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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 benfred/py-spy got a first human reply in a median of 23.3 days (11 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 81% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,776 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,522 of 1,525 (the bottom 1%).

Key facts
Rank2,776 of 3,219
Score38.55
TierD
Median first reply23.3 days (559.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share81%
First-timer rank1,522 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,776 of 3,219
Score
38.55
Tier
D
Coverage
91% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 46.9 (coverage 93%), friction 64.2 (coverage 87%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness29.5100%
Criticality40.6100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor45.7100%
Accessibility8.885%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.30.0%37.51010 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/benfred__py-spy.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.81.3%0.01620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/benfred__py-spy.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.83.3%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/benfred__py-spy.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.559.2 hours (23.3 days)0.01110 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/benfred__py-spy.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.2443.8 hours (101.8 days)0.91310 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/benfred__py-spy.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.136.4——primaryraw/dependents/benfred__py-spy.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.104,631 downloads a month56.3——primaryraw/downloads/crates__py-spy.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.34234.2——primaryraw/github_meta/benfred__py-spy.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/benfred__py-spy.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/benfred__py-spy.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/benfred__py-spy.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.0——primaryraw/scorecard/benfred__py-spy.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.31.3%39.11610 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/benfred__py-spy.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/benfred__py-spy.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.0.0%0.05—primaryraw/author_history/benfred__py-spy.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/benfred__py-spy.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
Balanced2,776 of 3,21938.55DRated
First-timer1,522 of 1,52531.23DRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systems971 of 1,27644.28CRated
AI-assisted3,053 of 3,69640.53CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
717371c9ca8941c89da355a870ba3f75db1f280a42a06a8732858755620301b5

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f7.json, under the key benfred/py-spy.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). benfred/py-spy. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/benfred/py-spy/. CC BY 4.0.

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