name <my-input></my-input></label>	flagged	a hyphenated tag may be a form-associated custom element, which is labelable
<a href="/about"><img src="/logo.png" alt={siteName} /></a>	flagged	an expression aria-label was accepted; an expression alt was not — the rule contradicted itself inside one function
<label>Delete <button></button></label>	flagged	a <label> names a button ahead of its own subtree in the name computation
<label for="b">Save</label><button id="b"></button>	flagged	same, via for

<a> has no label step in its name computation, so links are unchanged and still checked on their content alone. The for route is same-file only; a label in another component stays a known limitation, stated in the docs.

Verified

Every row above is clean now, and the defects the rules exist for still fire — checked against the built dist:

clean  a > img alt={expr}          clean  button > slot
clean  input image alt={expr}      clean  a > slot
clean  label wraps empty button    clean  label > svelte:fragment
clean  label for= names button     clean  label/button > custom element
--- must still fire ---
FLAGS  bare empty button           FLAGS  input image no alt
FLAGS  a href no content           FLAGS  label with no control
FLAGS  button whose id no label points at

That last one is the guard against over-skipping: a <label for="z"> elsewhere in the file does not excuse <button id="b">.

All four changes narrow detection, so recorded suppressions keep matching and no project's CI can newly fail.

Four regression tests added. Docs updated in both languages — the "Not flagged" list on accessible-name became a two-item list so the label routes and their same-file limit are stated, rather than being mentioned only in the Disabling section as the review found.

pnpm build, pnpm typecheck, pnpm test (core 1530 / cli / vite / kitchen-sink all green), pnpm lint, translate:stamp for both page pairs.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved accessibility reporting for dynamic slots, fragments, and custom elements.
  • Added support for label-derived names on buttons and image inputs.
  • Corrected handling of expression-based image alternative text and label associations.
  • Preserved accurate detection for unmatched labels, links, and suppression rules.

• Documentation

  • Clarified accessible-name and label-control rule behavior in English and Japanese documentation.

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• .changeset/loud-pugs-attend.md
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• packages/core/src/component-parse.ts
• packages/core/test/component-parse.test.ts

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The accessibility parser now treats dynamic and unresolved content as unknowable, recognizes label-derived names for supported controls, and tracks wrapping and same-file label associations. Tests and English/Japanese documentation cover the updated behavior.

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Accessibility detection

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Indeterminate content and accessible names packages/core/src/component-parse.ts, packages/core/test/component-parse.test.ts, docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/accessible-name.md, docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/a11y/accessible-name.md	The parser handles dynamic image alt values and treats slots, fragments, components, and custom elements as unknowable. Tests and documentation cover these cases.
Label-associated control analysis packages/core/src/component-parse.ts, packages/core/test/component-parse.test.ts, docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/label-has-control.md, docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/a11y/label-has-control.md	The parser tracks wrapping labels and same-file literal label for targets. Tests and documentation cover associated and unresolved controls.
Documentation and release metadata docs/blume.translations.json, .changeset/loud-pugs-attend.md	Translation hashes were updated, and a patch changeset records the accessibility detection changes.

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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to e304d

The change narrows accessibility diagnostics by treating slots, expressions, custom elements, and label-provided names as unknowable rather than absent. The supplied build, typecheck, tests, lint, and translation checks are green, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Possibly related PRs

• oekazuma/svelte-vitals#112: Both changes modify packages/core/src/component-parse.ts for Svelte AST parsing, but they address different functionality.

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In `@docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/accessible-name.md`:
- Around line 19-24: Update the accessible-name documentation to state that an
expression-valued image alt attribute, such as img alt={value}, is unknowable
and is not reported. Apply the equivalent clarification in
docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/accessible-name.md lines 19-24 and
docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/a11y/accessible-name.md lines 19-24; no code or
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In `@packages/core/src/component-parse.ts`:
- Around line 1313-1316: Update packages/core/src/component-parse.ts#L1313-L1316
around attrText and labelNames to resolve each label’s actual associated
control, scan its content for a usable accessible-name contribution, and apply
implicit labeling only to the first labelable descendant; retain the finding
when all associated labels are statically empty. Add regressions in
packages/core/test/component-parse.test.ts#L1380-L1390 for empty explicit and
implicit labels and a second unnamed control inside one wrapping label. Clarify
in docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/accessible-name.md#L19-L24 and
docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/a11y/accessible-name.md#L19-L24 that labeling
suppresses reporting only when its contribution is non-empty or unknowable.

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