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This report summarizes scanner evidence for influxdata/telegraf, a Go project with 17,890 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 706,598 lines of code across 3422 source files, recording 799 pattern matches distributed across 10 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 1.3 (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? 772 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 6 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 21 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 799 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 799 distinct pattern matches across 10 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 | processor.go | 21 | // can choose to save it in the plugin, or use the one received from Add(). | COMMENT |
| LOW | .golangci.yml | 61 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | .golangci.yml | 421 | # Run `GL_DEBUG=staticcheck golangci-lint run --enable=staticcheck` to see all available checks and enabled by con | COMMENT |
| LOW | .golangci.yml | 481 | # Enable/disable `os.TempDir()` detections. | COMMENT |
| LOW | .golangci.yml | 581 | # | COMMENT |
| LOW | .golangci.yml | 601 | max-same-issues: 0 | COMMENT |
| LOW | .golangci.yml | 621 | # 1. error | COMMENT |
| LOW | .golangci.yml | 641 | # this will be the default severity applied. | COMMENT |
| LOW | serializer.go | 1 | package telegraf | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugin.go | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | plugin.go | 41 | // persist an internal state across Telegraf runs. | COMMENT |
| LOW | metric.go | 61 | // Type returns a general type for the entire metric that describes how you | COMMENT |
| LOW | parser.go | 1 | package telegraf | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/telegraf/printer.go | 21 | sectionDefaults = []string{"global_tags", "agent", "secretstores", "outputs", "processors", "aggregators", "inputs"} | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/telegraf/printer.go | 41 | # Environment variables can be used anywhere in this config file, simply surround | COMMENT |
| LOW | tools/readme_linter/rules.go | 401 | // To do: Check markdown files that aren't plugin readme files for paragraphs | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/config.go | 181 | } | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/config.go | 201 | // Precision will NOT be used for service inputs. It is up to each individual | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/config.go | 221 | // number of telegraf instances. | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/config.go | 281 | // If uncommented and not empty, this file will be used to save the state of | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/config.go | 301 | // this setting to true will skip the first run of processors. | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/secret.go | 61 | Buffer() (SecretBuffer, error) | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/envvar_comments.toml | 1 | # Telegraf Configuration | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/single_plugin_env_vars.toml | 1 | # Telegraf Configuration | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 1 | # Telegraf configuration | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 81 | totalcpu = true | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 141 | # no configuration | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 161 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 181 | master_collections = ["resources","master","system","slaves","frameworks","messages","evqueue","registrar"] | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 201 | servers = ["localhost"] | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 221 | count = 1 # required | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 241 | # with the same name as the user. This dbname is just for instantiating a | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 261 | # Read metrics from one or many RabbitMQ servers via the management API | COMMENT |
| LOW | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 281 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | …ugins/parsers/openmetrics/openmetrics_data_model.pb.go | 361 | // | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ins/parsers/openmetrics/testcases/valid_info/input.txt | 1 | # HELP cadvisor_version A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by kernel version, OS version, docker version, cadvis | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ugins/parsers/openmetrics/testcases/multiple/input.txt | 21 | # HELP process_cpu_seconds Total user and system CPU time spent in seconds. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …ns/parsers/openmetrics/testcases/valid_gauge/input.txt | 1 | # HELP go_memstats_gc_cpu_fraction The fraction of this program's available CPU time used by the GC since the program st | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/parsers/openmetrics/testcases/valid_unknown/input.txt | 1 | # HELP redis_connected_clients Redis connected clients | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/parsers/openmetrics/testcases/valid_counter/input.txt | 1 | # TYPE get_token_fail_count counter | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/influx/README.md | 21 | ## and more memory efficient. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md | 101 | XPath expressions. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md | 121 | # xpath_protobuf_import_paths = ["."] | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md | 141 | ## Multiple parsing sections are allowed | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md | 161 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md | 221 | ## Name of the protocol-buffer message type to use in a fully qualified form. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md | 241 | ## Optional: XPath-query to select a subset of nodes from the XML document. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/xpath/README.md | 261 | # field_name = "name()" | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/grok/README.md | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/grok/README.md | 101 | ## Other common built-in patterns are: | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/json/README.md | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/json/README.md | 61 | ## json_time_format = "unix" | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/avro/README.md | 41 | max_message_len = 1000000 | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/avro/README.md | 61 | # { | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/avro/README.md | 81 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/avro/README.md | 101 | # avro_timestamp = "" | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/csv/README.md | 21 | ## If `csv_column_names` is specified, the column names in header will be overridden. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/csv/README.md | 41 | ## If set, the parser would use the provided separators in the csv_metadata_separators to look for metadata. | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/csv/README.md | 61 | ## By default, the parser assumes a comma (",") | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/parsers/csv/README.md | 101 | ## Indicates values to skip, such as an empty string value "". | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 44 | // ┌───────┐ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 46 | // └───────┘ │ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 47 | // ┌───────┐ │ ______ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 49 | // └───────┘ │ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 50 | // ┌───────┐ │ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 52 | // └───────┘ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 58 | // ______ ┌───────────┐ ______ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 60 | // └───────────┘ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 72 | // ┌────────────┐ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 74 | // │ └────────────┘ │ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 75 | // ______ │ ┌────────────┐ │ ______ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 77 | // │ └────────────┘ │ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 78 | // │ ┌────────────┐ │ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 80 | // │ └────────────┘ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 82 | // └────────────────────────▶ ()_____) | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 94 | // ┌────────┐ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 96 | // │ └────────┘ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 97 | // ______ ┌─────┐ │ ┌────────┐ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 99 | // └─────┘ │ └────────┘ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 100 | // │ ┌────────┐ | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | agent/agent.go | 102 | // └────────┘ | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go | 180 | // Add the tags as requested by the user | COMMENT |
| HIGH | plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go | 207 | // Add the tags as requested by the user | COMMENT |
| HIGH | plugins/inputs/filecount/filecount_test.go | 272 | // create our desired "filesystem" object, complete with an internal map allowing our funcs to return meta data as requ | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go | 1642 | // Stress test with more goroutines and iterations to ensure robust thread safety | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | plugins/common/starlark/starlark.go | 68 | // base64 encoding for a robust guess. | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | config/testdata/telegraf-agent.toml | 120 | # Or you can also use local socket(not work yet) | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | plugins/inputs/statsd/statsd.go | 1002 | s.Log.Warn("Maximum TCP Connections reached, you may want to adjust max_tcp_connections") | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | plugins/outputs/opentsdb/opentsdb_test.go | 196 | testutil.TestMetric("Lorem Ipsum", "justametric.string"), | CODE |
| LOW | …ins/inputs/influxdb_listener/influxdb_listener_test.go | 173 | TokenUsername: "John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | …ins/inputs/influxdb_listener/influxdb_listener_test.go | 204 | TokenUsername: "John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | …ins/inputs/influxdb_listener/influxdb_listener_test.go | 235 | TokenUsername: "John Doe", | CODE |
| LOW | plugins/inputs/consul/consul_test.go | 17 | Notes: "lorem ipsum", | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | …ns/inputs/webhooks/filestack/testdata/dialog_open.json | 15 | "apikey": "YOUR_API_KEY", | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | plugins/serializers/csv/README.md | 41 | ## NOTE: The output will only contain the specified tags, fields, etc. All | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/outputs/mqtt/README.md | 108 | ## NOTE: The following options will ignore the 'data_format' option and send single values | COMMENT |
| LOW | plugins/inputs/cpu/README.md | 29 | ## NOTE: The resulting 'time_active' field INCLUDES 'iowait'! | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | config/config.go | 525 | // At this point we need to check if the files under /etc/telegraf are | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | scripts/check-plugin-changes.sh | 9 | # Check if we're in a pull request | COMMENT |