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This report summarizes scanner evidence for mobxjs/mobx, a TypeScript project with 28,220 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 147,630 lines of code across 315 source files, recording 116 pattern matches distributed across 4 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.8 (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? 114 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 2 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 89 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 116 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 116 distinct pattern matches across 4 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 | docs/reactions.md | 340 | function createSomeDisposableResource() {} | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 13926 | function collectClosureIdentsAndTraverse(node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 13936 | function collectBlockIdentsAndTraverse(node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 13946 | function visitLocalClosureIdentifiers(node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 132 | function createSourceCodeErrorMessage(code, e) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 3311 | function scanUnicodeCodePointEscape() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 4527 | function markerCreatePreserveWhitespace() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 5953 | function parsePropertyMethodFunction(options) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 6232 | function parseObjectSpreadProperty() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 6511 | function parseSpreadOrAssignmentExpression() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 6564 | function parseLeftHandSideExpressionAllowCall() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 6617 | function parseLeftHandSideExpression() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 6919 | function parseConditionalExpression() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 6953 | function reinterpretAsAssignmentBindingPattern(expr) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7004 | function reinterpretAsDestructuredParameter(options, expr) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7047 | function reinterpretAsCoverFormalsList(expressions) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7112 | function parseArrowFunctionExpression(options, marker) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7148 | function parseAssignmentExpression() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7355 | function parseTypeParameterDeclaration() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7374 | function parseTypeParameterInstantiation() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7462 | function parseObjectTypeCallProperty(marker, isStatic) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7883 | function parseTypeAnnotatableIdentifier( | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 7953 | function parseVariableDeclarationList(kind) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 8017 | function parseExportBatchSpecifier() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 8244 | function parseImportDefaultSpecifier() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 8254 | function parseImportNamespaceSpecifier() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 8447 | function parseForVariableDeclaration() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 9001 | function parseFunctionSourceElements() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 10445 | function parseJSXExpressionContainer() { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 13215 | function compareByOriginalPositions( | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 13260 | function compareByGeneratedPositions( | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 13980 | function visitLocalBlockIdentifiers(node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 14349 | function getNextSyntacticCharOffset(char, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 14586 | function getLexicalBindingMetadata(identName, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 14669 | function enqueueNodeWithStartIndex(queue, node) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 14739 | function injectTempVarDeclarations(state, index) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 15235 | function visitClassFunctionExpression(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 15687 | function visitSuperMemberExpression(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 15799 | function getDestructuredComponents(node, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 15888 | function visitStructuredAssignment(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 15966 | function visitFunctionBodyForStructuredParameter(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 15982 | function renderDestructuredComponents(funcNode, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16129 | function visitObjectLiteralShortNotation(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16197 | function visitFunctionParamsWithRestParam(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16254 | function visitFunctionBodyWithRestParam(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16366 | function visitTaggedTemplateExpression(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16861 | function visitInterfaceDeclaration(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16884 | function visitFunctionParametricAnnotation(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16898 | function visitFunctionReturnAnnotation(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16907 | function visitOptionalFunctionParameterAnnotation(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16921 | function visitTypeAnnotatedIdentifier(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 16930 | function visitTypeAnnotatedObjectOrArrayPattern(traverse, node, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 17081 | function renderJSXExpressionContainer(traverse, object, isLast, path, state) { | CODE |
| LOW | …/assets/getting-started-assets/javascripts/mobx.umd.js | 197 | function throwingComputedValueSetter() { | CODE |
| LOW | …/assets/getting-started-assets/javascripts/mobx.umd.js | 555 | function observeObservableProperty( | CODE |
| LOW | …/assets/getting-started-assets/javascripts/mobx.umd.js | 799 | function checkIfStateModificationsAreAllowed() { | CODE |
| LOW | …/assets/getting-started-assets/javascripts/mobx.umd.js | 1081 | function getValueModeFromModifierFunc(func) { | CODE |
| LOW | …/assets/getting-started-assets/javascripts/mobx.umd.js | 1724 | function setObservableObjectProperty(adm, propName, value) { | CODE |
| LOW | …/assets/getting-started-assets/javascripts/mobx.umd.js | 1933 | function assertPropertyConfigurable(object, prop) { | CODE |
| LOW | …tarted-assets/javascripts/codemirror/lib/codemirror.js | 2134 | function conflictingCollapsedRange(doc, lineNo, from, to, marker) { | CODE |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | docs/custom-observables.md | 41 | // - Callback for when this atom transitions from observed to unobserved. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 2261 | // following conditions: | COMMENT |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 11501 | // length quantities we use in the source map spec, the first bit is the sign, | COMMENT |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 11661 | * @param aNeedle The element being searched for. | COMMENT |
| LOW | …s/getting-started-assets/javascripts/JSXTransformer.js | 11861 | // are lazily instantiated, accessed via the `_generatedMappings` and | COMMENT |
| LOW | …tarted-assets/javascripts/codemirror/lib/codemirror.js | 481 | // One-char codes used for character types: | COMMENT |
| LOW | …tarted-assets/javascripts/codemirror/lib/codemirror.js | 3701 | lineObj = getLine(cm.doc, pos.line) | COMMENT |
| LOW | …tarted-assets/javascripts/codemirror/lib/codemirror.js | 6241 | // the scroll effect that the first few mouse wheel events have, | COMMENT |
| LOW | …tarted-assets/javascripts/codemirror/lib/codemirror.js | 8021 | ) | COMMENT |
| LOW | …mobx-react/__tests__/utils/killFinalizationRegistry.ts | 1 | // We want to be able to test reaction cleanup code that based on FinalizationRegistry & timers on the same run | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx-react/src/observerClass.ts | 121 | // Happens with `<Suspend>` see #3492 | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx/__tests__/base/strict-mode.js | 121 | mobx.configure({ enforceActions: "observed" }) | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx/src/types/observablemap.ts | 381 | replace(values: IObservableMapInitialValues<K, V>): ObservableMap<K, V> { | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx/src/core/observable.ts | 41 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | packages/mobx/src/core/observable.ts | 201 | queueForUnobservation(observable) | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx-react-lite/__tests__/observer.test.tsx | 781 | const element = React.createElement(ObserverTestComponent, { a: 1 }) | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx-react-lite/__tests__/observer.test.tsx | 801 | // return <span>{data.x}</span> | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx-react-lite/__tests__/observer.test.tsx | 821 | // }) | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx-react-lite/__tests__/observer.test.tsx | 841 | // inc = () => this.counter++ | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx-react-lite/__tests__/observer.test.tsx | 861 | // }) | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/__tests__/strictAndConcurrentModeUsingTimers.test.tsx | 61 | }) | COMMENT |
| LOW | …/__tests__/strictAndConcurrentModeUsingTimers.test.tsx | 121 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | …react-lite/__tests__/utils/killFinalizationRegistry.ts | 1 | // We want to be able to test reaction cleanup code that based on FinalizationRegistry & timers on the same run | COMMENT |
| LOW | packages/mobx-react-lite/src/useObserver.ts | 21 | } | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL | …getting-started-assets/javascripts/jquery-2.1.4.min.js | 3752 | n.each(n.expr.match.bool.source.match(/\w+/g), function(a, b) { | CODE |
| CRITICAL | …tarted-assets/javascripts/codemirror/lib/codemirror.js | 12669 | return this.cm.display.wrapper.ownerDocument.getSelection() | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | packages/mobx-react/__tests__/finalizationRegistry.tsx | 16 | // There is no profound reason why that's the case, if you know a simpler or more robust setup | COMMENT |