Minor accessibility and display issues across several tools

During an internal accessibility and reliability review, we found and fixed several minor issues across a few of our tools, most of them affecting screen-reader users in specific situations. The tools kept working normally throughout and no data was affected, and most visitors saw no difference. The issues have been resolved.

• Posted: Jun 16, 2026, 23:30 UTC
• Resolved: Jun 17, 2026, 01:25 UTC
• Duration: 1h 55m

Timeline

1. resolved

   Jun 17, 2026, 01:25 UTC

   This incident has been resolved. All of the identified issues are fixed and live. Impact was minor and limited to the behavior of these tools in specific situations; the tools kept working throughout, most visitors were unaffected, and no data was impacted.

2. monitoring

   00:50 UTC

   Fixes have been implemented and we are monitoring the results. The Hijri date now displays correctly, focus returns where expected for screen-reader users, the reading-aloud feature resumes reliably, and the qibla finder shows a fixed direction on devices that cannot provide a true bearing. If you had a page open, please reload it once to pick up the update.

3. identified

   00:05 UTC

   The issues have been identified and fixes are being implemented. They mostly affect screen-reader users in specific situations, for example a date shown with its underlying formatting after the day's last prayer, focus not returning to the right place after certain actions, and the reading-aloud control not always restarting audio after a pause. No data is affected.

4. investigating

   Jun 16, 2026, 23:30 UTC

   We are carrying out an internal accessibility and reliability review of several of our tools, including the prayer times, the Islamic calendar, the qibla finder, and the reading-aloud feature. The tools are working normally for visitors throughout.

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