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Latest release: Component Library: v54.6.1 released on Feb 4, 2026 | Guidance: Sprint 21 released on Feb 2, 2026 | Figma: Changelog

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Metrics

Metrics Dashboard

This dashboard provides insights into the health and adoption of the VA Design System. Metrics are updated weekly to track our progress toward key objectives.

Summary

Open Issues

579
2% from last month
Updated February 13, 2026

Closed This Month

183
5% from last month
Updated February 13, 2026

Total Components

56
5% compared to last month
Data from February 13, 2026

Total Component Usages

14682
2% from last month
Data from February 13, 2026

Issue Tracking

Issue Activity by Quarter

Shows issues opened vs. closed each quarter to track activity levels and resolution trends

Data updated February 13, 2026
Quarter Issues Opened Issues Closed 2026 Q1 322 375 2025 Q4 455 361 2025 Q3 472 422 2025 Q2 448 579 2025 Q1 316 308 2024 Q4 308 259 2024 Q3 335 346 2024 Q2 339 282 2024 Q1 301 240 2023 Q4 215 203 2023 Q3 260 263 2023 Q2 221 182 2023 Q1 240 161 2022 Q4 164 105 2022 Q3 192 203 2022 Q2 330 298 2022 Q1 96 60 2021 Q4 62 57 2021 Q3 71 52 2021 Q2 68 56 2021 Q1 55 29 2020 Q4 48 21 2020 Q3 119 22 2020 Q2 18 11 2020 Q1 17 12 2019 Q4 17 8 2019 Q3 21 19 2019 Q2 83 81 2019 Q1 27 26 2018 Q4 16 16

Components

Top Components by Usage

Most frequently used design system components across all VA applications

Data from February 13, 2026 across 139 VA applications
Component Usage Count Link 2564 Alert 1820 Telephone 1678 Button 1026 AdditionalInfo 914 LoadingIndicator 804 Icon 746 AccordionItem 510 ProcessListItem 474 LinkAction 386 Card 352 Modal 342 RadioOption 288 TextInput 274 Accordion 270 Radio 270 Checkbox 240 ProcessList 196 Breadcrumbs 162 OmbInfo 154

Imposter Component Tracking

Tracks progress toward the FY26 goal of replacing 150 imposter component instances in vets-website. Imposter components are custom implementations that should use VA Design System web components.

Total Replaced

64
50% from last quarter
Updated January 29, 2026

Goal Progress

43%
64 of 150 issues closed

Open Issues

67
Imposter issues awaiting resolution
Updated January 29, 2026

Instances in Code

229
Total imposter usages found in vets-website
Scanned 2026-01-30

Quarterly Progress

Shows imposter issues opened vs. closed each quarter to track replacement velocity

Data updated January 29, 2026
Quarter Issues Opened Issues Closed 2026 Q1 0 5 2025 Q4 20 10 2025 Q3 16 15 2025 Q2 12 10 2025 Q1 30 3 2024 Q4 20 7 2024 Q3 13 8 2024 Q2 19 6

Progress by Component

Breakdown of imposter issues by component type, showing which components have the most replacement work

Component Open Closed Total va-radio 11 5 16 va-button-pair 6 7 13 va-button 3 7 10 va-select 7 3 10 va-file-input 9 1 10 va-link-action 0 10 10 va-checkbox 4 5 9 va-statement-of-truth 1 7 8 va-text-input 5 2 7 va-breadcrumb 0 7 7 va-card 3 2 5 va-alert 3 1 4 va-memorable-date 3 0 3 va-icon 1 2 3 va-accordion 2 0 2 va-link 1 1 2 va-date 1 1 2 va-textarea 1 1 2 va-tabs 1 0 1 va-alert-expandable 1 0 1 va-additional-info 0 1 1 va-search-input 1 0 1 va-progress-bar 1 0 1 va-tag 1 0 1 va-table 1 0 1 va-process-list 0 1 1

Instances by Component Type

Shows the number of imposter component usages found in vets-website codebase, grouped by the VA web component they should replace

Data from vets-website scan on 2026-01-30
VA Component Imposter Name Instances Files va-button-pair FormNavButtons 106 104 va-radio RadioWidget 86 62 va-file-input FileField (platform) 12 6 va-text-input TextWidget 10 10 va-memorable-date DateWidget 7 7 va-checkbox CheckboxWidget 3 2 va-checkbox IssueCard 2 2 va-card FryDeaEligibilityCards 1 1 va-select SelectWidget 1 1 va-breadcrumbs MrBreadcrumbs 1 1

Instances by Application

Shows which vets-website applications have the most imposter component usages, helping prioritize remediation efforts

Data from vets-website scan on 2026-01-30
Application Instance Count platform 30 appeals 26 financial-status-report 25 edu-benefits 24 simple-forms 12 vaos 12 disability-benefits 11 pre-need 8 survivor-dependent-education-benefit 8 ask-va 7 fry-dea 7 my-education-benefits 7 ezr 6 hca 6 pre-need-integration 6 dependents 5 representative-appoint 5 ivc-champva 4 toe 4 representative-form-upload 3 benefits-optimization-pingwind 2 caregivers 2 lgy 2 accreditation 1 medallions 1 pensions 1 ask-a-question 1 time-of-need 1 vre 1 mhv-medical-records 1

Monthly Analytics

Top 25 Pages

The most visited pages of design.va.gov

Data from January 2026 Google Analytics report

January 2026

Bar chart showing the top 25 most visited pages on design.va.gov for January 2026

Contributions

Monthly new issues created

Displays the rate of new issues opened per time period to track community engagement

Data updated February 13, 2026
Period Issues Opened February 2026 117 January 2026 205 December 2025 104 November 2025 140 October 2025 211 September 2025 148 August 2025 151 July 2025 173 June 2025 196 May 2025 156 April 2025 96 March 2025 94 February 2025 98 January 2025 124 December 2024 94 November 2024 73 October 2024 141 September 2024 71 August 2024 130 July 2024 134 June 2024 86 May 2024 112 April 2024 141 March 2024 95 February 2024 108 January 2024 98 December 2023 68 November 2023 50 October 2023 97 September 2023 88 August 2023 96 July 2023 76 June 2023 78 May 2023 86 April 2023 57 March 2023 78 February 2023 91 January 2023 71 December 2022 44 November 2022 54 October 2022 66 September 2022 54 August 2022 75 July 2022 63 June 2022 97 May 2022 128 April 2022 105 March 2022 29 February 2022 33 January 2022 34 December 2021 26 November 2021 25 October 2021 11 September 2021 17 August 2021 30 July 2021 24 June 2021 10 May 2021 32 April 2021 26 March 2021 19 February 2021 10 January 2021 26 December 2020 18 November 2020 13 October 2020 17 September 2020 26 August 2020 11 July 2020 82 June 2020 10 May 2020 4 April 2020 4 March 2020 7 February 2020 5 January 2020 5 December 2019 2 November 2019 5 October 2019 10 September 2019 8 August 2019 6 July 2019 7 June 2019 28 May 2019 28 April 2019 27 March 2019 23 February 2019 3 January 2019 1 December 2018 0 November 2018 13 October 2018 3

Experimental Design Issues by Quarter

Shows experimental design issues opened vs. closed vs. implemented each quarter to track design system evolution

Data updated February 13, 2026
Quarter Issues Opened Issues Closed Issues Implemented 2026 Q1 1 3 2 2025 Q4 11 0 0 2025 Q3 6 12 2 2025 Q2 4 30 9 2025 Q1 9 7 2 2024 Q4 8 1 0 2024 Q3 15 7 1 2024 Q2 24 15 4 2024 Q1 15 6 3 2023 Q4 4 3 2 2023 Q3 5 3 2 2023 Q2 8 5 1 2023 Q1 15 4 0 2022 Q4 6 4 0 2022 Q3 11 6 0 2022 Q2 4 5 0 2022 Q1 9 1 0 2021 Q4 2 0 0 2021 Q3 2 0 0 2021 Q2 1 0 0

Accessibility

Accessibility Issues by Defect Level

Tracks the number of new accessibility issues created each month, grouped by defect severity level (0 = most severe, 3 = least severe). Dashed vertical lines mark calendar year quarter boundaries.

This provides visibility into trends in the volume and severity of newly created accessibility issue tickets over time, rather than the total number of open issues. It is a reporting signal, not a measure of overall system health, and should be interpreted alongside context such as testing activity and policy changes.

Data updated February 13, 2026
Period Defect 0 Defect 1 Defect 2 Defect 3 February 2026 0 1 0 0 January 2026 0 1 1 2 December 2025 0 0 0 2 November 2025 0 4 5 6 October 2025 0 3 7 9 September 2025 0 0 3 2 August 2025 0 2 2 2 July 2025 0 0 2 2 June 2025 0 0 2 0 May 2025 0 1 0 1 April 2025 0 0 0 0 March 2025 0 0 0 0 February 2025 0 0 1 0 January 2025 0 0 1 0 December 2024 0 0 0 0 November 2024 0 0 0 1 October 2024 0 0 0 0 September 2024 0 0 0 0 August 2024 0 0 0 0 July 2024 0 2 1 1 June 2024 0 0 0 0 May 2024 0 1 0 0 April 2024 0 0 0 2 March 2024 0 2 0 0 February 2024 0 0 0 0 January 2024 0 0 0 0 December 2023 0 0 0 1 November 2023 0 0 0 0 October 2023 0 0 0 0 September 2023 0 3 1 2 August 2023 0 0 0 1 July 2023 0 0 0 1 June 2023 0 1 1 0 May 2023 0 0 0 0 April 2023 0 0 0 0 March 2023 0 0 1 0 February 2023 0 0 1 0 January 2023 0 0 0 0 December 2022 0 0 0 0 November 2022 0 0 0 0 October 2022 0 0 0 0 September 2022 0 0 0 0 August 2022 0 0 0 0 July 2022 0 0 0 0 June 2022 0 0 0 0 May 2022 0 2 0 0 April 2022 0 0 0 0 March 2022 0 0 0 0 February 2022 0 0 1 0 January 2022 0 0 0 0 December 2021 0 0 0 0 November 2021 0 0 0 0 October 2021 0 0 0 0 September 2021 0 0 0 0 August 2021 0 0 0 0 July 2021 0 0 0 1 June 2021 0 0 0 0 May 2021 0 0 0 0 April 2021 0 0 0 0 March 2021 0 0 1 0 February 2021 0 0 0 0 January 2021 0 0 2 0 December 2020 0 0 2 0 November 2020 0 1 0 0 October 2020 0 0 0 0 September 2020 0 0 0 2 August 2020 0 0 0 0 July 2020 0 2 11 17
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