The Kubernetes Package Manager
This report summarizes scanner evidence for helm/helm, a Go project with 30,384 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 130,217 lines of code across 1682 source files, recording 179 pattern matches distributed across 8 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.
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? 173 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 2 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 4 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 179 finding(s).
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.
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 179 distinct pattern matches across 8 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 | test/e2e/helper_test.go | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | test/e2e/helper_test.go | 61 | // envIsolate appends a per-run suffix to the repository path. It is off by | COMMENT |
| LOW | test/e2e/helper_test.go | 81 | helmBin string | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/monocular/search.go | 101 | // Search performs a search against the monocular search API | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/metadata.go | 61 | // A list of name and URL/email address combinations for the maintainer(s) | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/dependency.go | 21 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ternal/chart/v3/lint/rules/testdata/v3-fail/Chart.yaml | 1 | apiVersion: v3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ernal/chart/v3/lint/rules/testdata/v3-fail/values.yaml | 41 | # kubernetes.io/tls-acme: "true" | COMMENT |
| LOW | …t/v3/lint/rules/testdata/malformed-template/Chart.yaml | 1 | apiVersion: v3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | …t/v3/lint/rules/testdata/malformed-template/Chart.yaml | 21 | # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/v3/lint/rules/testdata/multi-template-fail/Chart.yaml | 1 | apiVersion: v3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/util/create.go | 81 | const defaultChartfile = `apiVersion: v3 | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/util/create.go | 141 | # For more information checkout: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/ | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/util/create.go | 201 | - path: | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/util/create.go | 221 | # For publicly distributed charts, we recommend leaving 'resources' commented out. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/util/create.go | 681 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | …quirements-yaml/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …quirements-yaml/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …hart-helmignore/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ent-chart-alias/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …stdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …quirements-yaml/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …bnitz_backslash/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …robnitz.v3.reqs/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …z_with_dev_null/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …tz_with_symlink/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …stdata/frobnitz/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …obnitz_with_bom/charts/alpine/charts/mast1/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for mast1. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/plugin/installer/extractor.go | 81 | // to be malicious. (If you don't care about this, use the securejoin-filepath library.) | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/release/v2/util/manifest.go | 41 | // **Note for Chart API v3**: This function (due to the regex above) has allowed _WRONG_ | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/release/v2/util/manifest_sorter.go | 121 | // annotations: | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/storage/driver/secrets.go | 261 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | internal/storage/driver/driver.go | 81 | // Queryor is the interface that wraps the Get and List methods. | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/storage/driver/cfgmaps.go | 241 | return rls, err | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/storage/driver/sql.go | 581 | // labels are set by Create, and a revision keeps the labels it was created with | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/third_party/dep/fs/fs_test.go | 341 | defer cleanup() | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go | 241 | l, err := os.Lstat(path) | COMMENT |
| LOW | internal/third_party/dep/fs/fs.go | 261 | // matches what the docs above say: | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/release-notes.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/validate-license.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/util.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | scripts/coverage.sh | 1 | #!/usr/bin/env bash | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml | 1 | # For most projects, this workflow file will not need changing; you simply need | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/scorecards.yml | 41 | # - you want to enable the Branch-Protection check on a *public* repository, or | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/e2e-registries.yml | 1 | name: e2e-registries | COMMENT |
| LOW | .github/workflows/e2e-registries.yml | 21 | # secrets.E2E_<ID>_PASSWORD token with read and write access | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/cmd/flags.go | 61 | newWaitValue(kube.HookOnlyStrategy, wait), | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/lib-chart/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for commons. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …charts/chart-with-template-lib-archive-dep/values.yaml | 21 | annotations: {} | COMMENT |
| LOW | …t-with-template-lib-archive-dep/templates/service.yaml | 1 | {{- template "common.service" (list . "chart-with-template-lib-archive-dep.service") -}} | COMMENT |
| LOW | …cmd/testdata/testcharts/chart-missing-deps/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for reqtest. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …arts/chart-missing-deps/charts/reqsubchart/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for reqsubchart. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ata/testcharts/chart-with-template-lib-dep/values.yaml | 21 | annotations: {} | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/chart-with-template-lib-dep/charts/common/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for commons. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …rts/chart-with-template-lib-dep/templates/service.yaml | 1 | {{- template "common.service" (list . "chart-with-template-lib-dep.service") -}} | COMMENT |
| LOW | …md/testdata/testcharts/chart-with-only-crds/Chart.yaml | 1 | apiVersion: v2 | COMMENT |
| LOW | pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/reqtest/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for reqtest. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …data/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for reqsubchart. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ata/testcharts/reqtest/charts/reqsubchart2/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for reqsubchart. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …testdata/testcharts/chart-bad-requirements/values.yaml | 1 | # Default values for reqtest. | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | scripts/util.sh | 49 | # Create a temp dir that'll be deleted at the end of this bash session. | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …h-schema-negative-skip-validation/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/empty/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …chart/charts/subchart-with-schema/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …ts/chart-with-schema-and-subchart/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …data/testcharts/chart-with-schema/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …charts/chart-with-schema-negative/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | pkg/cmd/testdata/testcharts/subchart/extra_values.yaml | 1 | # This file is used to test values passed by file at the command line | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …testdata/charts/chart-with-schema/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …harts/chart-with-uncompressed-dependencies/values.yaml | 99 | ## Create a database and a database user | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | …charts/chart-with-schema-negative/templates/empty.yaml | 1 | # This file is intentionally blank | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | pkg/action/action_test.go | 682 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | pkg/action/action_test.go | 685 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | pkg/action/action_test.go | 696 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | pkg/action/action_test.go | 699 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | internal/plugin/installer/oci_installer.go | 55 | // Extract plugin name from OCI reference using robust registry parsing | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go | 107 | {"", "test@test.com", "each maintainer requires a name"}, | CODE |
| LOW | pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/chartfile_test.go | 121 | {"", "test@test.com", "each maintainer requires a name"}, | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | …harts/chart-with-uncompressed-dependencies/values.yaml | 180 | ## Set this to true in order to enable TLS on the ingress record | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | pkg/engine/engine.go | 601 | // TODO: Handle error | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | pkg/downloader/manager.go | 639 | "example". Don't forget to add the repo, too ('helm repo add').` | CODE |