Bot Manager | Bot Detection, Protection, and Management | Akamai

Cloud Computing | Akamai

DNS security | Edge DNS | Shield NS53 | Akamai

App & API Protector — Website Application Protection | Akamai

Network and Cybersecurity Monitoring | Hunt | Akamai

Brand Impersonation Protection | Akamai

Account Takeover and Identity Theft Protection | Akamai

API Security | Akamai

Identity Cloud — Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) | Akamai

Download Delivery — Large File Delivery Solution | Akamai

When specifying accessible names via `aria-labelledby`, ensure that the 
label elements exist.

## Explanation

Accessible names are required for many parts of a page, including form controls.
One way to accomplish this is to use `aria-labelledby` to specify the ID or IDs of 
other elements which contain a label. For example:

```html
<h2 id="dialog-labell">Important message!</h2>
<dialog aria-labelledby="dialog-label">
```

In this example, the `aria-labelledby` for the `<dialog>` points to an ID of `dialog-label`,
which doesn't exist. The heading it refers to instead has an ID of `dialog-labell`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

It isn't usually clear when an accessible name is broken, even during user testing.

This check helps to identify where an element clearly intended to have a label, but
that label is missing.

When a label is broken, it may be impossible for a user of assistive technologies
to understand what that element does.

missing-aria-labelled-by

September 2025

August 2025

Akamai Technologies Inc

	Title / URL	Issues
	Bot Manager \| Bot Detection, Protection, and Management \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/bot-manager	5
	Cloud Computing \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/solutions/cloud-computing	5
	DNS security \| Edge DNS \| Shield NS53 \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/edge-dns	3
	App & API Protector — Website Application Protection \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/app-and-api-protector	3
	Network and Cybersecurity Monitoring \| Hunt \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/akamai-hunt	3
	Brand Impersonation Protection \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/brand-protector	3
	Account Takeover and Identity Theft Protection \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/account-protector	3
	API Security \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/api-security	3
	Identity Cloud — Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/identity-cloud	2
	Download Delivery — Large File Delivery Solution \| Akamaiwww.akamai.com/products/download-delivery	2

Fix missing ARIA label IDs

Akamai Technologies Inc

Where this issue has occurred