Registry · Understandable
3.3.3 — Error Suggestion
Level AA Understandable
Operational summary
IF an input error is automatically detected AND a correction is known, communicate the correction unless doing so would undermine security or the content purpose. Generic failure wording is not adequate when a safe, specific remedy is available.
This is an original implementation summary, not replacement normative text. The sources below supply the precise requirement, its definitions and its qualifications.
Primary sources
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Applicability and assessment start unset by design — no product has been evaluated. Instantiate the entry for an actual product, assign an owner and retain evidence.
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