Timed HTTP page refresh Accessibility Checkpoint

Description

Do not use the Refresh HTTP header to automatically refresh pages because this confuses users.

Help

Some people, including screen reader users, won’t have time to read the page before it refreshes unexpectedly.

Applicable standards

• WCAG 2.0 F58 (Success Criteria: 2.2.1 level A, 2.2.4 level AAA, 3.2.5 level AAA)
• WCAG 2.1 F58 (Success Criteria: 2.2.1 level A, 2.2.4 level AAA, 3.2.5 level AAA)
• WCAG 2.2 F58 (Success Criteria: 2.2.1 level A, 2.2.4 level AAA, 3.2.5 level AAA)
• Section 508 (2017) F58 (Success Criteria: 2.2.1 level A, 2.2.4 level AAA, 3.2.5 level AAA)

Note: Section 508 Refresh (2017) checkpoints are equivalent to WCAG 2.0 level A and level AA checkpoints.

Change history

• 5.36 Jan 2020 Added and aligned with meta element refresh rule.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: AccHttpRefresh