diff --git a/axe.d.ts b/axe.d.ts
index 675d9bd595..1887c03b69 100644
--- a/axe.d.ts
+++ b/axe.d.ts
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ declare namespace axe {
   type CrossFrameSelector = CrossTreeSelector[];
 
   type ContextObject = {
-    include?: BaseSelector | Array<BaseSelector | BaseSelector[]>;
-    exclude?: BaseSelector | Array<BaseSelector | BaseSelector[]>;
+    include?: Node | BaseSelector | Array<Node | BaseSelector | BaseSelector[]>;
+    exclude?: Node | BaseSelector | Array<Node | BaseSelector | BaseSelector[]>;
   };
 
   type RunCallback = (error: Error, results: AxeResults) => void;
diff --git a/doc/API.md b/doc/API.md
index 22dbd2ae95..a6dc0dd2fc 100644
--- a/doc/API.md
+++ b/doc/API.md
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ By default, `axe.run` will test the entire document. The context object is an op
 The include exclude object is a JSON object with two attributes: include and exclude. Either include or exclude is required. If only `exclude` is specified; include will default to the entire `document`.
 
 - A node, or
-- An array of arrays of [CSS selectors](./developer-guide.md#supported-css-selectors)
+- An array of Nodes or an array of arrays of [CSS selectors](./developer-guide.md#supported-css-selectors)
   - If the nested array contains a single string, that string is the CSS selector
   - If the nested array contains multiple strings
     - The last string is the final CSS selector
diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr-evaluate.js
index 9d309437bf..c72f7bb70a 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr-evaluate.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { uniqueArray, closest } from '../../core/utils';
+import { uniqueArray, closest, isHtmlElement } from '../../core/utils';
 import { getRole, allowedAttr, validateAttr } from '../../commons/aria';
+import { isFocusable } from '../../commons/dom';
 import cache from '../../core/base/cache';
 
 /**
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ function ariaAllowedAttrEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
   ariaAttr.forEach(attr => {
     preChecks[attr] = validateRowAttrs;
   });
-  if (role && allowed) {
+  if (allowed) {
     for (let i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
       const attrName = attrs[i];
       if (validateAttr(attrName) && preChecks[attrName]?.()) {
@@ -82,6 +83,11 @@ function ariaAllowedAttrEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
 
   if (invalid.length) {
     this.data(invalid);
+
+    if (!isHtmlElement(virtualNode) && !role && !isFocusable(virtualNode)) {
+      return undefined;
+    }
+
     return false;
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr.json b/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr.json
index 4079b3ebcb..cf39faf10f 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr.json
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/aria-allowed-attr.json
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
       "fail": {
         "singular": "ARIA attribute is not allowed: ${data.values}",
         "plural": "ARIA attributes are not allowed: ${data.values}"
-      }
+      },
+      "incomplete": "Check that there is no problem if the ARIA attribute is ignored on this element: ${data.values}"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch-evaluate.js b/lib/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch-evaluate.js
index ba25035c9c..5e77ce0867 100644
--- a/lib/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch-evaluate.js
+++ b/lib/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch-evaluate.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import {
   accessibleText,
   isHumanInterpretable,
-  visibleTextNodes,
-  isIconLigature,
+  subtreeText,
   sanitize,
   removeUnicode
 } from '../../commons/text';
@@ -46,15 +45,14 @@ function labelContentNameMismatchEvaluate(node, options, virtualNode) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
-  const textVNodes = visibleTextNodes(virtualNode);
-  const nonLigatureText = textVNodes
-    .filter(
-      textVNode =>
-        !isIconLigature(textVNode, pixelThreshold, occuranceThreshold)
-    )
-    .map(textVNode => textVNode.actualNode.nodeValue)
-    .join('');
-  const visibleText = sanitize(nonLigatureText).toLowerCase();
+  const visibleText = sanitize(
+    subtreeText(virtualNode, {
+      subtreeDescendant: true,
+      ignoreIconLigature: true,
+      pixelThreshold,
+      occuranceThreshold
+    })
+  ).toLowerCase();
   if (!visibleText) {
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/lib/commons/text/accessible-text-virtual.js b/lib/commons/text/accessible-text-virtual.js
index c0407f6113..09a00e4d77 100644
--- a/lib/commons/text/accessible-text-virtual.js
+++ b/lib/commons/text/accessible-text-virtual.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import subtreeText from './subtree-text';
 import titleText from './title-text';
 import sanitize from './sanitize';
 import isVisible from '../dom/is-visible';
+import isIconLigature from '../text/is-icon-ligature';
 
 /**
  * Finds virtual node and calls accessibleTextVirtual()
@@ -26,6 +27,11 @@ function accessibleTextVirtual(virtualNode, context = {}) {
     return '';
   }
 
+  // Ignore ligature icons
+  if (shouldIgnoreIconLigature(virtualNode, context)) {
+    return '';
+  }
+
   const computationSteps = [
     arialabelledbyText, // Step 2B.1
     arialabelText, // Step 2C
@@ -91,6 +97,21 @@ function shouldIgnoreHidden({ actualNode }, context) {
   return !isVisible(actualNode, true);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if a ligature icon should be ignored
+ * @param {VirtualNode} element
+ * @param {VirtualNode} element
+ * @param {Object} context
+ * @return {Boolean}
+ */
+function shouldIgnoreIconLigature(virtualNode, context) {
+  const { ignoreIconLigature, pixelThreshold, occuranceThreshold } = context;
+  if (virtualNode.props.nodeType !== 3 || !ignoreIconLigature) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return isIconLigature(virtualNode, pixelThreshold, occuranceThreshold);
+}
+
 /**
  * Apply defaults to the context
  * @param {VirtualNode} element
diff --git a/lib/commons/text/visible-text-nodes.js b/lib/commons/text/visible-text-nodes.js
index 5b3fb60bc2..b82b2b0d3e 100644
--- a/lib/commons/text/visible-text-nodes.js
+++ b/lib/commons/text/visible-text-nodes.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import isVisible from '../dom/is-visible';
  * @instance
  * @param {VirtualNode} vNode
  * @return {VitrualNode[]}
+ * @deprecated
  */
 function visibleTextNodes(vNode) {
   const parentVisible = isVisible(vNode.actualNode);
diff --git a/test/aria-practices/apg.spec.js b/test/aria-practices/apg.spec.js
index bc50ba64b1..524568d9d2 100644
--- a/test/aria-practices/apg.spec.js
+++ b/test/aria-practices/apg.spec.js
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ const { getWebdriver, connectToChromeDriver } = require('./run-server');
 const { assert } = require('chai');
 const globby = require('globby');
 
-describe('aria-practices', function () {
+describe('aria-practices', function() {
   // Use path.resolve rather than require.resolve because APG has no package.json
   const apgPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../node_modules/aria-practices/');
-  const filePaths = globby.sync(`${apgPath}/examples/**/*.html`)
-  const testFiles = filePaths.map(fileName => fileName.split('/aria-practices/examples/')[1])
+  const filePaths = globby.sync(`${apgPath}/examples/**/*.html`);
+  const testFiles = filePaths.map(
+    fileName => fileName.split('/aria-practices/examples/')[1]
+  );
   const port = 9515;
   const addr = `http://localhost:9876/node_modules/aria-practices/`;
   let driver, axeSource;
@@ -36,22 +38,24 @@ describe('aria-practices', function () {
       'color-contrast',
       'heading-order', // w3c/aria-practices#2119
       'list', // w3c/aria-practices#2118
-      'scrollable-region-focusable', // w3c/aria-practices#2114
+      'scrollable-region-focusable' // w3c/aria-practices#2114
     ],
     'feed/feedDisplay.html': ['page-has-heading-one'], // w3c/aria-practices#2120
     // "page within a page" type thing going on
     'menubar/menubar-navigation.html': [
       'aria-allowed-role',
       'landmark-banner-is-top-level',
-      'landmark-contentinfo-is-top-level',
+      'landmark-contentinfo-is-top-level'
     ],
     // "page within a page" type thing going on
     'treeview/treeview-navigation.html': [
       'aria-allowed-role',
       'landmark-banner-is-top-level',
       'landmark-contentinfo-is-top-level'
-    ]
-  }
+    ],
+    //https://github.com/w3c/aria-practices/issues/2199
+    'button/button_idl.html': ['aria-allowed-attr']
+  };
 
   // Not an actual content file
   const skippedPages = [
@@ -60,19 +64,24 @@ describe('aria-practices', function () {
     'toolbar/help.html' // Embedded into another page
   ];
 
-  testFiles.filter(filePath => !skippedPages.includes(filePath)).forEach(filePath => {
-    it(`finds no issue in "${filePath}"`, async () => {
-      await driver.get(`${addr}/examples/${filePath}`);
-      
-      const builder = new AxeBuilder(driver, axeSource);
-      builder.disableRules([
-        ...disabledRules['*'],
-        ...(disabledRules[filePath] || []),
-      ]);
-      
-      const { violations } = await builder.analyze();
-      const issues = violations.map(({ id, nodes }) => ({ id, issues: nodes.length }))
-      assert.lengthOf(issues, 0);
+  testFiles
+    .filter(filePath => !skippedPages.includes(filePath))
+    .forEach(filePath => {
+      it(`finds no issue in "${filePath}"`, async () => {
+        await driver.get(`${addr}/examples/${filePath}`);
+
+        const builder = new AxeBuilder(driver, axeSource);
+        builder.disableRules([
+          ...disabledRules['*'],
+          ...(disabledRules[filePath] || [])
+        ]);
+
+        const { violations } = await builder.analyze();
+        const issues = violations.map(({ id, nodes }) => ({
+          id,
+          issues: nodes.length
+        }));
+        assert.lengthOf(issues, 0);
+      });
     });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/test/checks/aria/allowed-attr.js b/test/checks/aria/allowed-attr.js
index dc36f5fde9..177e7bda8c 100644
--- a/test/checks/aria/allowed-attr.js
+++ b/test/checks/aria/allowed-attr.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('aria-allowed-attr', function() {
     assert.isNull(checkContext._data);
   });
 
-  it.skip('should return false for non-global attributes if there is no role', function() {
+  it('should return false for non-global attributes if there is no role', function() {
     var vNode = queryFixture(
       '<div id="target" tabindex="1" aria-selected="true" aria-owns="foo"></div>'
     );
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ describe('aria-allowed-attr', function() {
     assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, ['aria-selected="true"']);
   });
 
-  it('should return true for non-global attributes if there is no role', function() {
+  it('should not report on invalid attributes', function() {
     var vNode = queryFixture(
-      '<div id="target" tabindex="1" aria-selected="true" aria-owns="foo"></div>'
+      '<div role="dialog" id="target" tabindex="1" aria-cats="true"></div>'
     );
 
     assert.isTrue(
@@ -82,11 +82,12 @@ describe('aria-allowed-attr', function() {
         .getCheckEvaluate('aria-allowed-attr')
         .call(checkContext, null, null, vNode)
     );
+    assert.isNull(checkContext._data);
   });
 
-  it('should not report on invalid attributes', function() {
+  it('should not report on allowed attributes', function() {
     var vNode = queryFixture(
-      '<div role="dialog" id="target" tabindex="1" aria-cats="true"></div>'
+      '<div role="radio" id="target" tabindex="1" aria-required="true" aria-checked="true"></div>'
     );
 
     assert.isTrue(
@@ -97,18 +98,45 @@ describe('aria-allowed-attr', function() {
     assert.isNull(checkContext._data);
   });
 
-  it('should not report on allowed attributes', function() {
+  it('should return undefined for custom element that has no role and is not focusable', function() {
     var vNode = queryFixture(
-      '<div role="radio" id="target" tabindex="1" aria-required="true" aria-checked="true"></div>'
+      '<my-custom-element id="target" aria-expanded="true"></my-custom-element>'
     );
 
-    assert.isTrue(
+    assert.isUndefined(
       axe.testUtils
         .getCheckEvaluate('aria-allowed-attr')
         .call(checkContext, null, null, vNode)
     );
-    assert.isNull(checkContext._data);
+    assert.isNotNull(checkContext._data);
   });
+
+  it("should return false for custom element that has a role which doesn't allow the attribute", function() {
+    var vNode = queryFixture(
+      '<my-custom-element role="insertion" id="target" aria-expanded="true"></my-custom-element>'
+    );
+
+    assert.isFalse(
+      axe.testUtils
+        .getCheckEvaluate('aria-allowed-attr')
+        .call(checkContext, null, null, vNode)
+    );
+    assert.isNotNull(checkContext._data);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false for custom element that is focusable', function() {
+    var vNode = queryFixture(
+      '<my-custom-element tabindex="1" id="target" aria-expanded="true"></my-custom-element>'
+    );
+
+    assert.isFalse(
+      axe.testUtils
+        .getCheckEvaluate('aria-allowed-attr')
+        .call(checkContext, null, null, vNode)
+    );
+    assert.isNotNull(checkContext._data);
+  });
+
   describe('invalid aria-attributes when used on role=row as a descendant of a table or a grid', function() {
     [
       'aria-posinset="1"',
diff --git a/test/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch.js b/test/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch.js
index ae20e8284f..7e3b235173 100644
--- a/test/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch.js
+++ b/test/checks/label/label-content-name-mismatch.js
@@ -178,4 +178,12 @@ describe('label-content-name-mismatch tests', function() {
     var actual = check.evaluate(vNode.actualNode, options, vNode);
     assert.isFalse(actual);
   });
+
+  it('returns true when text contains <br/>', function() {
+    var vNode = queryFixture(
+      '<button id="target" aria-label="button label">button<br>label</button>'
+    );
+    var actual = check.evaluate(vNode.actualNode, options, vNode);
+    assert.isTrue(actual);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/commons/text/accessible-text.js b/test/commons/text/accessible-text.js
index 30553b8742..8ba085396a 100644
--- a/test/commons/text/accessible-text.js
+++ b/test/commons/text/accessible-text.js
@@ -588,6 +588,36 @@ describe('text.accessibleTextVirtual', function() {
     assert.equal(axe.commons.text.accessibleTextVirtual(target), 'Hello World');
   });
 
+  (!!document.fonts ? it : xit)(
+    'should allow ignoring icon ligatures',
+    function(done) {
+      var materialFont = new FontFace(
+        'Material Icons',
+        'url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/materialicons/v48/flUhRq6tzZclQEJ-Vdg-IuiaDsNcIhQ8tQ.woff2)'
+      );
+      materialFont.load().then(function() {
+        document.fonts.add(materialFont);
+
+        fixture.innerHTML =
+          '<button id="target">Hello World<span style="font-family: \'Material Icons\'">delete</span></button>';
+        axe.testUtils.flatTreeSetup(fixture);
+
+        var target = axe.utils.querySelectorAll(axe._tree, 'button')[0];
+        try {
+          assert.equal(
+            axe.commons.text.accessibleTextVirtual(target, {
+              ignoreIconLigature: true
+            }),
+            'Hello World'
+          );
+          done();
+        } catch (err) {
+          done(err);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  );
+
   (shadowSupport.v1 ? it : xit)(
     'should only find aria-labelledby element in the same context ',
     function() {
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html
index ff18ac4af8..c12fd3c7e0 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.html
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
 <kbd aria-label="value" id="fail27"></kbd>
 <abbr aria-label="value" id="fail28"></abbr>
 <custom-elm aria-label="value" id="fail29"></custom-elm>
-<!-- <audio
+<audio
   src="/test/assets/moon-speech.mp3"
   controls
   aria-orientation="horizontal"
   id="fail30"
-></audio> -->
+></audio>
 <div role="mark" aria-label="value" id="fail31"></div>
 <div role="mark" aria-labelledby="value" id="fail32"></div>
 <div role="suggestion" aria-label="value" id="fail33"></div>
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json
index da4956aa20..ccedf0b10f 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/failures.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     ["#fail27"],
     ["#fail28"],
     ["#fail29"],
+    ["#fail30"],
     ["#fail31"],
     ["#fail32"],
     ["#fail33"],
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.html b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.html
index 20c2fedb6c..e187dba1c6 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.html
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 <div id="incomplete0" aria-label="foo">Foo</div>
 <div id="incomplete1" aria-labelledby="missing">Foo</div>
-<div id="incomplete2" aria-label="foo" role="code">Foo</div>
+<my-custom-elm id="incomplete2" aria-expanded="true">Foo</my-custom-elm>
+<div id="incomplete3" aria-label="foo" role="code">Foo</div>
diff --git a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.json b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.json
index 1d8c7e3fd7..fa37187123 100644
--- a/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.json
+++ b/test/integration/rules/aria-allowed-attr/incomplete.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
   "description": "aria-allowed-attr incomplete tests",
   "rule": "aria-allowed-attr",
-  "incomplete": [["#incomplete0"], ["#incomplete1"], ["#incomplete2"]]
+  "incomplete": [
+    ["#incomplete0"],
+    ["#incomplete1"],
+    ["#incomplete2"],
+    ["#incomplete3"]
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/virtual-rules/aria-allowed-attr.js b/test/integration/virtual-rules/aria-allowed-attr.js
index ee42253088..b53d188397 100644
--- a/test/integration/virtual-rules/aria-allowed-attr.js
+++ b/test/integration/virtual-rules/aria-allowed-attr.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ describe('aria-allowed-attr virtual-rule', function() {
     assert.lengthOf(results.incomplete, 0);
   });
 
-  it.skip('should fail for non-global attributes and element with no role', function() {
+  it('should fail for non-global attributes and element with no role', function() {
     var results = axe.runVirtualRule('aria-allowed-attr', {
       nodeName: 'div',
       attributes: {
@@ -119,4 +119,17 @@ describe('aria-allowed-attr virtual-rule', function() {
     assert.lengthOf(results.violations, 1);
     assert.lengthOf(results.incomplete, 0);
   });
+
+  it('should incomplete for non-global attributes and custom element', function() {
+    var results = axe.runVirtualRule('aria-allowed-attr', {
+      nodeName: 'custom-elm1',
+      attributes: {
+        'aria-checked': true
+      }
+    });
+
+    assert.lengthOf(results.passes, 0);
+    assert.lengthOf(results.violations, 0);
+    assert.lengthOf(results.incomplete, 1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/typings/axe-core/axe-core-tests.ts b/typings/axe-core/axe-core-tests.ts
index a572c6c095..32f3e67a72 100644
--- a/typings/axe-core/axe-core-tests.ts
+++ b/typings/axe-core/axe-core-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as axe from '../../axe';
 
 var context: any = document;
-var $fixture: any = {};
+var $fixture = [document];
 var options = { iframes: false, selectors: false, elementRef: false };
 
 axe.run(context, {}, (error: Error, results: axe.AxeResults) => {