What we’re working on

Roadmap

This roadmap shows what we’re working on and planning to do.

Some things on the roadmap might change — the purpose is to tell you what’s coming up and help service teams prepare and plan their own work.

See our GitHub team board for more details on our plans and day-to-day activities.

Last updated 2 October 2023.

Recently shipped

We recently:

published the programme for Design System Day 2023, our 2-day conference in October
recommended changes to validation rules that make it easier for users to input dates (thanks to Frankie Roberto)
recommended not using a maxlength attribute on text inputs (thanks to beeps)
released GOV.UK Frontend v4.7.0, which includes visual improvements to some components
published the Exit this page component
published an accessibility strategy for the GOV.UK Design System
released the Summary card variant

We’re working on GOV.UK Frontend v5.0 which includes:

We’re also:

making it easier for teams to share their findings from user research
updating the components, patterns and styles to be compliant with WCAG 2.2
making it easier for teams to understand what’s changed in WCAG 2.2 and what they need to do
running more workshops on accessibility
organising Design System Day 2023
updating the typographic scale, including increasing the minimum text size on mobile
hosting community co-design work to turn the task list pattern into a component (thanks to the community)

We’re getting ready to:

add the Show password component to the Design System (thanks to Andy Sellick)
improve the way we organise technical documentation on the website
start working on the next pattern, Navigation
run a discovery to understand how the Design System might better support teams on what they’re building today and in the future

We plan to:

If you’ve got a question about the GOV.UK Design System, contact the team.