Bump axe-core from 4.11.1 to 4.12.0

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Bumps axe-core from 4.11.1 to 4.12.0.

Release notes

Sourced from axe-core's releases.

Release 4.12.0

In this release you'll find:

1. A new aria-tab-name rule that tests role="tab" elements have an accessible name
2. The landmark-complementary-is-top-level rule is deprecated, as ARIA no longer requires this
3. Preparations for Element Internal support (behind a feature flag)
4. Various other bug fixes for target-size, scrollable-region-focusable, and more

This release can see reveal new issues, as well as close out a few existing ones that might have come from false positives or the now deprecated rule.

Features

• add gather-internals.js external script (#5099) (c61d58b), closes #5080
• aria-allowed/prohibited-attr, aria-required-parent/children: partially support element internals role (#5080) (417b48a), closes #5039 #4259
• axe.externalAPIs: add public api for setting elementInternal data (#5105) (63bab8f)
• core: expose normalizeRunOptions (#4998) (b8e6a59)
• expose axe.resetLocale() to restore the default locale (#5108) (c2b5292), closes #5107
• getRules: include rule enabled state in returned objects (#5118) (75bf772), closes #5116
• list,listitem: support element internals role (#5119) (7d9d696)
• new-rule: check that aria-tab have an accessible name (#5001) (0d4e4e7), closes #4842
• rules: deprecate landmark-complementary-is-top-level rules (#4992) (9e09139), closes #4950
• utils: add getElementInternals function (#5077) (1c15f82)

Bug Fixes

• aria-allowed-attr: restrict br and wbr elements to aria-hidden only (#4974) (c6245e7)
• aria-conditional-attr: add support for radio (#5100) (8223c98)
• aria-valid-attr-value: handle multiple aria-errormessage IDs (#4973) (0489e30)
• aria: prevent getOwnedVirtual from returning duplicate nodes (#4987) (48ca955), closes #4840
• commons/text: exclude natively hidden elements from aria-labelledby accessible name (#5076) (ea7202c), closes #4704
• DqElement: avoid calling constructors with cloneNode (#5013) (0281fa1)
• existing-rule: aria-busy now shows an error message for a use with unallowed children (#5017) (2067b87)
• helpUrl: ensure axe.configure always updates the help URLs (#5114) (c4f60ff)
• label-content-name-mismatch: match visible text with aria-label and exclude invisible text (#5096) (3a012a1)
• locale: ensure all subtags are correctly set (#5112) (13005ed)
• scrollable-region-focusable: clarify the issue is in safari (#4995) (4ec5211), closes WebKit#190870 WebKit#277290
• scrollable-region-focusable: do not fail scroll areas when all content is visible without scrolling (#4993) (838707a)
• target-size: determine offset using clientRects if target is display:inline (#5012) (a4b8091)
• target-size: ignore position: fixed elements that are offscreen when page is scrolled (#5066) (1229a6e), closes #5065
• target-size: ignore widgets that are inline with other inline elements (#5000) (a8dd81b)
• utils/getAncestry: escape node name (#5079) (d1fabaa), closes #5078
• utils: Add null check to parseCrossOriginStylesheet, closes #5074 (#5075) (f12ef32)
• utils: update isShadowRoot to use spec-compliant custom element regex (#5059) (edc6ce2), closes #5030

Release 4.11.4

This release addresses an issue with ancestry selectors. It is unlikely to change the number of issues found by axe-core.

Bug Fixes

• commons/text: exclude natively hidden elements from aria-labelledby accessible name (#5076) (df34adf), closes #4704

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Changelog

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4.12.0 (2026-06-01)

Features

• add gather-internals.js external script (#5099) (c61d58b), closes #5080
• aria-allowed/prohibited-attr, aria-required-parent/children: partially support element internals role (#5080) (417b48a), closes #5039 #4259
• axe.externalAPIs: add public api for setting elementInternal data (#5105) (63bab8f)
• core: expose normalizeRunOptions (#4998) (b8e6a59)
• expose axe.resetLocale() to restore the default locale (#5108) (c2b5292), closes #5107
• getRules: include rule enabled state in returned objects (#5118) (75bf772), closes #5116
• list,listitem: support element internals role (#5119) (7d9d696)
• new-rule: check that aria-tab have an accessible name (#5001) (0d4e4e7), closes #4842
• rules: deprecate landmark-complementary-is-top-level rules (#4992) (9e09139), closes #4950
• utils: add getElementInternals function (#5077) (1c15f82)

Bug Fixes

• aria-allowed-attr: restrict br and wbr elements to aria-hidden only (#4974) (c6245e7)
• aria-conditional-attr: add support for radio (#5100) (8223c98)
• aria-valid-attr-value: handle multiple aria-errormessage IDs (#4973) (0489e30)
• aria: prevent getOwnedVirtual from returning duplicate nodes (#4987) (48ca955), closes #4840
• commons/text: exclude natively hidden elements from aria-labelledby accessible name (#5076) (ea7202c), closes #4704
• DqElement: avoid calling constructors with cloneNode (#5013) (0281fa1)
• existing-rule: aria-busy now shows an error message for a use with unallowed children (#5017) (2067b87)
• helpUrl: ensure axe.configure always updates the help URLs (#5114) (c4f60ff)
• label-content-name-mismatch: match visible text with aria-label and exclude invisible text (#5096) (3a012a1)
• locale: ensure all subtags are correctly set (#5112) (13005ed)
• scrollable-region-focusable: clarify the issue is in safari (#4995) (4ec5211), closes WebKit#190870 WebKit#277290
• scrollable-region-focusable: do not fail scroll areas when all content is visible without scrolling (#4993) (838707a)
• target-size: determine offset using clientRects if target is display:inline (#5012) (a4b8091)
• target-size: ignore position: fixed elements that are offscreen when page is scrolled (#5066) (1229a6e), closes #5065
• target-size: ignore widgets that are inline with other inline elements (#5000) (a8dd81b)
• utils/getAncestry: escape node name (#5079) (d1fabaa), closes #5078
• utils: Add null check to parseCrossOriginStylesheet, closes #5074 (#5075) (f12ef32)
• utils: update isShadowRoot to use spec-compliant custom element regex (#5059) (edc6ce2), closes #5030

4.11.4 (2026-04-23)

Bug Fixes

• commons/text: exclude natively hidden elements from aria-labelledby accessible name (#5076) (df34adf), closes #4704
• utils/getAncestry: escape node name (#5079) (6e68d0a), closes #5078

4.11.3 (2026-04-13)

Bug Fixes

• aria-allowed-attr: restrict br and wbr elements to aria-hidden only (#4974) (1d80163)
• target-size: ignore position: fixed elements that are offscreen when page is scrolled (#5066) (5906273), closes #5065

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Commits

• e260c7e ci: continue-on-error for text_examples (#5124)
• 90e6c45 ci: continue-on-error for text_examples
• 0016ef9 chore(release): v4.12.0 (#5122)
• 1e9df5a chore(release): 4.12.0
• 75bf772 feat(getRules): include rule enabled state in returned objects (#5118)
• c621011 docs(check-options): fix duplicate "the" (passLength/failLength rows) (#5113)
• f12ef32 fix(utils): Add null check to parseCrossOriginStylesheet, closes #5074 (#5075)
• 7d9d696 feat(list,listitem): support element internals role (#5119)
• c01a37d ci: ignore gather-internals.js from import deploy validation (#5110)
• edc6ce2 fix(utils): update isShadowRoot to use spec-compliant custom element regex (#...
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