Core ARIA Enhancements vs Accessibility Plugin: Maintaining UI Compatibility While Achieving WCAG Compliance
The goal is to deliver an audit‑ready Jenkins UI that remains compatible with existing dashboards and user workflows. Jenkins core now embeds ARIA roles and labels for key components, offering a baseline screen‑reader experience. The Accessibility Plugin, on the other hand, runs automated WCAG 2.1 level AA checks during builds and produces compliance reports