From 774cabfac36cc7cac391db9bf534f73da6814728 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Donohue <tim.donohue@lyrasis.org>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 11:53:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Disable "aria-required-children" accessibility check on the
 Item Edit page. This check is returning false failures more frequently.

(cherry picked from commit ac334549f81d1ff2b66c1b24bc1716df152bc0c3)
---
 cypress/e2e/item-edit.cy.ts | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cypress/e2e/item-edit.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/item-edit.cy.ts
index fcddecf3146..4deab547a02 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/item-edit.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/item-edit.cy.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,16 @@ describe('Edit Item > Edit Metadata tab', () => {
     });
 
     // Analyze <ds-edit-item-page> for accessibility issues
-    testA11y('ds-edit-item-page');
+    testA11y('ds-edit-item-page',
+            {
+              rules: {
+                // Disable flakey "aria-required-children" test. While this test passes when run locally,
+                // in GitHub CI it will return random failures roughly 1/3 of the time saying that the
+                // "tablist" doesn't contain required "tab" elements, even though they do exist.
+                'aria-required-children': { enabled: false },
+              },
+            } as Options,
+    );
   });
 });