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A11Y-13878: Scan Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone for accessibility - #311
Runs accessibility scans in-page on mobile browsers: Chrome on Android, and Safari on iPhone (iPad excluded). Today the service turns accessibility off for any session with a deviceName.
Build start: reads isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup and isIosSafariScanningEnabledForGroup into env in the launcher, so workers inherit them. iOS is on unless the backend sends false (prod doesn't send the iOS flag yet).
validateCapsWithA11y: allows Chrome on Android, and Safari on iPhone, when the group has mobile scanning. Works out the platform from the device name when session caps report the Appium host OS.
Scan, results, results-summary and save scripts get is_mobile_session and thTestRunUuid on mobile, in both the classic and CLI flows. A rejected mobile save is logged as an error.
Sets the async script timeout on mobile sessions to the backend's scannerProcessingTimeout from build start (30s when it isn't sent, as in the Node SDK). Appium XCUITest starts iOS sessions with a ~0 ms timeout, so every scan timed out before this.
Tested on prod with WDIO 9.29.1 and a packed build of this branch:
The script timeout was 30000 ms in each run, from the backend's scannerProcessingTimeout: "30". Before the timeout fix, the iPhone run logged Timed out waiting for asyncrhonous script result after 7 ms on every scan. The v8 port is #312.
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Accessibility Automation now scans Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone sessions.
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In-page mobile web accessibility scans for Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone (iPad excluded), gated on the group's build-start flags; iOS is on unless the backend sends isIosSafariScanningEnabledForGroup: false.
Mobile scan, results and save scripts receive is_mobile_session and thTestRunUuid in the classic and CLI flows.
Mobile sessions get the backend's scannerProcessingTimeout as their async script timeout, to work around Appium XCUITest's ~0 ms default on iOS.
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Chrome on Android, and Safari on iPhone for the iOS cohort, can't load
the accessibility extension, so their scans run in the page. Allow
those sessions when the group has mobile scanning, read the mobile and
iOS group flags from build start, and pass is_mobile_session and
thTestRunUuid to the scan, results and save scripts in both the classic
and CLI flows.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
Prod build start doesn't send isIosSafariScanningEnabledForGroup yet, so a
missing flag no longer turns iOS off; only an explicit false does.
Appium XCUITest starts iOS sessions with a ~0 ms async script timeout, so
every executeAsync scan timed out. Set a 30s script timeout once a session
is identified as mobile, in both the classic and CLI flows.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
The service now accepts eligible Android Chrome and iPhone Safari sessions for Accessibility Automation scanning. It passes mobile-specific arguments to scan and result scripts, configures mobile script timeouts, and logs rejected mobile save results.
Changes: Mobile Accessibility Scanning
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Mobile eligibility and configuration packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts, packages/browserstack-service/tests/util.test.ts, .changeset/pr-311.md
The service reads scanning entitlements and timeout settings. It permits supported mobile sessions when the required group flags are enabled. Tests cover supported and rejected sessions, timeout behavior, and desktop argument clearing.
Mobile scan and save handling packages/browserstack-service/src/accessibility-handler.ts, packages/browserstack-service/src/cli/modules/accessibilityModule.ts, packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts, packages/browserstack-service/tests/cli/modules/accessibilityModule.test.ts
The handlers configure mobile script timeouts and pass mobile arguments to scan and save scripts. They also log rejected mobile saves.
Mobile results and summary retrieval packages/browserstack-service/src/cli/modules/accessibilityModule.ts, packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts
Results and summary scripts receive mobile arguments when available. Desktop calls continue without arguments.
sequenceDiagram
participant AccessibilityModule
participant validateCapsWithA11y
participant browser.executeAsync
participant logRejectedMobileSave
AccessibilityModule->>validateCapsWithA11y: check session capabilities
validateCapsWithA11y-->>AccessibilityModule: return eligibility
AccessibilityModule->>browser.executeAsync: run scan with mobile arguments
browser.executeAsync-->>AccessibilityModule: return scan result
AccessibilityModule->>browser.executeAsync: save results with mobile arguments
browser.executeAsync-->>AccessibilityModule: return save result
AccessibilityModule->>logRejectedMobileSave: report rejected mobile save
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Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 9183e
Eligible mobile scans may be rejected after bin-session startup or time out after a session reload. Resolve those paths before merging; also preserve users’ configured script timeouts.
Security architecture risk: Low · up to 9183e
The visible changes remain bounded to mobile test sessions and retain group-level eligibility checks. One compatibility concern remains: the scanner timeout replaces the session timeout used by unrelated asynchronous scripts. Enforcement of the new run identifiers by the remotely supplied scripts could not be confirmed.
Retained concerns
Low · reliability · inferred: The scanner processing timeout now replaces the shared WebDriver session script timeout without preserving the caller’s setting or restoring it. If the scanner timeout is shorter, subsequent unrelated asynchronous scripts can fail earlier, allowing scanner configuration to affect the rest of the mobile test session. Desktop sessions are excluded, and increasing near-zero iOS timeouts is the intended benefit.
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inferred — The demonstrated new exposure is execution of accessibility scripts on eligible mobile-session pages and submission or retrieval of their results. Local eligibility is group-gated. The available source does not establish the maximum independently attackable server-side data scope because script and backend identity enforcement are unavailable.
Trust Boundaries and Controls
observed — CLI scan execution retains its accessibility gate, and after-test saves require stored scan metadata. Mobile argument construction does not itself authenticate the supplied run UUID. Whether remotely supplied scripts reject missing or mismatched run and session identities remains an external contract gap rather than a verified vulnerability.
Resilience and Maintainability Implications
observed — A mobile save returning success:false is now surfaced as an error in both flows. This improves failure visibility, but the new helper only logs rejection; it does not add retry, rollback, or durable completion tracking.
Hardening Proposals
proposed — Define and verify the external mobile-script contract for binding run identifiers to the authenticated session, including missing and mismatched identifiers. Separately, document entitlement authority when child responses omit capabilities so rollout behavior does not depend on undocumented response repetition.
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Use the build-start scannerProcessingTimeout capability for the mobile
script timeout, as the Node SDK does, instead of a fixed 30s. Fall back to
30s when the backend doesn't send it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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Review comments at @packages/browserstack-service/src/accessibility-handler.ts:
- Line 228: Update AccessibilityHandler.onSessionReload and
AccessibilityModule.onSessionReload to await setMobileA11yScriptTimeout for the
new session before post-reload accessibility scans run.
Review comments at @packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts:
- Around line 360-367: Add response-driven tests for
processAccessibilityResponse that verify an absent mobile flag sets the mobile
environment variable to 'false' while iOS remains enabled by default; mobile
values true, 'true', and false map correctly; an iOS value of false sets its
environment variable to 'false'; and a present scannerProcessingTimeout
populates BSTACK_A11Y_SCANNER_PROCESSING_TIMEOUT. Use response fixtures rather
than setting these environment variables directly.
- Around line 531-540: Update setMobileA11yScriptTimeout to read the current
script timeout and only raise it when it is missing, nonnumeric, or lower than
the scanner timeout; preserve any higher user-configured timeout. Update the
relevant timeout test mock to provide getTimeouts.
- Line 364: Update the environment assignment in the bin-response capability
handling so it only writes BROWSERSTACK_A11Y_MOBILE_SCANNING_ENABLED_FOR_GROUP
when isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup is present. Preserve the inherited launcher
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#!/bin/bashset -e
printf'%s\n''--- accessibility-handler reload and before blocks ---'
nl -ba packages/browserstack-service/src/accessibility-handler.ts | sed -n '160,245p'printf'%s\n''--- accessibilityModule reload and before blocks ---'
nl -ba packages/browserstack-service/src/cli/modules/accessibilityModule.ts | sed -n '100,215p'printf'%s\n''--- timeout helper and related constants ---'
nl -ba packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts | sed -n '500,550p'printf'%s\n''--- service reload call context ---'
nl -ba packages/browserstack-service/src/service.ts | sed -n '1040,1092p'
Reapply the mobile script timeout after session reload.
browser.reloadSession() creates a new session. The classic handler sets the mobile async script timeout only in before(). The replacement Appium XCUITest session can therefore use its near-zero default, causing later accessibility scans to time out.
Reapply setMobileA11yScriptTimeout in both AccessibilityHandler.onSessionReload and AccessibilityModule.onSessionReload. Await the operation before post-reload scans run.
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Update AccessibilityHandler.onSessionReload and
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processAccessibilityResponse is the only code that converts build-start capabilities into the environment variables used by mobile eligibility and timeout logic. The current fixture contains only accessibilityToken and scannerVersion, and the mobile tests set those environment variables directly.
Add response-driven cases for:
An absent mobile flag, which sets mobile scanning to 'false' while leaving iOS scanning enabled by default.
Mobile values true, 'true', and false.
An iOS value of false, which sets the iOS environment variable to 'false'.
A present scannerProcessingTimeout, which sets BSTACK_A11Y_SCANNER_PROCESSING_TIMEOUT.
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Add response-driven tests for processAccessibilityResponse that verify an absent
mobile flag sets the mobile environment variable to 'false' while iOS remains
enabled by default; mobile values true, 'true', and false map correctly; an iOS
value of false sets its environment variable to 'false'; and a present
scannerProcessingTimeout populates BSTACK_A11Y_SCANNER_PROCESSING_TIMEOUT. Use
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Preserve the launcher entitlement when the bin response omits it.
StartBinSessionResponse permits a capabilities list without isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup. The CLI passes the missing value to isTrue, which returns false, and overwrites the launcher flag inherited by the worker. validateCapsWithA11y then rejects supported Android Chrome and iPhone Safari sessions.
Only update the environment flag when the bin response includes the capability. An explicit false still overrides the inherited value.
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--- "a/packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts"+++ "b/packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts"@@ -361,7 +361,9 @@
process.env.BSTACK_A11Y_SCANNER_PROCESSING_TIMEOUT = scannerProcessingTimeout as string
}
// Group entitlements for mobile web a11y; set in the launcher, so workers inherit them.
- process.env.BROWSERSTACK_A11Y_MOBILE_SCANNING_ENABLED_FOR_GROUP = String(isTrue(isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup))+ if (isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup !== undefined) {+ process.env.BROWSERSTACK_A11Y_MOBILE_SCANNING_ENABLED_FOR_GROUP = String(isTrue(isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup))+ }
if (isIosSafariScanningEnabledForGroup !== undefined) {
process.env.BROWSERSTACK_A11Y_IOS_SAFARI_SCANNING_ENABLED_FOR_GROUP = String(isTrue(isIosSafariScanningEnabledForGroup))
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Review comment at @packages/browserstack-service/src/util.ts at line 364:
Update the environment assignment in the bin-response capability handling so it
only writes BROWSERSTACK_A11Y_MOBILE_SCANNING_ENABLED_FOR_GROUP when
isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup is present. Preserve the inherited launcher
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browser.setTimeout({ script }) changes the WebDriver session's script timeout. When the configured scanner timeout is lower than the user's existing timeout, later mobile executeAsync calls can time out earlier than configured. Read the current timeout and only raise it when necessary.
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try {
- await browser.setTimeout({ script: getMobileA11yScriptTimeoutMs() })+ const wanted = getMobileA11yScriptTimeoutMs()+ const current = (await browser.getTimeouts())?.script+ if (typeof current !== 'number' || current < wanted) {+ await browser.setTimeout({ script: wanted })+ }
} catch (error) {
Update the timeout test mock to provide getTimeouts.
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BStackLogger.debug(`Could not set the script timeout for the mobile accessibility session: ${error}`)
}
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Update setMobileA11yScriptTimeout to read the current script timeout and only
raise it when it is missing, nonnumeric, or lower than the scanner timeout;
preserve any higher user-configured timeout. Update the relevant timeout test
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Kept it for now: this file is generated by the changeset-from-pr workflow from the PR's Release section, and it re-commits it on every push unless the PR has the skip-changeset label. It is also what gets this feature the minor bump in the next Version Packages release (every PR into main ships one, e.g. #308, #310). If you want it out, should we add skip-changeset and handle the version bump another way?
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Workers re-run this when they connect to the bin session (cli/index.ts:462). If that response doesn't include isMobileScanningEnabledForGroup, this overwrites the launcher's true with false and mobile scans get skipped. Can we guard it with !== undefined like the iOS flag below?
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This only runs in before(). After browser.reloadSession(), the new iOS session is back to the ~0 ms timeout and every scan times out again. Can we also call setMobileA11yScriptTimeout from onSessionReload, here and in accessibilityModule.ts?
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Runs accessibility scans in-page on mobile browsers: Chrome on Android, and Safari on iPhone (iPad excluded). Today the service turns accessibility off for any session with a
deviceName.isMobileScanningEnabledForGroupandisIosSafariScanningEnabledForGroupinto env in the launcher, so workers inherit them. iOS is on unless the backend sendsfalse(prod doesn't send the iOS flag yet).validateCapsWithA11y: allows Chrome on Android, and Safari on iPhone, when the group has mobile scanning. Works out the platform from the device name when session caps report the Appium host OS.is_mobile_sessionandthTestRunUuidon mobile, in both the classic and CLI flows. A rejected mobile save is logged as an error.scannerProcessingTimeoutfrom build start (30s when it isn't sent, as in the Node SDK). Appium XCUITest starts iOS sessions with a ~0 ms timeout, so every scan timed out before this.Tested on prod with WDIO 9.29.1 and a packed build of this branch:
b0bf33829213599a5ce2dcb708ffe99aThe script timeout was 30000 ms in each run, from the backend's
scannerProcessingTimeout: "30". Before the timeout fix, the iPhone run loggedTimed out waiting for asyncrhonous script result after 7 mson every scan. The v8 port is #312.Related Jira task/s
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isIosSafariScanningEnabledForGroup: false.is_mobile_sessionandthTestRunUuidin the classic and CLI flows.scannerProcessingTimeoutas their async script timeout, to work around Appium XCUITest's ~0 ms default on iOS.Checklist
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