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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/workbox got a first human reply in a median of 37.5 hours (14 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (9 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 2,416 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,416 of 3,219
Score43.13
TierC
Median first reply37.5 hours
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemJavaScript
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,416 of 3,219
Score
43.13
Tier
C
Coverage
78% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 49.2 (coverage 100%), friction 61.1 (coverage 60%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness45.540%
Criticality56.6100%
Governance40.0100%
Rigor43.2100%
Accessibility21.050%

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.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
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.37.5 hours (1.6 days)58.91418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__workbox.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1555.5 hours (64.8 days)5.11318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__workbox.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.21757.3——primaryraw/dependents/GoogleChrome__workbox.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.44.0 million downloads a month81.2——primaryraw/downloads/npm__workbox.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.381538.1——primaryraw/github_meta/GoogleChrome__workbox.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.095—primaryraw/commits_365d/GoogleChrome__workbox.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__workbox.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.A written path to becoming a maintainer75.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__workbox.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleChrome__workbox.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.7878.0——primaryraw/scorecard/GoogleChrome__workbox.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.04518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleChrome__workbox.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/GoogleChrome__workbox.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__workbox.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
Balanced2,416 of 3,21943.13CRated
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-assisted2,717 of 3,69643.62CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
edf5276dab96414f62f0b4e6261d32e3218fd912cd5859954460309ccead2634

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4c.json, under the key GoogleChrome/workbox.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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