NL Filter

A labelled text field inside a labelled group, with the chips before it as a list named "Applied filters". Each chip reads as a sentence — "Status is Failed" — and operators are words, not symbols, because most screen readers skip ">" at their default punctuation level. A chip is two buttons: "Edit filter: Status is Failed", which opens a named popover with a labelled condition select, a labelled value field and Apply and Cancel, returning focus to the chip on close; and "Remove filter: Status is Failed", after which focus goes to the text field. Backspace in the empty field removes the last chip. Enter never submits a surrounding form and does nothing mid-composition. While an async parser works the group is aria-busy, a spinner shows and the hint says so, and Escape stops it. Additions, duplicates, removals, edits and what was not understood all reach one polite status region — "Added 2 filters: Status is Failed, Branch is main." — present and empty from first paint. Text the parser could not read stays in the field and is named in a notice the field is described by, so nothing is dropped in silence.