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This report summarizes scanner evidence for tdurieux/anonymous_github, a JavaScript project with 2,290 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 85,832 lines of code across 741 source files, recording 99 pattern matches distributed across 9 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 2.4 (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? 85 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 14 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 23 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 99 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 99 distinct pattern matches across 9 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 |
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| MEDIUM⚡ | public/script/core.min.js | 9 | `}strong(e){return`<strong>${e}</strong>`}em(e){return`<em>${e}</em>`}codespan(e){return`<code>${e}</code>`}br(){return" | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/vendor.min.js | 1 | "use strict";(()=>{var hd=Object.defineProperty;var vd=(e,t)=>{for(var n in t)hd(e,n,{get:t[n],enumerable:!0})};var he=[ | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/vendor.min.js | 1 | "use strict";(()=>{var hd=Object.defineProperty;var vd=(e,t)=>{for(var n in t)hd(e,n,{get:t[n],enumerable:!0})};var he=[ | CODE |
| LOW | public/script/external/ace/worker-css.js | 1 | "no use strict";!function(e){function t(e,t){var n=e,r="";while(n){var i=t[n];if(typeof i=="string")return i+r;if(i)retu | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-html.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-html.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-slim.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/slim_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/config","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highl | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-slim.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/slim_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/config","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highl | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-coldfusion.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-coldfusion.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-rhtml.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-rhtml.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-ejs.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/css_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/lib/lang","ace/mode/text_high | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-ejs.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/css_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/lib/lang","ace/mode/text_high | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-php_laravel_blade.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-php_laravel_blade.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-handlebars.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-handlebars.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-curly.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-curly.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-nunjucks.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-nunjucks.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-django.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-django.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-velocity.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-velocity.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-visualforce.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-visualforce.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-erlang.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/erlang_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_rules" | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-php.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-php.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-luapage.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-luapage.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-liquid.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-liquid.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-twig.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-twig.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-razor.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-razor.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-soy_template.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-soy_template.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-html_ruby.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/css_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/lib/lang","ace/mode/text_high | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-html_ruby.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/css_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/lib/lang","ace/mode/text_high | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-markdown.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-markdown.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | public/script/external/ace/mode-html_elixir.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/css_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/lib/lang","ace/mode/text_high | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | public/script/external/ace/mode-html_elixir.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/css_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/lib/lang","ace/mode/text_high | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | public/script/external/ace/mode-html_elixir.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/css_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/lib/lang","ace/mode/text_high | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-smarty.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/mode-smarty.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/mode/doc_comment_highlight_rules",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/oop","ace/mode/text_highlight_r | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRITICAL⚡ | public/script/core.min.js | 1 | let defaultOptions={unicode:!(window.githubEmojis={"+1":"https://github.githubassets.com/images/icons/emoji/unicode/1f44 | CODE |
| CRITICAL⚡ | public/script/core.min.js | 9 | `}strong(e){return`<strong>${e}</strong>`}em(e){return`<em>${e}</em>`}codespan(e){return`<code>${e}</code>`}br(){return" | CODE |
| CRITICAL | public/script/external/jquery-3.4.1.min.js | 2 | !function(e,t){"use strict";"object"==typeof module&&"object"==typeof module.exports?module.exports=e.document?t(e,!0):f | CODE |
| CRITICAL | public/script/external/marked.min.js | 6 | !function(e,t){"object"==typeof exports&&"undefined"!=typeof module?t(exports):"function"==typeof define&&define.amd?def | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | public/script/pdf.min.js | 22 | !function webpackUniversalModuleDefinition(t,e){"object"==typeof exports&&"object"==typeof module?module.exports=t.pdfjs | CODE |
| LOW | public/script/external/pdf.js | 22 | !function webpackUniversalModuleDefinition(t,e){"object"==typeof exports&&"object"==typeof module?module.exports=t.pdfjs | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/anonymize-utils.ts | 308 | function hasCatastrophicBacktracking(src: string): boolean { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/anonymize-utils.ts | 591 | function runWithAnonymizationDeadline(run: () => string, timeoutMs = 1000): string { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/temporary-storage.ts | 31 | export async function startTemporaryStorageMaintenance(intervalMs = 60_000) { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/owner-notifications.ts | 159 | export async function prepareLegacyOwnerAlertMigration(): Promise<void> { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/owner-notifications.ts | 198 | export async function initializeOwnerAccessAlerts(): Promise<void> { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/transformed-cache.ts | 144 | export async function removeTransformedRepositoryCache(repoId: string) { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/AnonymizedFile.ts | 34 | function defaultMaskCandidateRegex(value: string): RegExp { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/performance-monitoring.ts | 78 | export function startPerformanceMonitoring(service: Service, workers: () => unknown = () => null) { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/anonymization-pool.ts | 103 | export function getAnonymizationPoolStats() { | CODE |
| LOW | src/core/recover-owner-credential.ts | 7 | export function createOwnerCredentialRecovery(identify = identifyGitHubToken) { | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/schedule.ts | 46 | export function repositoryMaintenanceQuery(now: Date) { | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/dailyStatsSnapshot.ts | 61 | export function mergeCurrentStatsIntoHistory( | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/dailyStatsSnapshot.ts | 86 | export async function computeAndStoreDailyStats(): Promise<void> { | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/dailyStatsSnapshot.ts | 86 | export async function computeAndStoreDailyStats(): Promise<void> { | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/service/review-consent-http.ts | 51 | export function createReviewConsentRouter( | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/service/review-completion-http.ts | 67 | export function createReviewCompletionService( | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/service/review-intent-client.ts | 149 | export function createReviewIntentConsumer(config: ReviewIntentClientConfig) { | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/routes/repository-private.ts | 437 | export function hasRepositorySourceChanged( | CODE |
| LOW | src/server/routes/repository-private.ts | 454 | export function shouldReactivateInactiveRepository( | CODE |
| LOW | src/queue/processes/removeCache.ts | 38 | export function createRemoveCacheProcessor(database?: Database) { | CODE |
| LOW | src/queue/processes/removeRepository.ts | 57 | export function createRemoveRepositoryProcessor(database?: Database) { | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| LOW | test/vue-ui.test.js | 460 | for (const [id, value] of Object.entries({ billing_name: "Jane Smith", email: "jane@example.org", inputAddress: "12 | CODE |
| LOW | test/vue-ui.test.js | 465 | expect(request?.payload.billing).to.include({ name: "Jane Smith", email: "jane@example.org", city: "Paris" }); | CODE |
| LOW | test/anonymizer-large-files.test.js | 5 | const terms = ["first.last", "user@example.org", "dept.example.edu", "lab.io", "project.org", "Author X. Name", | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | public/script/core.min.js | 9 | `}strong(e){return`<strong>${e}</strong>`}em(e){return`<em>${e}</em>`}codespan(e){return`<code>${e}</code>`}br(){return" | CODE |
| LOW | public/script/vendor.min.js | 24 | label names the service and the tooltip says who to contact. `),t[17]||(t[17]=o("li",{class:"nav-item d-none | CODE |
| LOW | public/script/external/purify.min.js | 2 | !function(e,t){"object"==typeof exports&&"undefined"!=typeof module?module.exports=t():"function"==typeof define&&define | CODE |
| LOW | public/script/external/ace/ext-prompt.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/ext/menu_tools/get_editor_keyboard_shortcuts",["require","exports","module","ace/lib/keys"],function(e,t | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/benchmark-anonymizer.js | 8 | const terms = ["first.last", "user@example.org", "dept.example.edu", "lab.io", "project.org", "Author X. Name", | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/dev-mock.js | 354 | { n: 6, username: "carol", email: "carol@example.org", status: "removed", days: 1500, repos: 0 }, | CODE |
| LOW | scripts/dev-mock.js | 476 | billing: c.price ? { name: "Program Chairs", email: "chairs@example.org", country: "DE" } : undefined, | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/snippets/java.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/snippets/java",["require","exports","module"],function(e,t,n){"use strict";t.snippetText='## Access Modi | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/snippets/wollok.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/snippets/wollok",["require","exports","module"],function(e,t,n){"use strict";t.snippetText='##\n## Basic | CODE |
| MEDIUM | public/script/external/ace/snippets/edifact.js | 1 | ace.define("ace/snippets/edifact",["require","exports","module"],function(e,t,n){"use strict";t.snippetText='## Access M | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW⚡ | src/core/logger.ts | 133 | // Step 1: keep just the first arg (typically the human message + the | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/core/logger.ts | 138 | // Step 2: strip heavy nested fields (err, cause, upstreamBody) but keep | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/core/logger.ts | 151 | // Step 3: nothing left to trim — replace with a placeholder so the entry | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| LOW⚡ | src/core/logger.ts | 133 | // Step 1: keep just the first arg (typically the human message + the | COMMENT |
| LOW⚡ | src/core/logger.ts | 138 | // Step 2: strip heavy nested fields (err, cause, upstreamBody) but keep | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/core/logger.ts | 151 | // Step 3: nothing left to trim — replace with a placeholder so the entry | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| LOW | public/script/external/ansi_up.min.js | 1 | // ansi_up.js | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/core/term-matching.ts | 1 | // Pure helpers for term-based anonymization. Extracted from anonymize-utils | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
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| LOW | public/script/external/ace/worker-css.js | 1 | "no use strict";!function(e){function t(e,t){var n=e,r="";while(n){var i=t[n];if(typeof i=="string")return i+r;if(i)retu | CODE |