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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 cloudwego/volo got a first human reply in a median of 7 hours (10 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026); 59% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,088 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,088 of 3,219
Score46.34
TierC
Median first reply7 hours
14-day no-reply share59%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window11 April to 8 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,088 of 3,219
Score
46.34
Tier
C
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 51.8 (coverage 100%), friction 58.3 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness57.455%
Criticality44.8100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor78.4100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.58.8%0.01720 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cloudwego__volo.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.7.0 hours (0.3 days)100.01011 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cloudwego__volo.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.865.0 hours (36 days)15.5911 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cloudwego__volo.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.954.5——primaryraw/dependents/cloudwego__volo.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.52,127 downloads a month52.5——primaryraw/downloads/crates__volo.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.280428.0——primaryraw/github_meta/cloudwego__volo.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.032—primaryraw/commits_365d/cloudwego__volo.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/cloudwego__volo.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/cloudwego__volo.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/cloudwego__volo.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.90.666790.712—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/cloudwego__volo.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.36.4%45.41111 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cloudwego__volo.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/cloudwego__volo.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/cloudwego__volo.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
Balanced2,088 of 3,21946.34CRated
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 systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,267 of 3,69654.39CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
35b310ff0d4061c484625b6199f1f85a63d859919dd5d3d3519ec113126de9f1

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/f1.json, under the key cloudwego/volo.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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