(Filed here per GSA/openacr-editor#43 — "File Issues In Main Repo".)
Environment
ACR Editor at https://acreditor.section508.gov/ (footer: v1.0, published April 2024), tested 2026-08-12. CLI: @openacr/openacr@0.3.8, Node v24.13.0.
Steps to reproduce
- Author an ACR against
catalog: 2.5-edition-wcag-2.2-508-en (one of the catalogs shipped in @openacr/openacr since the v1.0 format release) that includes a WCAG 2.2-only criterion such as 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum).
- Confirm it is CLI-valid:
openacr validate -f draft.yaml -c catalog/2.5-edition-wcag-2.2-508-en.yaml → Valid!.
- In the editor, use Open report and select the file.
Expected
The editor imports any document that is valid against a catalog the format itself ships.
Actual
Import is rejected criterion-by-criterion against the 2.4-edition / WCAG 2.1 catalog — for the file above the alert reads:
criteria '2.5.8' is not included in 'Table 2: Success Criteria, Level AA'
The same document reworked onto 2.4-edition-wcag-2.1-508-en imports cleanly (verified both directions 2026-08-12; the Level AA page header also links "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1").
Why it matters
The format has shipped WCAG 2.2 / VPAT 2.5 catalogs since March 2024 (#352 closed for that release), but the hosted editor cannot open documents written against them — so evaluators who follow the format's current catalogs lose the editor as a finish/review surface, and may not discover why from the per-criterion alert. Either 2.5-edition catalog support in the editor, or a documented statement of the supported catalog set (import screen + docs), would close the gap.
Related history: #352 (format-side WCAG 2.2 support, closed), GSA/openacr-editor#83 (earlier WCAG-version labeling confusion in the editor, closed).
(Filed here per GSA/openacr-editor#43 — "File Issues In Main Repo".)
Environment
ACR Editor at https://acreditor.section508.gov/ (footer: v1.0, published April 2024), tested 2026-08-12. CLI:
@openacr/openacr@0.3.8, Node v24.13.0.Steps to reproduce
catalog: 2.5-edition-wcag-2.2-508-en(one of the catalogs shipped in@openacr/openacrsince the v1.0 format release) that includes a WCAG 2.2-only criterion such as 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum).openacr validate -f draft.yaml -c catalog/2.5-edition-wcag-2.2-508-en.yaml→Valid!.Expected
The editor imports any document that is valid against a catalog the format itself ships.
Actual
Import is rejected criterion-by-criterion against the 2.4-edition / WCAG 2.1 catalog — for the file above the alert reads:
The same document reworked onto
2.4-edition-wcag-2.1-508-enimports cleanly (verified both directions 2026-08-12; the Level AA page header also links "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1").Why it matters
The format has shipped WCAG 2.2 / VPAT 2.5 catalogs since March 2024 (#352 closed for that release), but the hosted editor cannot open documents written against them — so evaluators who follow the format's current catalogs lose the editor as a finish/review surface, and may not discover why from the per-criterion alert. Either 2.5-edition catalog support in the editor, or a documented statement of the supported catalog set (import screen + docs), would close the gap.
Related history: #352 (format-side WCAG 2.2 support, closed), GSA/openacr-editor#83 (earlier WCAG-version labeling confusion in the editor, closed).