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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 cockpit-project/cockpit got a first human reply in a median of 20.4 hours (112 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 10% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,187 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,187 of 3,219
Score53.77
TierC
Median first reply20.4 hours
14-day no-reply share10%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,187 of 3,219
Score
53.77
Tier
C
Coverage
71% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 50.3 (coverage 68%), friction 40.5 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness77.580%
Criticality54.735%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor42.9100%
Accessibility28.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.66.7%83.31510 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cockpit-project__cockpit.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.10.0%80.03020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cockpit-project__cockpit.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.20.4 hours (0.9 days)80.911210 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cockpit-project__cockpit.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.290.3 hours (12.1 days)49.08910 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cockpit-project__cockpit.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.0.546654.7——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/cockpit-project__cockpit.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0911—primaryraw/commits_365d/cockpit-project__cockpit.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/cockpit-project__cockpit.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/cockpit-project__cockpit.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/cockpit-project__cockpit.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/cockpit-project__cockpit.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.18.4%23.011410 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/cockpit-project__cockpit.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.09—primaryraw/actions_runs/cockpit-project__cockpit.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.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/cockpit-project__cockpit.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
Balanced1,187 of 3,21953.77CRated
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-assisted1,614 of 3,69651.82CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
45f0d451c9bd6fb0fe15f1f040dcd25fa311e4bd49f284e0a91a84e124553868

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/06.json, under the key cockpit-project/cockpit.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). cockpit-project/cockpit. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/cockpit-project/cockpit/. CC BY 4.0.

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