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spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway

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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 spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway got a first human reply in a median of 7.2 hours (27 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 46% got none within 14 days. It ranks 1,061 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 769 of 1,525 (the bottom 50%).

Key facts
Rank1,061 of 3,219
Score54.81
TierC
Median first reply7.2 hours
14-day no-reply share46%
First-timer rank769 of 1,525
EcosystemJava
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
1,061 of 3,219
Score
54.81
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 48.9 (coverage 100%), friction 38.6 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness69.8100%
Criticality54.6100%
Governance55.8100%
Rigor34.8100%
Accessibility48.885%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.41.9%52.43119 April to 18 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.45.9%8.17420 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.70.4%88.027—primaryraw/author_history/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.7.2 hours (0.3 days)100.02719 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.142.2 hours (5.9 days)79.06219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.17058.9——primaryraw/dependents/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.Not shown: Not applicable
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.497249.7——primaryraw/github_meta/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0398—primaryraw/commits_365d/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Legal IP RegimeThe contributor licence regime: DCO, none, a foundation CLA or a corporate CLA.Sign-off on commits (DCO)100.0——primaryraw/governance/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.52.552.5——primaryraw/scorecard/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.4.9%6.18219 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.28.6%57.114—primaryraw/author_history/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.440.0——primaryraw/gfi/spring-cloud__spring-cloud-gateway.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
Balanced1,061 of 3,21954.81CRated
First-timer769 of 1,52556.39BRated
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-assisted1,819 of 3,69650.33CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
c9867d2dd1e9cedc9475bd7a92f66ecda00e2b71addf13e6f549d5fb11d57441

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/b7.json, under the key spring-cloud/spring-cloud-gateway.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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