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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 jd/tenacity got a first human reply in a median of 28.8 hours (22 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 61% got none within 14 days. It ranks 683 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 880 of 1,525 (the bottom 43%).

Key facts
Rank683 of 3,219
Score58.04
TierB
Median first reply28.8 hours
14-day no-reply share61%
First-timer rank880 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
683 of 3,219
Score
58.04
Tier
B
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 62.2 (coverage 100%), friction 45.6 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness60.475%
Criticality78.0100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor43.5100%
Accessibility45.3100%

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.60.5%0.03820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jd__tenacity.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.73.3%91.715—primaryraw/author_history/jd__tenacity.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.28.8 hours (1.2 days)68.52218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jd__tenacity.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.207.8 hours (8.7 days)64.61918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jd__tenacity.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1,23193.7——primaryraw/dependents/jd__tenacity.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.337.5 million downloads a month97.7——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__tenacity.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.460646.1——primaryraw/github_meta/jd__tenacity.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.088—primaryraw/commits_365d/jd__tenacity.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/jd__tenacity.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/jd__tenacity.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/jd__tenacity.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/jd__tenacity.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.6.7%8.34518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jd__tenacity.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/jd__tenacity.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.45.5%90.911—primaryraw/author_history/jd__tenacity.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/jd__tenacity.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/jd__tenacity.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced683 of 3,21958.04BRated
First-timer880 of 1,52554.48CRated
Career capital324 of 79860.39BRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted1,180 of 3,69655.03BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
94ea00f7a4cdad8c08577b5ab91cb9d93dd64b6a41e028aaddaa2d635ceb3ac3

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/dc.json, under the key jd/tenacity.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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