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open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo

SlopCodeMonitor badge for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).
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Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo. SynthScan examined 102,721 lines of code across 420 source files, recording 174 pattern matches distributed across 14 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.0 (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.

2.0
Adjusted Signal
2.0
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
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Last Push
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Stars
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Language
102.7K
Lines of Code
420
Files
174
Pattern Hits
2026-10-31
Scan Date
0.01
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 7.2/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 140 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.5/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 4 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 4.5/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 89 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 9.8/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 174 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 3MEDIUM 12LOW 159

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 174 distinct pattern matches across 14 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 Block64 hits · 64 pts
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LOWcompose.yaml1# Copyright The OpenTelemetry AuthorsCOMMENT
LOW.markdownlint.yaml1# Copyright The OpenTelemetry AuthorsCOMMENT
LOWcompose.extras.yaml1# Copyright The OpenTelemetry AuthorsCOMMENT
LOWcompose.extras.yaml21# otel-collector:COMMENT
LOWcompose.agent.yaml1# Copyright The OpenTelemetry AuthorsCOMMENT
LOWsrc/load-generator/requirements.txt921 # opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-proto-grpcCOMMENT
LOWsrc/load-generator/requirements.txt981 # -r requirements.inCOMMENT
LOWsrc/ad/src/main/java/oteldemo/AdService.java61 private HealthStatusManager healthMgr;COMMENT
LOWsrc/chatbot/requirements.txt1#COMMENT
LOWsrc/chatbot/requirements.txt741 # gradioCOMMENT
LOWsrc/chatbot/requirements.txt801 # -r requirements.inCOMMENT
LOWsrc/chatbot/requirements.txt1341 # httpcore2COMMENT
LOWsrc/telemetry-docs/templates/markdown/weaver.yaml1# Copyright The OpenTelemetry AuthorsCOMMENT
LOWsrc/grafana/grafana.ini201;reporting_enabled = trueCOMMENT
LOWsrc/grafana/grafana.ini601COMMENT
LOWsrc/grafana/grafana.ini941#################################### Distributed tracing ############COMMENT
LOWsrc/grafana/grafana.ini1041# max_connections to Grafana Live WebSocket endpoint per Grafana server instance. See Grafana Live docsCOMMENT
LOWsrc/grafana/grafana.ini1061[plugin.grafana-image-renderer]COMMENT
LOWsrc/grafana/grafana.ini1081# For the verbose information to be included in the Grafana server log you have to adjust the rendering log level to debCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt201 # py-key-value-aioCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt1921 # viaCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt1941 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgiCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt1961 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-openaiCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2001 # via traceloop-sdkCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2021 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-haystackCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2041 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemyCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2221opentelemetry-proto==1.45.1 \COMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2241 # viaCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2261 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-llamaindexCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2281 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-voyageaiCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2301 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-lancedbCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt2621 # openfeature-provider-flagdCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt3041 # -r requirements.inCOMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt3301 # httpx2COMMENT
LOWsrc/agent/requirements.txt3321 # py-key-value-aioCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt181 # via aiohttpCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1341 --hash=sha256:fd24c4425fdb8e822601335602375c6d0cb020f7a368e1d5842eb7925a9c8748COMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1361 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-alephalphaCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1381 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-openaiCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1421 # via traceloop-sdkCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1441 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-lancedbCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1461 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-togetherCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1641 # opentelemetry-exporter-otlp-commonCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1661 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-haystackCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1681 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-sqlalchemyCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1701 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-cohereCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt1721 # opentelemetry-instrumentation-togetherCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt2021py-key-value-aio==0.4.6 \COMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt2301 --hash=sha256:2a0d60c172f83ac6ab31e4554906c0f3b3588d37b5cb939b1c061f4907e278e0 \COMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt2481 # traceloop-sdkCOMMENT
LOWsrc/mcp/requirements.txt2501 # langchain-protocolCOMMENT
LOWsrc/flagd-ui/priv/static/robots.txt1# See https://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html for documentation on how to use the robots.txt fileCOMMENT
LOWsrc/flagd-ui/assets/js/app.js21window.addEventListener("phx:page-loading-stop", _info => topbar.hide())COMMENT
LOWsrc/checkout/genproto/oteldemo/demo.pb.go1// Copyright 2020 Google LLCCOMMENT
LOWsrc/checkout/genproto/oteldemo/demo_grpc.pb.go1// Copyright 2020 Google LLCCOMMENT
LOWsrc/product-catalog/genproto/oteldemo/demo.pb.go1// Copyright 2020 Google LLCCOMMENT
LOWsrc/product-catalog/genproto/oteldemo/demo_grpc.pb.go1// Copyright 2020 Google LLCCOMMENT
LOWsrc/otel-collector/otelcol-config.yml221 #COMMENT
LOWsrc/otel-collector/otelcol-config-observability.yml1# Copyright The OpenTelemetry AuthorsCOMMENT
LOWsrc/otel-collector/otelcol-config-extras.yml1# Copyright The OpenTelemetry AuthorsCOMMENT
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Hyper-Verbose Identifiers59 hits · 54 pts
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LOWtest/telemetry/conftest.py122def _prometheus_service_count():CODE
LOWtest/telemetry/conftest.py145def _opensearch_service_log_count(service):CODE
LOWtest/telemetry/conftest.py161def _opensearch_service_log_counts(services):CODE
LOWtest/telemetry/conftest.py280def _run_agentic_warmup_probe():CODE
LOWtest/telemetry/test_agentic.py32def test_agent_has_workflow_span(jaeger_url):CODE
LOWsrc/load-generator/locustfile.py272 async def open_cart_page_and_change_currency(self, page: PageWithRetry):CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts437function createBaseEmptyCartRequest(): EmptyCartRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts724function createBaseListRecommendationsRequest(): ListRecommendationsRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts817function createBaseListRecommendationsResponse(): ListRecommendationsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1047function createBaseListProductsResponse(): ListProductsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1116function createBaseGetProductRequest(): GetProductRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1183function createBaseSearchProductsRequest(): SearchProductsRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1250function createBaseSearchProductsResponse(): SearchProductsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1319function createBaseGetQuoteRequest(): GetQuoteRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1406function createBaseGetQuoteResponse(): GetQuoteResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1481function createBaseShipOrderRequest(): ShipOrderRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1568function createBaseShipOrderResponse(): ShipOrderResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1887function createBaseGetSupportedCurrenciesResponse(): GetSupportedCurrenciesResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts1962function createBaseCurrencyConversionRequest(): CurrencyConversionRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts2590function createBaseSendOrderConfirmationRequest(): SendOrderConfirmationRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts2677function createBasePlaceOrderRequest(): PlaceOrderRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts2826function createBasePlaceOrderResponse(): PlaceOrderResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3292function createBaseGetFlagResponse(): GetFlagResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3359function createBaseCreateFlagRequest(): CreateFlagRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3460function createBaseCreateFlagResponse(): CreateFlagResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3527function createBaseUpdateFlagRequest(): UpdateFlagRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3612function createBaseUpdateFlagResponse(): UpdateFlagResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3664function createBaseListFlagsRequest(): ListFlagsRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3716function createBaseListFlagsResponse(): ListFlagsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3783function createBaseDeleteFlagRequest(): DeleteFlagRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/frontend/protos/demo.ts3850function createBaseDeleteFlagResponse(): DeleteFlagResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/chatbot/src/opamp.py60 def build_agent_disconnect_message(self) -> bytes:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py25def patched_deserialize_response(vcr_response, httpx_module):CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py216def _install_best_match_playback():CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts408function createBaseEmptyCartRequest(): EmptyCartRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts639function createBaseListRecommendationsRequest(): ListRecommendationsRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts715function createBaseListRecommendationsResponse(): ListRecommendationsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts914function createBaseListProductsResponse(): ListProductsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts973function createBaseGetProductRequest(): GetProductRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1030function createBaseSearchProductsRequest(): SearchProductsRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1087function createBaseSearchProductsResponse(): SearchProductsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1146function createBaseGetQuoteRequest(): GetQuoteRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1222function createBaseGetQuoteResponse(): GetQuoteResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1281function createBaseShipOrderRequest(): ShipOrderRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1357function createBaseShipOrderResponse(): ShipOrderResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1622function createBaseGetSupportedCurrenciesResponse(): GetSupportedCurrenciesResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts1685function createBaseCurrencyConversionRequest(): CurrencyConversionRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts2199function createBaseSendOrderConfirmationRequest(): SendOrderConfirmationRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts2275function createBasePlaceOrderRequest(): PlaceOrderRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts2398function createBasePlaceOrderResponse(): PlaceOrderResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts2795function createBaseGetFlagResponse(): GetFlagResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts2852function createBaseCreateFlagRequest(): CreateFlagRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts2941function createBaseCreateFlagResponse(): CreateFlagResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts2998function createBaseUpdateFlagRequest(): UpdateFlagRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts3072function createBaseUpdateFlagResponse(): UpdateFlagResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts3115function createBaseListFlagsRequest(): ListFlagsRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts3158function createBaseListFlagsResponse(): ListFlagsResponse {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts3215function createBaseDeleteFlagRequest(): DeleteFlagRequest {CODE
LOWsrc/react-native-app/protos/demo.ts3272function createBaseDeleteFlagResponse(): DeleteFlagResponse {CODE
Excessive Try-Catch Wrapping27 hits · 30 pts
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LOWtest/telemetry/conftest.py367 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWtest/telemetry/conftest.py382 except Exception as e:CODE
MEDIUMtest/telemetry/conftest.py208def _raise_for_status(resp, description):CODE
LOWsrc/load-generator/locustfile.py282 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/load-generator/locustfile.py306 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/chatbot/src/chat_interface/chat_interface.py63 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/agents.py107 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py49 except Exception:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py95 except Exception:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py116 except Exception:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py120 except Exception:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py141 except Exception:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py228 except Exception:CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py252 except Exception as e:CODE
MEDIUMsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py37def normalize_body(request):CODE
LOWsrc/agent/src/agents/mcp_client.py28 except Exception as e:CODE
MEDIUMsrc/agent/src/agents/mcp_client.py25def cleanup(self):CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py49 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py69 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py82 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py98 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py111 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py124 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py149 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py162 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py176 except Exception as e:CODE
LOWsrc/shared/tools.py214 except Exception as e:CODE
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary6 hits · 17 pts
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MEDIUMtest/telemetry/services.py46# Services that only run when compose.agent.yaml is included (make start-agentic).COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/telemetry/services.py47# Excluded from minimal/full scopes; covered by the agentic scope.COMMENT
MEDIUMtest/telemetry/services.py104# Directed edges expected in the agentic service graph:COMMENT
MEDIUM.github/workflows/run-agentic-telemetry-tests.yml22 # Human PRs: run after a reviewer approves a PR that touches agentic paths.COMMENT
MEDIUM.github/workflows/run-agentic-telemetry-tests.yml94 # agentic paths. This is the only path for non-dependabot contributors.COMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/agent/README.md233 |-- agents.py # FastAPI app and LangChain agent orchestrationCODE
Empty Error Handlers2 hits · 10 pts
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HIGHsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py49except Exception:CODE
HIGHsrc/agent/src/agents/patch_vcr.py95except Exception:CODE
Cross-Language Confusion1 hit · 8 pts
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HIGHtest/telemetry/conftest.py117 # Jaeger returns {"services": null} until the first span arrives, so coerceCOMMENT
Self-Referential Comments2 hits · 6 pts
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MEDIUMcompose.extras.yaml7# This file is intentionally empty. It is always loaded last, giving forksCOMMENT
MEDIUMsrc/otel-collector/otelcol-config-extras.yml7# This file is intentionally empty. It is always loaded last, giving forksCOMMENT
Example Usage Blocks3 hits · 4 pts
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LOWcompose.observability.yaml7# Usage:COMMENT
LOWcompose.extras.yaml10# Usage:COMMENT
LOWcompose.full.yaml7# Usage:COMMENT
Deep Nesting4 hits · 4 pts
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LOWtest/telemetry/conftest.py387CODE
LOWtest/telemetry/test_agentic.py21CODE
LOWtest/telemetry/test_traces_edges.py14CODE
LOWinternal/tools/sanitycheck.py15CODE
AI Slop Vocabulary1 hit · 3 pts
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MEDIUMtest/telemetry/conftest.py167# this robust across the full and minimal scopes while still proving eachCOMMENT
Unused Imports2 hits · 2 pts
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LOWsrc/load-generator/locustfile.py13CODE
LOWsrc/load-generator/locustfile.py38CODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments1 hit · 2 pts
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LOWsrc/email/email_server.rb65 # Check if memory leak flag is enabledCOMMENT
Modern Structural Boilerplate1 hit · 1 pts
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LOWsrc/mcp/src/mcp_server/astronomy_shop_mcp_server.py13logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)CODE
Fake / Example Data1 hit · 1 pts
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LOWsrc/shipping/src/shipping_service.rs139 street_address: "123 Main St".into(),CODE