Make sure stale statuses are not presented to the screen reader, e.g. Hall Unlocked - This Hall is Locked.

distro-packages/Arch-Linux/skald-git/PKGBUILD

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # shellcheck shell=bash disable=SC2034,SC2154
 
 pkgname=skald-git
-pkgver=0.0.0.r1540.g26c7808
+pkgver=0.0.0.r1547.g506c053
 pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc='Audio-only hall-based conferencing server'
 arch=('x86_64' 'aarch64')

static/skald.js

@@ -2650,6 +2650,7 @@ function flushLiveRegion(elementId) {
 
     let text = state.queue.shift();
     if(text === undefined) {
+        announcement.replaceChildren();
         state.active = false;
         return;
     }
@@ -4221,11 +4222,7 @@ document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
             setVisibility('show-chat', true);
             resizePeers();
 
-            // Announce the action
-            let announcement = document.getElementById('chat-announcements');
-            if(announcement) {
-                announcement.textContent = 'Chat collapsed';
-            }
+            announceChat('Chat collapsed');
 
             // Focus the show-chat button (delayed to ensure announcement is read)
             setTimeout(function() {
@@ -4239,11 +4236,7 @@ document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
             setVisibility('show-chat', false);
             resizePeers();
 
-            // Announce the action
-            let announcement = document.getElementById('chat-announcements');
-            if(announcement) {
-                announcement.textContent = 'Chat expanded';
-            }
+            announceChat('Chat expanded');
 
             // Focus the close-chat button (delayed to ensure announcement is read)
             setTimeout(function() {
@@ -4272,11 +4265,7 @@ document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {
         localMute = !localMute;
         setLocalMute(localMute, true);
 
-        // Announce the action
-        let announcement = document.getElementById('chat-announcements');
-        if(announcement) {
-            announcement.textContent = localMute ? 'Microphone muted' : 'Microphone unmuted';
-        }
+        announceChat(localMute ? 'Microphone muted' : 'Microphone unmuted');
 
         // Focus the mute button (delayed to ensure announcement is read)
         setTimeout(function() {

webserver/static_accessibility_test.go

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func TestStaticLiveRegionAnnouncementsStayWired(t *testing.T) {
 	requireFunctionContains(t, js, "announceLiveRegion", "state.queue.push")
 	requireFunctionContains(t, js, "announceLiveRegion", "flushLiveRegion")
 	requireFunctionContains(t, js, "flushLiveRegion", "appendChild")
+	requireFunctionContains(t, js, "flushLiveRegion", "if(text === undefined) {\n        announcement.replaceChildren();")
 	requireFunctionContains(t, js, "addToChatbox", "announceChat")
 	requireFunctionContains(t, js, "setUserStatus", "announceUrgent(`${username}: hand raised`)")
 	requireFunctionContains(t, js, "setUserStatus", "announceUrgent(`${username}: hand lowered`)")