MENDELU/Fixed integration tests

cypress/e2e/collection-edit.cy.ts

@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ describe('Edit Collection > Delete page', () => {
     // <ds-delete-collection> tag must be loaded
     cy.get('ds-delete-collection').should('be.visible');
 
+    // Wait for inner content to render before running axe
+    cy.get('ds-delete-collection h1#header', { timeout: 30000 }).should('be.visible');
+
     // Analyze for accessibility issues
     testA11y('ds-delete-collection');
   });

cypress/e2e/community-edit.cy.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ describe('Edit Community > Delete page', () => {
     // <ds-delete-community> tag must be loaded
     cy.get('ds-delete-community').should('be.visible');
 
+    // Wait for inner content to render before running axe
+    cy.get('ds-delete-community h1#header', { timeout: 30000 }).should('be.visible');
+
     // Analyze for accessibility issues
     testA11y('ds-delete-community');
   });

cypress/e2e/item-edit.cy.ts

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ describe('Edit Item > Status tab', () => {
     // <ds-item-status> tag must be loaded
     cy.get('ds-item-status').should('be.visible');
 
+    // Wait for the actual status content to render before running axe
+    cy.get('ds-item-status .status-label', { timeout: 30000 }).should('be.visible');
+
     // Analyze for accessibility issues
     testA11y('ds-item-status');
   });

cypress/e2e/item-page.cy.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ describe('Item  Page', () => {
     // <ds-full-item-page> tag must be loaded
     cy.get('ds-full-item-page').should('be.visible');
 
+    // Wait for the inner content (item-page) to actually render — the host
+    // element gets its size from padding/header even before the item details
+    // resolve, so visibility alone isn't enough for axe to find any nodes.
+    cy.get('ds-full-item-page .item-page', { timeout: 30000 }).should('exist');
+    cy.get('ds-full-item-page ds-item-page-title-field', { timeout: 30000 }).should('be.visible');
+
     // Analyze <ds-full-item-page> for accessibility issues
     testA11y('ds-full-item-page');
   });

cypress/support/utils.ts

@@ -40,5 +40,29 @@ export const testA11y = (context?: any, options?: Options) => {
       { id: 'color-contrast', enabled: false },
     ],
   });
+  // When the include context is a CSS selector string, axe-core re-resolves
+  // that selector at axe.run time via document.querySelectorAll. Between
+  // Cypress commands (injectAxe + configureAxe take a few ms each) Angular
+  // may re-render and the host element can briefly disappear from the
+  // document, causing axe to throw
+  // "No elements found for include in page Context".
+  //
+  // Fix: wait for the host to exist with rendered content, then resolve the
+  // selector to a live DOM Element here and pass that Element reference (not
+  // the selector string) to cy.checkA11y. axe-core uses the Element directly
+  // and does not re-query the document by selector, eliminating the race.
+  if (typeof context === 'string') {
+    cy.get(context, { timeout: 30000 }).should('exist');
+    cy.get(`${context} *`, { timeout: 30000 }).should('exist');
+    cy.get(context).then(($el) => {
+      // Pass ALL matched elements (not just the first) so that selectors which
+      // resolve to multiple nodes preserve the original string-context coverage.
+      // axe-core accepts an Array of Elements as Context.
+      const elements = $el.toArray();
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+      cy.checkA11y(elements as any, options, terminalLog);
+    });
+    return;
+  }
   cy.checkA11y(context, options, terminalLog);
 };

src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal-issue/journal-issue-search-result-list-element.component.html

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
       @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
         <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
           [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" tabindex="-1">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" tabindex="-1"
+          [attr.aria-label]="dsoNameService.getName(dso)">
           <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="true">
           </ds-thumbnail>
         </a>

src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal-volume/journal-volume-search-result-list-element.component.html

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
       @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
         <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
           [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" tabindex="-1">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" tabindex="-1"
+          [attr.aria-label]="dsoNameService.getName(dso)">
           <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="true">
           </ds-thumbnail>
         </a>

src/app/entity-groups/journal-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/journal/journal-search-result-list-element.component.html

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     <div class="col-3 col-md-2">
       @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
         <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'" [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" tabindex="-1">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="lead item-list-title dont-break-out" tabindex="-1"
+          [attr.aria-label]="dsoNameService.getName(dso)">
           <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="true">
           </ds-thumbnail>
         </a>

src/app/entity-groups/research-entities/item-list-elements/search-result-list-elements/project/project-search-result-list-element.component.html

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
       @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
         <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'"
           [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out" tabindex="-1">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out" tabindex="-1"
+          [attr.aria-label]="dsoNameService.getName(dso)">
           <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async"
             [defaultImage]="'assets/images/project-placeholder.svg'"
             [alt]="'thumbnail.project.alt'"

src/app/item-page/edit-item-page/edit-item-page.component.html

@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@ <h1 class="border-bottom">{{'item.edit.head' | translate}}</h1>
                 <span [ngbTooltip]="'item.edit.tabs.disabled.tooltip' | translate">
                   @if ((page.enabled | async) !== true) {
                     <button
-                      class="nav-link disabled">
+                      class="nav-link disabled"
+                      role="tab"
+                      aria-disabled="true"
+                      [attr.aria-selected]="false"
+                      tabindex="-1">
                       {{'item.edit.tabs.' + page.page + '.head' | translate}}
                     </button>
                   }

src/app/shared/object-list/search-result-list-element/item-search-result/item-types/item/item-search-result-list-element.component.html

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
     <div class="col-3 col-md-2">
       @if (linkType !== linkTypes.None) {
         <a [target]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? '_blank' : '_self'" [attr.rel]="(linkType === linkTypes.ExternalLink) ? 'noopener noreferrer' : null"
-          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out" tabindex="-1">
+          [routerLink]="[itemPageRoute]" class="dont-break-out" tabindex="-1"
+          [attr.aria-label]="dsoNameService.getName(dso)">
           <ds-thumbnail [thumbnail]="dso?.thumbnail | async" [limitWidth]="true">
           </ds-thumbnail>
         </a>

src/app/shared/utils/metadata-link.service.ts

@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ export class MetadataLinkService {
 
   constructor(private configService: ConfigurationDataService) {
     this.resolvers$ = this.loadResolvers();
+    // Eagerly trigger the resolver config fetch as soon as the service is
+    // instantiated (singleton, providedIn: 'root'). Without this, resolvers$
+    // is only subscribed to lazily by template `async` pipes. Combined with
+    // refCount: false on shareReplay this warms the replay buffer for the
+    // lifetime of the service so that the 5 HTTP calls happen only once.
+    this.resolvers$.subscribe();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -88,7 +94,14 @@ export class MetadataLinkService {
       openPolicyFinder: fetch('openPolicyFinder'),
       jcr: fetch('jcr'),
     }).pipe(
-      shareReplay({ bufferSize: 1, refCount: true }),
+      // refCount: false — once the resolver config is loaded, cache it for
+      // the lifetime of the service (singleton). With refCount: true the
+      // inner subscription would be torn down whenever subscriber count
+      // dropped to zero (e.g. during view churn in the @for over metadata
+      // rows on /full item page), causing the 5 HTTP calls to repeat and
+      // the metadata table to re-render. The values are immutable per
+      // backend deployment, so a permanent cache is safe.
+      shareReplay({ bufferSize: 1, refCount: false }),
     );
   }