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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 google/ax got a first human reply in a median of 7.5 hours (33 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 15% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,084 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,084 of 3,219
Score46.39
TierC
Median first reply7.5 hours
14-day no-reply share15%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,084 of 3,219
Score
46.39
Tier
C
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 35.2 (coverage 100%), friction 42.1 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness88.055%
Criticality24.2100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor57.4100%
Accessibility25.550%

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.15.2%69.73320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/google__ax.json
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.7.5 hours (0.3 days)100.03318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/google__ax.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.149.3 hours (6.2 days)79.42418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/google__ax.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/google__ax.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.0.342234.2——primaryraw/github_meta/google__ax.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0641—primaryraw/commits_365d/google__ax.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/google__ax.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/google__ax.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/google__ax.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.97.966198.0177—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/google__ax.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.16.7%20.83618 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/google__ax.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.021—primaryraw/actions_runs/google__ax.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/google__ax.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
Balanced2,084 of 3,21946.39CRated
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 systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,940 of 3,69649.52CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
5d747075f7a9448a8decc5990cfa89afa5145499dd7c53cc500a2cb63d37b3b9

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/e3.json, under the key google/ax.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). google/ax. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/google/ax/. CC BY 4.0.

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