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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 CaviraOSS/LongMemory got a first human reply in a median of 9.3 hours (22 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 26% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,062 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 508 of 1,525 (the top 34%).

Key facts
Rank1,062 of 3,219
Score54.81
TierC
Median first reply9.3 hours
14-day no-reply share26%
First-timer rank508 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,062 of 3,219
Score
54.81
Tier
C
Coverage
78% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.6 (coverage 68%), friction 33.6 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness79.875%
Criticality40.235%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor41.3100%
Accessibility56.8100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.26.1%47.82320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.76.9%96.213—primaryraw/author_history/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.9.3 hours (0.4 days)100.02219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.463.6 hours (19.3 days)34.62319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.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: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.401640.2——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0361—primaryraw/commits_365d/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.73.333373.324—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.02419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.76.9%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.30.0%60.010—primaryraw/author_history/CaviraOSS__LongMemory.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,062 of 3,21954.81CRated
First-timer508 of 1,52560.69BRated
Career capitalThis repository's production-criticality signal is not yet high enough for career-capital ranking.
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,627 of 3,69651.71CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
66af25278c8a899c9ee50601449aaf9f83cab38d7b4b1f652b223c1337d199a9

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/a2.json, under the key CaviraOSS/LongMemory.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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