Since site alerts are dynamic from ajax and can change at any time, to make them accessible the block needs to have a
aria-live="polite"

This will cause assistive technology to notify the user whenever content in the block changes.

Reference
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/ARIA_Liv...
https://bitsofco.de/using-aria-live/
https://accessibilityresources.org/aria-live

Since site alerts are not typically related to some user action, the arai role of "alert" should probably not be used.

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#3 site_alert-add-508-aria-3120303-3.patch513 bytesswirt

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new site_alert-add-508-aria-3120303-3.patch513 bytes

Here is a simple patch to add the aria-live attribute.

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  • pfrenssen committed 444a733 on 8.x-1.x authored by swirt 
    Issue #3120303 by swirt, kevinwalsh: Add aria attributes to support 508
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Very nice addition, thanks very much!

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