Issue Summary

The role="button" and "aria-label" attribute are specified unnecessarily on the <span> element.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the Jira Cloud instance.
2. Navigate to the header section and open any project.
3. Navigate to the main content area and open any issue that has linked work items.
4. Navigate to the "Linked work items" section in the main content area and inspect the code.
5. Notice that the role="button" and aria-label attribute are specified unnecessarily on the <span> element.

Screen Recording

https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/attachment/495887/Incorrect%20Announcement.mp4

Actual Results

When screen reader users navigate through the "Linked work items" section using the "Tab" key or "Arrow" keys, the names of the linked issues are announced as "More information about this work item" instead of the actual issue names such as "HT-2", "Hello World!", "HT-6", "SR Test", etc.

This issue occurs because the role="button" and "aria-label" attribute are unnecessarily specified on the <span> element that wraps the <a> element containing the issue.

As a result, screen reader users are presented with inaccurate and misleading information.

Expected Results

Ensure that ARIA roles and attributes are not used unnecessarily.

In this case, the role="button" and aria-label attributes are applied to a <span> element that wraps a linked issue. Since the link (<a>) already provides meaningful information, and the <span> serves no additional semantic purpose, these ARIA attributes are redundant.

To resolve this issue, remove the role="button" and aria-label attributes from the <span> element in the source code. This will allow screen readers to correctly announce the link text (e.g., “HT-2”, “Hello World!”, etc.), pointing the user to the correct information.

Code Snippet:

<span>

<a>HT-2</a>

</span>

Workaround

Currently there is no known workaround for this behavior. A workaround will be added here when available

Environment

MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021)
macOS Sonoma 14.7
Operations - Windows11
Chrome - Version 135.0.7049.42 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Safari- Version 18.0
Firefox- Version 135.0 (64-bit)
JAWS- Version 2023
NVDA- Version 2024.4.2
VoiceOver - Version Latest