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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 tconbeer/harlequin got a first human reply in a median of 34.5 hours (24 pull requests, 19 April to 16 October 2026); 36% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,229 of 3,219 overall. It is not ranked for first-time contributors: not enough evidence to show under this lens.

Key facts
Rank2,229 of 3,219
Score45.06
TierC
Median first reply34.5 hours
14-day no-reply share36%
First-timer rankNot enough evidence to show under this lens.
EcosystemPython
Window19 April to 16 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,229 of 3,219
Score
45.06
Tier
C
Coverage
87% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 44.3 (coverage 100%), friction 51.7 (coverage 75%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness56.355%
Criticality42.1100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor43.8100%
Accessibility25.385%

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.36.0%28.02520 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tconbeer__harlequin.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.34.5 hours (1.4 days)61.92419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tconbeer__harlequin.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.94.0 hours (3.9 days)81.63519 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tconbeer__harlequin.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.949.5——primaryraw/dependents/tconbeer__harlequin.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.40,700 downloads a month38.7——primaryraw/downloads/pypi__harlequin.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.36236.2——primaryraw/github_meta/tconbeer__harlequin.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.0138—primaryraw/commits_365d/tconbeer__harlequin.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/tconbeer__harlequin.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/tconbeer__harlequin.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.Written AI policy95.0——primaryraw/governance/tconbeer__harlequin.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.38.29338.3157—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/tconbeer__harlequin.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.0.0%0.05419 April to 16 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/tconbeer__harlequin.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.026—primaryraw/actions_runs/tconbeer__harlequin.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.20.0%40.05—primaryraw/author_history/tconbeer__harlequin.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/tconbeer__harlequin.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
Balanced2,229 of 3,21945.06CRated
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-assisted2,535 of 3,69645.12CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
1487ade033639f8f8c71b28f86a567011a708251d790a1a5c6dc330cb2017821

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/7b.json, under the key tconbeer/harlequin.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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

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