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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 v2fly/v2ray-core got a first human reply in a median of 3.1 days (12 pull requests, 18 April to 15 October 2026); 30% got none within 14 days. It ranks 2,085 of 3,219 overall. For first-time contributors it ranks 1,320 of 1,525 (the bottom 14%).

Key facts
Rank2,085 of 3,219
Score46.36
TierC
Median first reply3.1 days (73.7 hours)
14-day no-reply share30%
First-timer rank1,320 of 1,525
EcosystemGo
Window18 April to 15 October 2026

Composite

Rank
2,085 of 3,219
Score
46.36
Tier
C
Coverage
92% · Ceiling A
Quadrant
Graveyard

Coordinates: leverage 47.9 (coverage 100%), friction 55.1 (coverage 85%)

Five pillars

Score out of 100, and how much of the pillar was measured
PillarScoreCoverage
Responsiveness39.575%
Criticality56.7100%
Governance50.5100%
Rigor31.4100%
Accessibility50.085%

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.30.0%40.02020 April to 17 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
First-timer Merge RateShare of first-time outside authors' decided pull requests that were merged.42.9%53.67—primaryraw/author_history/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
Time to First ResponseMedian hours from an outside pull request opening to its first substantive human reply.73.7 hours (3.1 days)34.51218 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
Time to Merge (p90)Hours within which 90% of merged outside pull requests were merged.741.1 hours (30.9 days)25.44718 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/v2fly__v2ray-core.json

Criticality

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
DependentsPackages in the registry that depend on this project, counted once each.6568.3——primaryraw/dependents/v2fly__v2ray-core.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.0.435343.5——primaryraw/github_meta/v2fly__v2ray-core.json

Governance

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Elephant FactorThe fewest organisations that account for half of the last year's commits.125.080—primaryraw/commits_365d/v2fly__v2ray-core.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/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
Promotion LadderHow openly a contributor can become a maintainer, from closed to verified.No written path to becoming a maintainer40.0——primaryraw/governance/v2fly__v2ray-core.json

Rigor

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
AI Policy PostureWhether the project has a written policy on AI-assisted contributions.No written AI policy40.0——primaryraw/governance/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
Pipeline DefensesHow well the project's build and review pipeline defends against bad changes, 0 to 100.47.547.5——primaryraw/scorecard/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
Substantive Review RateShare of decided pull requests that received a substantive review.1.1%1.49318 April to 15 October 2026primaryraw/pr_window/v2fly__v2ray-core.json

Accessibility

ParameterValueScoreCountWindowSource
Developer ExperienceDeveloper experience, 0 to 100: half CI run time, half setup signals.5050.028—primaryraw/actions_runs/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
Newcomer ConversionShare of first-time authors whose first pull request merged within 180 days.50.0%100.06—primaryraw/author_history/v2fly__v2ray-core.json
Newcomer Issue SupplyOpen, unassigned, up-to-date issues marked for newcomers.00.0——primaryraw/gfi/v2fly__v2ray-core.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
Balanced2,085 of 3,21946.36CRated
First-timer1,320 of 1,52545.21CRated
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-assisted2,813 of 3,69642.81CRated

Integrity

Snapshot
2026-10-17
Raw hash
0cfae9b8a2fdc9b39bb77f40269b4260187a1f56a0975177ed03325fae1a7b14

No suspicion flags on this repository.

The full record is in data/2026-10-17/repos/9b.json, under the key v2fly/v2ray-core.

How every number is measured: Porchlamp methodology.

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Porchlamp (2026). v2fly/v2ray-core. Snapshot 2026-10-17. https://porchlamp.org/projects/v2fly/v2ray-core/. CC BY 4.0.

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