AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

distribution/distribution

SlopCodeMonitor badge for distribution/distribution Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

The toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content

1.6 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for distribution/distribution, a Go project with 10,669 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 78,156 lines of code across 469 source files, recording 92 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.6 (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.

1.6
Adjusted Signal
1.6
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-31
Last Push
10.7K
Stars
Go
Language
78.2K
Lines of Code
469
Files
92
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.00
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 7.2/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 90 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.7/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 2 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.0/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 0 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 6.7/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 92 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 1HIGH 0MEDIUM 4LOW 87

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 92 distinct pattern matches across 6 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 Block71 hits · 71 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWregistry.go21// GlobalScope represents the full namespace scope which containsCOMMENT
LOWregistry.go101 // Manifests returns a reference to this repository's manifest service.COMMENT
LOWdoc.go1// Package distribution will define the interfaces for the components ofCOMMENT
LOWblobs.go81 Enumerate(ctx context.Context, ingester func(dgst digest.Digest) error) errorCOMMENT
LOWblobs.go121// BlobServer can serve blobs via http.COMMENT
LOWblobs.go141 // or an error.COMMENT
LOWblobs.go181 io.ReaderFromCOMMENT
LOWcmd/registry-api-descriptor-template/main.go1// registry-api-descriptor-template uses the APIDescriptor defined in theCOMMENT
LOWconfiguration/configuration.go21// Configuration is a versioned registry configuration, intended to be provided by a yaml file, andCOMMENT
LOWconfiguration/configuration.go161 // receives a stop signalCOMMENT
LOWconfiguration/configuration.go221 // Enables H2C (HTTP/2 Cleartext). Enable to support HTTP/2 without needing to configure TLSCOMMENT
LOWconfiguration/configuration.go721 // to complete when pulling blobs from the remote registry. This timeout ensuresCOMMENT
LOWhealth/doc.go1// Package health provides a generic health checking framework.COMMENT
LOWhealth/doc.go21//COMMENT
LOWhealth/doc.go41// PeriodicChecks run on a certain schedule and asynchronously update theCOMMENT
LOWhealth/doc.go61// ensuring some stability of the service when handling them.COMMENT
LOWhealth/doc.go81// endpoint always return an error:COMMENT
LOWhealth/doc.go101// if err != nil {COMMENT
LOWhealth/doc.go121// # touch /tmp/disableCOMMENT
LOWinternal/dcontext/trace.go21// The main benefit of this function is to post-process log messages orCOMMENT
LOWinternal/dcontext/doc.go1// Package dcontext provides several utilities for working withCOMMENT
LOWinternal/dcontext/doc.go21// any context.Context interface and returns the current logger from theCOMMENT
LOWinternal/dcontext/doc.go41//COMMENT
LOWinternal/dcontext/doc.go61// INFO[0000] this log message has a version field http.request.id=unique id version=v2.0.0-alpha.2.mCOMMENT
LOWinternal/dcontext/doc.go81//COMMENT
LOWinternal/client/transport/http_reader.go61 // seekOffset allows Seek to override the offset. Seek changesCOMMENT
LOWinternal/client/auth/challenge/authchallenge.go21func init() {COMMENT
LOWinternal/client/auth/challenge/authchallenge.go61}COMMENT
LOWversion/version.sh1#!/bin/shCOMMENT
LOWversion/get.go21// Revision returns the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to buildCOMMENT
LOWdigestset/deprecated.go21// Set is used to hold a unique set of digests whichCOMMENT
LOWdigestset/deprecated.go41COMMENT
LOWregistry/auth/auth.go1// Package auth defines a standard interface for request access controllers.COMMENT
LOWregistry/auth/auth.go21// if ctx, err := accessController.Authorized(r, access); err != nil {COMMENT
LOWregistry/auth/auth.go101 // Authorized determines if the request is granted access. If one or moreCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/paths.go21// pathFor maps paths based on "object names" and their ids. The "objectCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/paths.go41// │ │ └── linkCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/paths.go61// is just a directory of layers which are "linked" into a repository. A layerCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/paths.go81//COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/paths.go101//COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/paths.go361func (layersPathSpec) pathSpec() {}COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/filereader_test.go181 // TODO(stevvooe): We need to cover error return types, driven by theCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/cache/redis/redis.go21// the layer, providing path, length and mediatype information. There is alsoCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/fileinfo.go21 IsDir() boolCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/storagedriver.go61COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/storagedriver.go101 // RedirectURL returns a URL which the client of the request r may useCOMMENT
LOW…try/storage/driver/middleware/cloudfront/middleware.go41var _ storagedriver.StorageDriver = &cloudFrontStorageMiddleware{}COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3.go1// Package s3 provides a storagedriver.StorageDriver implementation toCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3.go521 }COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3.go1221// # ExamplesCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/s3-aws/s3_v2_signer.go1package s3COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/azure/azure.go721 return n, nilCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go1041 wg.Wait()COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go1061// read, err := suite.StorageDriver.Writer(suite.ctx, filename, offset, bytes.NewReader(contents))COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go1081// } else {COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/base/base.go1// Package base provides a base implementation of the storage driver that canCOMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/base/base.go21// driver implements the actual logic.COMMENT
LOWregistry/storage/driver/gcs/gcs.go1// Package gcs provides a storagedriver.StorageDriver implementation toCOMMENT
LOWregistry/api/v2/errors_deprecated.go1package v2COMMENT
LOWregistry/api/v2/errors_deprecated.go21 ErrorCodeRangeInvalid = errcode.ErrorCodeRangeInvalidCOMMENT
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Verbosity Indicators8 hits · 17 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWinternal/dcontext/http.go182 // We need to check if that's intentional (could be a bug).COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go88 // Step 1: Put the blob. This also populates the cache.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go97 // Step 2: Verify the cached statter reports the blob exists.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go103 // Step 3: Simulate GC — delete blob data from backend.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go109 // Step 4: Confirm backend has no blob.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go114 // Step 5: Confirm cached statter STILL reports blob exists (stale cache).COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go123 // Step 6: Re-put should succeed because Put bypasses the stale cacheCOMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go133 // Step 7: Verify the content is actually readable.COMMENT
Structural Annotation Overuse7 hits · 16 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go88 // Step 1: Put the blob. This also populates the cache.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go97 // Step 2: Verify the cached statter reports the blob exists.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go103 // Step 3: Simulate GC — delete blob data from backend.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go109 // Step 4: Confirm backend has no blob.COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go114 // Step 5: Confirm cached statter STILL reports blob exists (stale cache).COMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go123 // Step 6: Re-put should succeed because Put bypasses the stale cacheCOMMENT
LOW⚡registry/storage/blobstore_test.go133 // Step 7: Verify the content is actually readable.COMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary4 hits · 12 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMreleases/v3.1.0.toml227 * [`4d613f77`](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/commit/4d613f771f4565f0ab2eaaf14ce34037ab033e2c) feat(regiCOMMENT
MEDIUMreleases/v3.1.0.toml228 * [`edde36cd`](https://github.com/distribution/distribution/commit/edde36cd9e6818491399602ab6f9374bba3e4416) feat(regiCOMMENT
MEDIUMregistry/registry.go58// a list of default ciphersuites to utilizeCOMMENT
MEDIUMregistry/storage/driver/inmemory/mfs.go114// directory. Essentially, this is open or create.COMMENT
Hallucination Indicators1 hit · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICAL…/hugo-geekdoc/static/js/mermaid-16393d09.bundle.min.js2(()=>{var t,e,r={9119:(t,e)=>{"use strict";Object.defineProperty(e,"__esModule",{value:!0}),e.BLANK_URL=e.relativeFirstCCODE
Fake / Example Data1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW…/hugo-geekdoc/static/js/mermaid-16393d09.bundle.min.js2(()=>{var t,e,r={9119:(t,e)=>{"use strict";Object.defineProperty(e,"__esModule",{value:!0}),e.BLANK_URL=e.relativeFirstCCODE