
Worked on the Automattic/harper repository to improve accessibility activation across macOS AppKit and Electron-based desktop applications. Addressed activation failures on macOS 15.7.x by implementing robust error handling for unsupported AX attributes, introducing an Electron-specific fallback using AXManualAccessibility, and enhancing text-metrics validation to accurately map lint spans to leaf AXText nodes. These changes enabled underlines and suggestions in both native and Electron apps such as TextEdit and Slack. The solution was developed using Rust, with a focus on desktop application and macOS development, and was consolidated in a single feature commit that resolved a longstanding accessibility issue.
June 2026 monthly summary for Automattic/harper focusing on accessibility activation improvements across macOS AppKit and Electron-based apps. Implemented a robust fix to activation flow by correctly handling unsupported AX attributes, adding an Electron-specific fallback path, and improving text-metrics validation to map lint spans to leaf AXText nodes. The change resolves activation failures on macOS 15.7.x and enables underlines/suggestions in both TextEdit (AppKit) and Slack (Electron). Result documented in commit 73d40fe09f9c1cec13034734a62fa4b6e678357b and addressed issue #3500. Verified end-to-end on macOS 15.7.7.
June 2026 monthly summary for Automattic/harper focusing on accessibility activation improvements across macOS AppKit and Electron-based apps. Implemented a robust fix to activation flow by correctly handling unsupported AX attributes, adding an Electron-specific fallback path, and improving text-metrics validation to map lint spans to leaf AXText nodes. The change resolves activation failures on macOS 15.7.x and enables underlines/suggestions in both TextEdit (AppKit) and Slack (Electron). Result documented in commit 73d40fe09f9c1cec13034734a62fa4b6e678357b and addressed issue #3500. Verified end-to-end on macOS 15.7.7.

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