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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 unionlabs/union got a first human reply in a median of 11.1 hours (18 pull requests, 17 April to 14 October 2026); 25% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,111 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,039 of 1,525 (the bottom 32%).

Key facts
Rank2,111 of 3,219
Score46.14
TierC
Median first reply11.1 hours
14-day no-reply share25%
First-timer rank1,039 of 1,525
EcosystemRust
Window17 April to 14 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,111 of 3,219
Score
46.14
Tier
C
Coverage
98% · Full
Quadrant
Nursery

Coordinates: leverage 31.3 (coverage 100%), friction 36.4 (coverage 97%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness78.5100%
Criticality18.1100%
Governance59.3100%
Rigor34.7100%
Accessibility32.885%

The measured parameters

Responsiveness

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Decision Rate (90d)Share of outside pull requests that were merged or closed within 90 days.75.0%93.81217 April to 16 July 2026primaryraw/pr_window/unionlabs__union.json
PR Ghost Rate (14d)Share of outside pull requests with no maintainer response, merge or close within 14 days.25.0%50.02820 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/unionlabs__union.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.62.5%78.18—primaryraw/author_history/unionlabs__union.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.11.1 hours (0.5 days)100.01817 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/unionlabs__union.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.767.9 hours (32 days)19.31817 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/unionlabs__union.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.016.5——primaryraw/dependents/unionlabs__union.json
Monthly DownloadsDownloads from the package registry in a month.1 downloads a month0.7——primaryraw/downloads/crates__union.json
OpenSSF CriticalityOpenSSF criticality score from 0 to 1, computed from the project's public activity signals.0.323932.4——primaryraw/github_meta/unionlabs__union.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.250.0746—primaryraw/commits_365d/unionlabs__union.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/unionlabs__union.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/unionlabs__union.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/unionlabs__union.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.52.173952.223—proxy:review_ciraw/pr_window/unionlabs__union.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.5.0%6.32017 April to 14 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/unionlabs__union.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.8585.030—primaryraw/actions_runs/unionlabs__union.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.16.7%33.36—primaryraw/author_history/unionlabs__union.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.110.0——primaryraw/gfi/unionlabs__union.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
Balanced2,111 of 3,21946.14CRated
First-timer1,039 of 1,52551.50CRated
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-assisted2,711 of 3,69643.66CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
ab30345012420f7c1b8d11d15e1713879d741873ef094507bb2e88cffef9f9d7

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/47.json, under the key unionlabs/union.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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