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What happens to a stranger's pull request here, in the Porchlamp snapshot of 17 October 2026.

For rayon-rs/rayon, the reply time has too small a sample to measure (0 pull requests counted; 10 needed). 44% of 16 outside pull requests got no reply within 14 days (20 April to 17 October 2026). It ranks 2,462 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,462 of 3,219
Score42.67
TierC
Median first reply—
14-day no-reply share44%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemRust
Window20 April to 17 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,462 of 3,219
Score
42.67
Tier
C
Coverage
72% · Ceiling B
Quadrant
Crucible

Coordinates: leverage 61.0 (coverage 91%), friction 73.3 (coverage 55%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness12.515%
Criticality73.5100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor47.170%
Accessibility26.785%

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.43.8%12.51620 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/rayon-rs__rayon.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.Not shown: Insufficient sample size
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.3,57693.7——primaryraw/dependents/rayon-rs__rayon.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.46.0 million downloads a month87.5——primaryraw/downloads/crates__rayon.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.404340.4——primaryraw/github_meta/rayon-rs__rayon.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.050—primaryraw/commits_365d/rayon-rs__rayon.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/rayon-rs__rayon.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/rayon-rs__rayon.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/rayon-rs__rayon.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.52.552.5——primaryraw/scorecard/rayon-rs__rayon.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/rayon-rs__rayon.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.16.7%33.36—primaryraw/author_history/rayon-rs__rayon.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/rayon-rs__rayon.json
Newcomer Return RateShare of those merged first-time authors who sent a second pull request within 90 days.Not shown: Insufficient sample size

Persona view

PersonaRankScoreTierStatus
Balanced2,462 of 3,21942.67CRated
First-timerNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
Career capital747 of 79845.85CRated
Senior systemsFewer than 3 organizations account for most commits (not multi-vendor).
AI-assisted2,670 of 3,69643.94CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
e7b15968b5d3f53e65099147f1fc234ced14c1a4f0eac531db841ce88e9719eb

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/4a.json, under the key rayon-rs/rayon.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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