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renovatebot/renovate

SlopCodeMonitor badge for renovatebot/renovate Adjusted legacy signal; badge bands: 25 / 50 / 75 (different from dashboard bands).

Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io

0.7 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for renovatebot/renovate, a TypeScript project with 22,969 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 672,640 lines of code across 3616 source files, recording 434 pattern matches distributed across 11 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 0.7 (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.

0.7
Adjusted Signal
0.7
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-30
Last Push
23.0K
Stars
TypeScript
Language
672.6K
Lines of Code
3.6K
Files
434
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 3.2/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 401 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.4/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 33 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 2.6/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 349 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 3.6/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 434 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 2HIGH 1MEDIUM 20LOW 411

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 434 distinct pattern matches across 11 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.

Hyper-Verbose Identifiers349 hits · 357 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtools/sync-org-issue-fields.ts136export function getUpdateFieldOptionsCommand(CODE
LOWtools/validate-schema.ts11async function validateFileAgainstSchema(CODE
LOWtools/validate-schema.ts22async function validateFileAgainstSchemaFromFile(CODE
LOWtools/validate-schema.ts76async function validateDataFilesAgainstSchemas(): Promise<void> {CODE
LOWtools/utils/sync-module-labels.ts107export function formatCreateLabelCommands(CODE
LOWtools/docs/schema.ts273function createSchemaForParentConfigs(CODE
LOWtools/docs/schema.ts352function createSchemaForChildConfigs(CODE
LOWtools/docs/manager-asdf-supported-plugins.ts11export async function generateManagerAsdfSupportedPlugins(CODE
LOWtools/docs/manager-mise-supported-plugins.ts125export async function generateManagerMiseSupportedPlugins(CODE
LOWtools/docs/github-query-items.ts174export function generateFeatureAndBugMarkdown(CODE
LOWtools/docs/config.ts284function generateCacheNamespacesList(): string {CODE
LOWtools/docs/config.ts299function generateInheritConfigSupportList(): string {CODE
LOWtools/docs/config.ts317function generateStatusCheckWhenTable(): string {CODE
LOWtools/docs/config.ts357function generateToolsForConstraints(): string {CODE
LOWtools/docs/config.ts374function generateAdditionalConstraints(): string {CODE
LOWtools/docs/config.ts389function generateToolsForInstallTools(): string {CODE
LOWtools/docs/env-vars.ts14function hardcodedProcessEnvToMarkdown(): string {CODE
LOWtools/docs/minimum-release-age.ts61export async function generateMinimumReleaseAgePage(CODE
LOWtools/docs/test/schema.spec.ts80async function getLinksToMissingHeadings(): Promise<string[]> {CODE
LOWtools/docs/test/schema.spec.ts378 function getPresetsRejectedBySchema(): string[] {CODE
LOWtools/docs/manager/github-actions/known-actions.ts26function determineDependencyToUpdate({CODE
LOWtools/docs/manager/github-actions/known-actions.ts57export async function generateManagerKnownGithubActions(CODE
LOWtest/http-mock.ts93function massageHttpMockStacktrace(err: Error): void {CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts31 async function getConfigOptionSubHeaders(CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts92 function getPostUpdateOptionsValues(): Set<string> {CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts109 function getRequiredConfigSubOptions(): string[] {CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts214 function getRequiredSelfHostedOptions(): string[] {CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts241 function getRequiredSelfHostedSubOptions(): string[] {CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts302 async function getSelfHostedExperimentalConfigHeaders(CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts324 async function getAdditionalHandlebarsHelpersHeaders(): Promise<CODE
LOWtest/docs/documentation.spec.ts355 async function getUpdateTypeSupportTable(): Promise<CODE
LOWlib/config-validator.ts39async function partiallyGlobalInitialize(): Promise<void> {CODE
LOWlib/logger/bunyan.ts87function serializedSanitizedLogger(streams: BunyanStream[]): BunyanLogger {CODE
LOW⚡lib/logger/remap.ts53export function resetGlobalLogLevelRemaps(): void {CODE
LOW⚡lib/logger/remap.ts58export function setRepositoryLogLevelRemaps(CODE
LOW⚡lib/logger/remap.ts64export function resetRepositoryLogLevelRemaps(): void {CODE
LOWlib/util/interpolator.ts17export function validateInterpolatedValues(CODE
LOWlib/util/interpolator.ts56function replaceInterpolatedValuesInString(CODE
LOWlib/util/interpolator.ts93export function replaceInterpolatedValuesInObject(CODE
LOWlib/util/sanitize.ts66export function clearRepoSanitizedSecretsList(): void {CODE
LOWlib/util/sanitize.ts70export function clearGlobalSanitizedSecretsList(): void {CODE
LOW⚡lib/util/check-token.ts65export function isGithubPersonalAccessToken(token: string): boolean {CODE
LOW⚡lib/util/check-token.ts69export function isGithubServerToServerToken(token: string): boolean {CODE
LOW⚡lib/util/check-token.ts73export function isGithubFineGrainedPersonalAccessToken(token: string): boolean {CODE
LOW⚡lib/util/check-token.ts83export function takePersonalAccessTokenIfPossible(CODE
LOWlib/util/host-rules.ts471function addUrlSecretsForSanitizing(secrets: string[]): void {CODE
LOWlib/util/host-rules.ts611export function getDetachedCredentialsHash(text: string): string | null {CODE
LOWlib/util/host-rules.ts684function fromShorterToLongerMatchHost(a: HostRule, b: HostRule): number {CODE
LOWlib/util/host-rules.ts712function fromLowerRankAndShorterMatchHost(a: HostRule, b: HostRule): number {CODE
LOWlib/util/host-rules.ts721function headersOfLastRuleToSetThem(CODE
LOWlib/util/unicode.ts15export function logWarningIfUnicodeHiddenCharactersInPackageFile(CODE
LOWlib/util/minimum-release-age.ts31export function calculateMinimumReleaseAgeMs(CODE
LOWlib/util/cache/sanitize-key.ts48function addDetachedCredentialsHashes(key: string): string {CODE
LOWlib/util/cache/repository/impl/s3.spec.ts23function createGetObjectCommandInput(CODE
LOWlib/util/cache/repository/impl/s3.spec.ts35function createPutObjectCommandInput(CODE
LOWlib/util/http/rate-limits.ts71export function getConcurrentRequestsLimit(url: string): number | null {CODE
LOWlib/util/http/host-guard.ts430function stripCrossOriginCredentials(CODE
LOWlib/util/exec/types.ts137export function isAdditionalConstraintName(CODE
LOWlib/util/vulnerability/utils.ts19export function getFixedVersionConstraint(CODE
LOWlib/util/vulnerability/utils.ts37export function getLastAffectedVersionConstraint(CODE
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Self-Referential Comments15 hits · 42 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMtools/find-issues-with-missing-labels.sh29 # Create a list of issue numbers with authorsCOMMENT
MEDIUMtools/find-issues-with-missing-labels.sh51 # Create a list of issue numbers with authorsCOMMENT
MEDIUM…dules/manager/terraform/__fixtures__/rangeStrategy.hcl1# This file is maintained automatically by "terraform init".COMMENT
MEDIUM…/__fixtures__/flux-system-invalid/gotk-components.yaml1# This file is missing the required Flux Version headerCOMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/pip-compile/artifacts.spec.ts42# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11COMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/pip-compile/artifacts.spec.ts416 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compileCOMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/pip-compile/artifacts.spec.ts457 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compileCOMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/pip-compile/common.spec.ts20# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11COMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/pip-compile/common.ts267 /^(?:#.*?\r?\n)*# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python (?<pythonVersion>\d+(?:\.\d+)*)\s/,CODE
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/pip-compile/extract.spec.ts25 # This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.11COMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/poetry/utils.spec.ts9 '# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.4.2 and should not be changed by hand.\n',CODE
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/poetry/extract.spec.ts564 '# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.\n',CODE
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/util.spec.ts45 #This file is generated by updateDaemonJvmCOMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/gradle-wrapper/util.spec.ts69 #This file is generated by updateDaemonJvmCOMMENT
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/github-actions/artifacts.spec.ts21# This file is machine-generated by \`gh actions-lock\`.COMMENT
Fake / Example Data30 hits · 34 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWdocs/usage/configuration-options.md2030 "gitIgnoredAuthors": ["some-bot@example.org"]CODE
LOW⚡lib/proxy.spec.ts65 vi.stubEnv('HTTP_PROXY', 'http://user:s3cr3t@example.org');CODE
LOW⚡lib/proxy.spec.ts71 vi.stubEnv('HTTPS_PROXY', 'http://user:s3cr3t@example.org');CODE
LOW⚡lib/proxy.spec.ts77 vi.stubEnv('HTTP_PROXY', 'http://user@example.org');CODE
LOW⚡lib/proxy.spec.ts83 vi.stubEnv('HTTP_PROXY', 'http://:s3cr3t@example.org');CODE
LOWlib/util/common.spec.ts11 "name": "John Doe",CODE
LOWlib/util/common.spec.ts37 "name": "John Doe",CODE
LOWlib/util/common.spec.ts133 name: 'John Doe',CODE
LOWlib/util/common.spec.ts191 name: 'John Doe',CODE
LOWlib/util/url.spec.ts333 ${'user@example.com'} | ${false}CODE
LOWlib/util/schema-utils/index.spec.ts667 expect(isEmailAdress('user@example.com')).toBe(true);CODE
LOWlib/util/git/index.spec.ts1855 await fs.writeFile(`${base.path}/test`, 'lorem ipsum');CODE
LOWlib/util/git/index.spec.ts1889 await fs.writeFile(`${base.path}/test`, 'lorem ipsum');CODE
LOWlib/workers/repository/update/pr/labels.spec.ts91 'Torem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed fringilla erat eu lectus gravida varius. Maecenas CODE
LOWlib/workers/repository/update/pr/labels.spec.ts98 'Torem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing', // len: 50CODE
LOWlib/workers/repository/update/pr/labels.spec.ts111 'Torem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed fringilla erat eu lectus gravida varius. MaecenaCODE
LOWlib/workers/repository/update/pr/labels.spec.ts119 'Torem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing', // len: 50CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/utils/pr-body.spec.ts81 const body = smartTruncate('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet', 10);CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/utils/pr-body.spec.ts81 const body = smartTruncate('Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet', 10);CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/gitea/schema.spec.ts58 email: 'user@example.com',CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/gitea/schema.spec.ts61 expect(user.email).toBe('user@example.com');CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.spec.ts60 email: 'admin@example.com',CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.spec.ts118 body: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/gitea/gitea-helper.spec.ts118 body: 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/scm-manager/utils.spec.ts95 contact: 'test@test.com',CODE
LOWlib/modules/platform/scm-manager/index.spec.ts26 contact: 'test@test.com',CODE
LOW…odules/platform/scm-manager/scm-manager-helper.spec.ts25 contact: 'test@test.com',CODE
LOW⚡lib/modules/platform/bitbucket-server/index.spec.ts1087 q.filter === 'test@test.com' &&CODE
LOW⚡lib/modules/platform/bitbucket-server/index.spec.ts1097 emailAddress: 'test@test.com',CODE
LOW⚡lib/modules/platform/bitbucket-server/index.spec.ts1102 bitbucket.addReviewers(5, ['name', 'userName2', 'test@test.com']),CODE
Over-Commented Block21 hits · 21 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtools/mkdocs/mkdocs.yml141# ExtensionsCOMMENT
LOW.github/pull-request-size.yml1# Configuration for PR Size LabelerCOMMENT
LOWlib/util/exec/docker/index.spec.ts381 // })COMMENT
LOWlib/util/exec/docker/index.ts241 // It also left `$` and backticks live in the outer context, which silentlyCOMMENT
LOWlib/util/git/private-key.ts121COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/datasource/jsr/common.ts1export const defaultRegistryUrls = [COMMENT
LOW…ource/golang-version/__fixtures__/releases-invalid3.go1// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/platform/codecommit/codecommit-client.ts121// repositoryName: string,COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/platform/codecommit/index.ts461 // }COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/platform/codecommit/index.ts481 // );COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/platform/codecommit/index.ts501 // const response = await client.updatePrStatus(COMMENT
LOW…/modules/manager/bazel-module/parser/extension-tags.ts1import { query as q } from '@renovatebot/good-enough-parser';COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/manager/cargo/__fixtures__/Cargo.1.toml61[dev-dependencies]COMMENT
LOW…pile/__fixtures__/requirementsWithUnknownArguments.txt1#COMMENT
LOW…pip-compile/__fixtures__/requirementsCustomCommand.txt1#COMMENT
LOW…e/__fixtures__/requirementsWithExploitingArguments.txt1#COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/manager/kustomize/extract.spec.ts1061 name: 'arbitrary ssh host with double-slash path delimiter',COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/versioning/rez/pattern.ts1// Regular Expressions have been copied from, some more work were necessary to make it work:COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/versioning/rez/pattern.ts21// " ^(?P<lower_bound>"COMMENT
LOWlib/modules/versioning/rez/pattern.ts41// " (?P<range_upper_asc_prefix><(?={version_group})|<=)" # <= only if followed by a version groupCOMMENT
LOWlib/modules/versioning/maven/compare.ts521 //COMMENT
Hallucination Indicators2 hits · 20 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
CRITICALlib/workers/global/index.spec.ts278 const denialWarnings = logger.logger.warn.mock.calls.filter(CODE
CRITICALlib/workers/global/initialize.spec.ts184 const denialWarnings = logger.logger.warn.mock.calls.filter(CODE
Slop Phrases5 hits · 7 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM…workers/repository/process/lookup/__fixtures__/01.json1{"_id":"q","_rev":"630-d7fce0e6c70f098394f2354b47a5d56a","name":"q","description":"A library for promises (CommonJS/PromCODE
MEDIUM…rkers/repository/process/lookup/__fixtures__/next.json1{"_id":"next","_rev":"268-a36e4644c508821b322a115415ac0a22","name":"next","dist-tags":{"latest":"4.2.3","beta":"4.0.0-beCODE
LOW…rkers/repository/process/lookup/__fixtures__/next.json1{"_id":"next","_rev":"268-a36e4644c508821b322a115415ac0a22","name":"next","dist-tags":{"latest":"4.2.3","beta":"4.0.0-beCODE
LOW…sitory/process/lookup/__fixtures__/vue-test-utils.json1{"_id":"vue-test-utils","_rev":"22-66ccf0fa49e20a73a70fbe8379efde72","name":"vue-test-utils","description":"Utilities foCODE
LOW…orkers/repository/process/lookup/__fixtures__/vue.json1{"_id":"vue","_rev":"638-dc9984a3a413fdba4589a021d11f2548","name":"vue","description":"Reactive, component-oriented viewCODE
Overly Generic Function Names6 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWlib/logger/once.spec.ts63 function doSomething() {CODE
LOWlib/logger/once.spec.ts77 function doSomething() {CODE
LOWlib/logger/once.spec.ts92 function doSomething() {CODE
LOWlib/logger/once.spec.ts109 function doSomething(s: string) {CODE
LOWlib/logger/once.spec.ts127 function doSomething() {CODE
LOWlib/logger/once.spec.ts149 function doSomething() {CODE
AI Slop Vocabulary2 hits · 5 pts
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MEDIUMlib/modules/datasource/repology/__fixtures__/nginx.json1[{"repo":"parabola","subrepo":"extra","srcname":"nginx","binname":"nginx","visiblename":"nginx","version":"1.18.0","liceCODE
MEDIUMlib/modules/manager/gleam/extract.ts14// this allows us to leverage renovate built-in configurations and presetsCOMMENT
Cross-Language Confusion (JS/TS)1 hit · 5 pts
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HIGHlib/modules/manager/pep723/utils.spec.ts131 print("requires-python>=3.11")CODE
Structural Annotation Overuse2 hits · 3 pts
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LOWdocs/usage/mend-hosted/github-com-token.md29### Step 1: Acquire a github.com tokenCOMMENT
LOWdocs/usage/mend-hosted/github-com-token.md43### Step 2: Add the token to the Org/Repo credentialsCOMMENT
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary1 hit · 2 pts
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MEDIUM…orkers/repository/process/lookup/__fixtures__/vue.json1{"_id":"vue","_rev":"638-dc9984a3a413fdba4589a021d11f2548","name":"vue","description":"Reactive, component-oriented viewCODE