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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 DevExpress/testcafe got a first human reply in a median of 17.6 days (14 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (4 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,948 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,948 of 3,219
Score35.17
TierD
Median first reply17.6 days (423.4 hours)
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,948 of 3,219
Score
35.17
Tier
D
Coverage
74% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 49.5 (coverage 93%), friction 74.3 (coverage 54%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness6.140%
Criticality53.4100%
Governance64.265%
Rigor33.1100%
Accessibility16.770%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.423.4 hours (17.6 days)0.01418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DevExpress__testcafe.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.598.0 hours (24.9 days)24.41118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DevExpress__testcafe.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.75971.4——primaryraw/dependents/DevExpress__testcafe.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.754,639 downloads a month45.8——primaryraw/downloads/npm__testcafe.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.38138.1——primaryraw/github_meta/DevExpress__testcafe.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/DevExpress__testcafe.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/DevExpress__testcafe.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/DevExpress__testcafe.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5050.0——primaryraw/scorecard/DevExpress__testcafe.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.2.9%3.63518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/DevExpress__testcafe.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.16.7%33.36—primaryraw/author_history/DevExpress__testcafe.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/DevExpress__testcafe.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
Balanced2,948 of 3,21935.17DRated
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 systems1,002 of 1,27643.10CRated
AI-assisted3,459 of 3,69634.77DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
153f0fa00fe4c4fb48cc93d1c40cce58dd796b0050cefd334e502ee83d9b3b43

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/60.json, under the key DevExpress/testcafe.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). DevExpress/testcafe. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/devexpress/testcafe/. CC BY 4.0.

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