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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 dagster-io/dagster got a first human reply in a median of 6 days (47 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 89% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,971 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank1,971 of 3,219
Score47.43
TierC
Median first reply6 days (145.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share89%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,971 of 3,219
Score
47.43
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 63.1 (coverage 100%), friction 65.1 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness23.080%
Criticality67.5100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor58.4100%
Accessibility28.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.44.7%55.810310 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dagster-io__dagster.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.88.7%0.025620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dagster-io__dagster.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.145.2 hours (6 days)10.14710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dagster-io__dagster.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.915.8 hours (38.2 days)14.04310 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dagster-io__dagster.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.9474.6——primaryraw/dependents/dagster-io__dagster.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.7.9 million downloads a month77.4——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__dagster.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.52352.3——primaryraw/github_meta/dagster-io__dagster.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0983—primaryraw/commits_365d/dagster-io__dagster.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/dagster-io__dagster.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/dagster-io__dagster.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/dagster-io__dagster.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6565.0——primaryraw/scorecard/dagster-io__dagster.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.10.5%13.112410 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/dagster-io__dagster.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/dagster-io__dagster.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/dagster-io__dagster.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
Balanced1,971 of 3,21947.43CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital700 of 79848.55CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,836 of 3,69650.23CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
2d4503473d2790df70259ec4c04e655fc8638b3515dd3db678b0d9f27a063cdf

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/38.json, under the key dagster-io/dagster.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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