From 58c497d944b0f07d27bfdd9e1ef46da49118da03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kyrsten Kelly <kyrsten@udacity.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 10:53:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: Add parameter for setting failure threshold

---
 README.md    | 4 ++++
 src/index.js | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3061f9a..52e7b8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ Disables assertions based on violations and only logs violations to the console
 
 Reference : https://github.com/avanslaars/cypress-axe/issues/17
 
+###### failureThreshold (optional, defaults to 0)
+
+Allows you to configure the number of violations that will cause the assertion to fail. This should be used as a temporary measure while you address accessibility violations, but can help validate that you're not regressing as you progress towards 0 violations. 
+
 ### Examples
 
 #### Basic usage
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 0135c01..84c810d 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ const checkA11y = (
   context,
   options,
   violationCallback,
-  skipFailures = false
+  skipFailures = false,
+  failureThreshold = 0
 ) => {
   cy.window({ log: false })
     .then(win => {
@@ -61,9 +62,9 @@ const checkA11y = (
     })
     .then(violations => {
       if (!skipFailures) {
-        assert.equal(
+        assert.isAtMost(
           violations.length,
-          0,
+          failureThreshold,
           `${violations.length} accessibility violation${
             violations.length === 1 ? '' : 's'
           } ${violations.length === 1 ? 'was' : 'were'} detected`