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A11Y-MOTION-006

Essential-motion exception review

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MethodMotion-preference check
TesterGeneral QA tester
Indicative effort43–62 min small scope

Checks essential-motion exception review under the actual operating-system preference.

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Purpose

What this test checks

Checks essential-motion exception review under the actual operating-system preference.

What this result means: This procedure records how Essential-motion exception review behaves on reduced-motion-os-browser. It can expose evidence relevant to WCAG 2.2.2 for the tested task and environment. Use the linked conformance procedures for WCAG 2.2.2 to assess the complete requirements across the declared conformance scope.

Why it matters

Checks essential-motion exception review under the actual operating-system preference. People most likely affected: people with vestibular disorders, motion sensitivity, attention-related disabilities or seizure disorders. Motion may cause symptoms, distract from the task or remove functionality when reduction is requested. In the recorded reduced-motion-os-browser environment, compare the default and reduced-motion experiences, including transitions, parallax and animated status changes; motion may remain harmful even when its duration is short.

When to use it

Apply Essential-motion exception review when the frozen experience with the operating-system reduced-motion preference in the stated initial or runtime state. The selected focus is Essential-motion exception review.

Confirm before starting

Mark it not applicable only when

Exceptions

Essential motion

Decision condition
Removing the specific motion would fundamentally change the information or functionality and it cannot be achieved another way.
Evidence needed
Product-purpose evidence, the exact motion, alternatives considered and why each alternative is insufficient.
Common error
Brand preference, visual polish or implementation cost is not evidence that motion is essential.
Scope
Only the specific essential motion, never the entire experience by default.

Prepare

What you need

  • The product area and test targets are agreed before testing starts.
  • The operating system, browser, viewport and input method are recorded.
  • Test data is safe to use and does not expose unnecessary personal information.

Targets and required variations

  • Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
  • Default, revealed, loading, empty, validation error, interruption, recovery and confirmation where meaningful.
  • Every required environment, viewport, orientation, language and authenticated state recorded in the frozen scope.

Clean state

  • Complete a known-good calibration in the same environment before product testing.
  • Start from a recorded clean or known state and preserve any prior preferences, extensions, cache or profile settings that can affect output.

Effort estimate

Setup
12 min
Per target
15 min
Evidence
8 min
Technical review
8 min

Assumptions: one page with one motion preference and representative triggers; repeat for distinct animation mechanisms

Variation: Add a new per-target execution and evidence allowance for each additional target class or state that could produce a different result. Add setup time for each distinct environment.

Excluded: Client coordination, inaccessible-environment recovery, recruitment, legal review, remediation implementation and waiting time unless the procedure states otherwise.

Execute

Test steps

Follow each action in order. The expected result is always visible; open the guidance when you need setup, tool, evidence, decision or repeat details. Step-level recording is optional while work is in progress and required only to export a completed execution.

Step 1

Prepare the scope, target and environment

Purpose: For Essential-motion exception review, prepare the named scenario: Prepare the scope, target and environment. Target: Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review. The preparation must establish this result: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

User impact: Motion may cause symptoms, distract from the task or remove functionality when reduction is requested. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Prepare the scope, target and environment.

Before executing Essential-motion exception review, freeze the product version and scope. Inventory each applicable target, select the required starting states, prepare safe test data and record every required environment value. Complete any named known-good calibration before attributing an observation to the product.

Expected result

The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

Failure observation

During Essential-motion exception review, the target, starting state, environment or scope record remains ambiguous for the scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment. The preparation result cannot be demonstrated: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Required state
For Essential-motion exception review, the product version and scope are frozen; every selected target and material starting state is uniquely identified.
Tool or command
Use the scope record and worksheet environment fields for Essential-motion exception review: operating_system, operating_system_version, browser, browser_version, viewport_css_pixels, input_method, reduced_motion_setting.
Record
Scope/version reference; target inventory; starting states; safe-data reference; every required environment value; calibration result or reason it is not required.
Pass
Record passed for the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment only when the evidence (Scope/version reference; target inventory; starting states; safe-data reference; every required environment value; calibration result or reason it is not required.) supports: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: During Essential-motion exception review, the target, starting state, environment or scope record remains ambiguous for the scenario named Prepare the scope, target and environment. The preparation result cannot be demonstrated: The selected targets, states, test data, environment and any scope limitations are complete enough for another qualified tester to reproduce the setup.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
For Essential-motion exception review, correct the setup gap, preserve the original blocked record and start a new execution observation before proceeding.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Prepare the scope, target and environment for Essential-motion exception review in reduced-motion-os-browser. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For Essential-motion exception review, do not begin from an undocumented browser tab, document copy, device state, participant plan or evidence set. Record the exact item you will test first.
Record this step

Step 2

Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state

Purpose: For Essential-motion exception review, execute the named scenario: Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state. Target: Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review. Compare the observation with this result: The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible.

User impact: Motion may cause symptoms, distract from the task or remove functionality when reduction is requested. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state.

Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state; disable DevTools emulation for the primary result.

Expected result

The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Required state
For Essential-motion exception review, begin in the recorded default state for the selected Essential-motion exception review target before this action; preserve the exact content, account, platform and configuration used.
Tool or command
In reduced-motion-os-browser, Change the operating-system reduced-motion preference, start or reload the product as required, and compare the same action with the preference off and on. A CSS media-query inspector is diagnostic only.
Record
Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.
Pass
Record passed for the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state only when the evidence (Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.) supports: The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat this action for every required variation of Essential-motion exception review and after a material target, content, state, environment or configuration change. Preserve the original observation.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state for Essential-motion exception review in reduced-motion-os-browser. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For Essential-motion exception review: Record whether reduced motion was active before launch and whether the product also has its own motion setting. Observe the complete transition, not a single screenshot.
Record this step

Step 3

For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative

Purpose: For Essential-motion exception review, execute the named scenario: For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative. Target: Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review. Compare the observation with this result: Only demonstrably essential motion remains, with the narrowest duration and intensity necessary.

User impact: Motion may cause symptoms, distract from the task or remove functionality when reduction is requested. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative.

For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative.

Expected result

Only demonstrably essential motion remains, with the narrowest duration and intensity necessary.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Only demonstrably essential motion remains, with the narrowest duration and intensity necessary.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Required state
For Essential-motion exception review, begin in the recorded default state for the selected Essential-motion exception review target before this action; preserve the exact content, account, platform and configuration used.
Tool or command
In reduced-motion-os-browser, Change the operating-system reduced-motion preference, start or reload the product as required, and compare the same action with the preference off and on. A CSS media-query inspector is diagnostic only.
Record
Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.
Pass
Record passed for the Essential-motion exception review scenario named For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative only when the evidence (Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.) supports: Only demonstrably essential motion remains, with the narrowest duration and intensity necessary.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Only demonstrably essential motion remains, with the narrowest duration and intensity necessary.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat this action for every required variation of Essential-motion exception review and after a material target, content, state, environment or configuration change. Preserve the original observation.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named For every claimed essential animation, document the function that cannot be achieved without motion and attempt a static/reduced alternative for Essential-motion exception review in reduced-motion-os-browser. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For Essential-motion exception review: Record whether reduced motion was active before launch and whether the product also has its own motion setting. Observe the complete transition, not a single screenshot.
Record this step

Step 4

Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested

Purpose: For Essential-motion exception review, execute the named scenario: Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested. Target: Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review. Compare the observation with this result: Reduced motion does not remove information, focus feedback or completion status.

User impact: Motion may cause symptoms, distract from the task or remove functionality when reduction is requested. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested.

Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested; compare functionality, focus and status communication.

Expected result

Reduced motion does not remove information, focus feedback or completion status.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Reduced motion does not remove information, focus feedback or completion status.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Required state
For Essential-motion exception review, begin in keyboard focus on the last confirmed target before the action, with no pointer assistance; preserve the exact content, account, platform and configuration used.
Tool or command
In reduced-motion-os-browser, Change the operating-system reduced-motion preference, start or reload the product as required, and compare the same action with the preference off and on. A CSS media-query inspector is diagnostic only.
Record
Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.
Pass
Record passed for the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested only when the evidence (Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.) supports: Reduced motion does not remove information, focus feedback or completion status.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Reduced motion does not remove information, focus feedback or completion status.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat this action for every required variation of Essential-motion exception review and after a material target, content, state, environment or configuration change. Preserve the original observation.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Complete the same critical journey with no preference and with reduction requested for Essential-motion exception review in reduced-motion-os-browser. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For Essential-motion exception review: Record whether reduced motion was active before launch and whether the product also has its own motion setting. Observe the complete transition, not a single screenshot.
Record this step

Step 5

Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim

Purpose: For Essential-motion exception review, execute the named scenario: Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim. Target: Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review. Compare the observation with this result: Evidence demonstrates the material difference and any exception is reviewable.

User impact: Motion may cause symptoms, distract from the task or remove functionality when reduction is requested. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim.

Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim.

Expected result

Evidence demonstrates the material difference and any exception is reviewable.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Evidence demonstrates the material difference and any exception is reviewable.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Required state
For Essential-motion exception review, begin in the recorded default state for the selected Essential-motion exception review target before this action; preserve the exact content, account, platform and configuration used.
Tool or command
In reduced-motion-os-browser, Change the operating-system reduced-motion preference, start or reload the product as required, and compare the same action with the preference off and on. A CSS media-query inspector is diagnostic only.
Record
Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.
Pass
Record passed for the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim only when the evidence (Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.) supports: Evidence demonstrates the material difference and any exception is reviewable.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Evidence demonstrates the material difference and any exception is reviewable.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat this action for every required variation of Essential-motion exception review and after a material target, content, state, environment or configuration change. Preserve the original observation.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Attach before/after recordings or frame evidence and document any essential-motion claim for Essential-motion exception review in reduced-motion-os-browser. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For Essential-motion exception review: Record whether reduced motion was active before launch and whether the product also has its own motion setting. Observe the complete transition, not a single screenshot.
Record this step

Step 6

Repeat material variations and recovery

Purpose: For Essential-motion exception review, execute the named scenario: Repeat material variations and recovery. Target: Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review. Compare the observation with this result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

User impact: Motion may cause symptoms, distract from the task or remove functionality when reduction is requested. This scenario isolates that risk in the action named Repeat material variations and recovery.

Repeat the Essential-motion exception review action for each inventoried variation that can change the outcome. Include relevant default, revealed, error, interruption, recovery and confirmation states and complete the selected process from start to finish where this test can affect task completion.

Expected result

Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

Failure observation

After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.

Setup, evidence and decision guidance
Target
Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Required state
For Essential-motion exception review: Default, revealed, loading, empty, validation error, interruption, recovery and confirmation where meaningful. Every required environment, viewport, orientation, language and authenticated state recorded in the frozen scope.
Tool or command
For Essential-motion exception review, use the same recorded method, then change only the state, environment or recovery condition being compared.
Record
Variation identifier; changed state or environment; start and end points; actual observation; recovery result; intervention; evidence reference and target outcome.
Pass
Record passed for the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery only when the evidence (Variation identifier; changed state or environment; start and end points; actual observation; recovery result; intervention; evidence reference and target outcome.) supports: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.
Fail
Record failed when the action is completed and this failure observation is reproduced: After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Repeat material variations and recovery, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: Every material variation and required recovery path has its own reproducible observation; no unexecuted state is merged into a passing result.
Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Blocked
Record blocked, not passed, when An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Repeat or recover
Repeat this action for every required variation of Essential-motion exception review and after a material target, content, state, environment or configuration change. Preserve the original observation.
Limitations
This scenario records the action named Repeat material variations and recovery for Essential-motion exception review in reduced-motion-os-browser. It does not establish behaviour for another target, state or environment and does not set a WCAG conformance decision.
If you are new to this test
For Essential-motion exception review, change one material condition at a time where practical. Do not assume that a passing default state covers errors, overlays, orientation changes, interruptions or recovery.
Record this step

Decide

How to decide

Passed

Only demonstrably essential motion remains, with the narrowest duration and intensity necessary.

Failed

An applicable Essential-motion exception review target has a reproducible material barrier against one or more stated expectations; identify the exact expectation, state and evidence.

Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
Cannot tell
The target is applicable, but conflicting evidence or unresolved responsibility prevents a defensible expectation decision after recorded comparison.
Not tested
An applicable target, required state, complete process or named real environment was not executed.
Aggregation and reporting boundaries

Aggregation: Preserve every target/environment outcome. Any failed target prevents an overall passed procedure result. cantTell and untested remain unresolved; inapplicable is valid only when the completed inventory contains no applicable target.

WCAG decision: This specialist, platform, document, usability or quality result does not set a WCAG success criterion to satisfied or not_satisfied automatically. Use linked atomic and criterion-level procedures for that separate decision.

Automation: A checker, accessibility-tree inspection, emulator or simulated assistive technology is diagnostic evidence only. Complete every required manual, real-platform, contextual and exception check.

Record

Record the result

Record the target, state and observed behaviour. Add evidence or technical details only when needed.

Choose the option that best matches what happened to this target.

Describe the actual behaviour and why it supports the selected result.

When more than one target is recorded, the overall procedure result is calculated from all target results.

Environment: Not set.
Add evidence or details

Choose only the group needed for this record. These fields remain optional for a working draft.

Evidence references

Enter one file name, issue ID or evidence reference per line. Files stay on your device.

Test environment

Save a named profile once to reuse the same product, platform and environment details on other procedures in this browser.

Engagement and tester identifiers

Formal completion and limitations

Identify the frozen list or sampling record used to select every target represented by this execution.

Choose a final result before marking the execution complete. Completed records require the full environment, step, evidence and method-specific information.

Data management

Export before clearing if the record must be retained. Apply the engagement retention schedule and delete browser data when it is no longer needed.

Saved drafts stay in this browser and are not uploaded. Do not enter credentials, secrets or unnecessary personal data.

Reference

Supporting information

Standards and requirement mappings
  • W3C-WCAG22 · 2.2.2 secondary · partial

    This Motion-preference check observes Essential-motion exception review in the recorded reduced-motion-os-browser environment. Use the linked WCAG 2.2.2 conformance procedure to evaluate all normative parts of WCAG 2.2.2 across the declared scope.

  • W3C-REDUCED-MOTION · W3C-REDUCED-MOTION advisory · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • MICROSOFT-EDGE-A11Y · MICROSOFT-EDGE-A11Y advisory · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

  • W3C-WCAG22-TECHNIQUES · W3C-WCAG22-TECHNIQUES advisory · supporting

    This source does not override WCAG or create an additional WCAG conformance requirement.

Supporting and advisory guidance

Supporting sources are identified in the mappings and source register. They do not add conformance requirements.

Evidence specification
  • Environment record

    Operating system, browser, motion preference, application setting and whether the preference was active before load.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

  • Motion comparison

    Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

  • Exception record

    Essential-motion rationale, source and the smallest target to which it applies.

    Reference or redact sensitive material. Do not store credentials, secrets, unnecessary personal data or unconsented participant data.

Worked example and outcome calibration

A11Y-MOTION-006-WORKED-001: representative worked example

Context: Representative synthetic example for Essential-motion exception review on a fictional, version-frozen product target; no client or participant execution occurred.

Inspected: The tester follows S2 (Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state) using the target, required state, tool and repeat rule stated in this procedure.

Observed output: After the tester completes the Essential-motion exception review scenario named Record OS, browser, OS motion preference and application state, the recorded observation for the target is inconsistent with the required result: The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible.

Evidence:

  • example-evidence-001: target and state record for Each selected animation, transition, movement and interaction relevant to Essential-motion exception review.
  • example-evidence-002: contemporaneous observation from the named method — Before/after recording or frame/timing evidence for the exact motion and task state.
  • example-evidence-003: comparison note linking the actual observation to the expected result and claim boundary

Tester reasoning: The recorded observation does not demonstrate the expected result: The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible. The failed decision is limited to this synthetic target and state; unexecuted coverage is not inferred.

Decision: failed

Finding: A11Y-MOTION-006-example-finding-001 — Essential-motion exception review: expected result is not demonstrated. The represented barrier may affect People with vestibular disorders, motion sensitivity, attention-related disabilities or seizure disorders.

Remediation: Change the represented target or process so it demonstrates this result: The actual user preference and baseline are reproducible. Then rerun the affected step and every dependent variation.

Reviewer feedback: The reviewer confirms applicability, environment, actual-versus-expected comparison, evidence references and bounded wording; unsupported product-wide or conformance language is removed.

Final client wording: Synthetic training finding: the sampled Essential-motion exception review target does not meet the procedure expectation in the recorded state. User impact and broader scope require evidence from the buyer's real execution.

Retest: Synthetic retest example: after the represented change, repeat the failed step plus material error and recovery states. Close the finding only when new evidence demonstrates the expected result; otherwise retain the non-pass outcome.

Boundary: This is a representative, synthetic worked example for training and calibration. It is not evidence from a client product, participant or real assistive-technology execution.

Outcome calibration

Passed
In reduced-motion-os-browser, the selected Essential-motion exception review target completes the recorded action and meets this expectation: Only demonstrably essential motion remains, with the narrowest duration and intensity necessary.

The example is a calibration scenario, not an execution or approval.

Failed
An applicable Essential-motion exception review target produces a reproducible barrier during the named action, with the exact state and affected user task recorded.

A failed target remains failed even if another environment or target passes.

Not applicable
The frozen scope contains no motion, animation or state relevant to Essential-motion exception review.

Inapplicable requires a completed inventory showing that no target matches applicability; a missing environment is not inapplicable.

Cannot tell
The Essential-motion exception review target is applicable, but conflicting product/platform evidence or missing authoritative information prevents a defensible responsibility or expectation decision.

Record the conflict, comparisons attempted and person or evidence needed to resolve it.

Not tested
The Essential-motion exception review target is applicable, but a required state, complete process or real environment was not executed.

Untested remains incomplete and cannot be converted to passed or inapplicable.

Sampling, complete processes and platform limitations

Test every in-scope instance when practical. For a large population, document a sample that includes each template, content or control type, meaningful state and high-risk task.

If this check is part of a user journey, test the selected journey from start to finish, including relevant errors and recovery. Record any path that was not tested.

  • A reduced-motion preference is a platform signal, not proof that every user needs the same presentation or that every motion requirement is satisfied.
  • Check relevant browser, tool or assistive-technology release notes before assigning unexpected behaviour to the product.
  • If responsibility is unclear, record the reproducible behaviour and use cannot tell until it is resolved.
Related procedures
  • A11Y-WCAG-025
ACT rules and WCAG technique traceability

This is a project-authored manual procedure, not a W3C Approved ACT Rule. An ACT result can support only the part of this procedure covered by that rule. It does not replace the remaining manual or assistive-technology checks.

No supporting W3C Approved ACT Rule is selected for this procedure.

  • Understanding SC 2.2.2. Techniques are examples, not extra requirements. Record any technique or common failure used, but decide the result against the success criterion.
Review history and source register
  1. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Reworked for plain language, case-focused steps, scoped evidence and transparent draft review status.
  2. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Migrated to professional catalogue schema v3 with separated outcomes, structured authority, applicability, evidence, decision and review records.
  3. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Specialist procedure mapped to its task family and current first-party platform guidance and checked for internal consistency; competent review and real execution remain separate.
  4. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Added explicit preparation and variation/recovery steps plus a bounded representative worked example for paid-template use.
  5. 2026.08.27-rc.9 — Procedure guidance and presentation simplified without changing draft governance status.

Review decision: pending. Open issues: Execute all required real environments and calibration cases.; Complete a distinct competent review and retain any unresolved material finding as blocked or cantTell.

Source historyReport an accuracy issue
WCAG
SC 2.2.2
Execution
Manual test with tool support
Catalogue version
2026.08.27-rc.9