# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://www.apple.com

**Date:** November 5, 2026  
**URL:** https://www.apple.com  
**Overall Grade:** B (85/100)  
**Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/97587636-093f-4606-88e4-bb4154e44168

## Top Findings

1. **[CRITICAL]** 'unsafe-eval' found in script source — Security > Content Security Policy
2. **[CRITICAL]** 'unsafe-inline' found in script source — Security > Content Security Policy
3. **[CRITICAL]** Cookie 'geo' is missing the Secure flag — Security > Cookie Security
4. **[CRITICAL]** 9 link(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality
5. **[WARNING]** 11 inline style attribute(s) detected — Security > CSP Inline-Style Readiness

---

## Lighthouse Scores

| Category | Score |
|----------|-------|
| Performance | 55 |
| Accessibility | 92 |
| Best Practices | 96 |
| SEO | 83 |

---

## Security

### Security Headers (B — 75/100)

*7 of 10 headers properly configured*

- **[PASS]** HSTS is enabled with preload
- **[PASS]** X-Content-Type-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** X-Frame-Options is properly configured
- **[PASS]** Referrer-Policy is properly configured
- **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header is missing — Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are allowed. Set it to restrict unused features.
- **[PASS]** Content-Security-Policy is present
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing — COOP isolates your browsing context, preventing cross-origin side-channel attacks. Set to 'same-origin'.
- **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — COEP prevents loading cross-origin resources without explicit permission. Required for SharedArrayBuffer and high-resolution timers.
- **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present
- **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info
- **[INFO]** Domain is not in the Chrome HSTS preload list (status: unknown) — Submit your domain to hstspreload.org to close the trust-on-first-use gap. Requires a preload-ready HSTS header (max-age=31536000+, includeSubDomains, preload).

### Content Security Policy (F — 35/100)

*3 of 10 CSP checks passed*

- **[INFO]** Raw CSP policy
- **[PASS]** default-src directive is set
- **[CRITICAL]** 'unsafe-inline' found in script source — 'unsafe-inline' allows inline <script> tags, defeating CSP against XSS. Remove it and use nonces or hashes instead.
- **[CRITICAL]** 'unsafe-eval' found in script source — 'unsafe-eval' allows eval() and similar functions, enabling code injection. Remove it.
- **[PASS]** No wildcard in script source
- **[PASS]** object-src falls back to default-src
- **[WARNING]** base-uri directive is missing — Without base-uri, attackers can inject a <base> tag to hijack relative URLs. Set it to 'self' or 'none'.
- **[WARNING]** frame-ancestors directive is missing — frame-ancestors controls who can embed your page, preventing clickjacking. Set it to 'self' or 'none'.
- **[WARNING]** form-action directive is missing — form-action restricts where forms can submit data, preventing form hijacking.
- **[INFO]** upgrade-insecure-requests is not set — This directive upgrades HTTP resources to HTTPS automatically, preventing mixed content.

### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100)

*TLS 1.3, 9 checks passed*

- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used
- **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used
- **[PASS]** HTTP/2 is negotiated
- **[PASS]** OCSP stapling enabled
- **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 41 days)
- **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 2 certificates
- **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm
- **[PASS]** Certificate covers 3 domain(s)
- **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA

### Cookie Security (B — 75/100)

*1 cookies analyzed, 0 checks passed*

- **[CRITICAL]** Cookie 'geo' is missing the Secure flag — Without the Secure flag, this cookie can be sent over unencrypted HTTP, exposing it to interception.
- **[WARNING]** Cookie 'geo' is missing the HttpOnly flag — Without HttpOnly, this cookie can be accessed by JavaScript, making it vulnerable to XSS-based theft.
- **[WARNING]** Cookie 'geo' has no SameSite attribute — Without an explicit SameSite attribute, browser default behavior varies. Set SameSite=Lax or Strict.

### Cookie Hygiene (A+ — 100/100)

*All 1 cookie(s) pass hygiene checks*

- **[PASS]** All 1 cookie(s) pass hygiene checks

### WAF / Bot Protection (B — 75/100)

*No WAF detected via response headers*

- **[INFO]** No WAF detected — Response headers don't match any known WAF or bot-management product. Sites exposed to abuse (login, signup, payment) typically benefit from a WAF such as Cloudflare, Akamai, AWS WAF, or Imperva.

### security.txt (A+ — 100/100)

*Vulnerability disclosure policy*

- **[PASS]** security.txt found

### Cross-Origin Tab Safety (A+ — 100/100)

*No new-tab links found -- no tabnabbing surface*

- **[PASS]** No new-tab links present

### CSP Inline-Style Readiness (C — 75/100)

*11 inline style attribute(s) detected*

- **[WARNING]** 11 inline style attribute(s) detected — Each `style=""` attribute forces `style-src 'unsafe-inline'` in any Content-Security-Policy, which negates most of CSP's XSS-mitigation value. 11 inline style(s) is moderate. Affected element types include: div, p. Move styles to a stylesheet; use CSS custom properties for runtime-dynamic values; or adopt a nonce/hash CSP policy. Most teams take the stylesheet path because it's also a maintainability win.

### Trusted Types (XSS Sink Hardening) (B — 95/100)

*Trusted Types not enabled*

- **[INFO]** Trusted Types not enabled — Trusted Types (CSP3) is a Chrome 83+ defense that requires DOM-XSS sinks (innerHTML, document.write, eval, ...) to receive a typed-and-sanitized value rather than a raw string. Adding `Content-Security-Policy: require-trusted-types-for 'script'; trusted-types default` neutralizes most DOM-XSS even when a payload reaches a sink. Adoption is currently ~0.1% of pages so this is informational; a roll-out usually starts in report-only mode.

### Bot Challenge Detection (A+ — 100/100)

*Scan reached real page content (no bot-protection interstitial)*

- **[PASS]** No bot-protection interstitial detected -- the rest of the report reflects the real page

### Soft-404 Detection (A+ — 100/100)

*No soft-404 patterns detected in page title or headings*

- **[PASS]** No soft-404 patterns detected in page title or headings

### Empty Page Detection (A+ — 100/100)

*Page has substantive body text and no placeholder / template-leak signals*

- **[PASS]** Page has substantive body text and no placeholder / template-leak signals

### Geo-Restriction Detection (A+ — 100/100)

*No geo-restriction signals detected -- scan reached the page from an allowed region*

- **[PASS]** No geo-restriction detected

### Maintenance Mode Detection (A+ — 100/100)

*No maintenance-mode signals detected -- scan reached a normal page*

- **[PASS]** No maintenance-mode signals detected

### Subresource Integrity Adoption (A+ — 100/100)

*Page has no third-party scripts or stylesheets -- SRI not applicable*

- **[PASS]** No third-party scripts or stylesheets to protect with SRI

### CORS Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*No CORS response headers -- the resource is same-origin-only by browser default*

- **[PASS]** No CORS response headers -- the resource is same-origin-only by browser default

### Permissions-Policy Granularity (C — 60/100)

*No Permissions-Policy header set -- powerful features (camera / microphone / geolocation / payment / USB) default to allow-on-same-origin*

- **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header not set -- features default to allow-on-same-origin — Without a `Permissions-Policy` (or legacy `Feature-Policy`) header, every powerful browser feature defaults to its spec default policy (typically `self`). A third-party iframe injected via XSS or a misconfigured embed can still request access to the user's camera, microphone, geolocation, payment APIs, USB devices, etc. Explicitly deny features the page doesn't need:

```
Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=(), usb=(), accelerometer=(), gyroscope=()
```

Features the page legitimately uses can stay enabled with `feature=(self)`.

### Referrer-Policy Strictness (D — 50/100)

*Referrer-Policy is `no-referrer-when-downgrade` (leaky -- legacy default that sends full URL cross-origin on HTTPS-to-HTTPS)*

- **[WARNING]** Referrer-Policy: `no-referrer-when-downgrade` -- leaky -- legacy default that sends full URL cross-origin on HTTPS-to-HTTPS — The legacy browser default (Chrome <85, Firefox <87). Sends the full URL (path + query) Referer on cross-origin requests as long as the protocol doesn't downgrade. This means session IDs, tracking tokens, search queries, etc. embedded in URLs leak to every third-party HTTPS origin the page links to or embeds. Switch to `strict-origin-when-cross-origin`.

### Source Map Exposure (A+ — 100/100)

*No source maps accessible (probed 4 candidate URL(s))*

- **[PASS]** No source maps accessible across 4 probed candidate(s)

### HTML Version Disclosure (A+ — 100/100)

*No software-version disclosures in HTML*

- **[PASS]** No software-version disclosures in HTML

### Open Redirect Surface (A+ — 100/100)

*No redirect-shaped query parameters in DOM links*

- **[PASS]** No redirect-shaped query parameters in DOM links

### Auth Security (A+ — 100/100)

*Page is not a login form -- auth-security checks are N/A*

- **[PASS]** Page does not appear to be a login form

### Subdomain Inventory Exposure (A+ — 100/100)

*No risky subdomain names in certificate SANs*

- **[PASS]** No risky subdomain names in certificate SANs

---

## Advanced Security

### Subresource Integrity (A+ — 100/100)

*No external resources*

- **[PASS]** No external resources to protect

### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100)

*No known vulnerabilities*

- **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected

### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100)

*No exposures*

- **[PASS]** security.txt is present — good practice
- **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed

### Email Security (F — 0/100)

*no DMARC, no SPF*

- **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Without DMARC, email receivers have no policy for handling authentication failures. Add a TXT record at _dmarc.<domain> starting with v=DMARC1.
- **[WARNING]** No SPF record found — Without SPF (Sender Policy Framework), receivers can't tell which servers are authorized to send mail for your domain. Add a TXT record at the apex starting with v=spf1, ending in -all.
- **[INFO]** No DKIM detected via common selectors — DKIM signs outbound mail to prove origin. We probed common selectors (default, google, selector1, etc.) without finding a record. If you use a non-standard selector, this is a false negative.
- **[INFO]** MTA-STS not configured — MTA-STS forces inbound mail to use TLS, preventing downgrade attacks. Requires both a TXT record at _mta-sts.<domain> and a policy file at https://mta-sts.<domain>/.well-known/mta-sts.txt.
- **[INFO]** TLS-RPT not configured — TLS-RPT (RFC 8460) lets MTAs report TLS-handshake failures, so you can detect and fix MTA-STS misconfigurations. Add a TXT record at _smtp._tls.<domain>.
- **[INFO]** BIMI not configured — BIMI (Brand Indicators for Message Identification) lets supporting clients (Gmail, Apple Mail, Yahoo) display your verified logo next to your messages. Optional but raises trust signals. Requires DMARC at p=quarantine or p=reject to be honored.

### API Surface (A+ — 100/100)

*No API specs or GraphQL introspection found (probed 11 candidate path(s))*

- **[PASS]** No API specs or GraphQL introspection found (probed 11 path(s))

### Permissions-Policy (D — 40/100)

*No header set*

- **[WARNING]** No Permissions-Policy header — Consider adding a Permissions-Policy header to restrict browser feature access from embedded content.

### CORS Configuration (B — 80/100)

*No CORS headers*

- **[PASS]** No CORS headers present — secure default

---

## Performance

### Page Weight Budget (C — 64/100)

*1.7 MB transferred, 52 requests*

- **[INFO]** Page weighs 3.7 MB (1.7 MB transferred)
- **[INFO]** Fonts are 931 KB — consider subsetting or using system fonts — Subset fonts to include only used characters, or switch to system font stacks.
- **[INFO]** 52 HTTP requests
- **[INFO]** Estimated 0.37 g CO2 per page load

### Third-Party Impact (A+ — 100/100)

*0% third-party, 0 ms blocking*

- **[INFO]** Third-party code accounts for 0% of page weight (1.4 KiB of 1.7 MiB)
- **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms)

### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100)

*All text resources are compressed*

- **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed

### Image Optimization (C — 60/100)

*6 images, 0 KB saveable*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/v/homepage/images/macbook-pr... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAHAAACH5BAEAAAAA... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/v/homepage/images/macbook-pr... is missing width/height — may cause layout shift — Set explicit width and height to prevent CLS.

### JS Execution Cost (D — 40/100)

*2656ms total JS execution*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/: 668ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/v/homepage/a/scripts/main.bu...: 621ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/api-www/global-elements/glob...: 361ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** Unattributable: 325ms CPU time
- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/autopush/us/fam-gallery/scri...: 288ms CPU time

### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100)

*6 fonts (931 KB)*

- **[INFO]** 6 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional)

### JS Bundles (B — 80/100)

*21 scripts, 118 KB unused*

- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/api-www/global-elements/glob...: 56 KB unused (35%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/metrics/ac-analytics/2.30.0/...: 41 KB unused (40%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[WARNING]** https://www.apple.com/v/homepage/a/scripts/main.bu...: 20 KB unused (84%) — Consider code splitting or tree shaking to reduce unused code.
- **[INFO]** Total unused JavaScript: 118 KB

### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100)

*All resources properly cached*

- **[PASS]** No caching issues found

### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected

### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100)

*No optimization needed*

- **[PASS]** No resource hint issues

### HTTP/3 (QUIC) (B — 75/100)

*HTTP/3 not advertised*

- **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) is not advertised — HTTP/3 isn't advertised via Alt-Svc and the worker didn't negotiate h3. HTTP/3 reduces handshake latency (1-RTT instead of 2-3 RTTs) and is more resilient on lossy connections. Most modern CDNs (Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront, Google Cloud CDN) support HTTP/3 with a single config switch -- consider enabling for mobile-heavy workloads.

### Document Compression (B — 80/100)

*Document response uses gzip; brotli would be ~20% smaller*

- **[INFO]** Main HTML response uses gzip (brotli would be ~20% smaller) — All current browsers support brotli. Most CDNs (Cloudflare, Fastly, AWS CloudFront, Vercel, Netlify) can switch from gzip to brotli with a single config flag. Origin servers (nginx, Apache) need a brotli module compiled in -- nginx-brotli or Apache mod_brotli.

### Asset Compression

*No text asset hosts to measure*

- **[INFO]** No third-party or subdomain host served enough text assets to measure — Asset compression is measured per host, from one HEAD request against a sampled resource. Pages that serve all their JS and CSS from the document's own origin are covered by the document compression check instead.

### LCP Image Preload (A+ — 100/100)

*LCP preload audit not available*

- **[PASS]** LCP image preload audit not available for this scan

### Main HTML Cache-Control (A+ — 100/100)

*Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate*

- **[PASS]** Main HTML max-age=0 (≤ 5min) is appropriate

### Server-Timing Observability (B — 85/100)

*No Server-Timing header found*

- **[INFO]** No Server-Timing header found — Server-Timing exposes backend timing breakdowns to browser DevTools (e.g., `db: 45ms; render: 120ms; cache: 2ms`). Useful for diagnosing slow pages without backend log access. Most modern frameworks (Next.js, Cloudflare Workers, Fastly) emit it automatically; absence on a managed platform usually means telemetry headers are stripped at the edge.

### Server Response Intelligence (A+ — 95/100)

*2 server-response signal(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** `Vary` header declared: Accept-Encoding — The page declares a `Vary` header, telling downstream caches which request headers the response varies on. Critical for content-negotiated responses (compression, language, cookies, device class).
- **[INFO]** No `ETag` or `Last-Modified` -- conditional GET not supported — Without either header, browsers can't issue conditional GETs and refresh always re-downloads the full response body even when nothing changed. Add `ETag: "<hash>"` (or `Last-Modified: <date>`) on cacheable responses; the server returns 304 Not Modified when the client's cached copy is still valid, saving bandwidth.

### Page Weight Inventory (C — 60/100)

*52 resources · 1.7 MB · 118 KB savings available*

- **[WARNING]** Page weight 1.7 MB exceeds 1 MB target by 760 KB
- **[INFO]** ~118 KB of savings available
- **[INFO]** 3 third-party resources (0% of weight)
- **[INFO]** 3 resources over 200KB

### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No render-blocking resources detected*

- **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in <head>

### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100)

*No third-party resources detected*


### JavaScript Blocking (A — 88/100)

*1 JS blocking issue(s) detected*

- **[WARNING]** 4 render-blocking <script src> tag(s) without async/defer — Each `<script src=...>` without `async`, `defer`, or `type="module"` blocks HTML parsing while the browser fetches and executes it. The block lasts the entire round-trip + execution time -- on slow networks this translates directly into LCP delay. Add `defer` (executes after parse, in source order) for scripts that interact with the DOM, or `async` (executes whenever ready) for analytics / independent scripts. Module scripts (`type="module"`) are deferred by default.

### CSS Performance Depth (A — 88/100)

*1 CSS depth issue(s) detected*

- **[WARNING]** 11 render-blocking stylesheet(s) -- recommended: <=3 — Each `<link rel="stylesheet">` without a non-blocking `media` attribute holds up the first paint. Browsers download all of them before painting any content. Consolidate into 1-2 critical-path stylesheets; defer non-critical CSS via `<link rel="stylesheet" media="print" onload="this.media='all'">` or via the loadCSS pattern; inline above-the-fold CSS in `<style>` to short-circuit the request entirely.

---

## Content Quality

### Links (A — 93/100)

*200 links checked, 198 healthy, 1 broken*

- **[WARNING]** 198 of 200 links are healthy
- **[WARNING]** Broken link: https://www.apple.com/wss/fonts?families=SF+Pro,v3|SF+Pro... — Found in <link href>. Returns HTTP 404.
- **[INFO]** Long redirect chain: https://www.apple.com/us/shop/goto/order/list (5 hops)

### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100)

*No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.*

- **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS

### Open Graph (B — 85/100)

*Open Graph tags are partially configured — some improvements recommended.*

- **[CRITICAL]** og:image is not reachable — The og:image URL could not be fetched. Social platforms won't be able to display it.
- **[INFO]** og:title is short (5 characters) — Ideal length is 25–60 characters for social sharing previews.
- **[INFO]** Missing twitter:card — Without twitter:card, Twitter falls back to Open Graph tags. Adding it gives you more control.

### Open Graph / Twitter Card Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*OG image dimensions and Twitter card configuration look healthy*

- **[PASS]** OG/Twitter Card depth is clean -- dimensions, card type, and inheritance all valid

### Structured Data (A+ — 100/100)

*3 JSON-LD block(s) found — structured data is well configured.*

- **[INFO]** Missing recommended property "description" for WebSite — Adding "description" can improve how search engines display your content.
- **[PASS]** Custom type "WebPage" — unable to validate specific properties
- **[PASS]** 3 JSON-LD blocks found

### Rich Results Eligibility (A+ — 100/100)

*3 JSON-LD block(s) declaring 3 schema type(s)*

- **[PASS]** SiteLinks Search Box markup detected — The page declares a `WebSite` schema with a `potentialAction` of `SearchAction`. This makes the homepage eligible for Google's in-SERP search box -- a high-visibility SERP feature for branded queries.
- **[PASS]** 3 rich-result schema type(s) declared — Inventory of structured-data types on the page (each may unlock a different SERP feature):

Organization, WebPage, WebSite

Search engines decide whether to render rich results based on content quality + page-level signals; declaring the schema is necessary but not sufficient.

### Image Optimization (D — 65/100)

*3 issues found across 50 images*

- **[WARNING]** 50 images missing explicit width/height — Images without dimensions cause layout shifts (CLS). Set explicit width and height attributes.
- **[INFO]** 49 below-fold images missing loading="lazy" — Lazy loading defers below-fold images, reducing initial page weight.
- **[WARNING]** All 2 images use legacy formats (JPEG/PNG/GIF) — WebP offers 25-35% smaller files than JPEG. Use <picture> with <source type="image/webp"> for modern format support.

### Autoplay Media (A+ — 100/100)

*2 media element(s) found, none autoplay*

- **[PASS]** 2 media element(s) found, none autoplay

---

## Infrastructure

### DNS Records (B — 75/100)

*1 A records, 36 ms lookup*

- **[PASS]** Resolves to 1 IPv4 address(es)
- **[INFO]** Single A record — no DNS redundancy — Multiple A records provide failover if one server goes down.
- **[PASS]** Has 2 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s)
- **[WARNING]** CNAME record at zone apex — A CNAME at the zone apex can break MX and NS records. Use ALIAS/ANAME or A records instead.
- **[INFO]** No NS records found
- **[INFO]** No MX records — email not configured via DNS
- **[INFO]** No SPF record found in TXT records — SPF helps prevent email spoofing. Add a TXT record starting with 'v=spf1'.
- **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 36 ms

### Subdomain Takeover (A+ — 100/100)

*No subdomain takeover risk detected*

- **[PASS]** CNAME does not point at a known takeover-able service

### DNSSEC (B — 80/100)

*Unsigned (DNSSEC not deployed)*

- **[INFO]** DNSSEC is not deployed — The zone is not DNSSEC-signed. Users on validating resolvers (Cloudflare 1.1.1.1, Quad9 9.9.9.9, growing default in mobile resolvers) get no protection against DNS spoofing for this domain. Most registrars now offer DNSSEC at a single click; consider enabling it for sites where authenticity matters (banking, healthcare, government).

### CAA Records (B — 80/100)

*No CAA records (any CA may issue certificates)*

- **[INFO]** No CAA records published — Without CAA records, any publicly-trusted CA can issue certificates for this domain. Adding a CAA record (`yourdomain. IN CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org"`) restricts issuance to CAs you authorize. Required by CAB Forum baseline since 2017; the default of 'any CA' is widely supported but is the broader attack surface for issuance fraud.

### Reverse DNS (B — 75/100)

*0/3 IPs match cert SAN*

- **[INFO]** PTR for 2.20.169.45 does not match any cert SAN: a2-20-169-45.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com — Common when behind a CDN or shared hosting (PTR points at the provider's hostname). Mismatch can also affect mail deliverability if this IP sends email -- many MTAs reject mail when forward+reverse DNS disagree.
- **[INFO]** PTR for 2a02:26f0:1380:293::1aca does not match any cert SAN: g2a02-26f0-1380-0293-0000-0000-0000-1aca.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com — Common when behind a CDN or shared hosting (PTR points at the provider's hostname). Mismatch can also affect mail deliverability if this IP sends email -- many MTAs reject mail when forward+reverse DNS disagree.
- **[INFO]** PTR for 2a02:26f0:1380:2ac::1aca does not match any cert SAN: g2a02-26f0-1380-02ac-0000-0000-0000-1aca.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com — Common when behind a CDN or shared hosting (PTR points at the provider's hostname). Mismatch can also affect mail deliverability if this IP sends email -- many MTAs reject mail when forward+reverse DNS disagree.

### Multi-Resolver DNS Speed (A+ — 100/100)

*Mean 15ms across 3 resolvers (spread 29ms)*

- **[PASS]** Quad9: 0ms
- **[PASS]** Cloudflare: 17ms
- **[PASS]** Google: 29ms

### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100)

*No redirects — direct access*

- **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access

### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100)

*IPv6 reachable (1 ms)*

- **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2a02:26f0:1380:293::1aca, 2a02:26f0:1380:2ac::1aca

### Crawlability (A+ — 100/100)

*robots.txt present, sitemap with 47 URLs*

- **[PASS]** robots.txt is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML
- **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 47 entries
- **[PASS]** Sitemap index with 47 child sitemaps
- **[PASS]** robots.txt references sitemap

### URL Variants (A+ — 100/100)

*www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS*

- **[PASS]** www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: www)
- **[PASS]** HTTP correctly redirects to HTTPS permanently

### Domain Intelligence (A+ — 100/100)

*apple.com — via Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE, 40 years, 3 months old*

- **[PASS]** Domain registered until Feb 20, 2027 (3 months remaining)
- **[INFO]** DNSSEC is not enabled — DNSSEC protects against DNS spoofing attacks. While not required, enabling DNSSEC adds an additional layer of security. Contact your DNS provider to enable it.
- **[PASS]** Registrar: Nom-iq Ltd. dba COM LAUDE
- **[WARNING]** Registrar lock is NOT enabled — The domain can be transferred without an unlock step. Enable registrar lock (clientTransferProhibited) in your registrar's control panel to protect against unauthorized or accidental transfers.

---

## Compliance

### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100)

*No testable criteria*


### Cookie Consent & Privacy (A+ — 95/100)

*privacy policy found*

- **[PASS]** Privacy policy link found
- **[PASS]** Terms of service link found
- **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected
- **[WARNING]** 1 unclassified cookie(s) set before any consent step — These cookies could not be matched to a known tracker or to a known essential-cookie family, so the scanner cannot tell whether consent was required. Verify each is strictly necessary; if any is analytics or advertising, it needs consent first. Unrecognized (treated as non-essential): geo
- **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance.

### Consent UX Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*No consent-UX depth issues detected*

- **[PASS]** No consent-UX depth issues detected

### Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*No known trackers detected on this page*

- **[PASS]** No known trackers detected on this page

### Language & i18n (A — 90/100)

*Lang attribute present*

- **[PASS]** <html lang> attribute is present
- **[PASS]** <html lang> value is valid
- **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header
- **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The <html lang> attribute and Content-Language header should agree.

### Hreflang Configuration (A — 92/100)

*1 hreflang issue(s) across 137 tag(s)*

- **[INFO]** No `x-default` hreflang tag — Google recommends including `<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="...">` so search engines have a fallback URL for users whose language / region doesn't match any specific hreflang entry. Typically points to a language-selection page or your default locale.

### Internationalization Extras (A+ — 100/100)

*1 i18n signal(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** Mixed-language content: 1 subtree language(s) declared (es-es) — The page has elements with `lang="X"` attributes that differ from the root `<html lang>`. Per WCAG 3.1.2 (Level AA), this is the correct way to mark language-of-parts: a screen reader switches pronunciation when entering a `lang="fr"` block on an English page. The catalog is informational -- presence of subtree lang attributes is a positive a11y signal.

### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100)

*Font sizes and tap targets checked*


### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100)

*Viewport properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present
- **[PASS]** width=device-width is set
- **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed

### Accessibility Statement (A — 85/100)

*Statement found, no conformance level*

- **[INFO]** Accessibility statement found but lacks WCAG conformance level — Mature accessibility statements declare a target conformance level (e.g., WCAG 2.1 AA). Without a stated level, users and reviewers cannot tell what the statement actually commits to.

### GDPR Article 13 Disclosures (F — 25/100)

*0 / 8 Art. 13 categories matched in homepage body*

- **[WARNING]** GDPR Article 13 disclosure coverage: 0 / 8 categories — Scanned the homepage body text AND the linked /privacy page for GDPR Article 13 disclosures. Matched 0 of 8 categories: . Missing: Data Protection Officer contact (where applicable), Data retention period, Data subject rights (access, erasure, rectification, etc.), Identity / contact details of the data controller, International data transfers, Legal basis for processing, Recipients of personal data, Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Note: only the FIRST same-origin privacy-policy link is followed; deeper sub-pages (e.g. /legal/data-subject-rights) are not fetched.

### Third-Party Trackers (A+ — 95/100)

*1 trackers detected*

- **[INFO]** 1 third-party trackers detected — Found 1 analytics, 0 advertising, 0 marketing, 0 tag manager, 0 session-replay, 0 heatmap trackers.

### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*1 cookies · 1 trackers · 0 pre-consent*

- **[INFO]** 1 cookie(s) could not be classified
- **[INFO]** 1 third-party tracker(s) detected on page

### Tracking Pixel Inventory (A+ — 100/100)

*No tracking pixels detected*

- **[PASS]** No tracking pixels detected

### Browser Fingerprinting (A+ — 100/100)

*No browser-fingerprinting libraries detected*

- **[PASS]** No browser-fingerprinting libraries detected

### Cross-Site Cookies (SameSite=None) (A+ — 100/100)

*No SameSite=None cookies -- no cross-site travel surface*

- **[PASS]** No cookies opted in to cross-site travel (SameSite=None)

### Beacon Tracking (sendBeacon) (A+ — 100/100)

*No navigator.sendBeacon usage detected in inline scripts*

- **[PASS]** No navigator.sendBeacon usage detected in inline scripts

---

## Legal

### Legal Page Ecosystem (B — 70/100)

*3 of 7 expected legal pages detected*

- **[PASS]** Privacy Policy detected — Found at /privacy/.
- **[PASS]** Terms of Service detected — Found at /legal/privacy/, linked from footer.
- **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[PASS]** Accessibility Statement detected — Found at /us/shop/goto/accessories/all/accessibility.
- **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data.
- **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data.

### Copyright Notice (A+ — 100/100)

*© 2026 Apple Inc*

- **[PASS]** Copyright notice is up to date — Copyright notice is up to date: © 2026 Apple Inc
- **[PASS]** Copyright holder: Apple Inc

### Regulatory Indicators

*2 regulatory indicator(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments.
- **[INFO]** GDPR indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting GDPR may be relevant: Privacy policy page found. EU General Data Protection Regulation — governs collection and processing of personal data of EU residents.
- **[INFO]** ADA indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting ADA may be relevant: Accessibility statement page found. Americans with Disabilities Act / Section 508 — requires digital accessibility for people with disabilities.

### Third-Party Data Sharing

*0 third-party service(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows.
- **[INFO]** No recognized third-party data-sharing services detected — This page does not appear to load external tracking, analytics, or advertising scripts.

### Compliance Badges (C — 55/100)

*0 compliance badge(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No compliance badges detected — No recognized compliance certification badges or seals were found. This is common — many sites do not display compliance badges.

---

## Availability

### CDN & Delivery (B — 80/100)

*Akamai*

- **[PASS]** Document is served via Akamai CDN

### HTTP Caching (B — 70/100)

*max-age=0*

- **[PASS]** Cache-Control header is set
- **[INFO]** No ETag or Last-Modified header — Conditional requests (304 Not Modified) are not possible without validators.

### Operational Status Page (B — 80/100)

*No status page link detected*

- **[INFO]** No operational status page link detected — Status pages communicate planned maintenance and incidents to users -- a hallmark of operationally-mature services. Most SaaS teams publish one via Atlassian Statuspage, Instatus, BetterUptime, or a self-hosted Cachet. Smaller sites legitimately don't need one; flagged as Info, not a failure.

### Transport Security (A — 90/100)

*HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis*

- **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) not advertised — HTTP/3 eliminates head-of-line blocking. If your CDN supports it, consider enabling it.
- **[PASS]** HSTS enabled (includeSubDomains, preload)
- **[PASS]** HSTS preload enabled
- **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT)

### Health Check Endpoint (A+ — 100/100)

*Health endpoint at https://www.apple.com/health (HTTP 200)*

- **[PASS]** Public health endpoint at https://www.apple.com/health

### CDN Cache Observability (B — 85/100)

*No CDN cache-status headers in the response*

- **[INFO]** No CDN cache-status headers in the response — Without an X-Cache / CF-Cache-Status / X-Vercel-Cache / Age header, you can't tell from outside whether a request hit the cache or went to origin. Operationally important: enables debugging stale-content reports and verifying cache rules. Most managed CDN platforms emit at least one of these by default; absence often means the platform's diagnostic headers are stripped at an upstream proxy.

---

## Accessibility

### Landmark Structure (B — 80/100)

*8 landmarks*

- **[PASS]** <main> landmark present
- **[PASS]** 2 <nav> landmark(s) found
- **[PASS]** All <nav> elements are properly labeled
- **[INFO]** No banner (header) landmark
- **[WARNING]** Skip navigation link is missing (WCAG 2.4.1) — Add a skip link as the first focusable element so keyboard users can bypass repeated navigation.
- **[PASS]** Search landmark present

### Heading Hierarchy (A+ — 100/100)

*56 headings*

- **[PASS]** Single H1 present

### Heading Text Quality (A — 90/100)

*1 heading-text-quality issue(s) detected*

- **[WARNING]** 3 heading(s) are over 120 characters -- likely a misformatted paragraph — Headings beyond 120 characters are almost always full sentences or paragraphs that received heading semantics by mistake (e.g., a CMS editor selected the wrong block type, or a template wrapped a body paragraph in `<h2>`). Screen readers will announce these as "heading" and read the entire paragraph at heading prosody. Affected:
  - H3: 200 chars
  - H3: 200 chars
  - H3: 200 chars

### Alt Text Quality (A — 94/100)

*All 50 images OK*

- **[INFO]** 3 image(s) with alt text over 125 characters
- **[PASS]** 41 decorative image(s) correctly marked
- **[PASS]** 6 image(s) with good alt text

### Form Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*All 1 controls labeled*

- **[PASS]** 1 control(s) properly labeled

### Link & Button Quality (B — 70/100)

*9 issue(s) across 365 links and 28 buttons*

- **[CRITICAL]** 9 link(s) with no accessible text — Links without text are announced as raw URLs by screen readers.
- **[PASS]** 356 link(s) with descriptive text

### Form Input Types (A+ — 95/100)

*1 input(s) using type=text where a specific type would help*

- **[INFO]** Input "Search apple.com" should use type="search" (currently type="text") — Field name "Search apple.com" suggests type="search". Wrong type loses mobile keyboard hints, browser autofill, and free format validation. Change to <input type="search">.

### Form Input Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*1 form control(s) checked, no input-semantic issues*

- **[PASS]** All form input semantics look correct

### Mobile Keyboard & Autofill (A+ — 100/100)

*No autofill-eligible form controls*

- **[PASS]** No autofill-eligible form controls (no name/email/tel/address fields)

### Document Language (A+ — 100/100)

*Lang attribute set to "en-US"*

- **[PASS]** <html lang="en-US"> is set and valid

### Tabindex Anti-Patterns (D — 40/100)

*0 positive, 35 -1-on-focusable*

- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <button> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <button> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-2-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-3-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-4-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-5-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-6-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-7-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-8-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="endless-entertainment-gallery-item-9-trigger"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-2-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-3-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-4-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-5-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-6-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-7-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-8-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-9-link"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-2"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-3"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-4"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-5"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-6"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-7"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-8"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)
- **[INFO]** tabindex="-1" on naturally-focusable <a id="media-gallery-item-9"> — tabindex="-1" removes an element from the keyboard tab order. Naturally-focusable elements (links, buttons, form controls) become unreachable for keyboard users. (Common false-positive: hidden honeypot fields. Verify the element is genuinely interactive before removing the tabindex.)

### Iframe Accessibility (A+ — 100/100)

*No iframes on this page*

- **[PASS]** No iframes on this page

### Tap Target Adequacy (A+ — 100/100)

*All tap targets meet WCAG 2.5.5/2.5.8 sizing*

- **[PASS]** All tap targets meet WCAG 2.5.5 (44x44px) sizing

### Mobile-Readable Font Sizes (A+ — 100/100)

*All 74 visible text node(s) render at >= 12 CSS pixels*

- **[PASS]** All text uses legible mobile font sizes (>= 12 CSS px)

---

## UX

### 404 Error Page (B — 80/100)

*HTTP 404, custom page*

- **[PASS]** Correct 404 status code returned
- **[PASS]** Custom styled 404 page
- **[PASS]** Navigation links present on 404 page
- **[PASS]** Homepage link present on 404 page

### Favicon & Branding (F — 15/100)

*1 icon(s) detected*

- **[PASS]** favicon.ico present at site root
- **[INFO]** No apple-touch-icon detected — iOS devices use this when users add your site to their home screen. Add <link rel='apple-touch-icon' sizes='180x180' href='/apple-touch-icon.png'>.

### Web Manifest (D — 40/100)

*Not found*

- **[INFO]** No web manifest found — No manifest at standard paths (/manifest.json, /site.webmanifest). A manifest is optional but enables PWA features like home screen installation and standalone display.

### PWA Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*No PWA depth issues detected*

- **[PASS]** No PWA depth issues detected

### Dark Mode Support (D — 40/100)

*No dark mode signals*

- **[INFO]** No dark mode signals detected — Consider adding CSS with @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) and <meta name='color-scheme' content='light dark'>.
- **[INFO]** Detection limited to meta tags and inline styles — External CSS files may contain prefers-color-scheme rules not visible to this scan.

### Print Stylesheet (D — 40/100)

*No print styles*

- **[INFO]** No print-specific styles detected — When users print this page, they get the screen layout including navigation and non-essential elements. Add @media print rules to hide navigation and optimize layout for paper.

### Navigation UX (D — 40/100)

*1 navigation pattern(s)*

- **[PASS]** Search functionality detected
- **[PASS]** 2 navigation landmark(s) detected
- **[PASS]** Hamburger menu detected (responsive design)

### Mobile UX Depth (A+ — 97/100)

*2 mobile-depth signal(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** No `<meta name="theme-color">` -- browser chrome falls back to default — Without `theme-color`, Android Chrome's status bar and iOS Safari's toolbar fall back to a generic gray. Adding a single hex color in `<meta name="theme-color" content="#0066cc">` tints them to your brand color across all mobile browsers.
- **[PASS]** Viewport `viewport-fit=cover` -- supports notched / dynamic-island devices — The viewport meta declares `viewport-fit=cover`, which lets the page draw into the safe-area edges (notch, dynamic island, home indicator) on iPhone X+ devices. Pair with `env(safe-area-inset-*)` CSS to keep critical UI inside the inset rectangle while letting backgrounds extend edge-to-edge.

---

## SEO

### Canonical URL (A+ — 100/100)

*Properly configured*

- **[PASS]** Canonical tag present
- **[PASS]** Canonical is self-referencing
- **[PASS]** Canonical matches final URL after redirects
- **[PASS]** Canonical target returns 200

### Meta Tags (A — 85/100)

*Title: 5 chars*

- **[PASS]** Page title is set
- **[WARNING]** Title is only 5 characters — consider expanding
- **[INFO]** Meta description is 172 characters — truncated on mobile (~160 char limit)
- **[INFO]** Title and H1 are identical — Consider differentiating — the title is for search results, the H1 is for the page.

### Title Style Depth (A+ — 100/100)

*Title style is clean -- consistent separator, no stale year, no keyword stuffing*

- **[PASS]** Title style is clean

### Content Depth (A — 85/100)

*1554 words, Difficult*

- **[PASS]** Page has 1554 words — good depth for search engines
- **[INFO]** Text-to-HTML ratio is 3% — Very low ratio suggests heavy framework overhead or boilerplate.
- **[INFO]** Reading level: Difficult (grade 12)

### Internal Links (A+ — 95/100)

*314 internal, 51 external*

- **[PASS]** 314 internal links (86%)
- **[PASS]** 98% of links use descriptive anchor text
- **[INFO]** Page has 365 links — consider reducing
- **[INFO]** 314 internal / 51 external links

### Image SEO (A+ — 100/100)

*50 images, 35 descriptive filenames*

- **[INFO]** 15 image(s) have hash/generic filenames

### Hreflang

*0 hreflang tags*


### Hreflang URL Quality (A+ — 100/100)

*No hreflang tags on the page*

- **[PASS]** No hreflang tags on the page

### Hreflang Completeness (A+ — 100/100)

*No hreflang tags on this page -- check is N/A (single-language site or unannotated)*

- **[PASS]** No hreflang tags found -- completeness check is N/A

### Sitemap Freshness (C — 70/100)

*Sitemap exists but no <lastmod> entries*

- **[INFO]** Sitemap has no <lastmod> entries — Without lastmod, Google can't tell which URLs have changed since the last crawl -- it falls back to crawling everything periodically. Adding lastmod (date or ISO 8601 timestamp) on each <url> entry signals freshness so the crawler prioritizes recently-modified pages.

### Sitemap × Robots Consistency (A+ — 100/100)

*No sitemap-vs-robots conflicts detected*

- **[PASS]** Sitemap URLs are not blocked by robots.txt

### Sitemap Hygiene (A+ — 100/100)

*Sitemap structure / size look healthy (47 URLs, 4 KB)*

- **[PASS]** Sitemap structure / size look healthy (47 URLs)

### Markup Quality (A — 87/100)

*2 markup-quality issue(s) detected*

- **[INFO]** `<meta charset>` declared at byte 2827 -- past the 1024-byte spec window — The HTML5 spec requires the encoding declaration to appear in the first 1024 bytes. Browsers that started parsing in a default encoding and discover the real charset later DISCARD parsing state and re-parse from the top -- a measurable hit to First Contentful Paint. Move the `<meta charset>` tag to be the first child of `<head>`.
- **[INFO]** 1 redundant ARIA role attribute(s) on native semantic element(s) — The W3C "ARIA in HTML" spec calls this its first rule: don't use ARIA when a native HTML element already conveys the semantics. `<button role="button">`, `<a href role="link">`, `<nav role="navigation">`, `<main role="main">` -- the role attribute either does nothing or shadows the native semantic, occasionally breaking assistive-tech behaviors. Remove the redundant role.

---

## Sustainability

### CO2 Per Page Load (A — 85/100)

*0.49g CO2 per view*

- **[PASS]** 0.49g CO2 per page view — This page transfers 1.7 MB, producing an estimated 0.49g of CO2 per visit using the Sustainable Web Design model (v4). Breakdown: data center 0.09g, network 0.09g, end-user device 0.32g.
- **[INFO]** At 10,000 monthly views: 59.2 kg CO2/year — With 10,000 page views per month, this page would generate approximately 59.2 kg of CO2 annually — equivalent to charging 7400 smartphones.

### Green Hosting (D — 40/100)

*Not green*

- **[INFO]** No confirmed renewable energy commitment detected — Consider providers like Cloudflare, Google Cloud, or Vercel that match 100% of their energy use with renewables.
- **[INFO]** Akamai: Committed to 50% renewable by 2030
- **[INFO]** Green hosting status based on known provider commitments — Green hosting detection uses a curated database of provider renewable energy commitments. This is not a real-time verification. For authoritative checks, visit thegreenwebfoundation.org.

### Repeat Visit Weight (A+ — 100/100)

*98% cached*

- **[PASS]** 98% reduction on repeat visits — Returning visitors download only 42 KB (vs 1783 KB first visit). 51 of 52 resources are served from browser cache, saving 0.48g CO2 per repeat visit.
- **[INFO]** Repeat visit: 0.01g CO2 (first visit: 0.49g)

### Carbon Budget (B — 70/100)

*39th percentile*

- **[PASS]** 0.49g CO2 — below the sustainability target of 0.50g — Cleaner than an estimated 61% of websites analyzed. This page meets the Web Sustainability Guidelines target.
- **[INFO]** Estimated 39th percentile — Compared to: top 10% = 0.20g, target = 0.50g, median = 0.60g per page view.

### Transfer Efficiency (A+ — 100/100)

*93% efficient*

- **[PASS]** Transfer efficiency: 93% — Only 117 KB of potential savings identified. Your page is well-optimized for size.

### Web Font Weight Variants (B — 90/100)

*No detectable Google Fonts weights*

- **[INFO]** No detectable Google Fonts weights — The analyzer detects font weights via Google Fonts URL parameters (~70% of font-using sites). Self-hosted fonts and non-Google CDN fonts aren't visible to URL-based detection. If you self-host fonts, manually audit how many @font-face weights you ship -- 2-3 weights per family is typically enough; 5+ is usually unused payload.

---

---

*Generated by [BeaverCheck](https://beavercheck.com) — https://beavercheck.com/results/97587636-093f-4606-88e4-bb4154e44168*