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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

Outside pull requests to alibaba/fastjson2 got a first human reply in a median of 2 days (68 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 31% got none within 14 days. It ranks 966 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,110 of 1,525 (the bottom 28%).

Key facts
Rank966 of 3,219
Score55.62
TierB
Median first reply2 days (48.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share31%
First-timer rank1,110 of 1,525
EcosystemJava
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
966 of 3,219
Score
55.62
Tier
B
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 66.8 (coverage 100%), friction 56.1 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness55.7100%
Criticality73.4100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor80.5100%
Accessibility35.885%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.70.0%87.51019 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/alibaba__fastjson2.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.31.0%37.98720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/alibaba__fastjson2.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.512—primaryraw/author_history/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.48.3 hours (2 days)49.76819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1630.0 hours (67.9 days)6.81819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/alibaba__fastjson2.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.5,17193.9——primaryraw/dependents/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.500550.0——primaryraw/github_meta/alibaba__fastjson2.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0207—primaryraw/commits_365d/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/alibaba__fastjson2.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.0——primaryraw/scorecard/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.84.6%100.02619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/alibaba__fastjson2.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.47.37547.430—primaryraw/actions_runs/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.33.3%66.79—primaryraw/author_history/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/alibaba__fastjson2.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced966 of 3,21955.62BRated
First-timer1,110 of 1,52550.05CRated
Career capital471 of 79856.47BRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted455 of 3,69662.00BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
b72e7c2c6f24e66b6891121c9ab8b6c7c360db9ab29b514f24f7138cd4b1610c

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/5f.json, under the key alibaba/fastjson2.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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