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# F61: Failure of Success Criterion 3.2.5 due to complete change of main content through an automatic update that the user cannot disable from within the content

## Applicability

General

This failure relates to:

- Success Criterion 3.2.5 (Change on Request)
  - How to Meet 3.2.5 (Change on Request)
  - Understanding Success Criterion 3.2.5 (Change on Request)

## Description

This document describes a failure that occurs when the content filling the user's entire viewport is automatically updated, and the content does not contain options for disabling this behavior.

## Examples

### Failure Example 1:

A news site automatically refreshes itself to ensure that it has the newest headlines. There is no option to disable this behavior.

### Failure Example 2:

A slideshow fills the entire viewport and advances to the next slide automatically. There is no stop button.

## Resources

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## Related Techniques

(none currently listed)

## Tests

### Procedure

1. open the content

2. leave the content open for 24 hours

3. check if the content changed

4. confirm that the content does not contain any settings to disable automatic changes

### Expected Results

1. If both 3 and 4 are true, then this failure condition applies and the content fails this Success Criterion.

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