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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 CrunchyData/postgres-operator got a first human reply in a median of 1.1 hours (41 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 11% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,956 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,956 of 3,219
Score47.49
TierC
Median first reply1.1 hours
14-day no-reply share11%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,956 of 3,219
Score
47.49
Tier
C
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 42.9 (coverage 100%), friction 43.9 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness77.555%
Criticality38.2100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor45.5100%
Accessibility10.950%

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.10.7%78.62820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.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.1.1 hours (0 days)100.04119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1391.8 hours (58 days)8.23919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.445.1——primaryraw/dependents/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.303630.4——primaryraw/github_meta/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0112—primaryraw/commits_365d/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.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/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.82.582.5——primaryraw/scorecard/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.4%1.77319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.36.37536.412—primaryraw/actions_runs/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.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/CrunchyData__postgres-operator.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
Balanced1,956 of 3,21947.49CRated
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-assisted2,205 of 3,69647.73CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
86c434bb5915b0a765c2d0d3bf450de393319920e31c3752740919787a10a6c6

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/14.json, under the key CrunchyData/postgres-operator.

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