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traefik/traefik

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0.7 Low pattern signal View on GitHub

Open-Source Code Quality, Security and Technical Debt Review

This report summarizes scanner evidence for traefik/traefik, a Go project with 65,421 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 336,358 lines of code across 1255 source files, recording 170 pattern matches distributed across 10 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
65.4K
Stars
Go
Language
336.4K
Lines of Code
1.3K
Files
170
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 2.8/100 · LOW

Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 159 finding(s).

Hallucinated Dependency & Supply Chain Risk 0.7/100 · LOW

Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 11 finding(s).

Agent Over-Engineering Ratio 0.0/100 · LOW

Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 0 finding(s).

PR Review Velocity Impact 3.2/100 · LOW

Which changes need focused human review? 170 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 4HIGH 1MEDIUM 3LOW 162

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 170 distinct pattern matches across 10 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 Block128 hits · 128 pts
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LOWtraefik.sample.yml1################################################################COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.yml21#COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.yml41 # Log levelCOMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.yml61# format: jsonCOMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.yml81COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.yml101#api:COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.yml121#ping:COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.yml141# endpoint: tcp://10.10.10.10:2375COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml1################################################################COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml21#COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml41COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml61 #COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml81 #COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml101COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml121[ping]COMMENT
LOWtraefik.sample.toml141 #COMMENT
LOWintegration/gateway_api_conformance_test.go321 // the subnet, so the top stays free.COMMENT
LOWintegration/conf_throttling_test.go101 // The test tries to trigger a config reload with the REST API every 200ms,COMMENT
LOWintegration/https_test.go1261 assert.NoError(s.T(), err, "test %s failed with: %v", test.desc, err)COMMENT
LOWintegration/try/try.go21// Sleep pauses the current goroutine for at least the duration d.COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.txt1# Enable ACME (Let's Encrypt): automatic SSL.COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.txt21#COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.txt41# OptionalCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.txt61# Available values : "EC256", "EC384", "RSA2048", "RSA4096", "RSA8192"COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.txt81#COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.txt101--certificatesresolvers.myresolver.acme.dnschallenge.provider=digitaloceanCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.txt121# NOT RECOMMENDED:COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.yaml1certificatesResolvers:COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.yaml21 #COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.yaml41COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.yaml61 # OptionalCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.yaml81 # Use a HTTP-01 ACME challenge.COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.yaml101 #COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.yaml121 # - "1.1.1.1:53"COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.toml1# Enable ACME (Let's Encrypt): automatic SSL.COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.toml21 # Default: "https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory"COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.toml41 #COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.toml61 #COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.toml81 # OptionalCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.toml101 #COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/https/ref-acme.toml121 #COMMENT
LOW.github/workflows/dispatch.yaml1# Relay: forwards pull request and issue events to traefik/ai.COMMENT
LOWpkg/proxy/httputil/proxy.go101 pr.Out.URL.Path, pr.Out.URL.RawPath = JoinURLPath(target, u)COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/tcp_middlewares.go21 // The middleware closes the connection if there are already amount connections opened.COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/http_config.go401 // When set to a negative number, the cookie expires immediately.COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go81// This middleware converts a gRPC web request to an HTTP/2 gRPC request.COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go101COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go121 Users Users `json:"users,omitempty" toml:"users,omitempty" yaml:"users,omitempty" loggable:"false"`COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go141 // MaxRequestBodyBytes defines the maximum allowed body size for the request (in bytes).COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go261 AllowEncodedSemicolon bool `json:"allowEncodedSemicolon,omitempty" toml:"allowEncodedSemicolon,omitempty" yaml:"allowEnCOMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go281 // StatusRewrites defines a mapping of status codes that should be returned instead of the original error status codes.COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go301// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=trueCOMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go361// +k8s:deepcopy-gen=trueCOMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go381 AccessControlAllowOriginListRegex []string `json:"accessControlAllowOriginListRegex,omitempty" toml:"accessControlAllowCOMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go401 // STSPreload defines whether the preload flag is appended to the Strict-Transport-Security header.COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go421 // PublicKey is the public key that implements HPKP to prevent MITM attacks with forged certificates.COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go561// IPAllowList holds the IP allowlist middleware configuration.COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go581 // +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go621}COMMENT
LOWpkg/config/dynamic/middlewares.go661type Redis struct {COMMENT
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Hallucination Indicators4 hits · 40 pts
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CRITICALpkg/provider/kubernetes/ingress/kubernetes.go324 Str("servicePort", ingress.Spec.DefaultBackend.Service.Port.String()).CODE
CRITICALpkg/provider/kubernetes/ingress/kubernetes.go333 Str("servicePort", ingress.Spec.DefaultBackend.Service.Port.String()).CODE
CRITICALpkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/kubernetes_http.go852 failoverKey := makeSafeKey(tService.Namespace, tService.Name, roleFailover, namespaceOrParentNamespace(tService.Spec.FaCODE
CRITICALpkg/provider/kubernetes/crd/kubernetes_http.go858 fallbackKey := makeSafeKey(tService.Namespace, tService.Name, roleFallback, namespaceOrParentNamespace(tService.Spec.FaCODE
Structural Annotation Overuse16 hits · 30 pts
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LOWdocs/content/migrate/v2-to-v3.md27## Step 1: Prepare Configurations and Test v3COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/migrate/v2-to-v3.md72## Step 2: Migrate Production Instances to Traefik v3COMMENT
LOWdocs/content/migrate/v2-to-v3.md110## Step 3: Progressively Migrate Routing ConfigurationCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/migrate/nginx-to-traefik.md150## Step 0: Migrate Your Global ConfigMap SettingsCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/migrate/nginx-to-traefik.md224## Step 1: Install Traefik Alongside NGINXCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/migrate/nginx-to-traefik.md292## Step 2: Verify Traefik Is Handling TrafficCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/migrate/nginx-to-traefik.md338## Step 3: Shift Traffic to TraefikCOMMENT
LOWdocs/content/migrate/nginx-to-traefik.md636## Step 4: Uninstall Ingress NGINX ControllerCOMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go892 // Step 1: Client sends PostgresStartTLSMsg (SSLRequest).COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go896 // Step 2: Client receives PostgresStartTLSReply ('S').COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go902 // Step 3: Client performs TLS handshake.COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go910 // Step 4: Read the response from the handler through the TLS connection.COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go969 // Step 1: Client sends PostgresStartTLSMsg (SSLRequest).COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go973 // Step 2: Client receives PostgresStartTLSReply ('S').COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go979 // Step 3: Client performs TLS handshake.COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go987 // Step 4: Read the response from the handler through the TLS connection.COMMENT
Verbosity Indicators8 hits · 18 pts
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LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go892 // Step 1: Client sends PostgresStartTLSMsg (SSLRequest).COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go896 // Step 2: Client receives PostgresStartTLSReply ('S').COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go902 // Step 3: Client performs TLS handshake.COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go910 // Step 4: Read the response from the handler through the TLS connection.COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go969 // Step 1: Client sends PostgresStartTLSMsg (SSLRequest).COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go973 // Step 2: Client receives PostgresStartTLSReply ('S').COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go979 // Step 3: Client performs TLS handshake.COMMENT
LOW⚡pkg/server/router/tcp/router_test.go987 // Step 4: Read the response from the handler through the TLS connection.COMMENT
Fake / Example Data7 hits · 8 pts
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LOW⚡pkg/redactor/testdata/example.json31 "Email": "foo@bar.com",CODE
LOW⚡pkg/redactor/testdata/example.json34 "Main": "foo@bar.com",CODE
LOW⚡pkg/redactor/testdata/example.json38 "Main": "foo@bar.com",CODE
LOWpkg/middlewares/auth/forward_test.go69 w.Header().Set("X-Auth-User", "user@example.com")CODE
LOWpkg/middlewares/auth/forward_test.go81 assert.Equal(t, "user@example.com", r.Header.Get("X-Auth-User"))CODE
LOW…lewares/passtlsclientcert/pass_tls_client_cert_test.go635 EmailAddresses: []string{"test@test.com", "test2@test.com"},CODE
LOW…lewares/passtlsclientcert/pass_tls_client_cert_test.go639 expected: []string{"foo", "bar", "test@test.com", "test2@test.com", "10.0.0.1", "10.0.0.2", urlFoo.String(), urlBar.SCODE
Slop Phrases2 hits · 6 pts
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MEDIUMpkg/middlewares/ratelimiter/rate_limiter_test.go334 // Feel free to adjust wrt to the load on e.g. the CI.COMMENT
MEDIUMpkg/middlewares/ratelimiter/rate_limiter_test.go541 // Feel free to adjust wrt to the load on e.g. the CI.COMMENT
Synthetic Comment Markers1 hit · 5 pts
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HIGHdocs/content/contributing/submitting-security-issues.md146Security reports that are **directly generated by AI/LLM tools without proper human validation** will be **closed immediCODE
Redundant / Tautological Comments2 hits · 3 pts
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LOWdocs/scripts/lint-yaml.sh20 # Check if file starts with '---'COMMENT
LOWdocs/scripts/lint-yaml.sh41# Check if any errors were foundCOMMENT
Modern AI Meta-Vocabulary1 hit · 2 pts
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MEDIUM…nce/install-configuration/observability/healthcheck.md15This can be used with [HEALTHCHECK](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#healthcheck) instruction or any otCODE
Overly Generic Function Names1 hit · 1 pts
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LOWwebui/public/mockServiceWorker.js123async function handleRequest(event, requestId) {CODE