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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 go-task/task got a first human reply in a median of 3.9 days (44 pull requests, 10 April to 7 October 2026); 64% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,567 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,176 of 1,525 (the bottom 23%).

Key facts
Rank1,567 of 3,219
Score50.78
TierC
Median first reply3.9 days (94.1 hours)
14-day no-reply share64%
First-timer rank1,176 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window10 April to 7 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,567 of 3,219
Score
50.78
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 52.0 (coverage 100%), friction 48.7 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness50.1100%
Criticality55.8100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor40.7100%
Accessibility42.4100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.82.1%100.03910 April to 9 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/go-task__task.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.64.1%0.07820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/go-task__task.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.53.5%66.943—primaryraw/author_history/go-task__task.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.94.1 hours (3.9 days)25.74410 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/go-task__task.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.490.1 hours (20.4 days)39.66910 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/go-task__task.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.2862.6——primaryraw/dependents/go-task__task.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.0.480548.0——primaryraw/github_meta/go-task__task.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0344—primaryraw/commits_365d/go-task__task.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/go-task__task.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/go-task__task.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/go-task__task.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.52.552.5——primaryraw/scorecard/go-task__task.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.20.6%25.710710 April to 7 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/go-task__task.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/go-task__task.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.43.8%87.516—primaryraw/author_history/go-task__task.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/go-task__task.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.14.3%28.67—primaryraw/author_history/go-task__task.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,567 of 3,21950.78CRated
First-timer1,176 of 1,52548.78CRated
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-assisted2,074 of 3,69648.55CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
677dd20e93c0d350f1c183b57fcad5ff2059f3c97848c6d455b71127f9368594

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/ae.json, under the key go-task/task.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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