How to fix aria allowed role on Adobe Commerce (Magento)

Steps for Adobe Commerce (Magento)

1. Identify the offending template via the flagged page URL. Adobe Commerce uses `.phtml` template files; locate the relevant file in `app/design/frontend/<Vendor>/<Theme>/` (custom theme) or in the module's view directory.
2. Use `grep -r 'role="presentation"' app/design/` (or the equivalent for your flagged role) from the project root to find the exact file and line.
3. Edit the `.phtml` or `.html` (for UI Component / Knockout templates) file: remove the invalid role attribute from interactive elements or replace it with a permitted value.
4. Run `bin/magento cache:flush` and `bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy` to push the changes to the storefront.
5. Verify with axe DevTools on the frontend.

<!-- WRONG: role="presentation" strips button semantics, making it inaccessible -->
<button role="presentation">Add to Cart</button>

<!-- CORRECT: Remove the invalid role — the button keeps its native semantics -->
<button>Add to Cart</button>

<!-- WRONG: role="presentation" on an anchor removes link semantics -->
<a href="/products/shirt" role="presentation">View Shirt</a>

<!-- CORRECT: Remove the role; or if truly decorative, use a <span> instead -->
<a href="/products/shirt">View Shirt</a>

<!-- ACCEPTABLE: role="presentation" on a layout <table> (non-data table) -->
<table role="presentation">...</table>

What is aria allowed role?

Every HTML element has a built-in meaning (its "semantics") — a button is a button, a heading is a heading, a link is a link. ARIA roles let developers override or supplement that meaning for screen readers. However, not every role can be applied to every element: the ARIA specification defines which roles are allowed on which elements. When you add a role that is forbidden for a given element — for example, placing `role="presentation"` on a `<button>` or `<a>` tag — you create a conflict that confuses assistive technologies. The `aria-allowed-role` rule flags exactly these mismatches.

Screen readers used by blind and low-vision shoppers rely on ARIA roles to announce what each element is and how to interact with it. An invalid role can cause a button to be announced as something meaningless, make a link unfocusable, or cause interactive controls to disappear entirely from the accessibility tree — effectively making parts of your store unusable for those customers. Beyond losing sales, inaccessible stores face growing legal risk under the ADA (US), AODA (Canada), EAA (EU), and similar laws — accessibility lawsuits against ecommerce sites have surged. Fixing ARIA role mismatches is also a signal of overall technical quality that modern crawlers and ranking algorithms increasingly reward.

See the complete Aria allowed role guide for every platform and the full background.