From 09aa4b0a9fdbc0f3b0b45662d5f219a15e543bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:10:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/8] AXE-3625: Bulk-review priority rules (axe-core subset)

Wire metadata.defaultCategory for the prioritized rules (aria-valid-attr-value,
video-caption, bypass, css-orientation-lock) and emit reviewPayload.visualHelperData
for aria-valid-attr-value. Excludes aria-hidden-focus / identical-links-same-purpose
/ duplicate-id-aria (deferred).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js    |  6 ++-
 lib/rules/aria-valid-attr-value.json          |  1 +
 lib/rules/bypass.json                         |  1 +
 lib/rules/css-orientation-lock.json           |  1 +
 lib/rules/video-caption.json                  |  1 +
 test/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value.js     | 46 +++++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 test/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value.js

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index ad43d1393..b88b8627a 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -140,7 +140,11 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
   }
 
   if (needsReview) {
-    this.data({ messageKey, needsReview });
+    this.data({
+      messageKey,
+      needsReview,
+      reviewPayload: { visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: needsReview } }
+    });
     return undefined;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/rules/aria-valid-attr-value.json b/lib/rules/aria-valid-attr-value.json
index ac92598e2..dc39253c3 100644
--- a/lib/rules/aria-valid-attr-value.json
+++ b/lib/rules/aria-valid-attr-value.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   ],
   "actIds": ["6a7281"],
   "metadata": {
+    "defaultCategory": "aria-attributes",
     "description": "Ensure all ARIA attributes have valid values",
     "help": "ARIA attributes must conform to valid values",
     "needsReviewConfidence": 49.99
diff --git a/lib/rules/bypass.json b/lib/rules/bypass.json
index 02666d9da..b05b74210 100644
--- a/lib/rules/bypass.json
+++ b/lib/rules/bypass.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   ],
   "actIds": ["cf77f2", "047fe0", "b40fd1", "3e12e1", "ye5d6e"],
   "metadata": {
+    "defaultCategory": "bypass-blocks",
     "description": "Ensure each page has at least one mechanism for a user to bypass navigation and jump straight to the content",
     "help": "Page must have means to bypass repeated blocks",
     "needsReviewConfidence": 49.99
diff --git a/lib/rules/css-orientation-lock.json b/lib/rules/css-orientation-lock.json
index 06bc7d426..ed134b978 100644
--- a/lib/rules/css-orientation-lock.json
+++ b/lib/rules/css-orientation-lock.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   ],
   "actIds": ["b33eff"],
   "metadata": {
+    "defaultCategory": "orientation",
     "description": "Ensure content is not locked to any specific display orientation, and the content is operable in all display orientations",
     "help": "CSS Media queries must not lock display orientation",
     "violationConfidence": 90,
diff --git a/lib/rules/video-caption.json b/lib/rules/video-caption.json
index b0297ddb0..98f23d092 100644
--- a/lib/rules/video-caption.json
+++ b/lib/rules/video-caption.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   ],
   "actIds": ["eac66b"],
   "metadata": {
+    "defaultCategory": "media-captions",
     "description": "Ensure <video> elements have captions",
     "help": "<video> elements must have captions",
     "needsReviewConfidence": 49.99
diff --git a/test/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value.js b/test/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0bd0d371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+describe('aria-valid-attr-value', () => {
+  'use strict';
+
+  const checkContext = axe.testUtils.MockCheckContext();
+  const checkSetup = axe.testUtils.checkSetup;
+  const checkEvaluate = axe.testUtils.getCheckEvaluate('aria-valid-attr-value');
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    checkContext.reset();
+  });
+
+  it('emits the flagged aria-current attribute in reviewPayload.visualHelperData', () => {
+    const params = checkSetup(
+      '<div id="target" aria-current="active">Contents</div>'
+    );
+    assert.isUndefined(checkEvaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
+    assert.equal(checkContext._data.messageKey, 'ariaCurrent');
+    assert.equal(checkContext._data.needsReview, 'aria-current="active"');
+    assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data.reviewPayload, {
+      visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-current="active"' }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('emits the flagged aria-labelledby attribute in reviewPayload.visualHelperData', () => {
+    const params = checkSetup(
+      '<div id="target" aria-labelledby="missing-id">Contents</div>'
+    );
+    assert.isUndefined(checkEvaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
+    assert.equal(
+      checkContext._data.needsReview,
+      'aria-labelledby="missing-id"'
+    );
+    assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data.reviewPayload, {
+      visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-labelledby="missing-id"' }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('does not add a reviewPayload on the invalid-value (violation) path', () => {
+    const params = checkSetup(
+      '<div id="target" role="checkbox" aria-checked="foo">Contents</div>'
+    );
+    assert.isFalse(checkEvaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
+    assert.isArray(checkContext._data);
+    assert.notProperty(checkContext._data, 'reviewPayload');
+  });
+});

From afa83019401c62c770b437415e39fb314e158609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:25:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] AXE-3625: Fix aria-valid-attr-value test + add submodule
 tag

Update the 8 needs-review deepEqual expectations in valid-attr-value.js
to include the reviewPayload the check now emits on the needs-review
path, and add the // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value tag on the emit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js    |  1 +
 test/checks/aria/valid-attr-value.js          | 36 ++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index b88b8627a..49d1322da 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
   }
 
   if (needsReview) {
+    // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
     this.data({
       messageKey,
       needsReview,
diff --git a/test/checks/aria/valid-attr-value.js b/test/checks/aria/valid-attr-value.js
index 956c3b496..1b8005473 100644
--- a/test/checks/aria/valid-attr-value.js
+++ b/test/checks/aria/valid-attr-value.js
@@ -119,7 +119,10 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
     );
     assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
       messageKey: 'controlsWithinPopup',
-      needsReview: 'aria-controls="test"'
+      needsReview: 'aria-controls="test"',
+      reviewPayload: {
+        visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-controls="test"' }
+      }
     });
   });
 
@@ -160,7 +163,10 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
     );
     assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
       messageKey: 'noId',
-      needsReview: 'aria-describedby="test"'
+      needsReview: 'aria-describedby="test"',
+      reviewPayload: {
+        visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-describedby="test"' }
+      }
     });
   });
 
@@ -174,7 +180,10 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
       assert.isUndefined(validAttrValueCheck.apply(checkContext, params));
       assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
         messageKey: 'noIdShadow',
-        needsReview: 'aria-describedby="test"'
+        needsReview: 'aria-describedby="test"',
+        reviewPayload: {
+          visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-describedby="test"' }
+        }
       });
     }
   );
@@ -188,7 +197,10 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
     );
     assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
       messageKey: 'noId',
-      needsReview: 'aria-labelledby="test"'
+      needsReview: 'aria-labelledby="test"',
+      reviewPayload: {
+        visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-labelledby="test"' }
+      }
     });
   });
 
@@ -202,7 +214,10 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
       assert.isUndefined(validAttrValueCheck.apply(checkContext, params));
       assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
         messageKey: 'noIdShadow',
-        needsReview: 'aria-labelledby="test"'
+        needsReview: 'aria-labelledby="test"',
+        reviewPayload: {
+          visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-labelledby="test"' }
+        }
       });
     }
   );
@@ -248,7 +263,8 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
       );
       assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
         messageKey: 'empty',
-        needsReview: 'aria-checked'
+        needsReview: 'aria-checked',
+        reviewPayload: { visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-checked' } }
       });
     });
 
@@ -261,7 +277,8 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
       );
       assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
         messageKey: 'empty',
-        needsReview: 'aria-checked'
+        needsReview: 'aria-checked',
+        reviewPayload: { visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-checked' } }
       });
     });
 
@@ -320,7 +337,10 @@ describe('aria-valid-attr-value', function () {
       );
       assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, {
         messageKey: 'idrefs',
-        needsReview: 'aria-owns="test"'
+        needsReview: 'aria-owns="test"',
+        reviewPayload: {
+          visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: 'aria-owns="test"' }
+        }
       });
     });
 

From a50068ff58b14b824c3ec009a6e2d64ef8359efc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:27:37 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Update aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js

---
 lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index 49d1322da..b88b8627a 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
   }
 
   if (needsReview) {
-    // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
     this.data({
       messageKey,
       needsReview,

From 8cc8ca18d2bad78e85d71db27b020502859a0706 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:32:03 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] Update aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js

---
 lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index b88b8627a..10c9a5231 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
     return false;
   }
 
+	// a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
   if (needsReview) {
     this.data({
       messageKey,

From cf9afe020b6d0bcf1cfc0a6eb91f7bcbec76ec00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:32:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Update aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js

---
 lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index 10c9a5231..403627bbd 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
     return false;
   }
 
-	// a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
   if (needsReview) {
     this.data({
       messageKey,
       needsReview,
+	  // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
       reviewPayload: { visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: needsReview } }
     });
     return undefined;

From c29f9704acf2ff01583fc017dc2e9a964cde9d66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:05:52 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] formated

---
 lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index 403627bbd..bb3e8cc16 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
     this.data({
       messageKey,
       needsReview,
-	  // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
+	    // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
       reviewPayload: { visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: needsReview } }
     });
     return undefined;

From 256e0770c61e312f2776487aaaf59b4800c85eda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:16:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 7/8] AXE-3625: Fix prettier formatting on reviewPayload tag
 comment

Normalize the // a11y-rule comment indentation (tab -> spaces) so
fmt:check (prettier --check) passes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index bb3e8cc16..00431bbac 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
     this.data({
       messageKey,
       needsReview,
-	    // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
+      // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
       reviewPayload: { visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: needsReview } }
     });
     return undefined;

From a99cb2934fd0a0472563f6cdece2cab9b4b7d7ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rajath M R <rajath.mr@browserstack.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 17:24:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] Update aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js

---
 lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
index 00431bbac..900442368 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-valid-attr-value-evaluate.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export default function ariaValidAttrValueEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
     this.data({
       messageKey,
       needsReview,
-      // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload for bulk review
+      // a11y-rule-aria-valid-attr-value: emit reviewPayload
       reviewPayload: { visualHelperData: { ariaAttribute: needsReview } }
     });
     return undefined;