# Reading the scan report

What the figures, findings, occurrences, severity levels and evidence images in the scan report mean – and how to tell how reliable a result is.

**In short**

- A finding stands for one rule; expanded, it shows every occurrence with page, selector and measured value.
- At the top you see how many pages were evaluated – a result with too many gaps does not support a conformance statement.
- Below the findings follow the uncertain results, the manual checks and the way to the statement.

The scan report is the result of a scan. While the scan is running, it shows the progress and updates itself. Afterwards it has five parts.

## 1. The figures

- **“Pages tested”** – how many of the selected pages could be evaluated.
- **“Open findings”** – how many rules have at least one open occurrence.
- **“Success criteria affected”** – how many WCAG criteria are affected.

Below that, the report explains how pages were selected: how many were found through the sitemap and through links on the home page, how many of them were scanned and how many are excluded by `robots.txt`.

### How reliable the result is

If not all selected pages could be loaded, the report says so, with the share of evaluated pages. Below 80 %, the result does not support a conformance statement, and no statement can be published from it: [From scan to published statement](https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/publishing#zu-wenige-seiten).

If the keyboard walk-through ended early on a page, the report says that too. It makes no statement about the elements not reached there.

## 2. The findings

A finding stands for one rule – for example “insufficient contrast” – and groups all occurrences of that rule. Each finding shows:

- the **severity**: “critical”, “serious”, “moderate” or “minor”,
- the affected **success criteria**,
- on how many pages it occurs.

Findings on criteria added with WCAG 2.2 are marked as recommended.

Expanded, a finding shows every **occurrence**: the page, the element’s selector (or the entire page), the measured value – for example the actual contrast ratio – and, where relevant, the state in which the element becomes visible, such as only in the opened menu. A maximum number of occurrences is recorded per rule and page; the report says when there may be more.

**Evidence images** are taken for the first occurrences on each page. Where there is none, the selector and measured value document the occurrence. Evidence images are deleted after 90 days; the report itself stays readable.

You can assess every finding – for example as “no defect”: [Reviewing findings](https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/reviewing-findings).

### Findings from the consent layer

Findings caused by a cookie banner are grouped separately. They count, but their cause usually lies in the configuration or choice of consent tool, not in your own source code.

## 3. To review

Spots the scan could not decide reliably. You assess them per occurrence: [Assessing uncertain results](https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/uncertain-results).

## 4. Your assessment

The manual checks, with how many are still open and the “Answer the checks now” button: [Answering the manual checks](https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/manual-checks).

## 5. Accessibility statement

The way to the draft: “View draft”. How it continues from there: [From scan to published statement](https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/publishing).

## Who can see the report

A report in your account is only visible to members of your organization. Anyone who is not signed in and opens a link to it – for example from the WordPress plugin – is taken to the sign-in page and back to the report afterwards. Reports of a free scan without an account can be reached through their unguessable address.

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Last checked against the product: 2026-09-13 · https://barrierepruefung.de/en/help/scan-report