Release Notes for axe DevTools for Web CLI

4.10.2 (August 12, 2025)

• Updated the axe-core dependency to 4.10.3.

4.10.1 (January 22, 2025)

• Added the licenses subcommand to allow users to display and save (using the -s or --save option) to a file.
• Fixed --chromedriver-path to specify the ChromeDriver path (instead of the Chrome path as previously implemented) and added --chrome-path to allow users to specify the path to the Chrome binary.
• Now allow use of legacy mode when using the spec CLI subcommand with the --set-legacy-mode command-line option. Useful when the analyzed website overrides window.open(), causing analysis to fail. This option uses a deprecated feature of the APIs that are called by the CLI.

4.10.0 (August 22, 2024)

• Addressed an issue where alerts weren't dismissed after the page was redirected (even though the user used the --dismiss-alert option).
• Fixed an issue where the CLI was exiting before the results had been flushed.
• Updated the axe-core dependency to 4.10.0.

4.9.1 (May 31, 2024)

• Updated the axe-core dependency to 4.9.1.
• Updated the @axe-devtools/reporter dependency to 4.8.0.
• Updated the @axe-devtools/reporter-csv dependency to 4.8.0.
• Updated the @axe-devtools/logger dependency to 4.8.0.

4.9.0 (April 5, 2024)

• Updated the axe-core dependency to 4.9.0.

4.8.2 (February 13, 2024)

• Upgraded @axe-core/cli dependency to version 4.8.5.
• Upgraded to axe-core version 4.8.3.

4.8.1 (January 30, 2024)

• Fixed problem when URL specified with the --axe-reports-url command-line option ended with /reports.
• Fixed a problem where the process would sometimes not exit when processing large spec files.
• Added fetchUrlTime and actionTime to the JSON results file.
• Added duration, fetchUrlTime, and actionTime to standard output when using the --verbose command-line option.
• Upgraded to axe-core version 4.8.2.
• Upgraded @axe-core/cli dependency to version 4.8.4.

4.8.0 (October 24, 2023)

• Added additional error messages for invalid bulk-reports options.
• Added the Trusted Tester v5 ruleset.
• Added the EN 301 549 ruleset.
• Upgraded to axe-core version 4.8.2.
• Upgraded the @axe-core/cli dependency to 4.8.1.

4.7.2 (August 28, 2023)

• Fixed a problem on Windows that prevented the CLI from uploading JSON results to axe-reports.
• Added YAML support to the bulk-spec command.
• Added new option to add set the dimensions field in JSON results (--axe-reports-dimensions).

4.7.1 (June 15, 2023)

• Add verbose logging option to bulk-reports.
• Upgraded to axe-core 4.7.2.
• Upgraded the axe-core integrations to 4.7.3.

4.7.0 (May 12, 2023)

• Upgraded to axe-core 4.7.0.
• bulk-spec
  A problem on Windows that caused the bulk-spec command (batch processing of spec files) to skip processing of spec files has been fixed.
• Updated Command-Line Options
  Several command-line options have been changed to make their use clearer and more consistent:
  • The --user-agent option is now always used by Chrome regardless of the headless setting or whether a remote proxy has been configured.
  • The --accept-untrusted option is always used regardless of the browser or headless setting. (Previously, this option required the --headless option to be set.)
  • The --remote-proxy is always used by Chrome (no longer depends on the --headless option or whether an https site is being scanned).