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Roadmap Phase C-9, second increment: the ARIA role-table rules the vendored spec data (#534) made buildable, plus one correction to deprecated-element that the same review surfaced.

Design: docs/superpowers/specs/2026-08-19-aria-role-table-rules.md.

What ships

a11y/disallowed-aria-props (warning). An aria-* attribute the element's role prohibits — most often aria-label on a bare <div>/<span>, which does not take a name — or does not own. Measured first: on five real apps the prohibited-name case is nine of the ten hits, and the Svelte compiler is silent on it (<div aria-label="x"> compiles clean; axe reports it as aria-prohibited-attr). That single case is what makes the rule worth shipping.

a11y/deprecated-aria (info). role="directory", aria-dropeffect/aria-grabbed, and an attribute deprecated on its role — aria-haspopup on checkbox, aria-disabled on generic. The two arms with one entry each fold into this rule rather than getting ids of their own.

Not built: redundant-role. Zero in the corpus, and the compiler's a11y_no_redundant_roles covers it completely with deliberate exemptions (<ul role="list"> because list-style: none strips list semantics). A rule here would have to copy those exemptions verbatim to avoid contradicting the compiler on its most likely hit — duplication with no measured payoff, recorded so it is not re-litigated.

The device that keeps the implicit path sound

Thirteen elements have implicit roles that depend on context — <a> is link only with href, <img alt=""> is presentation, <input> is whatever its type says. The dataset writes those as selectors; this rule never evaluates them. Instead the projection now carries each condition's outcome (role, or "no corresponding role"), and an implicit judgment is made only when it holds under the default and every outcome. <div aria-label> fires (generic everywhere); <a aria-label>, <img alt="" aria-label>, <input aria-checked>, <canvas aria-label> do not.

The naming arm reads the dataset's own namingProhibited flag — the fact axe keys on — rather than inferring it from a role. That distinction was the design review's first blocker: an earlier draft treated "no corresponding role" as generic and would have flagged <canvas aria-label>, which is in kener twice and is fine.

Where the tables and the compiler disagree, the compiler wins

Two named exemption lists, each pinned by a test:

  • Ten (role, attribute) pairs the ARIA 1.3 tables no longer list but aria-query — and so the compiler — still accepts (listitem/aria-level, listbox/aria-expanded, …). Warning there would be a different verdict on the same markup.
  • <address> and <hgroup>, which the dataset marks as not taking a name while ARIA-in-HTML and axe give both role=group. The dataset is wrong; the rules follow the spec.

The deprecated-element correction

#534 excluded <marquee>/<blink> because the compiler reports them. That misread "the compiler wins": it forbids a different verdict on the same markup, not a second reporter of the same one — the a11y category's deliberate-overlap decision (invalid-role beside a11y_unknown_role) already settles that. Excluding two of 29 obsolete elements left the score blind to them while it counted <font>. Reversed here, before either rule is released, so a correction rather than a contract change.

Anchoring

Every finding from both rules sits at the element's start tag, not the attribute's line — the convention #534's review established for deprecated-attr, for the same reason: disable-next-line suppresses directive-line + 1, no comment fits inside a start tag, so an attribute-line anchor on a multi-line element is a documented lever with no position that works. This PR reintroduced that defect and caught it before review; a unit case and a kitchen-sink e2e case on a multi-line start tag pin it for both rules.

Review trail

Six design rounds and one implementation round of adversarial review. What they caught before shipping: the "no role → generic" misreading; redundant-role contradicting a deliberate compiler exemption; a compiler-overlap table that was wrong for role-deprecated properties; <address>/<hgroup> false positives by construction; the naming arm listing an attribute text roles own; the <hgroup> exemption defeated by a second arm; the attribute-line anchor above.

Verification

pnpm build, pnpm typecheck, pnpm lint, pnpm -r test, pnpm smoke, pnpm check:publish, blume translate --check pass. Corpus re-run with the shipped rules: disallowed-aria-props svelte-commerce 7 + networking-toolbox 1, deprecated-aria networking-toolbox 1, all real; the design probe's ninth hit was <div aria-level={level} {...restProps}>, correctly left unjudged because a spread can supply the role.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added accessibility checks for disallowed ARIA properties and deprecated ARIA roles and attributes.
    • Expanded obsolete-element detection to include <marquee> and <blink>.
    • Added suppression support and examples for the new accessibility checks.
  • Documentation

    • Added comprehensive English and Japanese documentation, rule listings, guidance, and examples.
    • Updated accessibility references and expected findings.

…and report marquee/blink

The projection now carries the dataset's element-level naming prohibition and the
per-condition implicit-role outcomes, so an implicit judgment is made only when it
holds under every role the element could have. deprecated-element reports all 29
obsolete elements: excluding the two the compiler also warns on left the score blind
to them, against the a11y category's deliberate-overlap decision.
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Walkthrough

This change adds a11y/disallowed-aria-props and a11y/deprecated-aria. It extends HTML specification data for role resolution and reports <marquee> and <blink> as obsolete elements.

Changes

ARIA role-table accessibility rules

Layer / File(s) Summary
HTML specification data and obsolete elements
packages/core/scripts/html-spec.js, packages/core/src/html-spec/*, packages/core/test/html-spec.test.ts, packages/core/test/a11y-spec-data-rules.test.ts, docs/superpowers/specs/*
The HTML specification projection retains conditional implicit roles and naming prohibitions. Obsolete-element detection includes <marquee> and <blink>.
Role resolution and ARIA rules
packages/core/src/rules/a11y/*, packages/core/src/rules/index.ts, packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts
Role candidates resolve from explicit roles, implicit roles, and conditional outcomes. The new rules report disallowed ARIA properties and deprecated roles or attributes.
Fixtures and suppression validation
examples/kitchen-sink/*, examples/kitchen-sink/test/e2e-suppression.test.ts
Examples and expected findings cover both rules and the additional obsolete-element finding. End-to-end tests cover inline suppression.
Documentation and release metadata
docs/src/content/docs/rules/*, docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/*, docs/blume.translations.json, skills/*, .changeset/brave-owls-listen.md
English and Japanese documentation, rule catalogs, translation hashes, skill references, and release metadata describe the new rules and compiler overlap.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to ce125

The PR adds new ARIA diagnostics and expands deprecated-element reporting; the implementation is otherwise mergeable, but documentation still needs follow-up to clarify deprecated-attribute scope, avoid brittle specification/compiler counts, and correct one Japanese phrase. The likely impact is limited to user understanding and documentation maintenance.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant SvelteElement
  participant HtmlSpecData
  participant roleCandidates
  participant AriaRules
  SvelteElement->>HtmlSpecData: provide element ARIA facts
  HtmlSpecData->>roleCandidates: provide roles and naming outcomes
  roleCandidates->>AriaRules: provide candidate role rows
  AriaRules->>SvelteElement: report anchored ARIA findings
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packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts (1)

75-75: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Rename tests to state behavior.

These names include rationale such as corpus provenance, compiler overlap, or exemption-list details. Use behavior-only names.

  • packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts#L75-L75: name the prohibited naming-attribute behavior.
  • packages/core/test/a11y-spec-data-rules.test.ts#L51-L51: name the obsolete-element reporting behavior.
  • packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts#L60-L60: name the returned hgroup and address candidate behavior.
  • packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts#L105-L105: name the silent exception behavior.
  • packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts#L118-L118: name the start-tag line behavior.
  • packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts#L129-L129: name the unknown-attribute skip behavior.
  • packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts#L133-L133: name the expected compatibility-pair contents.

As per coding guidelines: “Test names state the behaviour, not the reasoning.”

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In `@packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts` at line 75, Rename the
tests to describe behavior rather than rationale: in
packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts lines 75, 60, 105, 118, 129,
and 133, name respectively the prohibited naming-attribute report, returned
hgroup/address candidates, silent exception, start-tag line handling,
unknown-attribute skip, and expected compatibility-pair contents; in
packages/core/test/a11y-spec-data-rules.test.ts line 51, name the
obsolete-element reporting behavior. Preserve test logic and assertions.

Source: Coding guidelines

docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/disallowed-aria-props.md (1)

32-32: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use durable wording for the compiler-exception list.

The compatibility set can change when the vendored ARIA data or compiler data changes. “Ten (role, attribute) pairs” can then become stale. Replace the count with wording such as “The compiler-compatibility pairs include...” and keep the exact set in the executable test.

Based on learnings: “avoid hard-coding counts of extensible entities” and use durable wording instead.

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In `@docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/disallowed-aria-props.md` at line 32, Update
the prose in the compiler-exception description to remove the hard-coded count
and use durable wording indicating that the listed role/attribute pairs are
compiler-compatibility exceptions. Keep the exact pair set authoritative in the
executable test.

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Inline comments:
In `@docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/a11y/deprecated-aria.md`:
- Line 24: In the Japanese documentation sentence beginning with 「検出しないもの」,
replace the inaccurate phrase 「role ごとの腕」 with the precise term 「role ごとのケース」,
leaving the surrounding explanation unchanged.

In `@docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/deprecated-attr.md`:
- Line 18: Update the documentation sentence describing a11y/deprecated-element
reports to state that only a deprecated attribute on an element triggers a
finding, while preserving the existing examples and behavior about one finding
per element and skipping obsolete elements by name.

In `@docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/deprecated-element.md`:
- Line 24: Remove hard-coded entity counts from the affected documentation while
preserving the concrete examples and intended meaning: in
docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/deprecated-element.md:24-24 replace “two of the
29” with durable wording; in
docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/a11y/deprecated-element.md:24-24 replace “29 要素中
2 つ” similarly; and in
docs/src/content/docs/ja/rules/a11y/disallowed-aria-props.md:32-32 replace “10
組” with wording describing the compiler-accepted pairs without a fixed count.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@docs/src/content/docs/rules/a11y/disallowed-aria-props.md`:
- Line 32: Update the prose in the compiler-exception description to remove the
hard-coded count and use durable wording indicating that the listed
role/attribute pairs are compiler-compatibility exceptions. Keep the exact pair
set authoritative in the executable test.

In `@packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts`:
- Line 75: Rename the tests to describe behavior rather than rationale: in
packages/core/test/a11y-role-table-rules.test.ts lines 75, 60, 105, 118, 129,
and 133, name respectively the prohibited naming-attribute report, returned
hgroup/address candidates, silent exception, start-tag line handling,
unknown-attribute skip, and expected compatibility-pair contents; in
packages/core/test/a11y-spec-data-rules.test.ts line 51, name the
obsolete-element reporting behavior. Preserve test logic and assertions.
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