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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 denoland/rusty_v8 got a first human reply in a median of 2.5 days (20 pull requests, 20 April to 17 October 2026); 38% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,587 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,135 of 1,525 (the bottom 26%).

Key facts
Rank1,587 of 3,219
Score50.60
TierC
Median first reply2.5 days (59.5 hours)
14-day no-reply share38%
First-timer rank1,135 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,587 of 3,219
Score
50.60
Tier
C
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 53.3 (coverage 100%), friction 53.1 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness51.375%
Criticality60.0100%
Governance38.3100%
Rigor52.0100%
Accessibility48.8100%

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.38.5%23.12620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/denoland__rusty_v8.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.83.3%100.012—primaryraw/author_history/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.59.5 hours (2.5 days)42.22020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.639.9 hours (26.7 days)23.11520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/denoland__rusty_v8.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.2364.5——primaryraw/dependents/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.2.2 million downloads a month74.9——primaryraw/downloads/crates__rusty_v8.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.443844.4——primaryraw/github_meta/denoland__rusty_v8.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0148—primaryraw/commits_365d/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/denoland__rusty_v8.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.62.562.5——primaryraw/scorecard/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.40.0%50.02020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/denoland__rusty_v8.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.3535.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.53.9%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/denoland__rusty_v8.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.28.6%57.17—primaryraw/author_history/denoland__rusty_v8.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,587 of 3,21950.60CRated
First-timer1,135 of 1,52549.53CRated
Career capital608 of 79851.97CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,720 of 3,69651.08CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
bf0be9de0a3ec32b6b79f85bb32f423516bdc83f3f1b4dfd4548d15389bdc302

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/95.json, under the key denoland/rusty_v8.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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