Repository Analysis

django/channels

Developer-friendly asynchrony for Django

9.8 Low AI signal View on GitHub

Analysis Overview

This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of django/channels, a Python project with 6,354 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 6,519 lines of code across 69 source files, recording 60 pattern matches distributed across 7 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 9.8 places this repository in the Low AI signal band.

The scanner applied 160+ deterministic lexical heuristics, multi-line block detectors, abstract syntax tree depth profilers, and a cross-file Jaccard similarity matrix to construct a statistically normalised synthetic code estimate. All matches are individually weighted by severity coefficient and contextual multiplier before summation, and the resulting headline score is temporally discounted to account for the repository's development history relative to the commercial emergence of large language model coding tooling (November 2022 onward).

9.8
Adjusted Score
9.8
Raw Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-08-06
Last Push
6.4K
Stars
Python
Language
6.5K
Lines of Code
69
Files
60
Pattern Hits
2026-08-09
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

What These Metrics Mean

Adjusted Score
Primary synthetic code indicator. Raw score normalised per 1,000 lines of code and multiplied by the temporal discount factor. This is the definitive comparative metric — use it to rank repositories by AI authorship density.
Raw Score
The unmodified sum of all severity-weighted, context-multiplied pattern match scores before temporal discounting. Reflects the absolute signal strength independent of when the repository was last active.
Time Factor
The temporal discount multiplier (0–100%) applied to the raw score. Repositories last updated before ChatGPT's launch (Nov 2022) receive a 5% factor. Full signal is only assigned to repositories active in the post-adoption era (Jan 2024+).
Pattern Hits
Total count of individual pattern matches across all files and categories. A high hit count with a low score may indicate a very large codebase with isolated AI snippets; a low count with a high score indicates dense, concentrated AI signatures.
HC Hit Rate
High+Critical pattern hits per file, averaged across the repository. This orthogonal signal catches repositories where a few files are densely packed with high-severity AI tells — a strong indicator even when the normalised score appears moderate due to codebase size.
Lines of Code / Files
Total lines and files analysed. The scanner examines 94 file extensions. These denominators are used to normalise the score, enabling fair comparison between repositories of vastly different sizes.

Score History

Longitudinal tracking requires multiple scan runs. Once this repository is re-scanned after new commits land, this chart will visualise how the synthetic code signal evolves over time — enabling you to detect whether AI authorship is growing, stabilising, or being actively corrected by human engineers.

No multi-scan history yet — run the scanner again to build trend data.

Severity Breakdown

Classifies detected patterns by their diagnostic confidence and structural impact. CRITICAL patterns (coefficient 10) represent definitive synthetic signatures — hallucinated imports, explicit LLM attribution metadata — virtually never produced by human authors. HIGH (5) indicates strong structural tells such as cross-file repetition or cross-linguistic idioms. MEDIUM (2) covers recognisable conversational padding and AI-specific vocabulary. LOW (1) captures subtle indicators like tautological comments and generic boilerplate that require density to carry independent signal.

CRITICAL 0HIGH 0MEDIUM 2LOW 58

Directory Score Breakdown

This horizontal bar chart decomposes the repository's raw synthetic code score by top-level directory, allowing you to pinpoint precisely which modules or components carry the highest AI authorship density. Directories with disproportionately high scores relative to their size warrant targeted manual review: concentrated AI signatures often trace back to mass-generated configuration layers, auto-ported test suites, LLM-scaffolded boilerplate classes, or entire subsystems authored under heavy copilot assistance. Use this view to prioritise your human code-review effort.

Pattern Findings

The scanner identified 60 distinct pattern matches across 7 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a statistically significant AI authorship indicator. 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 diagnostic confidence level (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 weight because LLMs systematically over-annotate. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier as dense clusters constitute far stronger evidence of synthetic authorship than isolated hits.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers37 hits · 37 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/test_inmemorychannel.py74async def test_process_local_send_receive(channel_layer):CODE
LOWtests/test_layers.py68 def test_backend_import_error_not_hidden(self):CODE
LOWtests/test_layers.py108def test_channel_and_group_name_validation(method, channel_name, expected_valid):CODE
LOWtests/test_layers.py122def test_group_name_length_error_message(name):CODE
LOWtests/test_layers.py140def test_channel_name_length_error_message(name):CODE
LOWtests/test_layers.py152def test_deprecated_valid_channel_name():CODE
LOWtests/test_layers.py169def test_deprecated_valid_group_name():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_http.py95async def test_async_http_consumer_future():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_http.py131 def receive_awaitable_callable():CODE
LOWtests/test_routing.py22async def test_protocol_type_router():CODE
LOWtests/test_routing.py184async def test_url_router_nesting_path():CODE
LOWtests/test_http.py88async def test_session_samesite_invalid(samesite_invalid):CODE
LOWtests/test_http.py174async def test_session_save_update_error():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py59async def test_multiple_websocket_consumers_with_sessions():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py100async def test_websocket_consumer_subprotocol():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py123async def test_websocket_consumer_groups():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py159async def test_async_websocket_consumer():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py201async def test_async_websocket_consumer_subprotocol():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py224async def test_async_websocket_consumer_groups():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py261async def test_async_websocket_consumer_specific_channel_layer():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py299async def test_json_websocket_consumer():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py332async def test_async_json_websocket_consumer():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py365async def test_block_underscored_type_function_call():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py401async def test_block_leading_dot_type_function_call():CODE
LOWtests/test_generic_websocket.py492async def test_websocket_receive_with_none_text():CODE
LOWtests/test_testing.py79async def test_websocket_communicator():CODE
LOWtests/test_testing.py106async def test_websocket_incorrect_read_json():CODE
LOWtests/test_testing.py125async def test_websocket_application():CODE
LOWtests/security/test_auth.py99async def test_login_no_session_in_scope():CODE
LOWtests/security/test_auth.py115async def test_login_no_user_in_scope(session):CODE
LOWtests/security/test_auth.py131async def test_login_user_as_argument(session, user_bob):CODE
LOWtests/security/test_auth.py236async def test_logout_not_logged_in(session):CODE
LOWtests/sample_project/tests/test_selenium.py30 def test_real_time_create_message(self):CODE
LOWtests/sample_project/tests/test_selenium.py55 def test_real_time_delete_message(self):CODE
LOWtests/sample_project/tests/selenium_mixin.py127 def wait_for_websocket_connection(self, substring="WebSocket connected", timeout=5):CODE
LOWtests/sample_project/tests/selenium_mixin.py144 def wait_for_websocket_message_handled(self, timeout=5):CODE
LOWchannels/layers.py155 def require_valid_channel_name(self, name, receive=False):CODE
Over-Commented Block11 hits · 11 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW.readthedocs.yaml21# Build documentation in the "docs/" directory with SphinxCOMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py1# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-COMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py41# The encoding of source files.COMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py61# for a list of supported languages.COMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py81# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all descriptionCOMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py101# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages. See the documentation forCOMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py121# of the sidebar.COMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py141#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'COMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py161#html_split_index = FalseCOMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py201 ('index', 'Channels.tex', u'Channels Documentation',COMMENT
LOWdocs/conf.py241# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuplesCOMMENT
Self-Referential Comments2 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMtests/test_http.py188 # Create a session as normal:COMMENT
MEDIUMdocs/conf.py6# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to itsCOMMENT
Deep Nesting4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWchannels/auth.py21CODE
LOWchannels/sessions.py169CODE
LOWchannels/utils.py32CODE
LOWchannels/routing.py69CODE
Unused Imports4 hits · 4 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWchannels/testing/__init__.py1CODE
LOWchannels/testing/__init__.py2CODE
LOWchannels/testing/__init__.py3CODE
LOWchannels/testing/__init__.py4CODE
AI Structural Patterns1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWchannels/sessions.py47CODE
Modern Structural Boilerplate1 hit · 1 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWchannels/testing/__init__.py6__all__ = [CODE