From 977a9794b31a169f97a9572e4e289be84586a2bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tymur Biedukhin <tymur.biedukhin@bigcommerce.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:58:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] BCTHEME-422: Announce email field as mandatory

---
 CHANGELOG.md                                       | 1 +
 templates/components/common/subscription-form.html | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c50ff56514..20f64731aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Changelog
 
 ## Draft
+- Announce subscribing email field as mandatory. [#2011](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/2011)
 - Added sold out badge on products within PLP. [#2003](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/2003)
 - Update focus trap in Modal. [#1998](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1998)
 - Added unique identifiers to product cards on product list pages. [#1999](https://github.com/bigcommerce/cornerstone/pull/1999)
diff --git a/templates/components/common/subscription-form.html b/templates/components/common/subscription-form.html
index c029198f8d..8a565e0f75 100644
--- a/templates/components/common/subscription-form.html
+++ b/templates/components/common/subscription-form.html
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ <h3 class="footer-info-heading">{{lang 'newsletter.subscribe'}}</h3>
                        value="{{customer.email}}"
                        placeholder="{{lang 'newsletter.email_placeholder'}}"
                        aria-describedby="alertBox-message-text"
+                       aria-required="true"
                 >
                 <input class="button button--primary form-prefixPostfix-button--postfix"
                        type="submit"