All incidents addressed will be implemented within the Pega platform from Infinity '23 up to Infinity ’24.2.3 and will also be in subsequent releases. All Pega customers and applications on the platform will immediately receive these enhancements upon upgrade. Where configuration is required to adopt the fix, this will be indicated within the specific item below.
Each issue addressed is provided below, along with the original spreadsheet of these issues attached at the bottom.
Application buttons in My Apps panel are correctly labeled
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25.1.1, 26.1
INC source: INC-C38186
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
Application buttons listed in the My Apps panel in Cosmos applications are now properly labeled with the application name.
Buttons launching local actions have incorrect attribute removed
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C38186
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Buttons that launch local actions in modal dialogs and overlays no longer have the incorrect aria-expanded attribute.
Focus remains on save button when activated in screen flow
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C35762
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
When activating the Save button in a work object that makes use of a screen flow to display assignments, keyboard focus will remain on the save button.
Autocomplete control with set value does not reset focus
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C25835
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Keyboard focus will not reset to the top of the page when interacting with an autocomplete control that has a Set Value action configured on change or blur.
Help icon with overlay on focus will correctly display full tooltip value
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C37345
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The helper text option "Help icon with overlay on focus" now correctly displays the correct label for the button itself, whose value referencing the originating field's label.
Report table headers have visible focus indicators
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C35183
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Interactive elements in report table headers in the Reports browser will now provide a visible focus indicator when navigating through interactive elements with keyboard.
Autocomplete as combobox has accessible clear button
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C30858
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Autocomplete controls configured as combobox will display a clear, or "X" button in at the end of the input region to clear the current selection. This button can be focused and activated with the keyboard.
Session timer dialog has corrected label
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C28719
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The sesion timer dialog now has a meaningful label that reflects the visible title of the dialog.
Case summary panel expand/collapse button has programmatic label
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C32722
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
The Expand/Collapse button for the case summary panel in a work object in Cosmos applications now always has a programmatic label.
Landing page headings are not announced as "clickable" by screen readers
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C32603
Design Theme: Constellation
Screen readers will no longer announce "clickable" when interacting with the h1 page heading on landing pages. This was caused by unnecessary event listeners in the DOM.
Expand/Collapse icon in Summary report tables is focusable with keyboard
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C41181
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Expand/Collapse icons in Summary report tables can be focused and interacted with using the keyboard.
Help icon tooltip display when sourced by Field value with more than one line
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C11292
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The Help icon with overlay on focus will correctly display the full tooltip value when sourced by a Field Value containing 2 or more lines of text.
Close icon in overlays provides visible focus indicator and supports keyboard action
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C22554
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The close icon at the top of overlays that have "Disable clickaway" configured now provide a visible focus indicator and allow users to activate it using the keyboard.
Notifications in the left panel have incorrect role removed
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C33867
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
The incorrect role of "listbox" has been removed from notification items in the left navigation panel of Cosmos, and allows screen readers to hear all the notification details announced correctly when navigating with arrow keys.
Focus can be brought back into non-optimized table rows when editable
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C4770
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
When tabbing out of a non-optimized table that has inline editing enabled, focus is able to return to the rows and fields within the table.
Inline error messages announced by screen readers when Smart Tip is also configured
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C21062
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
On required fields that also have a Smart Tip action configured, validation error messages are announced by screen readers when they appear.
Server-side validation focus behavior does not conflict with pySetFocusOnAssignmentTitle
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C22254
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
When server-side validation is triggered on submit and the When rule pySetFocusonAssignmentTitle is set to True, focus will now correctly be placed on the field with an error rather than focusing the assignment title.
Report category displays visible label
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C27162
Design Theme: UIKit
The Category multi-select control on the Reports home screen will display its visible label adjacent to the field.
Focus returns to gear icon in Followers widget when closing dialog
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-A29326
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
When dismissing the "Followers" dialog launched from the Utilities panel widget, focus will return to the gear icon that launched the dialog.
Review harness "To do" heading is heading level 2
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C33676
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
The "To do" heading in the Review harness of a work object is now heading level 2 to align with the existing page hierarchy and default heading level of assignment titles in the Perform harness.
Session timer behaves as a modal dialog
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C26776
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
When the session timer dialog appears in the end user portal to let users know of an impending logoff, content behind the dialog can not be accessed until the user explicitly dismisses the dialog.
Cell border remains visible when editing an inline field in a table
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3
INC source: INC-C25837
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Cell borders in a table will remain visible when focus is brought into a editable field within the cell. This is applicable to master-detail editing of non-optimized tables.
Fields with corrected validation within a table flow action have correct styles
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C31140
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Fields that triggered a validation error in a flow action launched from a table will have their label color changed back to default rather than remain red once the error is corrected.
Header buttons in Report Editor meets contrast requirements
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C27086
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Buttons in the header of the Report Editor screen have had their colors updated to meet contrast requirements with the background.
Error list structure is not overridden by alert role
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-C19790
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The error list structure that appears when server-side validation occurs now maintains its list structure. The role of alert used for live screen reader announcements has been moved off the list and onto a parent container element.
Aria-label provided for RTE
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-A23056
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
An aria-label value is provided for Rich Text Editor controls to allow assistive technologies to recognize the configured label of the control.
Logoff warning timer does not display multiple dialogs
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C19472
INC-C33652
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Logoff warning timer dialogs will no longer duplicate over time when left visible in the end user portal.
Padding between radio buttons and their individual labels increased
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C33281
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Padding has been increased on radio buttons so that the box shadow focus indicator does not overlap with the respective label text.
Preview button on last Notification item is focusable with keyboard
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C18593
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
Focus logic has been updated in the RDL used to display Notifications in the Cosmos left panel so that focus can be moved to the Preview button which appears on the very last notification in the list.
Announcement provided for screen readers when attaching files to a work object
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C27618
Design Theme: Constellation
When using an Attachment component configured in a work object view and adding 1 or more attachments, screen readers will announce however many files were successfully uploaded or if there were any errors.
Expand icon for summary tables in Cosmos are focusable
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C27311
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
In a Summary table in the Cosmos report browser, expand/collapse icons for each row are now focusable with keyboard.
Fieldset does not generate if associated legend is not present
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C8934
Design Theme: Constellation
Work object screens will no longer generate an empty fieldset tag in the DOM if there is not an associated legend tag.
Footer elements in the calendar dialog displaying only time have visible focus indicators
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C24373
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The Apply and Close buttons in the footer of the calendar overlay displaying only time now have visible keyboard focus indicators.
Screen flow step indicators provides step status in their labels in UIKit
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C19910
Design Theme: UIKit
Screen flow steps in the step indicator will now denote the status of the step (past/current/future) in the programmatic label of each link.
Focus remains in preview panel until dismissed by the user
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C8931
Design Theme: Constellation
Keyboard focus will remain in the Preview panel when opened by the user until it is explicitly closed.
Listbox items do not cause screen readers to announce state twice
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C11287
Design Theme: Constellation
The markup of items in a listbox have been updated so that they do not provide a duplicate announcement to screen reader users regarding their state of selected or unselected.
Checkboxes with same value configured for caption and label does not duplicate in screen reader announcement
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C10873
Design Theme: Constellation
When a checkbox has been configured to display both a label (whether visible or Custom -> hidden) and a caption, and both have the same value, screen readers will no longer announce the duplicate value to users when focusing the checkbox.
Condition builder advanced mode has toggle and displays new content below
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C11267
Design Theme: Constellation
In the Condition builder dialog used for applying a filter to a table, switching to Advanced mode is now handled by a toggle. Any new content that appears on the UI when the toggle is activated now appears below in the dialog, rather than above.
Rich text editor has updated responsivity
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C11293
Design Theme: Constellation
The submit button in the "Add link" dialog for the RTE will no longer spill out of the dialog container.
The image settings dialog contents will no longer spill out of the dialog container.
Calendar icon for date dropdowns has updated color contrast
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C19973
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Color contrast for the calendar icon that can display next to date controls configured as dropdowns now has an updated color to meet contrast requirements.
Bulk action operation sections begin with semantic <h2>
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
When using the bulk actions component to Create, Update, and Process work objects, the sections corresponding to each option now begin with a semantic <h2> heading element.
Layout groups maintain structure when selecting Semantic tab layout
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C10206
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
When selecting the "Semantic tab layout" on a layout group displaying as tabs, the tab contents will no longer become stacked layouts at runtime and will maintain their tab structure.
Days of week listed in calendar dialog have updated color to meet contrast requirements
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C19770
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The days of the week listed in the date time control's calendar dialog (i.e. Mon, Tue, Wed) have updated text color to meet contrast requirements.
Anypicker control does not announce multiple times to screen reader
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C16881
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Role attributes for the anypicker control and the search results listbox have been updated to prevent the label and role from being announced multiple times by screen reader
Anypicker control selected options button has updated label
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C15899
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Close buttons for selected options in the anupicker have an updated aria-label to reflect its purpose.
Focus remains in modal dialog when default action buttons are hidden with refresh
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C15007
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
In scenarios where a modal dialog contains an element that refreshes the section along with removing the default Cancel/Submit action buttons, keyboard focus will still only cycle through elements within the dialog as expected.
Rich text editor configured label is associated to field
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
Design Theme: Constellation
The configured label of an RTE field now has a programmatic label based off of the configured label.
In the latest versions of JAWS screen readers, this programmatic label may be recognized due to the markup generated by the third-party TinyMCE RTE component, whereas other screen readers announce the label as expected.. A relevant bug has been filed with Freedom Scientific.
Summary and Details tab content in a work object begins with a heading
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
Design Theme: Constellation
The content displayed within the "Summary" and "Details" tabs now begins with a semantic heading level 2, aligning with other tabs such as History and Pulse.
Alt text for work object icon aligned for preview panel and full case view
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C11284
Design Theme: Constellation
The alt text for the case icon in the preview panel of a work object now includes the name of the work object, which aligns with the alt text provided for the same image when in the full case view.
Avatar icon no longer performs redundant operation in Pulse
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C10877
Design Theme: Constellation
In a Pulse message, the avatar icon no longer opens the operator details dialog, as the operator name button already performs this same operation. The avatar icon is now just an image.
Tooltips can be dismissed with Escape key on mouse hover
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C9241
Design Theme: Constellation
Tooltips that display on keyboard focus and mouse hover can now be dismissed using the Escape key on mouse hover, in addition to being dismissable with Escape on focus.
Child case overlay contents are interactable with keyboard
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.2.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C21248
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
In a Cosmos work object that has one or more child cases, the related case overlay, which opens through the Case Summary panel, allows users to navigate and interact with the breadcrumb contents within using keyboard.
Date fields provide indication to screen reader users that focus advances on data entry
Resolved in: 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C9193
Design Theme: Constellation
When bringing focus to a date or date time field, an announcement is provided for screen reader users to let them know that the text fields within will automatically move focus to the next item when the user adds data
Chart actions links have contextual aria-labels
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C22627
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Report charts displayed on any screen have an associated "Chart Actions" link, which now has an aria-label value containing the associated chart name for better context.
Close icons for selected values in Anypicker control have contextual labels
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C15899
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Close icons for selected values in an Anypicker control now have the aria-label value of "Clear [Selection]"
Decorative icon on Anypicker control hidden to assistive technologies
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C17245
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The decorative caret icon present on Anypicker controls, which cannot be focused with keyboard, now has the aria-hidden attribute to prevent assistive technologies from recognizing it.
Layout group tabs remain visible when fullscreen RTE is present in modal dialog
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C11507
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
When using an RTE in a modal dialog within a layout group, tab labels will remain visible on the UI when entering fullscreen mode on the RTE.
Image controls that launch a Smart Info will not re-open the Smart Info upon activating close
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C18767
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Image controls that are configured with a Smart Info action set will no longer quickly re-open the Smart Info after the user dismisses it using the close button. This was occurring due to an incorrect event listener on the close button.
Operator button menu has updated label to include operator name and role
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C14334
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
The operator menu button present in the left navigation panel of Cosmos applications has had its programmatic label updated to include both the operator name and button label as "[Operator name] Operator menu".
Tooltip helper text option added for radio button controls
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C19950
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The tooltip helper text configuration option is now available for radio button controls.
Gear icon in notifications has programmatic label
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C15345
Design Theme: UIKit
The gear icon corresponding to notifications listed in the Notifications overlay in the header of UIKit applications has a programatic label.
OK button can be accessd using keyboard on Logoff timer warning dialog
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C15432
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Keyboard users are able to access the "OK" button present in the Logoff timer warning modal dialog.
Notification counter menu item relays count to screen readers in UIKit applications
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C14769
Design Theme: UIKit
The Notifications button in the header of UIKit applications will relay the notification count, which also displays visibly as an icon, back to screen readers when focused with keyboard.
Notification counter rmenu item relays count to screen readers in Cosmos applications
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C17307
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
The Notifications menu item in the Cosmos left navigation panel will relay the notification count, which also displays visibly as an icon, back to screen readers when focused with keyboard.
Grid navigation corrected in hybrid applications
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C13714
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos, Constellation
In Constellation/Cosmos hybrid applications, grid navigation based on the directional arrow keys has been corrected for Constellation tables displayed in the application.
Selecting a CaseNavigation menu item moves focus to new content
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-255036
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos
When selecting a menu item from the CaseNavigation menu in a work object in Theme Cosmos, focus will be sent to the newly-updated content below the main work area.
Smart tips on controls in table cells dismiss when navigating away
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: IN-C15010
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Controls placed in optimized table cells that have the Smart Tip action configured to display on focus will now properly dismiss the smart tip when the user navigates away from the cell using the arrow keys.
Captions align with visible heading for tables
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C15050
Design Theme: Theme Cosmos, Constellation
Tables in Constellation and hybrid applications have had their generated captions updated to match the visible heading text displayed above the table, which may include a view name if it has been personalized. This also applies to the table on the Insights landing page, which now has the caption of "Insights: All" by default rather than just "All".
Expand/Collapse dynamic layout headings provide visible focus indicator
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Dynamic layout headings configured to be expandable/collapsble will not provide an OOTB focus indicator when users navigate to the heading using the Tab key
Linked email attachments added to other cases are labeled
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C15065
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
When an email attachment is linked (through OOTB activity pxLinkAttachmentToCase) to another case, the Link-Attachment record was missing the pyMemo text. As a result, under the Recent content of the case (OOTB section pyCaseRelatedContent), the name of the linked email attachment is blank. This has been corrected by adding logic to add the pyMemo text when an email attachment is linked to another case.
Notifications list items in the Notification dialog have incorrect roles removed
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C17010
Design Theme: UIKit
The list of notifications that appear in the dialog after activating the Notifications button in the header of UIKit applications will no longer introduce structural errors found through automated testing tools
Decorative icon in Autocomplete configured to display with caret is hidden to assistive technologies
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C1098
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
Autocompletes that are configured to display as a combobox with field and button now has the aria-hidden="true" attribute contained on the unlabeled/unfocusable button. Keyboard interaction with the autocomplete combobox remains unchanged.
Decorative button icon hidden to assistive technologies in Autocomplete
Resolved in: 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25.1.1
INC source: INC-B31175
INC-C15021
INC-C36543
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The button displayed on the far-right of an autocomplete control when the setting “Display as combobox” is selected is now hidden to assistive technologies as it cannot be navigated to with keyboard. The same functionality is available to keyboard users by pressing the down arrow key when focus is within the autocomplete.
Select File(s) button in Attach Content control does not present layout table to screen readers
Resolved in: 23.1.5, 24.1.4, 24.2.3, 25
INC source: INC-C6160
Design Theme: UIKit, Theme Cosmos
The layout table structure used in the Attach Content dialog has been hidden to assistive technologies on the Select File(s) button used to add attachments to a work object.