Release Notes for Axe DevTools for Web Ruby

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Includes release notes for versions 4.7.0 and later

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For information about the axe-core-* gem dependencies mentioned below, see the public repository, https://github.com/dequelabs/axe-core-gems.

4.14.0 (October 22, 2026)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.14.0. (Version 4.14.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.14.0.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.14.0.
You can now record the teams running your tests in usage events. Use the for_teams clause for a single RSpec check, the teams configuration property for a whole run, or the AXE_TEAMS environment variable. See Teams.
Usage events now record whether a person or an automated pipeline ran the tests. This is detected from common CI environment variables, and you can override it with AXE_ACTOR.
Usage events now include counts of failing elements by impact, a count of elements that need review, and a count of URLs analyzed. The engineVersion property now holds the full axe-core version (for example, 4.14.0) instead of only the major and minor version.

4.13.0 (August 12, 2026)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.13.0. (Version 4.13.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.13.0.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.13.0.

4.12.0 (June 24, 2026)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.12.0. (Version 4.12.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.12.1. This version also removes virtus and ostruct as runtime dependencies.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.12.0.

4.11.2 (May 4, 2026)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.11.3. (Version 4.11.3 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.11.4.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.11.3.

4.11.1 (April 17, 2026)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.11.2. (Version 4.11.2 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.11.3.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.11.2.

4.11.0 (December 16, 2025)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.11.0. (Version 4.11.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.11.0.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.11.0.
Added support for the RGAAv4 ruleset.

4.10.1 (April 15, 2025)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.10.3. (Version 4.10.3 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.10.3.)

4.10.0 (September 25, 2024)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.10.0. (Version 4.10.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.10.0.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.10.0.

4.9.1 (May 21, 2024)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.9.1. (Version 4.9.1 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.9.1.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.9.1.

4.9.0 (March 28, 2024)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.9.0. (Version 4.9.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.9.0.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.9.0.

4.8.2 (February 13, 2024)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.8.2. (Version 4.8.2 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.8.4.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.8.2.

4.8.1 (January 30, 2024)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.8.1. (Version 4.8.1 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.8.3.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.8.1.

4.8.0 (October 24, 2023)

Added the Trusted Tester v5 ruleset.
Added the EN 301 549 ruleset.
Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.8.0. (Version 4.8.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.8.2.)

4.7.0 (April 28, 2023)

Updated the axe-core-api gem dependency to 4.7.0. (Version 4.7.0 of the axe-core-api gem was updated to use axe-core 4.7.0.)
For the Cucumber gem (axe-devtools-cucumber), updated the axe-core-cucumber gem dependency to 4.7.0.