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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 influxdata/influxdb got a first human reply in a median of 0.7 hours (131 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 16% got none within 14 days. It ranks 779 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 609 of 1,525 (the top 40%).

Key facts
Rank779 of 3,219
Score57.10
TierB (capped)
Median first reply0.7 hours
14-day no-reply share16%
First-timer rank609 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
779 of 3,219
Score
57.10
Tier
B (capped)
Coverage
76% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 48.7 (coverage 68%), friction 32.3 (coverage 90%)

Capped: this tier can go no higher until more of the project's inputs are measured. It reflects how much data there is, not how good the score is.

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness85.1100%
Criticality46.835%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor44.8100%
Accessibility37.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.90.9%100.07718 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/influxdata__influxdb.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.16.3%67.315320 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/influxdata__influxdb.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.58—primaryraw/author_history/influxdata__influxdb.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.0.7 hours (0 days)100.013118 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/influxdata__influxdb.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.120.3 hours (5 days)74.914218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/influxdata__influxdb.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Third-party data unavailable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.468446.8——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/influxdata__influxdb.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.093—primaryraw/commits_365d/influxdata__influxdb.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/influxdata__influxdb.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/influxdata__influxdb.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/influxdata__influxdb.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6565.0——primaryraw/scorecard/influxdata__influxdb.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.18.2%22.715418 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/influxdata__influxdb.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/influxdata__influxdb.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.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/influxdata__influxdb.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
Balanced779 of 3,21957.10B (capped)Rated
First-timer609 of 1,52558.93B (capped)Rated
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-assisted1,224 of 3,69654.66CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
2627016290aac788b10aa2f0485ff6267bc47f6873d0befc9207aa5bc049d9cb

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/40.json, under the key influxdata/influxdb.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). influxdata/influxdb. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/influxdata/influxdb/. CC BY 4.0.

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