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First human reply

4 days

typical wait for an outside pull request, from 204 measured.

What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 5 November 2026.

Outside pull requests to higress-group/higress got a first human reply in a median of 4 days (204 pull requests, 26 April to 23 October 2026); 55% got none within 14 days. It ranks 3,505 of 4,044 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,669 of 1,904 (the bottom 13%).

Key facts
Rank3,505 of 4,044
Score42.72
TierC
Median first reply4 days (95.5 hours)
14-day no-reply share55%
First-timer rank1,669 of 1,904
EcosystemGo
Window26 April to 23 October 2026

Composite

Rank
3,505 of 4,044
Score
42.72
Tier
C
Coverage
81% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 46.2 (coverage 100%), friction 64.7 (coverage 68%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness16.455%
Criticality29.6100%
Governance38.3100%
Rigor79.0100%
Accessibility78.250%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.55.4%0.030727 April to 24 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/higress-group__higress.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.95.5 hours (4 days)25.220426 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/higress-group__higress.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1124.6 hours (46.9 days)14.313726 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/higress-group__higress.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.5——primaryraw/dependents/higress-group__higress.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.0.457445.7——primaryraw/github_meta/higress-group__higress.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0562—primaryraw/commits_365d/higress-group__higress.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/higress-group__higress.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/higress-group__higress.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/higress-group__higress.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.77.32977.3307—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/higress-group__higress.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.52.3%65.417426 April to 23 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/higress-group__higress.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.50.583350.67—primaryraw/actions_runs/higress-group__higress.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.990.0——primaryraw/gfi/higress-group__higress.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced3,505 of 4,04442.72CRated
First-timer1,669 of 1,90445.78CRated
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-assisted2,808 of 4,00250.41CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-11-05
Raw hash
74f2562356b566e2fa14d907d7c28c1ed738b53af85ac611cb25d1250591d396

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-11-05/repos/5a.json, under the key higress-group/higress.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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