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2.0 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for actions/runner, a C# project with 6,373 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 209,088 lines of code across 1018 source files, recording 284 pattern matches distributed across 9 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.0 (Low pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.

Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.

2.0
Adjusted Signal
2.0
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-30
Last Push
6.4K
Stars
C#
Language
209.1K
Lines of Code
1.0K
Files
284
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.01
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · Payload v1

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Payload schema: 1.0.0 · Engine: 2.0.0 · Scoring: heuristic-density-v1 · Scan date: 2026-10-31.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 6.4/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 254 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 1.5/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 8 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 1.8/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 24 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 9.2/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 284 finding(s).

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Signal
Legacy pattern score normalized per 1,000 scanned lines and multiplied by the repository-level time factor. It is not an estimate of AI authorship.
Raw Pattern Score
Sum of severity- and context-weighted pattern findings before applying the time factor.
Time Factor
A coarse multiplier based on repository last-push metadata. It does not identify when individual code was written.
Pattern Hits
Count of configured pattern findings. Review each location and surrounding code before acting.
HC Hit Rate
High- and critical-severity findings per scanned file. Severity is a configured detector weight, not proof of a vulnerability or authorship.
Lines / Files
Scan coverage denominators used by the legacy normalized score.

Pattern-Signal History

This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.

Severity Breakdown

Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.

CRITICAL 6HIGH 2MEDIUM 28LOW 248

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 284 distinct pattern matches across 9 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.

Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.

Over-Commented Block232 hits · 223 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/remove-svc.sh1#/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/delete.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/dotnet-install.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/layoutbin/hashFiles/index.js3901COMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/layoutbin/hashFiles/index.js4241COMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/layoutbin/hashFiles/index.js4341 // [^/]*? pattern, except in partial mode, where it mightCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Listener/Runner.cs41 private Task _authMigrationClaimsCheckTask;COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Listener/SelfUpdater.cs161 Trace.Info($"Version '{_targetPackage.Version}' of '{_targetPackage.Type}' package available in server.");COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Listener/Configuration/IRSAKeyManager.cs21 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Sdk/Util/IOUtil.cs261 // delete existing targetDirCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Sdk/Util/StringUtil.cs21 {COMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/DistributedTask/WebApi/TimelineRecordL0.cs221 [Fact]COMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Util/TaskResultUtilL0.cs81 // ActualCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Util/TaskResultUtilL0.cs101 // ActualCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Util/TaskResultUtilL0.cs121 // ActualCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Util/TaskResultUtilL0.cs141 // ActualCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Util/IOUtilL0.cs121 // Arrange: Create the following structure:COMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Util/IOUtilL0.cs721 // Act.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManagerL0.cs1321 [Fact]COMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManagerL0.cs1381 Ref = "CompositePrestep",COMMENT
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManagerL0.cs1781COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/CreateArtifactsFileCommand.cs21 /// step runs and invokes <see cref="ProcessCommand"/> after the stepCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/ArtifactsListFileCommand.cs21 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapVariableProvider.cs1using System;COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DebuggerConfig.cs21COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs21 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs41 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs61 /// Sequence number of the corresponding request.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs121 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs181 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs241 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs301 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs341COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs381 /// Unique identifier for the thread.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs421 /// The index of the first frame to return.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs441 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs581COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs601 /// Name of the scope such as 'Arguments', 'Locals', or 'Registers'.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs621 /// The number of named variables in this scope.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs681 #endregionCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs721 /// The variable's name.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs761 public string MemoryReference { get; set; }COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs801 /// execution, setting this will resume only the specified thread.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs861 /// </summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs901 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs941 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs981 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1021 }COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1061 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1101 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1121 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1141 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1161 /// The position in line where the output was produced.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1181 /// Values: 'started', 'exited'COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapMessages.cs1221 /// <summary>COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapDebugger.cs1101 {COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapReplParser.cs21COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Dap/DapReplParser.cs41 /// run("script body") → RunCommand { Script = "script body" }COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Worker/Handlers/CompositeActionHandler.cs201 }COMMENT
LOWsrc/Runner.Service/Windows/Resource.Designer.cs1//------------------------------------------------------------------------------COMMENT
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Decorative Section Separators22 hits · 72 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMscripts/remove-svc.sh48#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/remove-svc.sh50#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/remove-svc.sh64#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/remove-svc.sh66#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/delete.sh50#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/delete.sh52#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/delete.sh66#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/delete.sh68#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/delete.sh78#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/delete.sh80#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh84#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh86#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh115#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh117#--------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh136#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh138#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh160#---------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh162#---------------------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh173#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh175#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh186#---------------------------------------COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/create-latest-svc.sh188#---------------------------------------COMMENT
Hallucination Indicators6 hits · 60 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALsrc/Runner.Listener/CommandSettings.cs126 bool secret = Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Secrets.Any(x => string.Equals(x, name, StringCoCODE
CRITICALsrc/Runner.Listener/CommandSettings.cs422 secret: Constants.Runner.CommandLine.Args.Secrets.Any(x => string.Equals(x, name, StringComparison.OrdinCODE
CRITICALsrc/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManifestParserComparisonL0.cs125 var newToken = new GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.Tokens.StringToken(null, null, null, "CODE
CRITICALsrc/Test/L0/Worker/ActionManifestParserComparisonL0.cs165 var newToken = new GitHub.Actions.WorkflowParser.ObjectTemplating.Tokens.BasicExpressionToken(null, nullCODE
CRITICALsrc/Sdk/WebApi/WebApi/VssHttpClientBase.cs626 if (requestMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType != null && !requestMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType.PaCODE
CRITICALsrc/Sdk/WebApi/WebApi/VssHttpClientBase.cs629 requestMessage.Content.Headers.ContentType.Parameters.Add(new NameValueHeaderValue(ApiResourceVersioCODE
AI Slop Vocabulary6 hits · 18 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMsrc/Sdk/WorkflowParser/WorkflowConstants.cs13 /// The default job name. This job name is used when a job does not leverage multipliersCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/Sdk/DTExpressions2/Expressions2/EvaluationResult.cs180 /// This allows ExpressionNode authors to leverage the coercion and comparision functionsCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/Sdk/Expressions/EvaluationResult.cs186 /// This allows ExpressionNode authors to leverage the coercion and comparison functionsCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/Sdk/WebApi/WebApi/VssHttpClientBase.cs781 // In this case, do nothing and utilize the HandleUnknownContentType call belowCOMMENT
MEDIUM…Api/Utilities/XmlSerializableDataContractExtensions.cs23 /// to allow classes to leverage some of the functionality of DataContractSerializer,COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/Sdk/DTPipelines/Pipelines/PipelineConstants.cs20 /// The default job name. This job name is used when a phase does not leverage multipliersCOMMENT
Redundant / Tautological Comments10 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.github/workflows/npm-audit-typescript.yml59 # Check if build failsCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/npm-audit-typescript.yml108 # Check if there are any changesCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/dependency-check.yml143 # Check if output is valid JSONCOMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/npm-audit.yml46 # Check if there are any changesCOMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/dotnet-install.sh429 # Check if the major version is a valid number and less than 6COMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/dotnet-install.sh1484 # Check if the SDK version is already installed.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/dotnet-install.sh1542 # Check if the SDK version is already installed.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/dotnet-install.sh1663 # Check if the SDK version is installed; if not, fail the installation.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/dotnet-install.sh1677 # Check if the standard SDK version is installed.COMMENT
LOWsrc/Misc/externals.sh41 # Check if the download already exists.COMMENT
Synthetic Comment Markers2 hits · 15 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
HIGHsrc/Test/L0/Worker/HandlerFactoryL0.cs115 // Assert - should be node24 as requestedCOMMENT
HIGHsrc/Runner.Service/Windows/Resource.Designer.cs3// This code was generated by a tool.COMMENT
Example Usage Blocks2 hits · 3 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWscripts/remove-svc.sh13# Usage:COMMENT
LOWscripts/delete.sh13# Usage:COMMENT
Hyper-Verbose Identifiers2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/Misc/layoutbin/hashFiles/index.js1798function safeTrimTrailingSeparator(p) {CODE
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Sdk/RSWebApi/BrokerHttpClientL0.cs101 private sealed class StaticResponseHandler : HttpMessageHandlerCODE
Fake / Example Data2 hits · 2 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Sdk/LaunchWebApi/LaunchHttpClientL0.cs27 var token = "fake-token";CODE
LOWsrc/Test/L0/Sdk/LaunchWebApi/LaunchHttpClientL0.cs83 var token = "fake-token";CODE