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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 kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controller got a first human reply in a median of under 0.1 hours (74 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 28% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,009 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 509 of 1,525 (the top 34%).

Key facts
Rank1,009 of 3,219
Score55.26
TierB
Median first replyunder 0.1 hours
14-day no-reply share28%
First-timer rank509 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,009 of 3,219
Score
55.26
Tier
B
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 44.3 (coverage 100%), friction 34.7 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness80.0100%
Criticality43.0100%
Governance47.0100%
Rigor44.5100%
Accessibility56.3100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.75.0%93.83619 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.27.6%44.77620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.75.8%94.733—primaryraw/author_history/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.0.0 hours (0 days)100.07419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1357.8 hours (56.6 days)8.76019 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.239.8——primaryraw/dependents/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.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.0.466946.7——primaryraw/github_meta/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0477—primaryraw/commits_365d/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Foundation CLA75.0——primaryraw/governance/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.72.572.5——primaryraw/scorecard/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.9.3%11.77519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.026—primaryraw/actions_runs/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.50.0%100.014—primaryraw/author_history/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.28.6%57.17—primaryraw/author_history/kubernetes-sigs__aws-load-balancer-controller.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced1,009 of 3,21955.26BRated
First-timer509 of 1,52560.68BRated
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-assisted1,478 of 3,69652.85CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
393ae3f11d3566d8b8f87eab5b999bcb5c8344558580e3db7a72196a881368f5

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/e1.json, under the key kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controller.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controller. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/kubernetes-sigs/aws-load-balancer-controller/. CC BY 4.0.

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