{
  "schema_version": "2.1",
  "finding_id": "https://example.com/findings/2026-07-18-checkout-card-error",
  "title": "Checkout: card error text is not associated with the field",
  "reported_at": "2026-07-18T14:30:00-04:00",
  "source": {
    "method": "manual-evaluation",
    "scan_request_id": "https://github.com/example/scans/issues/320",
    "scan_run_id": "https://example.com/reports/run-2026-07-18",
    "reporter_reference": null,
    "created_by": {
      "type": "person",
      "name": null,
      "tool": null,
      "version": null
    },
    "raw_result_reference": null
  },
  "tracking": {
    "tracker_ids": [],
    "fingerprints": {
      "a11y/pattern/v1": {
        "algorithm": "sha-256",
        "value": "57869bae817fb90e13c94ef1d0908a1b7a642324f5cb61d9e0f56fd82f21ba02",
        "relationship": "candidate"
      },
      "a11y/occurrence/v1": {
        "algorithm": "sha-256",
        "value": "4a201c8916e0a3f58b423910e388ef607584a4c88911af24f4b77a0c84bb6a02"
      }
    },
    "display_ids": {
      "a11y/pattern-display/v1": "A11Y-PAT-57869BAE817F",
      "a11y/occurrence-display/v1": "A11Y-OCC-4A201C8916E0"
    },
    "legacy_identifiers": [],
    "cluster_ids": [],
    "root_cause_ids": [],
    "lifecycle": {
      "status": "new",
      "status_basis": "No matching occurrence fingerprint was found in comparable retained history for this repository scope.",
      "compared_run_ids": [],
      "reviewed_at": null,
      "reviewed_by": null
    }
  },
  "location": {
    "scope": "exact-resource",
    "safe_url": "https://example.com/checkout/payment",
    "route": "/checkout/payment",
    "normalized_key": "/checkout/payment",
    "normalization_profile": "a11y/exact-resource/v1",
    "component": "Payment form",
    "locator": {
      "type": "stable-css",
      "raw_value": null,
      "normalized_value": "[data-component='payment-form']",
      "normalization_profile": "a11y/css-locator/v1"
    },
    "concrete_locations": []
  },
  "state": {
    "build": "2026.07.18.2",
    "commit": null,
    "account_role": "test customer",
    "ui": "empty card number submitted",
    "locale": "en-CA",
    "other": {}
  },
  "description": {
    "summary": "The visible card error is not programmatically associated with the field.",
    "steps": [
      "Open the payment step with NVDA and Firefox.",
      "Leave the card number empty.",
      "Move to Submit order with Tab and press Enter.",
      "Move focus back to the card number field with Shift+Tab."
    ],
    "expected": "The field exposes its label, invalid state, and associated error programmatically.",
    "actual": "A visible error appears, but the field has no error association and NVDA announces only its label."
  },
  "affected_people": [
    {
      "description": "People who use screen readers",
      "examples": [
        "some blind people",
        "some low-vision people"
      ],
      "status": "likely",
      "evidence_basis": "manual-evaluation",
      "scope_limit": "Observed with NVDA and Firefox; not yet evaluated with disabled participants."
    }
  ],
  "impact": {
    "task": "Correct payment details",
    "effect": "The person may not know which visible error belongs to the field.",
    "workaround": "Navigate through surrounding content after each attempt.",
    "workaround_quality": "burdensome",
    "severity": "high",
    "severity_basis": "The error affects error recovery during a critical checkout task.",
    "confidence": "observed-behaviour-with-inferred-impact"
  },
  "environment": {
    "browser": "Firefox 140",
    "operating_system": "Windows 11 24H2",
    "assistive_technology": "NVDA 2026.1",
    "input": "keyboard",
    "viewport_css_pixels": {
      "width": 1280,
      "height": 720
    },
    "zoom": "100%",
    "locale": "en-CA",
    "test_profile": null
  },
  "standards": [
    {
      "standard": "WCAG",
      "version": "2.2",
      "requirement": "1.3.1",
      "name": "Info and Relationships",
      "level": "A",
      "relationship": "confirmed-failure"
    }
  ],
  "test_results": [
    {
      "method": "manual-evaluation",
      "status": "confirmed",
      "tested_at": "2026-07-18T14:30:00-04:00",
      "tool_namespace": null,
      "tool": null,
      "tool_version": null,
      "rule": null,
      "rule_version": null,
      "configuration": null,
      "raw_outcome": null,
      "act_outcome": null,
      "review": {
        "status": "confirmed",
        "notes": "Reproduced with NVDA and Firefox."
      }
    }
  ],
  "evidence": {
    "references": [],
    "attachments": [],
    "redacted": true,
    "contains_personal_data": false,
    "retention_notes": null
  },
  "scope": {
    "occurrences_observed": 1,
    "resources_checked": 1,
    "shared_component": true,
    "checked_scope": [
      "checkout payment step"
    ],
    "unchecked_scope": [
      "other supported screen readers",
      "mobile application"
    ],
    "coverage_profile": {
      "resources_requested": ["/checkout/payment"],
      "resources_completed": ["/checkout/payment"],
      "engines_requested": [],
      "engines_completed": [],
      "rules_enabled": [],
      "states_reached": ["empty-card-number-submitted"],
      "errors": [],
      "skips": [],
      "timeouts": []
    }
  },
  "verification": {
    "automated": {
      "required": true,
      "status": "planned",
      "rationale": "An automated regression check should be added once the fix lands.",
      "evidence": []
    },
    "manual": {
      "required": true,
      "status": "completed-for-original-finding",
      "rationale": "The original barrier was confirmed through manual evaluation.",
      "evidence": []
    },
    "testing_with_disabled_people": {
      "required": true,
      "status": "planned",
      "rationale": "The defect affects a critical checkout task.",
      "participant_scope": null,
      "evidence": []
    },
    "remaining_limitations": [
      "Not yet evaluated with JAWS or VoiceOver.",
      "Not yet evaluated with disabled participants."
    ]
  },
  "policy": {
    "standards_obligations": [
      {
        "standard_ref": "WCAG 2.2 1.3.1",
        "obligation": "required",
        "obligation_basis": "Project baseline target: WCAG 2.2 Level AA."
      }
    ],
    "handling": "report",
    "handling_basis": "Confirmed AA failure with sufficient evidence; included in standard reporting and enforcement.",
    "evidence_status": "confirmed-standards-failure"
  },
  "acceptance_criteria": [
    "The error remains identified in text.",
    "The field exposes the error association and invalid state programmatically.",
    "Moving focus to the field makes its label, invalid state, and error available.",
    "Keyboard focus remains predictable.",
    "The original interaction is manually retested.",
    "Testing with disabled screen reader users is completed for the planned participant scope."
  ],
  "extensions": {}
}