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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 apache/hadoop got a first human reply in a median of 2.6 days (170 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026); 42% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,578 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,578 of 3,219
Score50.66
TierC
Median first reply2.6 days (62.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share42%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJava
Window11 April to 8 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,578 of 3,219
Score
50.66
Tier
C
Coverage
74% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 57.8 (coverage 73%), friction 51.2 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness45.280%
Criticality42.447%
Governance73.3100%
Rigor73.0100%
Accessibility21.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.64.8%81.012511 April to 10 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/apache__hadoop.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.41.7%16.621120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/apache__hadoop.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.62.3 hours (2.6 days)40.617011 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/apache__hadoop.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.980.1 hours (40.8 days)12.813111 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/apache__hadoop.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
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.0.42442.4——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/apache__hadoop.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.5100.0364—primaryraw/commits_365d/apache__hadoop.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Foundation CLA75.0——primaryraw/governance/apache__hadoop.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/apache__hadoop.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/apache__hadoop.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/apache__hadoop.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.41.3%51.717911 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/apache__hadoop.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/apache__hadoop.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/apache__hadoop.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,578 of 3,21950.66CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems574 of 1,27655.59B (capped)Rated
AI-assisted1,034 of 3,69656.17BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
d5465446daa7f9e99422da70c9ab3b928a19baf13c6e662d860e25870f48aa8d

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/2c.json, under the key apache/hadoop.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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