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WCAG 3.0 is an active W3C Working Draft in development by the AGWG. Requirements, assertions, the conformance model and reporting tiers are still being developed and may change. The latest published draft is the 10 September 2026 Working Draft; this site follows the editorsโ€™ draft, which also includes exploratory provisions.

developing Assertion

No Unnecessary Time Limits

Group: process-and-task-completion • Guideline: adequate-time

Summary in Plain English

An organisational assertion: the organisation states that the products and processes in scope have no non-essential time limits for engagement or completion.

Why It Matters

Most time limits are implementation convenience rather than necessity, and each one silently excludes whoever cannot work at that pace.

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