Violations

Violations

The Violations page gives you a complete view of all compliance issues detected across your monitored pages.

Filtering violations

Use the filter bar to narrow down what you see:

• Severity — Critical, high, medium, or low
• Status — New, reviewed, resolved, dismissed, auto-resolved, or regressed
• Jurisdiction — Filter by specific state bar rules
• Show resolved — Toggle to include/exclude resolved violations
• Group by URL — Organize violations by the page they were found on

Violation lifecycle

Each violation moves through a lifecycle:

1. New — Just detected by a scan
2. Reviewed — You've acknowledged the violation
3. Resolved — You've fixed the issue (manually marked)
4. Auto-resolved — BarGuard confirmed the issue is no longer present in the latest scan
5. Dismissed — You've chosen to ignore this violation
6. Regressed — A previously resolved violation has reappeared

Violation detail

Click any violation to see its full detail page:

• Status actions — Mark as reviewed, resolved, dismissed, or regressed
• Evidence quote — The exact text from your page that triggered the violation
• Rule citation — The specific bar advertising rule that applies
• Remediation guidance — AI-generated suggestions for how to fix the issue
• Lifecycle info — When the violation was first detected, last confirmed, and how many scans it's persisted across
• View on page — Opens the violation highlighter to see the issue in context on your live page
• Rescan — Trigger a new scan of this page to check if the violation persists
• Copy — Copy violation details to your clipboard for sharing

Violation highlighter

The violation highlighter overlays your live page with color-coded highlights showing exactly where violations appear:

• Red — Critical violations
• Orange — High violations
• Amber/Yellow — Medium violations
• Gray — Low violations

Hover over any highlighted area to see the violation details in a tooltip.