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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 microsoft/edit got a first human reply in a median of 2.8 days (62 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 46% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,699 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,314 of 1,525 (the bottom 14%).

Key facts
Rank2,699 of 3,219
Score39.81
TierD
Median first reply2.8 days (67.3 hours)
14-day no-reply share46%
First-timer rank1,314 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,699 of 3,219
Score
39.81
Tier
D
Coverage
100% · Full
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 32.9 (coverage 100%), friction 55.6 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness50.3100%
Criticality19.8100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor57.0100%
Accessibility52.2100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.68.8%85.93218 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__edit.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.45.8%8.37220 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__edit.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.64.0%80.025—primaryraw/author_history/microsoft__edit.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.67.3 hours (2.8 days)37.86218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__edit.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.2188.9 hours (91.2 days)2.43518 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__edit.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/microsoft__edit.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.7 downloads a month2.6——primaryraw/downloads/crates__edit.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.358135.8——primaryraw/github_meta/microsoft__edit.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0123—primaryraw/commits_365d/microsoft__edit.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/microsoft__edit.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/microsoft__edit.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/microsoft__edit.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.84.432984.477—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/microsoft__edit.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.30.0%37.56018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__edit.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.7070.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/microsoft__edit.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.40.0%80.020—primaryraw/author_history/microsoft__edit.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.220.0——primaryraw/gfi/microsoft__edit.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.22.2%44.49—primaryraw/author_history/microsoft__edit.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,699 of 3,21939.81DRated
First-timer1,314 of 1,52545.37CRated
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-assisted2,715 of 3,69643.62CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
65063ca75b751e5bacfb33d33d416e2bb556338aed7ccc4e35ba1fe7ed992433

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/cd.json, under the key microsoft/edit.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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