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When using accessible descriptions (`aria-describedby`), ensure that the 
descriptions exist.

## Explanation

ARIA descriptions are commonly used to add supplementary information to 
elements in a page, especially form controls. For example:

```html
<input type="email" aria-describedby="email-help">
<p id="email-helpp">Enter your work email address</p>
```

In this example, the `aria-describedby` for the field points to an ID of `email-help`,
which doesn't exist. The paragraph it refers to instead has an ID of `email-helpp`, presumably 
a typo.

## Why this matters

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

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

When a description is broken, key information about that element may be omitted from 
assistive technologies.

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October 2025

September 2025

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	Tune In to Our Video Collection \| Endavawww.endava.com/insights/videos	1
	Handpicked Podcasts Just for You \| Endavawww.endava.com/insights/podcasts	1
	What We Do \| Endavawww.endava.com/what-we-do	1
	Cookie Policy \| Endavawww.endava.com/cookie-policy	1
	Latest News and Announcements \| Endavawww.endava.com/who-we-are/newsroom	1
	Capabilities \| Endavawww.endava.com/capabilities	1
	Contact us \| Endavawww.endava.com/contact	1
	Dive Deeper With Our Whitepaper Collection \| Endavawww.endava.com/insights/whitepapers	1
	invented-url-for-404-pagewww.endava.com/invented-url-for-404-page	1

Fix missing ARIA description IDs

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