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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 pgmq/pgmq got a first human reply in a median of 9.3 hours (14 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 0% got none within 14 days. It ranks 597 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 336 of 1,525 (the top 23%).

Key facts
Rank597 of 3,219
Score58.83
TierB
Median first reply9.3 hours
14-day no-reply share0%
First-timer rank336 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
597 of 3,219
Score
58.83
Tier
B
Coverage
94% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 49.4 (coverage 100%), friction 31.7 (coverage 88%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness77.675%
Criticality38.3100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor61.4100%
Accessibility58.7100%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.0.0%100.01120 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pgmq__pgmq.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.50.0%62.58—primaryraw/author_history/pgmq__pgmq.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.9.3 hours (0.4 days)100.01419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pgmq__pgmq.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.1421.6 hours (59.2 days)6.7919 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pgmq__pgmq.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.136.4——primaryraw/dependents/pgmq__pgmq.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.11,756 downloads a month43.1——primaryraw/downloads/crates__pgmq.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.370937.1——primaryraw/github_meta/pgmq__pgmq.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.099—primaryraw/commits_365d/pgmq__pgmq.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/pgmq__pgmq.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/pgmq__pgmq.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/pgmq__pgmq.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.92.333392.348—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/pgmq__pgmq.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.33.3%41.71519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/pgmq__pgmq.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/pgmq__pgmq.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.84.6%100.013—primaryraw/author_history/pgmq__pgmq.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/pgmq__pgmq.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.36.4%72.711—primaryraw/author_history/pgmq__pgmq.json

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced597 of 3,21958.83BRated
First-timer336 of 1,52563.61BRated
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-assisted684 of 3,69659.43BRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
87ffeb7644c9a255de144ce33a41218e70c3bdf3b78c8529e7a442e561e27eac

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/be.json, under the key pgmq/pgmq.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). pgmq/pgmq. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/pgmq/pgmq/. CC BY 4.0.

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