Automated accessibility scanning is integrated in CI/CD

Manual accessibility testing catches only what reviewers know to look for and only in the code paths they exercise. Automated scanning with axe-core or pa11y catches a deterministic subset of WCAG violations — missing alt text, color contrast failures, invalid ARIA — on every build, preventing regressions from silently landing in production. Without CI integration, accessibility quality degrades with each unchecked pull request. WCAG 2.2 SC 1.1.1 and Section 508 compliance require ongoing verification, not one-time review.

Add axe-core or pa11y to your CI pipeline so every pull request includes automated accessibility scanning.

# .github/workflows/a11y.yml
name: Accessibility
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
  axe:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run build
      - run: npx start-server-and-test 'npm start' 3000 'npx axe-playwright http://localhost:3000'

For React projects, add axe-core to your Jest or Vitest test suite:

import { axe } from 'jest-axe'
it('has no accessibility violations', async () => {
  const { container } = render(<MyPage />)
  expect(await axe(container)).toHaveNoViolations()
})

Start by scanning the homepage, login page, and highest-traffic routes.