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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For discord-jda/JDA, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 48% of 21 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,525 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,417 of 1,525 (the bottom 8%).

Key facts
Rank2,525 of 3,219
Score41.86
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share48%
First-timer rank1,417 of 1,525
EcosystemJava
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,525 of 3,219
Score
41.86
Tier
C
Coverage
86% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 42.3 (coverage 100%), friction 58.4 (coverage 73%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness33.245%
Criticality47.1100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor28.7100%
Accessibility49.3100%

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.47.6%4.82120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/discord-jda__JDA.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.58—primaryraw/author_history/discord-jda__JDA.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.814.0 hours (33.9 days)17.21919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/discord-jda__JDA.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.7151.6——primaryraw/dependents/discord-jda__JDA.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.0.418941.9——primaryraw/github_meta/discord-jda__JDA.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0129—primaryraw/commits_365d/discord-jda__JDA.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/discord-jda__JDA.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/discord-jda__JDA.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/discord-jda__JDA.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.22.952423.042—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/discord-jda__JDA.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.20.0%25.02519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/discord-jda__JDA.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/discord-jda__JDA.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.61.5%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/discord-jda__JDA.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/discord-jda__JDA.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.12.5%25.08—primaryraw/author_history/discord-jda__JDA.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,525 of 3,21941.86CRated
First-timer1,417 of 1,52541.54CRated
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-assisted3,209 of 3,69638.59DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
f251ea1dc2f877c47758b9fe79178661964ffa235e53c4304598d415287416ff

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/df.json, under the key discord-jda/JDA.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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