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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 GoogleCloudPlatform/golang-samples got a first human reply in a median of 18.5 hours (195 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 17% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,198 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 630 of 1,525 (the top 42%).

Key facts
Rank1,198 of 3,219
Score53.66
TierC
Median first reply18.5 hours
14-day no-reply share17%
First-timer rank630 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,198 of 3,219
Score
53.66
Tier
C
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 44.6 (coverage 100%), friction 39.7 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness81.0100%
Criticality51.4100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor43.3100%
Accessibility54.4100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.82.8%100.02919 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.16.5%67.010320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.66.7%83.312—primaryraw/author_history/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.18.5 hours (0.8 days)84.319519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.486.0 hours (20.3 days)40.422119 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.3764.1——primaryraw/dependents/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.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.0.367436.7——primaryraw/github_meta/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0136—primaryraw/commits_365d/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-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/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.2%7.828919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.69.2%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.22.2%44.49—primaryraw/author_history/GoogleCloudPlatform__golang-samples.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,198 of 3,21953.66CRated
First-timer630 of 1,52558.58BRated
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-assisted1,651 of 3,69651.51CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
64ca82fbbffd03755a7f1294da8c9b8e40b97c3256a60e8c00fe788f8a48b3c2

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The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/6e.json, under the key GoogleCloudPlatform/golang-samples.

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Porchlamp (2026). GoogleCloudPlatform/golang-samples. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/googlecloudplatform/golang-samples/. CC BY 4.0.

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