v1.8.6 — UI Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) + UI Test Net

SPARC v1.8.6 — UI Accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) + UI Test Net

Accessibility — Section 508 / WCAG 2.1 AA (#599, #602)

• WORM color architecture: semantic helper keys + single-source .sparc-status / .sparc-heading components own all contrast; views carry no badge/heading color hex.
• 0 axe color-contrast / select-name / label / meta-refresh violations across the 20 core pages in both light and dark themes.
• Login consent-banner fixes (#602): amber heading contrast, Cancel button, keyboard-focusable scroll region.
• Structural: named filter/nav <select>s, associated labels, and replaced <meta http-equiv="refresh"> with an accessible Turbo-based auto-refresh Stimulus controller.
• Section 508 / WCAG mapping advanced (#603).

UI Test Net (#572)

• Layer 2 — Playwright post-deploy smoke incl. the #593 cross-browser regression net + session-cookie bridge (#596, #598).
• Layer 3 — axe-core accessibility, baseline + ratchet (#600, #604).

Security / Dependencies

• puma 8.0.1 → 8.0.2 — PROXY-protocol-v1 injection hardening (#601).
• rubyzip / sidekiq / pagy / jbuilder / bootsnap patches (#601); aws-sdk-s3/secretsmanager/rds minors (#559); CI setup-uv 6→7 (#605).

Docs

• New docs/MAP.md — central, navigable inventory of all docs/ with audience pathways (#606).
• TECH_STACK.md accuracy refresh (Rails/Sidekiq/Puma versions + Solid Queue/Cache/Cable).
• Production DB verification runbook (#595).