Web Quality Gate · Public web release policy v1Snapshot 2026-08-19T18:30:00Z

Ship when the evidence clears.

A deterministic release review across 26 public rules. Every decision names the observed value, baseline, allowed change, and concrete remediation.

4release candidates

1cleared to ship

2blocked releases

104checks evaluated

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Storefront release candidatePublic checkout flow · release/2026.08.19-rc326/26PASS

0 blockers · 0 advisories · candidate release/2026.08.19-rc3 vs baseline release/2026.08.12 · 5-sample median · evidence captured 2026-08-19T17:40:00Z

Synthetic adapter contract rehearsal · Desktop lab profile at 1440x900 · cold cache · axe-core fixture-schema-4, lighthouse fixture-schema-12

Accessibility4/4
Performance9/9
Reliability4/4
Security5/5
Seo4/4

Rule evidence and remediation
Status	Check	Observed	Baseline	Change	Required	Remediation
PASS	Critical accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	0 violations	—	—	at most 0 violations	Resolve every critical violation and rerun the accessibility scan.
PASS	Serious accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	0 violations	—	—	at most 0 violations	Fix serious violations before approving the release.
PASS	Moderate accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	1 violation	—	—	at most 2 violations	Triage moderate findings and record accepted exceptions.
PASS	Interactive controls expose name, role, and valueAccessibility · WCAG 4.1.2	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add or repair accessible names, native roles, and state exposure for controls.
PASS	Lighthouse performance scorePerformance · Lighthouse performance category	0.96	—	—	at least 0.9	Profile the slow path and restore the score to 0.90 or higher.
PASS	Largest Contentful PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	1840 ms	—	—	at most 2500 ms	Reduce render delay, resource latency, or hero-asset cost until LCP is 2.5 seconds or less.
PASS	Cumulative Layout ShiftPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	0.03	—	—	at most 0.1	Reserve layout space and remove late shifts until CLS is 0.10 or less.
PASS	Interaction to Next PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	128 ms	—	—	at most 200 ms	Break up long tasks and reduce interaction work until INP is 200 ms or less.
PASS	Time to First BytePerformance · Web performance diagnostic threshold	410 ms	—	—	at most 800 ms	Inspect origin latency, cache policy, and redirects before the next release.
PASS	Document has a descriptive titleSeo · Lighthouse SEO audit	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add a unique, descriptive document title.
PASS	Meta description is presentSeo · Search presentation check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Write a concise page-specific meta description.
PASS	Canonical URL is declaredSeo · Technical SEO check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Declare the preferred canonical URL for the page.
PASS	Release page is indexableSeo · Robots directive check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Remove unintended noindex directives or keep the candidate out of production.
PASS	HTTPS is enforcedSecurity · Transport security check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and serve the release with a valid certificate.
PASS	Strict-Transport-Security is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add an HSTS policy after confirming HTTPS coverage for the intended host scope.
PASS	Content-Security-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Deploy a tested Content Security Policy that matches the page's real resource needs.
PASS	X-Content-Type-Options is nosniffSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff.
PASS	Referrer-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set a Referrer-Policy appropriate to the page's outbound-link behavior.
PASS	Broken internal linksReliability · Bounded link crawl	0 links	—	—	at most 0 links	Repair or remove every broken internal link.
PASS	Failed network requestsReliability · Browser network log	0 requests	—	—	at most 0 requests	Resolve failed first-party requests and classify any deliberate blocked request.
PASS	Browser console errorsReliability · Browser console log	0 errors	—	—	at most 0 errors	Remove uncaught errors and failed runtime assertions.
PASS	Mixed-content requestsReliability · Browser security log	0 requests	—	—	at most 0 requests	Serve every subresource over HTTPS.
PASS	Performance score regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.96	0.97	-0.01	regression at most 0.03	Compare the candidate with its baseline and recover the lost Lighthouse score.
PASS	Largest Contentful Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	1840 ms	1710 ms	+130 ms	regression at most 400 ms	Inspect the changed render path and keep median LCP growth within 400 ms.
PASS	Cumulative Layout Shift regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.03	0.02	+0.01	regression at most 0.03	Identify new layout movement and keep median CLS growth within 0.03.
PASS	Interaction to Next Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	128 ms	118 ms	+10 ms	regression at most 40 ms	Profile new interaction work and keep median INP growth within 40 ms.

Documentation preflightPublic documentation · docs/184225/26WARN

0 blockers · 1 advisories · candidate docs/1842 vs baseline docs/1811 · 5-sample median · evidence captured 2026-08-19T17:45:00Z

Synthetic adapter contract rehearsal · Desktop lab profile at 1440x900 · cold cache · axe-core fixture-schema-4, lighthouse fixture-schema-12

Accessibility4/4
Performance9/9
Reliability4/4
Security5/5
Seo3/4

Rule evidence and remediation
Status	Check	Observed	Baseline	Change	Required	Remediation
PASS	Critical accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	0 violations	—	—	at most 0 violations	Resolve every critical violation and rerun the accessibility scan.
PASS	Serious accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	0 violations	—	—	at most 0 violations	Fix serious violations before approving the release.
PASS	Moderate accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	0 violations	—	—	at most 2 violations	Triage moderate findings and record accepted exceptions.
PASS	Interactive controls expose name, role, and valueAccessibility · WCAG 4.1.2	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add or repair accessible names, native roles, and state exposure for controls.
PASS	Lighthouse performance scorePerformance · Lighthouse performance category	0.98	—	—	at least 0.9	Profile the slow path and restore the score to 0.90 or higher.
PASS	Largest Contentful PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	1320 ms	—	—	at most 2500 ms	Reduce render delay, resource latency, or hero-asset cost until LCP is 2.5 seconds or less.
PASS	Cumulative Layout ShiftPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	0.01	—	—	at most 0.1	Reserve layout space and remove late shifts until CLS is 0.10 or less.
PASS	Interaction to Next PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	84 ms	—	—	at most 200 ms	Break up long tasks and reduce interaction work until INP is 200 ms or less.
PASS	Time to First BytePerformance · Web performance diagnostic threshold	290 ms	—	—	at most 800 ms	Inspect origin latency, cache policy, and redirects before the next release.
PASS	Document has a descriptive titleSeo · Lighthouse SEO audit	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add a unique, descriptive document title.
WARN	Meta description is presentSeo · Search presentation check	no	—	—	equal to yes	Write a concise page-specific meta description.
PASS	Canonical URL is declaredSeo · Technical SEO check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Declare the preferred canonical URL for the page.
PASS	Release page is indexableSeo · Robots directive check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Remove unintended noindex directives or keep the candidate out of production.
PASS	HTTPS is enforcedSecurity · Transport security check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and serve the release with a valid certificate.
PASS	Strict-Transport-Security is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add an HSTS policy after confirming HTTPS coverage for the intended host scope.
PASS	Content-Security-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Deploy a tested Content Security Policy that matches the page's real resource needs.
PASS	X-Content-Type-Options is nosniffSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff.
PASS	Referrer-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set a Referrer-Policy appropriate to the page's outbound-link behavior.
PASS	Broken internal linksReliability · Bounded link crawl	0 links	—	—	at most 0 links	Repair or remove every broken internal link.
PASS	Failed network requestsReliability · Browser network log	0 requests	—	—	at most 0 requests	Resolve failed first-party requests and classify any deliberate blocked request.
PASS	Browser console errorsReliability · Browser console log	0 errors	—	—	at most 0 errors	Remove uncaught errors and failed runtime assertions.
PASS	Mixed-content requestsReliability · Browser security log	0 requests	—	—	at most 0 requests	Serve every subresource over HTTPS.
PASS	Performance score regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.98	0.98	0	regression at most 0.03	Compare the candidate with its baseline and recover the lost Lighthouse score.
PASS	Largest Contentful Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	1320 ms	1250 ms	+70 ms	regression at most 400 ms	Inspect the changed render path and keep median LCP growth within 400 ms.
PASS	Cumulative Layout Shift regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.01	0.01	0	regression at most 0.03	Identify new layout movement and keep median CLS growth within 0.03.
PASS	Interaction to Next Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	84 ms	80 ms	+4 ms	regression at most 40 ms	Profile new interaction work and keep median INP growth within 40 ms.

Account settings regressionAuthenticated account settings · feature/profile-controls@9f14c2a21/26FAIL

4 blockers · 1 advisories · candidate feature/profile-controls@9f14c2a vs baseline release/account-stable · 5-sample median · evidence captured 2026-08-19T18:05:00Z

Synthetic adapter contract rehearsal · Desktop lab profile at 1440x900 · cold cache · axe-core fixture-schema-4, lighthouse fixture-schema-12

Accessibility0/4
Performance9/9
Reliability4/4
Security4/5
Seo4/4

Rule evidence and remediation
Status	Check	Observed	Baseline	Change	Required	Remediation
FAIL	Critical accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	1 violation	—	—	at most 0 violations	Resolve every critical violation and rerun the accessibility scan.
FAIL	Serious accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	2 violations	—	—	at most 0 violations	Fix serious violations before approving the release.
WARN	Moderate accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	4 violations	—	—	at most 2 violations	Triage moderate findings and record accepted exceptions.
FAIL	Interactive controls expose name, role, and valueAccessibility · WCAG 4.1.2	no	—	—	equal to yes	Add or repair accessible names, native roles, and state exposure for controls.
PASS	Lighthouse performance scorePerformance · Lighthouse performance category	0.93	—	—	at least 0.9	Profile the slow path and restore the score to 0.90 or higher.
PASS	Largest Contentful PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	2210 ms	—	—	at most 2500 ms	Reduce render delay, resource latency, or hero-asset cost until LCP is 2.5 seconds or less.
PASS	Cumulative Layout ShiftPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	0.06	—	—	at most 0.1	Reserve layout space and remove late shifts until CLS is 0.10 or less.
PASS	Interaction to Next PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	176 ms	—	—	at most 200 ms	Break up long tasks and reduce interaction work until INP is 200 ms or less.
PASS	Time to First BytePerformance · Web performance diagnostic threshold	530 ms	—	—	at most 800 ms	Inspect origin latency, cache policy, and redirects before the next release.
PASS	Document has a descriptive titleSeo · Lighthouse SEO audit	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add a unique, descriptive document title.
PASS	Meta description is presentSeo · Search presentation check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Write a concise page-specific meta description.
PASS	Canonical URL is declaredSeo · Technical SEO check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Declare the preferred canonical URL for the page.
PASS	Release page is indexableSeo · Robots directive check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Remove unintended noindex directives or keep the candidate out of production.
PASS	HTTPS is enforcedSecurity · Transport security check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and serve the release with a valid certificate.
PASS	Strict-Transport-Security is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add an HSTS policy after confirming HTTPS coverage for the intended host scope.
FAIL	Content-Security-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	no	—	—	equal to yes	Deploy a tested Content Security Policy that matches the page's real resource needs.
PASS	X-Content-Type-Options is nosniffSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff.
PASS	Referrer-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set a Referrer-Policy appropriate to the page's outbound-link behavior.
PASS	Broken internal linksReliability · Bounded link crawl	0 links	—	—	at most 0 links	Repair or remove every broken internal link.
PASS	Failed network requestsReliability · Browser network log	0 requests	—	—	at most 0 requests	Resolve failed first-party requests and classify any deliberate blocked request.
PASS	Browser console errorsReliability · Browser console log	0 errors	—	—	at most 0 errors	Remove uncaught errors and failed runtime assertions.
PASS	Mixed-content requestsReliability · Browser security log	0 requests	—	—	at most 0 requests	Serve every subresource over HTTPS.
PASS	Performance score regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.93	0.95	-0.02	regression at most 0.03	Compare the candidate with its baseline and recover the lost Lighthouse score.
PASS	Largest Contentful Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	2210 ms	2050 ms	+160 ms	regression at most 400 ms	Inspect the changed render path and keep median LCP growth within 400 ms.
PASS	Cumulative Layout Shift regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.06	0.05	+0.01	regression at most 0.03	Identify new layout movement and keep median CLS growth within 0.03.
PASS	Interaction to Next Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	176 ms	160 ms	+16 ms	regression at most 40 ms	Profile new interaction work and keep median INP growth within 40 ms.

Campaign landing-page regressionPublic acquisition landing page · campaign/fall-launch@71be62014/26FAIL

11 blockers · 1 advisories · candidate campaign/fall-launch@71be620 vs baseline campaign/summer-stable · 5-sample median · evidence captured 2026-08-19T18:12:00Z

Synthetic adapter contract rehearsal · Desktop lab profile at 1440x900 · cold cache · axe-core fixture-schema-4, lighthouse fixture-schema-12

Accessibility4/4
Performance0/9
Reliability1/4
Security5/5
Seo4/4

Rule evidence and remediation
Status	Check	Observed	Baseline	Change	Required	Remediation
PASS	Critical accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	0 violations	—	—	at most 0 violations	Resolve every critical violation and rerun the accessibility scan.
PASS	Serious accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	0 violations	—	—	at most 0 violations	Fix serious violations before approving the release.
PASS	Moderate accessibility violationsAccessibility · WCAG-oriented automated audit	2 violations	—	—	at most 2 violations	Triage moderate findings and record accepted exceptions.
PASS	Interactive controls expose name, role, and valueAccessibility · WCAG 4.1.2	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add or repair accessible names, native roles, and state exposure for controls.
FAIL	Lighthouse performance scorePerformance · Lighthouse performance category	0.72	—	—	at least 0.9	Profile the slow path and restore the score to 0.90 or higher.
FAIL	Largest Contentful PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	4180 ms	—	—	at most 2500 ms	Reduce render delay, resource latency, or hero-asset cost until LCP is 2.5 seconds or less.
FAIL	Cumulative Layout ShiftPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	0.18	—	—	at most 0.1	Reserve layout space and remove late shifts until CLS is 0.10 or less.
FAIL	Interaction to Next PaintPerformance · Core Web Vitals good threshold	284 ms	—	—	at most 200 ms	Break up long tasks and reduce interaction work until INP is 200 ms or less.
WARN	Time to First BytePerformance · Web performance diagnostic threshold	940 ms	—	—	at most 800 ms	Inspect origin latency, cache policy, and redirects before the next release.
PASS	Document has a descriptive titleSeo · Lighthouse SEO audit	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add a unique, descriptive document title.
PASS	Meta description is presentSeo · Search presentation check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Write a concise page-specific meta description.
PASS	Canonical URL is declaredSeo · Technical SEO check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Declare the preferred canonical URL for the page.
PASS	Release page is indexableSeo · Robots directive check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Remove unintended noindex directives or keep the candidate out of production.
PASS	HTTPS is enforcedSecurity · Transport security check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Redirect HTTP to HTTPS and serve the release with a valid certificate.
PASS	Strict-Transport-Security is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Add an HSTS policy after confirming HTTPS coverage for the intended host scope.
PASS	Content-Security-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Deploy a tested Content Security Policy that matches the page's real resource needs.
PASS	X-Content-Type-Options is nosniffSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set X-Content-Type-Options to nosniff.
PASS	Referrer-Policy is presentSecurity · HTTP response-header check	yes	—	—	equal to yes	Set a Referrer-Policy appropriate to the page's outbound-link behavior.
FAIL	Broken internal linksReliability · Bounded link crawl	3 links	—	—	at most 0 links	Repair or remove every broken internal link.
FAIL	Failed network requestsReliability · Browser network log	1 request	—	—	at most 0 requests	Resolve failed first-party requests and classify any deliberate blocked request.
FAIL	Browser console errorsReliability · Browser console log	1 error	—	—	at most 0 errors	Remove uncaught errors and failed runtime assertions.
PASS	Mixed-content requestsReliability · Browser security log	0 requests	—	—	at most 0 requests	Serve every subresource over HTTPS.
FAIL	Performance score regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.72	0.94	-0.22	regression at most 0.03	Compare the candidate with its baseline and recover the lost Lighthouse score.
FAIL	Largest Contentful Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	4180 ms	2100 ms	+2080 ms	regression at most 400 ms	Inspect the changed render path and keep median LCP growth within 400 ms.
FAIL	Cumulative Layout Shift regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	0.18	0.04	+0.14	regression at most 0.03	Identify new layout movement and keep median CLS growth within 0.03.
FAIL	Interaction to Next Paint regressionPerformance · Candidate-versus-baseline median	284 ms	140 ms	+144 ms	regression at most 40 ms	Profile new interaction work and keep median INP growth within 40 ms.