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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/pyright got a first human reply in a median of 22.9 hours (129 pull requests, 11 April to 8 October 2026); 2% got none within 14 days. It ranks 902 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 618 of 1,525 (the top 41%).

Key facts
Rank902 of 3,219
Score56.11
TierB
Median first reply22.9 hours
14-day no-reply share2%
First-timer rank618 of 1,525
EcosystemPython
Window11 April to 8 October 2026

Composite

Rank
902 of 3,219
Score
56.11
Tier
B
Coverage
84% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Sweet Spot

Coordinates: leverage 51.4 (coverage 68%), friction 40.3 (coverage 100%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.7100%
Criticality48.435%
Governance38.3100%
Rigor65.2100%
Accessibility49.4100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.85.7%100.01411 April to 10 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__pyright.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.2.2%95.58920 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__pyright.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.55.0%68.840—primaryraw/author_history/microsoft__pyright.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.22.9 hours (1 days)76.812911 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__pyright.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1451.6 hours (60.5 days)5.66911 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__pyright.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.0.484248.4——proxy:no_dependents_signalraw/github_meta/microsoft__pyright.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0234—primaryraw/commits_365d/microsoft__pyright.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/microsoft__pyright.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__pyright.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/microsoft__pyright.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.6060.0——primaryraw/scorecard/microsoft__pyright.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.33.9%42.412111 April to 8 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/microsoft__pyright.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.59.541759.527—primaryraw/actions_runs/microsoft__pyright.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.47.1%94.117—primaryraw/author_history/microsoft__pyright.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/microsoft__pyright.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.25.0%50.08—primaryraw/author_history/microsoft__pyright.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced902 of 3,21956.11BRated
First-timer618 of 1,52558.74BRated
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-assisted760 of 3,69658.51BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e21f03fcc93b4c86e3e5de381a93dcd5aaa56ca1cc9c95e4b9466ce14b41a8f7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/c1.json, under the key microsoft/pyright.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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