diff --git a/frontend/e2e/demo-accessibility.spec.ts b/frontend/e2e/demo-accessibility.spec.ts
index af2d696..ff7bd52 100644
--- a/frontend/e2e/demo-accessibility.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/e2e/demo-accessibility.spec.ts
@@ -85,3 +85,38 @@ test("key demo pages load without console errors", async ({ page }) => {
 
   expect(errors, `Unexpected console errors: ${errors.join("\n")}`).toEqual([]);
 });
+
+test("status-recommendation panel is fully keyboard operable, respects reduced motion, and never signals status by colour alone", async ({
+  page,
+  request,
+}) => {
+  await request.post("/api/v1/demo/login", { data: { role: "operations_manager" } });
+  await request.post("/api/v1/demo/reset");
+  await request.post("/api/v1/demo/login", { data: { role: "operations_manager" } });
+
+  await page.emulateMedia({ reducedMotion: "reduce" });
+  await page.goto("/login");
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Verken als Operations Manager" }).click();
+  await expect(page).toHaveURL(/\/dashboard$/);
+  await page.goto("/data-quality/DQ-DEMO-STATUS");
+
+  const reviewButton = page.getByRole("button", { name: "Aanbeveling bekijken" });
+  await reviewButton.focus();
+  await expect(reviewButton).toBeFocused();
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+
+  const confirmButton = page.getByRole("button", { name: /^Status wijzigen naar/ });
+  await expect(confirmButton).toBeVisible();
+
+  // Status is never conveyed by colour alone: the badge always carries its own text.
+  const badge = page.locator(".status-decision .badge").first();
+  await expect(badge).not.toHaveText("");
+
+  // The confirm action itself is a real, focusable, keyboard-activatable button (the
+  // previous "Aanbeveling bekijken" button is unmounted once the decision panel
+  // replaces it, so focus is verified directly rather than via a Tab chain from it).
+  await confirmButton.focus();
+  await expect(confirmButton).toBeFocused();
+  await page.keyboard.press("Enter");
+  await expect(page.getByText("Toegepast", { exact: false })).toBeVisible();
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/DataQualityIssueDetail.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/DataQualityIssueDetail.tsx
index ca43c8d..4fb0a18 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/DataQualityIssueDetail.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/DataQualityIssueDetail.tsx
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ function VehicleStatusConflictPanel({ issue, onResolved }: { issue: IssueDetail;
     recommendation.safe_to_apply;
 
   return (
-    <section className="panel" aria-labelledby="status-conflict-heading">
+    <section className="panel" aria-labelledby="status-conflict-heading" aria-live="polite">
       <SectionHeading
         headingId="status-conflict-heading"
         title={t("detail.vehicleStatusConflict.heading")}