Repository Analysis

lcobucci/jwt

A simple library to work with JSON Web Token and JSON Web Signature

19.6 Moderate AI signal View on GitHub

Analysis Overview

This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of lcobucci/jwt, a PHP project with 7,480 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 12,122 lines of code across 167 source files, recording 229 pattern matches distributed across 2 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 19.6 places this repository in the Moderate 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).

19.6
Adjusted Score
19.6
Raw Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-07-08
Last Push
7.5K
Stars
PHP
Language
12.1K
Lines of Code
167
Files
229
Pattern Hits
2026-07-14
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

This chart maps the temporal evolution of the adjusted synthetic code score across successive scan runs. An upward trajectory indicates ongoing incorporation of AI-generated code or expanding LLM-assisted scaffolding; a stable or declining trajectory may reflect active human refactoring, code removal, or the adoption of stricter authorship policies. The dashed secondary line (right axis) independently tracks total raw pattern hit count, which can diverge from the normalised score when codebase size changes significantly between scans.

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 0LOW 229

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 229 distinct pattern matches across 2 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 Identifiers219 hits · 227 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/SodiumBase64PolyfillTest.php27 public function constantsMatchExtensionOnes(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ES512TokenTest.php67 public function builderShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsInvalid(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ES512TokenTest.php82 public function builderShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotEcdsaCompatible(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ES512TokenTest.php135 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/ES512TokenTest.php151 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenAlgorithmIsDifferent(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/ES512TokenTest.php167 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotEcdsaCompatible(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/ES512TokenTest.php180 public function signatureValidationShouldSucceedWhenKeyIsRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php70 public function builderShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsInvalid(): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php85 public function builderShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotEcdsaCompatible(): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php138 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php154 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenAlgorithmIsDifferent(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php170 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotEcdsaCompatible(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php183 public function signatureValidationShouldSucceedWhenKeyIsRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php194 public function everythingShouldWorkWithAKeyWithParams(): voidCODE
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php215 public function everythingShouldWorkWhenUsingATokenGeneratedByOtherLibs(): voidCODE
LOWtests/EddsaTokenTest.php62 public function builderShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsInvalid(): voidCODE
LOWtests/EddsaTokenTest.php115 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/EddsaTokenTest.php131 public function signatureValidationShouldSucceedWhenKeyIsRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php63 public function builderShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsInvalid(): voidCODE
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php78 public function builderShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotRsaCompatible(): voidCODE
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php126 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php139 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenAlgorithmIsDifferent(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php152 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotRsaCompatible(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php168 public function signatureValidationShouldSucceedWhenKeyIsRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php176 public function everythingShouldWorkWhenUsingATokenGeneratedByOtherLibs(): voidCODE
LOWtests/JwtFacadeTest.php105 public function issueAllowsTimeValidityOverwrite(): voidCODE
LOWtests/JwtFacadeTest.php214 public function parserForNonUnencryptedTokens(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php51 public function forAsymmetricSignerShouldConfigureSignerAndBothKeys(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php64 public function forSymmetricSignerShouldConfigureSignerAndBothKeys(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php75 public function builderShouldCreateABuilderWithDefaultEncoderAndClaimFactory(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php89 public function builderShouldCreateABuilderWithCustomizedEncoderAndClaimFactory(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php103 public function builderShouldUseBuilderFactoryWhenThatIsConfigured(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php121 public function parserShouldReturnAParserWithDefaultDecoder(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php133 public function parserShouldReturnAParserWithCustomizedDecoder(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php146 public function parserShouldNotCreateAnInstanceIfItWasConfigured(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php159 public function validatorShouldReturnTheDefaultWhenItWasNotConfigured(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php171 public function validatorShouldReturnTheConfiguredValidator(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php184 public function validationConstraintsShouldReturnAnEmptyArrayWhenItWasNotConfigured(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php195 public function validationConstraintsShouldReturnTheConfiguredValidator(): voidCODE
LOWtests/ConfigurationTest.php208 public function customClaimFormatterCanBeUsed(): voidCODE
LOWtests/HmacTokenTest.php99 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenKeyIsNotRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/HmacTokenTest.php115 public function signatureAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenAlgorithmIsDifferent(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/HmacTokenTest.php128 public function signatureValidationShouldSucceedWhenKeyIsRight(Token $token): voidCODE
LOWtests/HmacTokenTest.php136 public function everythingShouldWorkWhenUsingATokenGeneratedByOtherLibs(): voidCODE
LOWtests/HmacTokenTest.php155 public function signatureValidationWithLocalFileKeyReferenceWillOperateWithKeyContents(): voidCODE
LOWtests/TimeFractionPrecisionTest.php32 public function timeFractionsPrecisionsAreRespected(string $timeFraction): voidCODE
LOWtests/TimeFractionPrecisionTest.php55 public static function datesWithPotentialRoundingIssues(): iterableCODE
LOWtests/TimeFractionPrecisionTest.php65 public function typeConversionDoesNotCauseParsingErrors(float|int|string $issuedAt, string $timeFraction): voidCODE
LOWtests/MaliciousTamperingPreventionTest.php68 public function preventRegressionsThatAllowsMaliciousTampering(): voidCODE
LOWtests/UnsignedTokenTest.php97 public function tokenValidationShouldPassWhenEverythingIsFine(Token $generated): voidCODE
LOWtests/UnsignedTokenTest.php113 public function tokenValidationShouldAllowCustomConstraint(Token $generated): voidCODE
LOWtests/UnsignedTokenTest.php120 public function tokenAssertionShouldRaiseExceptionWhenOneOfTheConstraintsFails(Token $generated): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php42 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenTokenDoesNotHaveThreeParts(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php55 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenTokenDoesNotHaveHeaders(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php68 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenTokenDoesNotHaveClaims(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php81 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenTokenDoesNotHaveSignature(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php94 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenHeaderCannotBeDecoded(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php117 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenDealingWithNonArrayHeaders(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php132 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenDealingWithHeadersThatHaveEmptyStringKeys(): voidCODE
LOWtests/Token/ParserTest.php147 public function parseMustRaiseExceptionWhenHeaderIsFromAnEncryptedToken(): voidCODE
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Over-Commented Block10 hits · 10 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtests/ES512TokenTest.php21use Lcobucci\JWT\Validation\RequiredConstraintsViolated;COMMENT
LOWtests/EcdsaTokenTest.php41#[PHPUnit\CoversClass(InMemory::class)]COMMENT
LOWtests/EddsaTokenTest.php21use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes as PHPUnit;COMMENT
LOWtests/RsaTokenTest.php21use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;COMMENT
LOWtests/JwtFacadeTest.php21use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;COMMENT
LOWtests/HmacTokenTest.php41#[PHPUnit\CoversClass(InMemory::class)]COMMENT
LOWtests/MaliciousTamperingPreventionTest.php21use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;COMMENT
LOWtests/UnsignedTokenTest.php21use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes as PHPUnit;COMMENT
LOWtests/Validation/Constraint/SignedWithUntilDateTest.php21use Lcobucci\JWT\Validation\Constraint\SignedWith;COMMENT
LOWtests/Validation/Constraint/SignedWithOneInSetTest.php21use Lcobucci\JWT\Validation\Constraint\SignedWith;COMMENT