meta-refresh
Timed refresh must not exist
Who might be affected
Screen Reader
Description
An automatic refresh of the page is an unexpected action for the user, and for screen reader users the impact might be critical. The refresh action might reset already filled input fields without any alert. The focus sequence is also reset and the focus is being set back to the document, and this can be disorienting and disrupting.
Quick Fixes
Remove all [http-equiv="refresh"].
1✗ <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60" url="http://path/to/another-page/" />
Warning! Do not replace redirecting using the <meta> element with redirecting using JavaScript.
How Users Are Affected
Users will loose their orientation and context of their actions on the page.
WCAG Success criteria
This issue might cause elements to fail one or more of the following Success criteria:
2.2.1 Timing Adjustable (A)