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minorWCAG 2.4.9 · AAA

Links with the same name must have a similar purpose

identical-links-same-purpose

Ensure that links with the same accessible name serve a similar purpose

The criterion behind it

2.4.9 Link Purpose (Link Only)

A mechanism is available to allow the purpose of each link to be identified from link text alone, except where the purpose of the link would be ambiguous to users in general.

Level AAA

How it is reported

A11ySignal reports this at minor impact. Every failing element comes with its CSS selector and the markup that failed, so you can go straight to the line rather than hunting for it. Deque publishes the engine-level detail:

https://dequeuniversity.com/rules/axe/4.13/identical-links-same-purpose

Check implemented by axe-core 4.13.0, © Deque Systems, MPL-2.0.