From 318720e3967596fe3c53f52fe96eaaa64b4f4840 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GiftedGiftB <asekhamegift@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:38:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: countdown reduced-motion

---
 components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx b/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx
index 0b47aac6..e3a206ab 100644
--- a/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx
+++ b/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx
@@ -210,9 +210,12 @@ export function CountdownTimer({ deadline, label }: CountdownTimerProps) {
       >
         {visibleLabel}
       </span>
-      <span className="sr-only" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">
-        {announcement}
-      </span>
+      {/* Avoid duplicate text and unnecessary live region updates when reduced motion is preferred */}
+      {!prefersReducedMotion && (
+        <span className="sr-only" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true">
+          {announcement}
+        </span>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }

From e88631cbd4748eb5061973b43143bb739a914c4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GiftedGiftB <asekhamegift@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:40:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] style: add minor whitespace for code readability in
 CountdownTimer and tests

---
 components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx                | 2 ++
 components/disputes/shared/__tests__/CountdownTimer.test.tsx | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx b/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx
index e3a206ab..26298b14 100644
--- a/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx
+++ b/components/disputes/shared/CountdownTimer.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 interface CountdownTimerProps {
   deadline: Date;
   label?: string;
+
 }
 
 interface TimeLeft {
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ interface TimeLeft {
   hours: number;
   minutes: number;
   seconds: number;
+  
 }
 
 function computeTimeLeft(deadline: Date): TimeLeft | null {
diff --git a/components/disputes/shared/__tests__/CountdownTimer.test.tsx b/components/disputes/shared/__tests__/CountdownTimer.test.tsx
index be349ca8..5a75fd8a 100644
--- a/components/disputes/shared/__tests__/CountdownTimer.test.tsx
+++ b/components/disputes/shared/__tests__/CountdownTimer.test.tsx
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ describe('CountdownTimer', () => {
       const liveRegion = container.querySelector('[aria-live="polite"]');
       expect(liveRegion?.textContent).toBe('Deadline passed');
     });
+    
   });
 
   describe('reduced motion', () => {