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stage: Verify
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group: Pipeline Insights
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Accessibility testing **(FREE)**
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> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/25144) in GitLab 12.8.
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If your application offers a web interface, you can use
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[GitLab CI/CD](../index.md) to determine the accessibility
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impact of pending code changes.
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[Pa11y](https://pa11y.org/) is a free and open source tool for
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measuring the accessibility of web sites. GitLab integrates Pa11y into a
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[CI job template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Verify/Accessibility.gitlab-ci.yml).
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The `a11y` job analyzes a defined set of web pages and reports
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accessibility violations, warnings, and notices in a file named
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`accessibility`.
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As of [GitLab 14.5](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/73309), Pa11y uses
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[WCAG 2.1 rules](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/#new-features-in-wcag-2-1).
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## Accessibility merge request widget
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/39425) in GitLab 13.0 behind the disabled [feature flag](../../administration/feature_flags.md) `:accessibility_report_view`.
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> - [Feature Flag removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/217372) in GitLab 13.1.
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GitLab displays an **Accessibility Report** in the merge request widget area:
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## Configure accessibility testing
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You can run Pa11y with GitLab CI/CD using the
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[GitLab Accessibility Docker image](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/accessibility).
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To define the `a11y` job for GitLab 12.9 and later:
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1. [Include](../yaml/index.md#includetemplate) the
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[`Accessibility.gitlab-ci.yml` template](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Verify/Accessibility.gitlab-ci.yml)
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from your GitLab installation.
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1. Add the following configuration to your `.gitlab-ci.yml` file.
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```yaml
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stages:
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- accessibility
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variables:
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a11y_urls: "https://about.gitlab.com https://gitlab.com/users/sign_in"
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include:
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- template: "Verify/Accessibility.gitlab-ci.yml"
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```
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1. Customize the `a11y_urls` variable to list the URLs of the web pages to test with Pa11y.
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The `a11y` job in your CI/CD pipeline generates these files:
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- One HTML report per URL listed in the `a11y_urls` variable.
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- One file containing the collected report data. In GitLab versions 12.11 and later, this
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file is named `gl-accessibility.json`. In GitLab versions 12.10 and earlier, this file
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is named [`accessibility.json`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/ci-cd/accessibility/-/merge_requests/9).
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You can [view job artifacts in your browser](../pipelines/job_artifacts.md#download-job-artifacts).
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NOTE:
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For GitLab versions earlier than 12.9, use `include:remote` and
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link to the [current template in the default branch](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/raw/master/lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Verify/Accessibility.gitlab-ci.yml)
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NOTE:
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The job definition provided by the template does not support Kubernetes.
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You cannot pass configurations into Pa11y via CI configuration.
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To change the configuration, edit a copy of the template in your CI file.
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