elastic/elasticsearch-js
What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 14 October 2026.
Outside pull requests to elasticsearch-js got a first human reply in a median of 9.5 hours (86 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (3 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 822 of 3,833 overall and 835 of 1,968 for first-time contributors.
Rating
- Score: 59.95
- Coverage: 83% · Ceiling A
- Tier: B
- Quadrant: Sweet Spot
- Ecosystem: npm
Five pillars
| Pillar | Score | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Responsiveness | 97.3 | 60% |
| Criticality | 61.8 | 100% |
| Governance | 38.3 | 100% |
| Rigor | 57.9 | 100% |
| Accessibility | 25.5 | 50% |
Rank in each lens
| Lens | Standing |
|---|---|
| Balanced | Rank 822 of 3,833 |
| First-timer | Rank 835 of 1,968 |
| Career capital | Rank 462 of 823 |
| Senior systems | Not ranked: Fewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor). |
| AI-assisted | Rank 730 of 3,929 |
The measured parameters
| Parameter | Value | Count | Window | What it measures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to First Response | 9.5403 | 86 | 11 April to 8 October 2026 | Median hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply. |
| Decision Rate (90d) | Not shown: Insufficient sample size | — | — | Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days. |
| First-timer Merge Rate | 1 | 5 | — | Share of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged. |
| PR Ghost Rate (14d) | Not shown: Insufficient sample size | — | — | Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days. |
| Time to Merge (p90) | 48.7181 | 92 | 11 April to 8 October 2026 | Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged. |
| Dependents | 1176 | — | — | Packages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each. |
| OpenSSF Criticality | 0.4818 | — | — | OpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals. |
| Monthly Downloads | 1061936 | — | — | Downloads from the package registry in a month. |
| Legal IP Regime | CORP_CLA | — | — | The contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA. |
| Elephant Factor | 2 | 117 | — | The fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits. |
| Promotion Ladder | AD_HOC | — | — | How openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified. |
| Pipeline Defenses | 72.5 | — | — | How well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100. |
| AI Policy Posture | REGULATED | — | — | Whether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions. |
| Substantive Review Rate | 0.0105 | 95 | 11 April to 8 October 2026 | Share of decided pull requests that received a substantive review. |
| Newcomer Issue Supply | 0 | — | — | Open, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers. |
| Newcomer Conversion | Not shown: Insufficient sample size | — | — | Share of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days. |
| Newcomer Return Rate | Not shown: Insufficient sample size | — | — | Share of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days. |
| Developer Experience | 85 | 30 | — | Developer experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals. |
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Evidence
- Snapshot 2026-10-14, data as of 13 October 2026.
- Record hash:
652c9ba1eacd192cba4f3c9b701e8b13813041522e8f96b3e781c9c5739ba445 - The full record is in data/2026-10-14/repos/d6.json, under the key
elastic/elasticsearch-js. - How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.
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