{
  "schema_version": "2.0",
  "title": "Newsletter signup: error message is not read out after submitting an invalid email",
  "reported_at": "2026-05-14T11:02:00-04:00",
  "source": {
    "method": "user-reported",
    "reporter_reference": "support-ticket-48213"
  },
  "location": {
    "component": "Newsletter signup form",
    "safe_url": "https://example.com/newsletter"
  },
  "description": {
    "summary": "Submitting the newsletter form with an invalid email address shows a red message, but nothing was announced while using a screen reader.",
    "actual": "A red error message appeared near the email field, but the person using a screen reader was not told an error occurred."
  },
  "affected_people": [
    {
      "description": "A person who uses a screen reader",
      "examples": [
        "the reporter"
      ],
      "status": "reported",
      "evidence_basis": "user-reported",
      "scope_limit": "Based on one person's report; the specific screen reader and browser were not provided."
    }
  ],
  "impact": {
    "task": "Sign up for the newsletter",
    "effect": "The person did not know why the form did not submit or what to fix.",
    "confidence": "reported-only"
  },
  "evidence": {
    "redacted": true,
    "contains_personal_data": false
  },
  "verification": {
    "manual": {
      "required": true,
      "status": "planned",
      "rationale": "The report has not yet been reproduced by the team."
    },
    "testing_with_disabled_people": {
      "required": false,
      "status": "not-required",
      "rationale": "Not yet determined whether this warrants dedicated participant testing; the underlying error-announcement pattern is well understood and can likely be verified through manual evaluation first."
    }
  }
}