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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 oraios/serena got a first human reply in a median of 21 hours (209 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 21% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,110 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,110 of 3,219
Score46.15
TierC
Median first reply21 hours
14-day no-reply share21%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,110 of 3,219
Score
46.15
Tier
C
Coverage
88% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 39.1 (coverage 100%), friction 46.8 (coverage 80%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness76.780%
Criticality33.8100%
Governance29.5100%
Rigor54.3100%
Accessibility30.050%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.95.9%100.014718 April to 17 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/oraios__serena.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.20.8%58.536620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/oraios__serena.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Collector failure
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.21.0 hours (0.9 days)79.920918 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/oraios__serena.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.482.0 hours (20.1 days)36.129218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/oraios__serena.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.015.9——primaryraw/dependents/oraios__serena.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.147,731 downloads a month47.4——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__serena.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.444544.5——primaryraw/github_meta/oraios__serena.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0983—primaryraw/commits_365d/oraios__serena.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Company CLA25.0——primaryraw/governance/oraios__serena.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/oraios__serena.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/oraios__serena.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.39.552639.6304—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/oraios__serena.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.26.6%33.241018 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/oraios__serena.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.100100.016—primaryraw/actions_runs/oraios__serena.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.Not shown: Collector failure
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/oraios__serena.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Collector failure

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,110 of 3,21946.15CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
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-assisted2,078 of 3,69648.52CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e4688eb07991aa715f6b18781feaa68c3c825d75219d0d3ab0620e4454565c96

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/39.json, under the key oraios/serena.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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