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stakater/Reloader

A Kubernetes controller to watch changes in ConfigMap and Secrets and do rolling upgrades on Pods with their associated Deployment, StatefulSet, DaemonSet and DeploymentConfig – [✩Star] if you're using it!

4.9 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Maintenance and Governance Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for stakater/Reloader, a Go project with 10,475 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 36,706 lines of code across 166 source files, recording 71 pattern matches distributed across 4 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 4.9 (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.

4.9
Adjusted Signal
4.9
Raw Pattern Score
100%
Time Factor
2026-10-02
Last Push
10.5K
Stars
Go
Language
36.7K
Lines of Code
166
Files
71
Pattern Hits
2026-10-12
Scan Date
0.00
HC Hit Rate

Risk Review · v3

Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.

Cognitive Ownership Risk 5.7/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 33 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.0/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 0 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 16.8/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 38 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 18.6/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 71 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 0MEDIUM 40LOW 31

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 71 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.

Decorative Section Separators38 hits · 135 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh15# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh17# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh25# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh27# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh63# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh65# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh91# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh93# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh131# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh133# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh159# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh161# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh198# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh200# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh249# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh251# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh14# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh16# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh32# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh34# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh87# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh89# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh129# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh131# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh172# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh174# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh217# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUM⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh219# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh310# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh312# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/release.sh88# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/release.sh90# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/release.sh110# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/release.sh112# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/release.sh165# =============================================================================COMMENT
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MEDIUMscripts/release.sh186# =============================================================================COMMENT
MEDIUMscripts/release.sh188# =============================================================================COMMENT
Over-Commented Block26 hits · 26 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOWtest/e2e/utils/workload_adapter.go61 // Create creates the workload with the given config.COMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/utils/workload_adapter.go81COMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/utils/annotations.go1package utilsCOMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/utils/annotations.go21 AnnotationSecretReload = "secret.reloader.stakater.com/reload"COMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/utils/annotations.go41 // Value: "true" or "false"COMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/utils/annotations.go61 // Value: comma-separated list of SecretProviderClass namesCOMMENT
LOWtest/e2e/utils/annotations.go81 // AnnotationIgnore prevents Reloader from triggering reloads for this resource.COMMENT
LOWinternal/pkg/options/flags.go21 // ConfigmapUpdateOnChangeAnnotation is an annotation to detect changes inCOMMENT
LOWinternal/pkg/options/flags.go41 ConfigmapExcludeReloaderAnnotation = "configmaps.exclude.reloader.stakater.com/reload"COMMENT
LOWinternal/pkg/options/flags.go81 // LeaderElectionRetryPeriod is the duration clients wait between attemptingCOMMENT
LOWscripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWscripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh1#!/bin/bashCOMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml81 dnsConfig: {}COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml121 type: RuntimeDefaultCOMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml141 # Example:COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml161 secret:COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml181 # failureThreshold: 5COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml221 # For IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack support.COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml241 # custom_annotations:COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml261 ## Of type: https://github.com/coreos/prometheus-operator/blob/master/Documentation/api.md#tlsconfigCOMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml281 ## [Metric Relabeling](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#metric_relabel_confCOMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml301 # Set the namespace the podMonitor should be deployedCOMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml321COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml341 # separator: ;COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml361 # matchLabels:COMMENT
LOWdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml381 maxAllowed: {}COMMENT
Redundant / Tautological Comments5 hits · 11 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
LOW⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh138 # Check if Vault is installedCOMMENT
LOW⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-cleanup.sh205 # Check if Argo Rollouts is installedCOMMENT
LOW⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh136 # Check if already installedCOMMENT
LOW⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh179 # Check if already installedCOMMENT
LOW⚡scripts/e2e-cluster-setup.sh224 # Check if already installedCOMMENT
Self-Referential Comments2 hits · 6 pts
SeverityFileLineSnippetContext
MEDIUMdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml380 # Define the max allowed resources for the podCOMMENT
MEDIUMdeployments/kubernetes/chart/reloader/values.yaml384 # Define the min allowed resources for the podCOMMENT