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title: "4.1.3 Status messages"
date: "2025-03-25T09:20:57+00:00"
summary: "Learn about WCAG 4.1.3 Status Messages and related Acquia Web Governance checks for improving website accessibility and user awareness."
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Introduction
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The _Status Messages_ criteria states that website owners must make users aware of important changes in content.

This collection provides information about the related Acquia Web Governance checks for _WCAG 4.1.3 Status Messages_.

Additional resources
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If you cannot find the help article for a specific check that is failing, it is possible that the help article is not documented. For more information, visit:

[The help article for my check is missing](https://docs.acquia.com/acquia-optimize/accessibility/help-article-my-check-missing)

### WCAG success criteria

[WCAG 4.1.3 Status Messages](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/status-messages.html)