AI Slop Code Risk Monitor

kubernetes-sigs/kustomize

SlopCodeMonitor badge for kubernetes-sigs/kustomize Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

Customization of kubernetes YAML configurations

2.1 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for kubernetes-sigs/kustomize, a Go project with 12,190 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 215,505 lines of code across 1312 source files, recording 404 pattern matches distributed across 9 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.1 (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.

2.1
Adjusted Signal
2.1
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-18
Last Push
12.2K
Stars
Go
Language
215.5K
Lines of Code
1.3K
Files
404
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 6.3/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 257 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 3.6/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 146 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.1/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 1 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 9.3/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 404 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 0HIGH 1MEDIUM 6LOW 397

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 404 distinct pattern matches across 9 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 Block242 hits · 242 pts
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LOW…/commands/internal/k8sgen/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go41// <digit> ::= 0 | 1 | ... | 9COMMENT
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LOW…ternal/commands/e2e/e2econtainersimplegenerator/doc.go1// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOW…/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerenvgenerator/doc.go1// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOW…config/internal/commands/e2e/e2econtainerconfig/doc.go1// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWcmd/mdtogo/main.go1// Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWcmd/mdtogo/main.go21//COMMENT
LOW…flationgenerator/testdata/charts/test-chart/Chart.yaml1apiVersion: v2COMMENT
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LOWhack/install_kpt.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWhack/shellHelpers.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWhack/install_kustomize.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWhack/ensure-golangci-lint.sh1#!/usr/bin/env bashCOMMENT
LOWhack/whatApi.sh1# Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWhack/buildExternalGoPlugins.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWexamples/integration_tests.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWexamples/integration_tests.sh21# It uses kustomized configurations in a live cluster,COMMENT
LOWexamples/ldap/integration_test.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/doc.go1// Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/fsslice/example_test.go41 Inputs: []kio.Reader{in},COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/fsslice/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/patchjson6902/example_test.go41 }COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/patchjson6902/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/valueadd/valueadd.go21//COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/valueadd/valueadd.go41//COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/valueadd/valueadd.go61COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/valueadd/valueadd.go81 // {empty} : PEACH : irrelevantCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/prefix/example_test.go41 // name: baz-instanceCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/prefix/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/fieldspec/fieldspec.go21// If the object matches the FieldSpec, and the node foundCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/fieldspec/example_test.go41 Outputs: []kio.Writer{kio.ByteWriter{Writer: os.Stdout}},COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/fieldspec/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/labels/example_test.go41 // Output:COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/labels/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/imagetag/example_test.go61 // - name: FooBarCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/imagetag/example_test.go101 }},COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/imagetag/example_test.go121 // name: instanceCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/imagetag/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/namespace/example_test.go41 // metadata:COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/namespace/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/namespace/namespace.go101 SetValue: ns.fieldSetter(),COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/suffix/example_test.go41 // name: instance-bazCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/suffix/doc.go1// Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/replacement/example_test.go61 // ---COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/replacement/doc.go1// Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/annotations/example_test.go41 }COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/annotations/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/nameref/nameref.go21type Filter struct {COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/nameref/doc.go1// Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/patchstrategicmerge/example_test.go41 // kind: FooCOMMENT
LOWapi/filters/patchstrategicmerge/doc.go1// Copyright 2020 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/refvar/doc.go1// Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/refvar/expand.go21 sb.WriteByte(operator)COMMENT
LOWapi/filters/refvar/expand.go41// If the key is found in the map, the value is returned if it is a primitiveCOMMENT
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Fake / Example Data146 hits · 160 pts
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Self-Referential Comments3 hits · 14 pts
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MEDIUM⚡kustomize/commands/create/create.go43 # Create a new overlay from the base '../base".COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡kustomize/commands/create/create.go46 # Create a new kustomization detecting resources in the current directory.COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡kustomize/commands/create/create.go49 # Create a new kustomization with multiple resources and fields set.COMMENT
TODO Padding6 hits · 9 pts
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LOW…gin/builtin/valueaddtransformer/ValueAddTransformer.go42 // TODO: implement this?COMMENT
LOW…gin/builtin/valueaddtransformer/ValueAddTransformer.go97// TODO: implementCOMMENT
LOWapi/internal/builtins/ValueAddTransformer.go39 // TODO: implement this?COMMENT
LOWapi/internal/builtins/ValueAddTransformer.go92// TODO: implementCOMMENT
LOWkustomize/commands/edit/add/addtransformer.go43 // TODO: Add validation for the format of the transformer.COMMENT
LOWkustomize/commands/edit/add/addgenerator.go43 // TODO: Add validation for the format of the generator.COMMENT
AI Response Leakage1 hit · 8 pts
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HIGHexamples/validatorPlugin.md35# Do whatever you want here. In this example weCOMMENT
AI Slop Vocabulary2 hits · 6 pts
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MEDIUM…/internal/accumulator/namereferencetransformer_test.go907 // getNameFunc implementation in order to leverageCOMMENT
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Decorative Section Separators1 hit · 3 pts
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MEDIUMexamples/ldap/integration_test.sh16# ----------------------------------------------------COMMENT
Redundant / Tautological Comments2 hits · 3 pts
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LOW…ataset1-expected/mysql/mysql-statefulset.resource.yaml126 # Check if we need to complete a clone by starting replication.COMMENT
LOW…t1-remoteupdates/mysql/mysql-statefulset.resource.yaml126 # Check if we need to complete a clone by starting replication.COMMENT
Example Usage Blocks1 hit · 2 pts
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