Now Available in axe Monitor 8.8

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What’s New in Axe Monitor 8.8

June 30, 2026

Improved experience on Scans List, Issues, Pages

Axe Monitor now features a wider width on tables and dialogs, and updated styling across several views. Key actions remain in the same place, but some button text has changed.

Learn more about the updated user experience:

Prioritize faster and create scans from your AI agent

The Axe Monitor MCP server, which was released earlier this year with an early access program, is now available generally for all SaaS customers.

Set up scans and adjust settings – without ever leaving your AI agent. Easily integrate scanning into your existing AI workflow.

Skip time-consuming issue analysis – get what’s changed between scan runs, and which issues are important to fix first, eliminating weeks of traditional analysis time.

Get from scan to remediation faster - Generate an actionable sprint plan with engineer-ready guidance, so that you can get fixes to production faster.

Note: An Axe Monitor admin must first upgrade to Axe Monitor version 8.8 before starting setup

Screenshots on automated results

Axe Monitor scans can now capture full page screenshots with highlighted issues on web and PDF results, providing your team with the context needed to locate and remediate accessibility issues efficiently. The option is turned on by default for new scans and available under “Advanced Settings” on Presets and Scan Settings.

Note: For existing scans, screenshots are not enabled by default. Screenshots provide important context for your team, but they will increase scan run time by about 5-20%.

Issue Detail with unique URL, linked in exports

Easily link to issue details when you’re working on fixing accessibility issues with your team. When issue details are opened, the browser now generates a direct URL to the issue, containing the issue ID. And, CSV exports now include direct links to issue details, making it easier to access screenshots and issue context when sharing or working from exported reports.

Updates to Scan Settings

Individual steps on scan settings are now clickable, allowing scan admins to quickly adjust individual settings.
When editing a scan, the “Review” step displays, providing an overview of all settings for easier findability.
The “General” step was improved to explain the benefits of scanning a user flow with a script.
Description improved for “Log-in details and other saved values.” This section previously referred to environment variables in technical depth.

Improved message when scanning services are unavailable

If you have scans that have been running longer than expected due to a problem with Axe Monitor, a message will display – “Scanning services are unavailable. Contact Helpdesk.”

Note: The new message only shows when there is an active problem that requires troubleshooting. This section no longer displays a “System Down” message, which sometimes appeared too frequently.

Bug Fixes

In rare cases, some sites could not be scanned due to uncommon characters in the domain, or other issues interpreting the site content. Axe Monitor can now scan these sites.
Changing an issue status from Fixed or Ignored to Open no longer produces an error.
On Scan Settings, the “Need Help?” button now goes to individual documentation pages for specific steps.
Addressed an issue where working across multiple Axe Monitor tabs caused an unexpected sign-out. The active session will no longer prompt a session timeout message.
Firefox no longer produces an error when saving scans with no optional settings.
Public share links now get generated when a scan is in “Running” status for the first time.
Accessibility improvements were made at 400% zoom.
The API no longer returns results for deleted scans.
Fixed an issue in versions 8.1+ where the API returned PDF rules as PDF-*,.) instead of the corresponding Axe rule IDs. The API now includes a new axeRuleId field that provides the Axe rule ID for both web and PDF results. Existing ruleId values are retained for backward compatibility.
In rare cases, the page limit appeared as -1 in scan settings. This has been fixed.

Known Issues

Screenshots are not currently available on user flow script and uploaded issue results.
Users with the Scan viewer permission are not able to assign issues to other users.