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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 copy/v86 got a first human reply in a median of 3.8 days (26 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 12% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,043 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,101 of 1,525 (the bottom 28%).

Key facts
Rank2,043 of 3,219
Score46.78
TierC
Median first reply3.8 days (90.6 hours)
14-day no-reply share12%
First-timer rank1,101 of 1,525
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,043 of 3,219
Score
46.78
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 38.9 (coverage 100%), friction 44.4 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness55.7100%
Criticality30.2100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor40.0100%
Accessibility49.8100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.89.7%100.02918 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/copy__v86.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.11.9%76.24220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/copy__v86.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.42.9%53.621—primaryraw/author_history/copy__v86.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.90.6 hours (3.8 days)27.12618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/copy__v86.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1630.7 hours (67.9 days)4.13318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/copy__v86.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.122.3——primaryraw/dependents/copy__v86.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.72,693 downloads a month27.6——primaryraw/downloads/npm__v86.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.409641.0——primaryraw/github_meta/copy__v86.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0193—primaryraw/commits_365d/copy__v86.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/copy__v86.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/copy__v86.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/copy__v86.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/copy__v86.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.10.6%13.34718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/copy__v86.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/copy__v86.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.58.3%100.012—primaryraw/author_history/copy__v86.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/copy__v86.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.14.3%28.67—primaryraw/author_history/copy__v86.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,043 of 3,21946.78CRated
First-timer1,101 of 1,52550.33CRated
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-assisted2,549 of 3,69645.03CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
7c03461a7619fb3df33ac0aaa78653213925fd878595d0f22e31b98f177d2bff

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/34.json, under the key copy/v86.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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