Error messages on the login page are not announced by the screen reader.

Issue description

On Jira login page, the error message "Sorry, your username and password are incorrect - please try again." is not announced by the screen reader.

Platform: Jira DC

Version: 7.10.2

STR

1. With screen reader turned on, navigate to the Jira login page.
2. Keep Username & Password fields empty.
3. Navigate to the Login button and activate it.

Actual Behaviour

While navigating with screen reader turned on, when user activates the Login button without filling the Username & password input fields, an error message "Sorry, your username and password are incorrect - please try again." is displayed above the form.

Screen reader doesn‚'t announce the error message. This makes screen reader users difficult to understand & resolve the errors on the page.

Expected Behaviour

As soon as the error message is displayed on the page screen reader should announce it. This helps screen reader users to understand & resolve them more effectively.

ARIA role="alert" or Live regions should be used to announce the error messages to screen reader users. Refer to the following link more references.

https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/aria/ARIA19

Screen recording

Screen Recording 2021-12-28 at 1.29.07 PM.mov

AXQA Ref:AXQA-67