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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 GoogleChrome/web-vitals got a first human reply in a median of 12.5 hours (12 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 10% got none within 14 days. It ranks 972 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank972 of 3,219
Score55.60
TierB
Median first reply12.5 hours
14-day no-reply share10%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
972 of 3,219
Score
55.60
Tier
B
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 56.5 (coverage 100%), friction 44.9 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness82.455%
Criticality78.0100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor38.5100%
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.10.0%80.01020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.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.12.5 hours (0.5 days)98.61218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.408.1 hours (17 days)37.31418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.18,38193.4——primaryraw/dependents/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.181.7 million downloads a month91.5——primaryraw/downloads/npm__web-vitals.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.507350.7——primaryraw/github_meta/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.083—primaryraw/commits_365d/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.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__web-vitals.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.5555.0——primaryraw/scorecard/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.12.1%15.23318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.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/GoogleChrome__web-vitals.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
Balanced972 of 3,21955.60BRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital437 of 79857.16BRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,529 of 3,69652.54CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
a3c0a9580f51b7fa72509edfcb1a90e085346533c00f1ea98502fea2b473ea4b

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/3f.json, under the key GoogleChrome/web-vitals.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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