diff --git a/docs/frontend-ui-audit-2026-07-24/SharedComponentAccessibility.md b/docs/frontend-ui-audit-2026-07-24/SharedComponentAccessibility.md
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+# Frontend UI Audit — Shared Component Accessibility
+
+**Files:** `src/components/DateRangeSelector/index.tsx`, `src/components/Image/index.tsx`, `src/components/SearchInput/index.tsx`, `src/components/TrafficLights/index.tsx`, `src/components/Virtualized/VirtualizedSessionList.tsx`
+**Date:** 2026-07-24
+
+## D1 — Raw HTML vs Design System
+
+| Line | Element | Verdict | Reason | Suggested change |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `DateRangeSelector/index.tsx:96` | date-range trigger | fixed | A clickable `<div>` duplicated native activation and focus behavior. | Replaced with a native `button` carrying dialog expanded state. |
+| `SearchInput/index.tsx:213` | replace-mode chevron | fixed | The clickable wrapper was not keyboard- or screen-reader-operable. | Replaced with a labelled native `button`. |
+| `TrafficLights/index.tsx:106-128` | window controls | fixed | Three clickable `<div>` elements reimplemented keyboard activation and disabled behavior. | Replaced with native buttons; maximize uses the native `disabled` contract. |
+| `Image/index.tsx:229` | preview close control | keep with reason | The close button uses preview-specific absolute geometry owned by `image-preview-close`; a general Button/IconButton would add incompatible box styling. It remains a native labelled button. | — |
+| `VirtualizedSessionList.tsx:54` | virtual session row | keep with reason | The virtualizer expects a block row and measures that node directly. The row now supplies button role, focus, accessible name, and Enter/Space activation without changing the measured element type. | — |
+
+## D2 — Arbitrary Tailwind Value vs Token
+
+| Line | Value | Verdict | Reason | Suggested change |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `DateRangeSelector/index.tsx:90-104` | `rounded-[8px]`, `py-[1px]`, `text-[14px]`, `font-[400]` | fixed | Each value has a project spacing/typography equivalent. | Replaced with `rounded-lg`, `py-px`, `text-sm`, and `font-normal`. |
+| `TrafficLights/index.tsx:108-126` | 14px circles and 0.5px borders | keep with reason | These optical values reproduce the macOS traffic-light control rather than a general product spacing pattern. | — |
+
+## D3 — Hardcoded Sizes / Colors
+
+| Line | Value | Verdict | Reason | Suggested change |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `TrafficLights/index.tsx:108-126` | macOS red/yellow/green hex colors | keep with reason | The colors are platform-native control colors, not product semantic state colors, and are isolated to this dedicated component. | — |
+
+## D4 — Accessibility
+
+| Line | Element | Verdict | Reason | Suggested change |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| `Image/index.tsx:154-239` | image preview dialog | fixed | The preview now exposes dialog/modal semantics, an accessible name, a labelled close button, and Escape dismissal with listener cleanup. | — |
+| `SearchInput/index.tsx:213-227` | expand/collapse control | fixed | The control exposes a translated label and `aria-expanded` state while inheriting native keyboard activation. | — |
+| `VirtualizedSessionList.tsx:40-66` | selectable session row | fixed | Rows are focusable, named, and activate through Enter or Space in addition to pointer input. | — |
+
+## D5 — Visual Patterns Observed
+
+- Native button semantics replace local keyboard emulation where the element has ordinary button geometry.
+- The virtualized session row is the only changed exception because its measured block node is part of the virtualization contract.
+- No new design-system component or repo-wide visual sweep is required.
+
+## Summary
+
+- 7 fixes applied
+- 4 patterns kept with documented reason
+- 0 remaining abstraction candidates
diff --git a/src/components/DateRangeSelector/index.tsx b/src/components/DateRangeSelector/index.tsx
index 9e3b70b04..0897dd69b 100644
--- a/src/components/DateRangeSelector/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DateRangeSelector/index.tsx
@@ -89,29 +89,22 @@ const DateRangeSelector: React.FC<DateRangeSelectorProps> = ({
   };
 
   const defaultClassName =
-    "flex items-center border w-fit border-border-2 border-solid rounded-[8px] px-3 py-[1px] gap-1 text-text-2 text-[14px] bg-bg-3 cursor-pointer hover:bg-fill-2 transition-colors";
+    "flex w-fit cursor-pointer items-center gap-1 rounded-lg border border-solid border-border-2 bg-bg-3 px-3 py-px text-sm text-text-2 transition-colors hover:bg-fill-2";
 
   return (
     <div className={`date-range-selector ${className}`}>
-      <div
+      <button
+        type="button"
         className={`${defaultClassName}`}
-        role="button"
-        tabIndex={0}
         aria-haspopup="dialog"
         aria-expanded={isOpen}
         onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}
-        onKeyDown={(event) => {
-          if (event.key === "Enter" || event.key === " ") {
-            event.preventDefault();
-            setIsOpen((prev) => !prev);
-          }
-        }}
       >
-        <Calendar className="text-[14px] text-text-2" size={14} />
-        <span className="text-[14px] font-[400] text-text-2">
+        <Calendar className="text-sm text-text-2" size={14} />
+        <span className="text-sm font-normal text-text-2">
           {dateRange || placeholder}
         </span>
-      </div>
+      </button>
 
       {isOpen && (
         <div className="date-range-selector__picker">
diff --git a/src/components/TrafficLights/index.tsx b/src/components/TrafficLights/index.tsx
index dd9be5a09..059755bbd 100644
--- a/src/components/TrafficLights/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TrafficLights/index.tsx
@@ -104,54 +104,34 @@ const TrafficLights: React.FC<TrafficLightsProps> = ({
     }
   };
 
-  const handleKeyActivate = (
-    event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>,
-    action: () => void
-  ) => {
-    if (event.key === "Enter" || event.key === " ") {
-      event.preventDefault();
-      action();
-    }
-  };
-
   return (
     <div className={`title-bar-buttons flex items-center ${className}`}>
       {/* Red button - Close */}
-      <div
-        className="mr-1.5 h-[14px] w-[14px] cursor-pointer rounded-full border-[0.5px] border-solid border-[#CE5347] bg-[#ED6A5E]"
-        role="button"
-        tabIndex={0}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className="mr-1.5 h-[14px] w-[14px] cursor-pointer rounded-full border-[0.5px] border-solid border-[#CE5347] bg-[#ED6A5E] p-0"
         aria-label="Close window"
         onClick={handleClose}
-        onKeyDown={(event) => handleKeyActivate(event, handleClose)}
-      ></div>
+      />
 
       {/* Yellow button - Minimize */}
-      <div
-        className="mr-1.5 h-[14px] w-[14px] cursor-pointer rounded-full border-[0.5px] border-solid border-[#D6A243] bg-[#F6BE4F]"
-        role="button"
-        tabIndex={0}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className="mr-1.5 h-[14px] w-[14px] cursor-pointer rounded-full border-[0.5px] border-solid border-[#D6A243] bg-[#F6BE4F] p-0"
         aria-label="Minimize window"
         onClick={handleMinimize}
-        onKeyDown={(event) => handleKeyActivate(event, handleMinimize)}
-      ></div>
+      />
 
       {/* Green button - Maximize/restore, can be disabled */}
-      <div
-        className={`h-[14px] w-[14px] rounded-full border-[0.5px] border-solid border-[#58A942] bg-[#62C554] ${
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        className={`h-[14px] w-[14px] rounded-full border-[0.5px] border-solid border-[#58A942] bg-[#62C554] p-0 ${
           disableMaximize ? "cursor-not-allowed opacity-50" : "cursor-pointer"
         }`}
-        role="button"
-        tabIndex={disableMaximize ? -1 : 0}
         aria-label="Maximize or restore window"
-        aria-disabled={disableMaximize}
-        onClick={disableMaximize ? undefined : handleMaximize}
-        onKeyDown={
-          disableMaximize
-            ? undefined
-            : (event) => handleKeyActivate(event, handleMaximize)
-        }
-      ></div>
+        disabled={disableMaximize}
+        onClick={handleMaximize}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/sharedAccessibilityContracts.test.ts b/src/components/sharedAccessibilityContracts.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b85826e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/sharedAccessibilityContracts.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+function componentSource(path: string): string {
+  return readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, path), "utf8");
+}
+
+describe("shared component accessibility contracts", () => {
+  it("uses native buttons for date-range and window controls", () => {
+    const dateRange = componentSource("DateRangeSelector/index.tsx");
+    const trafficLights = componentSource("TrafficLights/index.tsx");
+
+    expect(dateRange).toMatch(
+      /<button\s+type="button"[\s\S]*?aria-haspopup="dialog"[\s\S]*?aria-expanded=\{isOpen\}/
+    );
+    expect(trafficLights.match(/<button/g)).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(trafficLights).toContain("disabled={disableMaximize}");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps image preview dismissal keyboard and screen-reader accessible", () => {
+    const image = componentSource("Image/index.tsx");
+
+    expect(image).toContain('event.key === "Escape"');
+    expect(image).toContain('document.addEventListener("keydown"');
+    expect(image).toContain('role="dialog"');
+    expect(image).toContain("aria-modal={true}");
+    expect(image).toContain('aria-label="Close preview"');
+  });
+
+  it("exposes keyboard semantics for search expansion and virtual rows", () => {
+    const searchInput = componentSource("SearchInput/index.tsx");
+    const virtualizedSessions = componentSource(
+      "Virtualized/VirtualizedSessionList.tsx"
+    );
+
+    expect(searchInput).toMatch(
+      /<button[\s\S]*?onClick=\{onExpandToggle\}[\s\S]*?aria-expanded=\{expanded\}/
+    );
+    expect(virtualizedSessions).toContain('role="button"');
+    expect(virtualizedSessions).toContain("tabIndex={0}");
+    expect(virtualizedSessions).toContain(
+      'event.key === "Enter" || event.key === " "'
+    );
+  });
+});