Success Criterion 3.3.3
Conformance level AA

Correction Suggestions Wrongly Withheld From a Non-Security Field

3.3.3 — Error Suggestion

Scenario

Setting

A music streaming app's playlist screen

What’s wrong

Suggesting corrections that violate security exception boundaries misunderstood in reverse — i.e., *withholding* suggestions for non-security fields citing "policy".

Example

<span class="error">Invalid input</span>

Why it matters

People with cognitive disabilities and anyone stalled by vague validation messages.

How to test

Check whether correction suggestions are being withheld from non-security fields citing a security exception that doesn't actually apply to them: misapplied withholding fails.

How to fix

The error message must tell the user how to fix the problem — the expected format, range, or valid options.

<span class="error">Enter a year between 1990 and 2026</span>

Error text should suggest the fix — the expected format or valid range — not just flag that something's wrong.

Outcome

On a music streaming app's playlist screen, this barrier is gone for people with cognitive disabilities and anyone stalled by vague validation messages — they get the same result as anyone else here.

Who is affected