From 5aaf224486ddc7f2993aa05396307a30f7a32895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Denys Kuchma <den.kuchma@ukr.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:53:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] keep plain text nodes in compactAriaSnapshot

---
 lib/aria.js            | 1 +
 test/unit/aria_test.js | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/aria.js b/lib/aria.js
index 4535ddf7d..fa7747d6d 100644
--- a/lib/aria.js
+++ b/lib/aria.js
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ function dropEmpty(nodes) {
     const children = dropEmpty(node.children)
     if (INTERACTIVE_ROLES.has(node.role)) return [{ ...node, children }]
     if (children.length > 0) return [{ ...node, children }]
+    if (node.value !== undefined && node.value !== null && String(node.value).trim()) return [{ ...node, children }]
     return []
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/unit/aria_test.js b/test/unit/aria_test.js
index fb3661465..37f27d3a4 100644
--- a/test/unit/aria_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/aria_test.js
@@ -35,4 +35,11 @@ describe('aria', () => {
     expect(compactAriaSnapshot(before)).to.include('textbox "Promo code"')
     expect(diffAriaSnapshots(before, after)).to.include('removed: 1 interactive elements')
   })
+
+  it('keeps plain text nodes when compacting', () => {
+    const snapshot = ['- list:', '  - listitem:', '    - checkbox', '    - text: buy milk', '- text: 1 item left!'].join('\n')
+    const compacted = compactAriaSnapshot(snapshot)
+    expect(compacted).to.include('text: buy milk')
+    expect(compacted).to.include('text: 1 item left!')
+  })
 })