PorchlampFind the projects that leave the light on.2026-10-17

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

For GoogleChrome/samples, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 20% of 10 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 3,078 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank3,078 of 3,219
Score31.65
TierD
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share20%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,078 of 3,219
Score
31.65
Tier
D
Coverage
60% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 29.8 (coverage 68%), friction 63.6 (coverage 60%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness55.145%
Criticality35.935%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor20.0100%
Accessibility0.035%

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.20.0%60.01020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__samples.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.62.5%78.18—primaryraw/author_history/GoogleChrome__samples.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.2133.7 hours (88.9 days)1.88319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__samples.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.358835.9——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/GoogleChrome__samples.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0272—primaryraw/commits_365d/GoogleChrome__samples.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__samples.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__samples.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__samples.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.2020.0——primaryraw/scorecard/GoogleChrome__samples.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.09519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__samples.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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/GoogleChrome__samples.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
Balanced3,078 of 3,21931.65DRated
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-assisted3,604 of 3,69629.62DRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
c01a26f6dde9e62bb8addc7cdb2c0dbf7fe0f915f7c0f255dc329b2961a5ef62

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/e9.json, under the key GoogleChrome/samples.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). GoogleChrome/samples. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/googlechrome/samples/. CC BY 4.0.

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