Ember.js - A JavaScript framework for creating ambitious web applications
This report summarizes scanner evidence for emberjs/ember.js, a TypeScript project with 22,565 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 311,366 lines of code across 1785 source files, recording 160 pattern matches distributed across 7 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.6 (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.
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.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 130 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 30 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 84 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 160 finding(s).
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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.
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.
The scanner identified 160 distinct pattern matches across 7 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.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | blueprints/-utils.js | 6 | export function generateComponentSignature(componentName) { | CODE |
| LOW | blueprints/component-test/index.js | 14 | function invocationForStrictComponentAuthoringFormat(options) { | CODE |
| LOW | …prints/tests/helpers/generate-fake-package-manifest.js | 3 | module.exports = function generateFakePackageManifest(name, version) { | CODE |
| LOW | …ke-tests/node-template/tests/node/helpers/setup-app.js | 164 | function registerApplicationClasses(app, registry) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/router_js/tests/test_helpers.ts | 100 | function stubbedHandlerInfoFactory(name: string, props: Dict<unknown>) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/router_js/tests/router_test.ts | 4339 | function setupAuthenticatedExample(assert: Assert) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/router_js/tests/query_params_test.ts | 78 | function consumeAllFinalQueryParams(params: Dict<unknown>, finalParams: Dict<unknown>[]) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/router_js/lib/route-info.ts | 157 | function createRouteInfoWithAttributes( | CODE |
| LOW | packages/router_js/lib/utils.ts | 67 | export function coerceQueryParamsToString(queryParams: Dict<unknown>) { | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | packages/internal-test-helpers/lib/element-helpers.ts | 68 | export function assertClassicComponentElement( | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | packages/internal-test-helpers/lib/element-helpers.ts | 72 | export function assertClassicComponentElement(shape: ClassicComponentShape): void; | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | packages/internal-test-helpers/lib/element-helpers.ts | 73 | export function assertClassicComponentElement( | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/test/index.ts | 14 | export function registerTestImplementation(impl: typeof EmberTesting) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/tests/alias_test.js | 185 | function assertPropertyTagUnchanged(obj, keyName, callback) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/property_get.ts | 18 | getPossibleMandatoryProxyValue = function getPossibleMandatoryProxyValue(obj, keyName): any { | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/cached.ts | 153 | function throwCachedExtraneousParens(): never { | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/cached.ts | 159 | function throwCachedGetterOnlyError(key: string): never { | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/cached.ts | 163 | function throwCachedInvalidArgsError(args: unknown[] = []): never { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/decorator-util.ts | 99 | export function identifyModernDecoratorArgs(args: Parameters<Decorator>): | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/observer.ts | 84 | function getOrCreateActiveObserversFor(target: object, sync: boolean) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/observer.ts | 84 | function getOrCreateActiveObserversFor(target: object, sync: boolean) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/observer.ts | 142 | export function suspendedObserverDeactivation() { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/metal/lib/observer.ts | 146 | export function resumeObserverDeactivation() { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/utils/lib/super.ts | 44 | function createObserverListenerMetaFor(fn: Function) { | CODE |
| LOW | …mer/tests/integration/custom-component-manager-test.js | 53 | function createInstrumentedManager(owner) { | CODE |
| LOW | …ntegration/components/classic/event-dispatcher-test.js | 14 | function fireNativeWithDataTransfer(node, type, dataTransfer) { | CODE |
| LOW | …ckages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/utils/bindings.ts | 83 | export function createClassNameBindingRef( | CODE |
| LOW | …ckages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/utils/bindings.ts | 113 | export function createSimpleClassNameBindingRef(inner: Reference, path?: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | …ckages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/utils/bindings.ts | 134 | function createColonClassNameBindingRef( | CODE |
| LOW | …ber/-internals/glimmer/lib/component-managers/curly.ts | 491 | export function processComponentInitializationAssertions(component: Component, props: any): void { | CODE |
| LOW | …ber/-internals/glimmer/lib/component-managers/curly.ts | 542 | export function initialRenderInstrumentDetails(component: any): any { | CODE |
| LOW | …ber/-internals/glimmer/lib/component-managers/curly.ts | 546 | function rerenderInstrumentDetails(component: any): any { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/views/lib/system/utils.ts | 24 | export function constructStyleDeprecationMessage(affectedStyle: string): string { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/views/lib/system/utils.ts | 203 | export function getViewBoundingClientRect(view: View): DOMRect { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/object/mixin-internal.ts | 46 | function concatenatedMixinProperties( | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/object/mixin-internal.ts | 169 | function applyConcatenatedProperties(key: string, value: any, values: { [key: string]: any }) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/object/mixin-internal.ts | 369 | function updateObserversAndListeners(obj: object, key: string, fn: Function, add: boolean) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/object/core.ts | 1092 | CoreObject._onLookup = function injectedPropertyAssertion(debugContainerKey: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/@ember/object/lib/computed/reduce_computed_macros.ts | 1372 | function sortByNormalizedSortProperties( | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/object/lib/computed/computed_macros.ts | 44 | function generateComputedWithPredicate(name: string, predicate: (value: unknown) => unknown) { | CODE |
| LOW | …ompiler/lib/plugins/transform-wrap-mount-and-outlet.ts | 38 | export default function transformWrapMountAndOutlet(env: EmberASTPluginEnvironment): ASTPlugin { | CODE |
| LOW | …e-compiler/lib/plugins/assert-against-named-outlets.ts | 18 | export default function assertAgainstNamedOutlets(env: EmberASTPluginEnvironment): ASTPlugin { | CODE |
| LOW | …ompiler/lib/plugins/assert-reserved-named-arguments.ts | 7 | export default function assertReservedNamedArguments(env: EmberASTPluginEnvironment): ASTPlugin { | CODE |
| LOW | …lugins/transform-quoted-bindings-into-just-bindings.ts | 4 | export default function transformQuotedBindingsIntoJustBindings(/* env */): ASTPlugin { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/routing/lib/generate_controller.ts | 20 | export function generateControllerFactory( | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/routing/lib/utils.ts | 201 | export function normalizeControllerQueryParams(queryParams: Readonly<ControllerQueryParam[]>) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/routing/lib/utils.ts | 211 | function accumulateQueryParamDescriptors( | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/routing/lib/routing-service.ts | 141 | function numberOfContextsAcceptedByHandler(handlerName: string, handlerInfos: any[]) { | CODE |
| LOW | packages/@ember/debug/data-adapter.ts | 182 | function reportReleaseMethodsEmberArrayUse(name: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | …glimmer-workspace/integration-tests/test/owner-test.ts | 77 | function defineCheckOwnerComponent(ownerToCheck: object | undefined, assert: Assert) { | CODE |
| LOW | …-workspace/integration-tests/lib/modes/jit/register.ts | 17 | export function registerTemplateOnlyComponent( | CODE |
| LOW | …-workspace/integration-tests/lib/modes/jit/register.ts | 48 | export function registerCurlyInvokedComponent( | CODE |
| LOW | …mmer-workspace/integration-tests/lib/dom/assertions.ts | 160 | export function assertSerializedInElement(result: string, expected: string, message?: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | …mmer-workspace/integration-tests/lib/dom/assertions.ts | 226 | export function processAssertComponentArgs( | CODE |
| LOW | …@glimmer/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/context.ts | 5 | export function templateCompilationContext( | CODE |
| LOW | …code-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/resolution.ts | 27 | function makeResolutionTypeVerifier(typeToVerify: SexpOpcode) { | CODE |
| LOW | …code-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/resolution.ts | 347 | export function resolveOptionalComponentOrHelper( | CODE |
| LOW | …r/opcode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/blocks.ts | 86 | export function InvokeStaticBlockWithStack( | CODE |
| LOW | …mmer/component/src/-private/ember-component-manager.ts | 24 | function scheduledDestroyComponent(component: GlimmerComponent): void { | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | packages/@glimmer/manager/lib/internal/api.ts | 90 | export function getInternalModifierManager(definition: object): InternalModifierManager; | CODE |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …s/compiler-internals/02-program-compilation-context.md | 1 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | tests/node-vitest/lib/find-side-effects.js | 1 | // Builds ember-source straight from source and reports which modules still | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/ember-template-compiler/minimal.ts | 1 | // The main entrypoint of ember-template-compiler is the fairly-crufty | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/router_js/lib/router.ts | 781 | // When the app boots, you are at a url, e.g. /foo. If some route | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/internal-test-helpers/lib/ember-dev/warning.ts | 61 | }; | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ges/internal-test-helpers/lib/ember-dev/deprecation.ts | 121 | true | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/runloop/-private/backburner.ts | 1 | // This exists solely to provide a compatibility shim for `ember-test-helpers` | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/runloop/tests/later_test.js | 141 | // later(this, fn, 5, 10); | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/runloop/tests/later_test.js | 161 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | packages/@ember/modifier/on.ts | 1 | import { on as glimmerOn } from '@glimmer/runtime/lib/modifiers/on'; | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/components/runtime-template-compiler-implicit-test.ts | 401 | }, | COMMENT |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/strict-mode-test.js | 321 | templateOnly() | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/components/runtime-template-compiler-explicit-test.ts | 301 | // we specifically enable them when calling `precompile`) | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helper.ts | 321 | * | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helper.ts | 381 | // This overload allows users to provide a `Signature` type explicitly at the | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helper.ts | 401 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helpers/mut.ts | 61 | // invocation, etc | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ges/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/helpers/unique-id.ts | 1 | import type { Reference } from '@glimmer/reference/lib/reference'; | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/component/template-only.ts | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | packages/@ember/utils/lib/compare.ts | 21 | }; | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/object/-internals.ts | 1 | export { getCachedValueFor as cacheFor } from '@ember/-internals/metal/lib/computed_cache'; | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/canary-features/index.ts | 61 | // } | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/routing/router-service.ts | 421 | @public | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/routing/route.ts | 401 | // By default, changes to controller query param properties | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@ember/service/index.ts | 141 | // NOTE: this cannot be `Record<string, Service | undefined>`, convenient as | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/ember/tests/routing/route_manager_test.js | 401 | ); | COMMENT |
| LOW | …rkspace/integration-tests/test/collections/set-test.ts | 301 | // behavior is fixed | COMMENT |
| LOW | …pace/integration-tests/test/collections/object-test.ts | 81 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/conditional.ts | 141 | // If the body invokes a block, its return will return to | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ode-compiler/lib/opcode-builder/helpers/conditional.ts | 161 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/validator/lib/validators.ts | 181 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/validator/lib/collections/array.ts | 181 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/vm/element-builder.ts | 481 | setLocalDebugType('block:remote', this); | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/runtime/lib/dom/props.ts | 41 | return value; | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/syntax/lib/v1/nodes-v1.ts | 321 | }; | COMMENT |
| LOW | …@glimmer/syntax/lib/parser/handlebars-node-visitors.ts | 161 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/compiler/test/compiler-test.ts | 321 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/compiler/lib/utils.ts | 1 | import type { Dict, WellKnownAttrName, WellKnownTagName } from '@glimmer/interfaces'; | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ithub/workflows/glimmer-syntax-prettier-smoke-test.yml | 61 | # - name: Install prettier dependencies | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | type-tests/@ember/template-tests.ts | 4 | let trusted = htmlSafe('lorem ipsum...'); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | type-tests/@ember/object-test/proxy.ts | 101 | expectTypeOf(person.set('fullName', 'John Doe')).toBeString(); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | type-tests/@ember/object-test/proxy.ts | 106 | expectTypeOf(person.setProperties({ fullName: 'John Doe' })).toEqualTypeOf<{ | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | type-tests/@ember/object-test/proxy.ts | 107 | fullName: 'John Doe'; | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | type-tests/@ember/object-test/proxy.ts | 109 | expectTypeOf(person.setProperties({ fullName: 'John Doe' }).fullName).toBeString(); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | type-tests/@ember/object-test/proxy.ts | 111 | person.setProperties({ fullName: 'John Doe', invalid: true }); | CODE |
| LOW | …ber/-internals/glimmer/tests/integration/input-test.js | 111 | this.runAttributeTest('placeholder', ['foo', 'bar']); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 146 | this.assertAttr('placeholder', 'Original placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 158 | this.assertAttr('placeholder', 'Original placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 169 | set(this.context, 'placeholder', 'Updated placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 180 | this.assertAttr('placeholder', 'Updated placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 191 | set(this.context, 'placeholder', 'Original placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 202 | this.assertAttr('placeholder', 'Original placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 228 | this.assertAttr('placeholder', 'Original placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 241 | this.assertAttr('placeholder', 'Original placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 551 | let attributes = ['role', 'disabled', 'placeholder', 'name', 'maxlength', 'size', 'tabindex']; | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 588 | set(this.context, 'placeholder', 'Updated placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 598 | this.assertAttr('placeholder', 'Updated placeholder'); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 608 | set(this.context, 'placeholder', null); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …immer/tests/integration/components/input-angle-test.js | 618 | // this.assertAttr('placeholder', undefined); //NOTE: this fails with a value of "null" (TEST_SUITE=sauce) | COMMENT |
| LOW | …er/tests/integration/components/textarea-angle-test.js | 55 | { attribute: 'placeholder', first: 'Stuff here', second: 'Other stuff' }, | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …er-workspace/integration-tests/test/attributes-test.ts | 361 | this.assert.strictEqual(this.readDOMAttr('placeholder'), ''); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …er-workspace/integration-tests/test/attributes-test.ts | 365 | this.assert.strictEqual(this.readDOMAttr('placeholder'), 'Alex'); | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …er-workspace/integration-tests/test/attributes-test.ts | 368 | this.assert.strictEqual(this.readDOMAttr('placeholder'), ''); | CODE |
| LOW | …ace/integration-tests/test/partial-rehydration-test.ts | 25 | '<div id="placeholder"><RehydratingComponent @a={{@a}} @b={{@b}} @c={{@c}}/></div>' | CODE |
| LOW | …ace/integration-tests/test/partial-rehydration-test.ts | 40 | '<div id="placeholder">', | CODE |
| LOW | …ace/integration-tests/test/partial-rehydration-test.ts | 64 | castToSimple(document.getElementById('placeholder')!) | CODE |
| LOW | …ace/integration-tests/test/partial-rehydration-test.ts | 66 | this.assertHTML(content([OPEN, OPEN, '<div id="placeholder">abc</div>', CLOSE, CLOSE])); | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | packages/@glimmer/syntax/test/generation/print-test.ts | 186 | print(ast, { entityEncoding: 'raw' }), | CODE |
| HIGH | packages/@glimmer/syntax/lib/generation/printer.ts | 536 | print(node: ASTv1.Node): string { | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/component.ts | 241 | ## Defining a Classic Component | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | packages/@glimmer/component/src/index.ts | 37 | ## Defining a Template-only Component | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | packages/@glimmer/component/src/-private/component.ts | 101 | * ## Defining a Component | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | …ber/-internals/glimmer/lib/component-managers/curly.ts | 340 | // Essentially we're saving off all the state we'll need in the future. | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | .github/workflows/publish-to-npm.yml | 27 | use-node-modules-cache: false # Absolutely no cache should be used when publishing due to the potential of cac | CODE |
| MEDIUM | .github/workflows/non-ember-source-publish.yml | 38 | use-node-modules-cache: false # Absolutely no cache should be used when publishing due to the potential of cac | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | packages/@glimmer/syntax/lib/generation/printer.ts | 465 | // TODO: implement a top level Params AST node (just like the Hash object) | COMMENT |