2022165 - The “Use VPN for this site” toggle is not read correctly by the screen reader

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Firefox :: IP Protection, defect)

Description

[Raluca Ilban [:rilban], Premium Services - VPN]

Attachment: toggle.png

[Affected versions]:

• Firefox Nightly 150.0a1 (2026-03-09);
• Firefox Beta 149.0b6

[Affected Platforms]:

• Windows 11;

[Prerequisites]:

• Have the NVDA screen reader enabled.
• Have VPN ON.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Open the VPN panel.
2. Navigate to the “Use VPN for this site” toggle using TAB key.
3. Observe how the toggle is read by the screen reader.

[Expected result]:
The screen reader reads the toggle name and its state, e.g.: “Use VPN for this site toggle button pressed/not pressed”.

[Actual result]:
The screen reader is reading 2 groups and then the toggle.

[Notes]:

• See attached ss.

Comment 1

[Becca]

Attachment: Bug 2022165 - Use VPN for this site toggle not read correctly by screen reader - r=#ip-protection-reviewers

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/commit/199746df5435
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/fa5e189c7280
Use VPN for this site toggle not read correctly by screen reader - r=ip-protection-reviewers,fluent-reviewers,kpatenio,flod

Comment 3

[rperta]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/fa5e189c7280

Comment 4

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The patch landed in nightly and beta is affected.
:rking, is this bug important enough to require an uplift?

• If yes, please nominate the patch for beta approval.
  • See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/Requesting_an_Uplift for documentation on how to request an uplift.
• If no, please set status-firefox149 to wontfix.

For more information, please visit BugBot documentation.

Comment 5

[Becca]

I am not requesting an uplift because this includes string changes, and it's very late to push through any string changes for 149. Though the behavior is not optimal, it is still functional in beta, so we've accepted that we will wait until 150 for the fixed behavior.

Comment 6

[Raluca Ilban [:rilban], Premium Services - VPN]

Attachment: toggle.png

We have verified this using Firefox Nightly 150.0a1 (2026-03-15) on Windows 11.
The "Use VPN for this site" toggle is now read correctly by the screen reader.