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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 jpadilla/pyjwt got a first human reply in a median of 15.4 days (16 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 64% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,828 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,423 of 1,525 (the bottom 7%).

Key facts
Rank1,828 of 3,219
Score48.59
TierC
Median first reply15.4 days (370.1 hours)
14-day no-reply share64%
First-timer rank1,423 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,828 of 3,219
Score
48.59
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 61.6 (coverage 100%), friction 63.8 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness24.4100%
Criticality78.0100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor41.7100%
Accessibility44.185%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.46.2%57.71319 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.63.6%0.02220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.40.0%50.015—primaryraw/author_history/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.370.1 hours (15.4 days)0.01619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.2904.7 hours (121 days)0.31619 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jpadilla__pyjwt.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.1,01292.4——primaryraw/dependents/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.574.6 million downloads a month99.0——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__pyjwt.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.46646.6——primaryraw/github_meta/jpadilla__pyjwt.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.077—primaryraw/commits_365d/jpadilla__pyjwt.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/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/jpadilla__pyjwt.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.57.557.5——primaryraw/scorecard/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.17.9%22.32819 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/jpadilla__pyjwt.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.016—primaryraw/actions_runs/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.42.9%85.77—primaryraw/author_history/jpadilla__pyjwt.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/jpadilla__pyjwt.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
Balanced1,828 of 3,21948.59CRated
First-timer1,423 of 1,52541.34CRated
Career capital588 of 79852.77CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted2,295 of 3,69647.08CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
78b29d6a20b4977f9a6bf177f00ac1fa81ee36c9d05465789b5b7535ca47ad38

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/d4.json, under the key jpadilla/pyjwt.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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