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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 graph-gophers/graphql-go got a first human reply in a median of 2.4 days (17 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026). The share with no reply within 14 days has too small a sample to measure (5 pull requests counted; 10 needed). It ranks 1,951 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,444 of 1,525 (the bottom 6%).

Key facts
Rank1,951 of 3,219
Score47.51
TierC
Median first reply2.4 days (57.2 hours)
14-day no-reply share—
First-timer rank1,444 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,951 of 3,219
Score
47.51
Tier
C
Coverage
83% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 55.9 (coverage 100%), friction 57.3 (coverage 70%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness49.160%
Criticality67.3100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor40.3100%
Accessibility15.050%

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.60.0%75.05—primaryraw/author_history/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.57.2 hours (2.4 days)43.71719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1067.4 hours (44.5 days)13.81919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1,93187.9——primaryraw/dependents/graph-gophers__graphql-go.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.0.438943.9——primaryraw/github_meta/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0114—primaryraw/commits_365d/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.No CLA or sign-off found85.0——primaryraw/governance/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.62.562.5——primaryraw/scorecard/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.8.7%10.92319 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/graph-gophers__graphql-go.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/graph-gophers__graphql-go.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/graph-gophers__graphql-go.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
Balanced1,951 of 3,21947.51CRated
First-timer1,444 of 1,52540.03CRated
Career capital711 of 79848.00CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted2,375 of 3,69646.46CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
16e8b1d77013fe79c2c311cacb52546adf6ef80ee4394b02c4579065f95da6f4

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/58.json, under the key graph-gophers/graphql-go.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). graph-gophers/graphql-go. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/graph-gophers/graphql-go/. CC BY 4.0.

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