Scanning Rules

The Scanning rules tab is the first tab of Settings (formerly Scanning Options).

What this controls:

These options let you enable additional accessibility checks beyond the default.

Default baseline (always on):

• WCAG 2.1 — Level A and AA – This is the current standard and is used by default for all scans (shown as Always on).

Optional add-ons (toggles shown in the UI):

• WCAG 2.2 rules – Adds checks introduced in WCAG 2.2 (such as focus not obscured and minimum target size) on top of the WCAG 2.1 baseline.
• AAA rules (Level AAA) – Adds stricter AAA-level checks, such as enhanced contrast (for teams targeting a higher bar than AA).

How it works:

• These toggles affect scans performed by the browser-script evaluations for this organization.
• Scheduled scans follow these rules unless a scan is set to use its own (see the Standards section of the scan settings).
• Turn on the rules you want, then click Save changes to apply.

Recommendations:

• Keep WCAG 2.1 AA as your baseline.
• Enable WCAG 2.2 to get ahead of newer requirements.
• Use AAA when you explicitly aim for enhanced accessibility beyond AA.