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This report presents the forensic synthetic code analysis of woodpecker-ci/woodpecker, a Go project with 7,439 GitHub stars. SynthScan v2.0 examined 213,116 lines of code across 1385 source files, recording 970 pattern matches distributed across 6 syntactic categories. The overall adjusted score of 4.6 places this repository in the Likely human-written band.
The scanner applied 160+ deterministic lexical heuristics, multi-line block detectors, abstract syntax tree depth profilers, and a cross-file Jaccard similarity matrix to construct a statistically normalised synthetic code estimate. All matches are individually weighted by severity coefficient and contextual multiplier before summation, and the resulting headline score is temporally discounted to account for the repository's development history relative to the commercial emergence of large language model coding tooling (November 2022 onward).
This chart maps the temporal evolution of the adjusted synthetic code score across successive scan runs. An upward trajectory indicates ongoing incorporation of AI-generated code or expanding LLM-assisted scaffolding; a stable or declining trajectory may reflect active human refactoring, code removal, or the adoption of stricter authorship policies. The dashed secondary line (right axis) independently tracks total raw pattern hit count, which can diverge from the normalised score when codebase size changes significantly between scans.
Classifies detected patterns by their diagnostic confidence and structural impact. CRITICAL patterns (coefficient 10) represent definitive synthetic signatures — hallucinated imports, explicit LLM attribution metadata — virtually never produced by human authors. HIGH (5) indicates strong structural tells such as cross-file repetition or cross-linguistic idioms. MEDIUM (2) covers recognisable conversational padding and AI-specific vocabulary. LOW (1) captures subtle indicators like tautological comments and generic boilerplate that require density to carry independent signal.
This horizontal bar chart decomposes the repository's raw synthetic code score by top-level directory, allowing you to pinpoint precisely which modules or components carry the highest AI authorship density. Directories with disproportionately high scores relative to their size warrant targeted manual review: concentrated AI signatures often trace back to mass-generated configuration layers, auto-ported test suites, LLM-scaffolded boilerplate classes, or entire subsystems authored under heavy copilot assistance. Use this view to prioritise your human code-review effort.
The scanner identified 970 distinct pattern matches across 6 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a statistically significant AI authorship indicator. 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 diagnostic confidence level (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 weight because LLMs systematically over-annotate. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier as dense clusters constitute far stronger evidence of synthetic authorship than isolated hits.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | cmd/server/flags_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2026 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/server.go | 1 | // Copyright 2018 Drone.IO Inc. | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/grpc_server.go | 1 | // Copyright 2024 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/openapi_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2024 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/openapi_json_gen.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/man.go | 1 | // Copyright 2025 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/flags.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/openapi.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/openapi.go | 21 | COMMENT | |
| LOW | cmd/server/health.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/app.go | 1 | // Copyright 2025 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/setup.go | 1 | // Copyright 2022 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/main.go | 1 | // Copyright 2018 Drone.IO Inc. | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/server_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2026 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/server/setup_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2026 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/man.go | 1 | // Copyright 2025 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/dummy.go | 1 | // Copyright 2024 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/main.go | 1 | // Copyright 2018 Drone.IO Inc. | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/config.go | 1 | // Copyright 2022 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/run.go | 1 | // Copyright 2024 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/flags.go | 1 | // Copyright 2022 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/health.go | 1 | // Copyright 2018 Drone.IO Inc. | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/agent.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/agent_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/config_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/agent/core/health_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2018 Drone.IO Inc. | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/cli/docs.go | 1 | // Copyright 2021 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/cli/man.go | 1 | // Copyright 2025 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/cli/app.go | 1 | // Copyright 2021 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | cmd/cli/main.go | 1 | // Copyright 2021 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/const.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/tracing/tracer.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/parse_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/parse.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/concurrency_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2026 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/container_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/network_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/volume_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/concurrency.go | 1 | // Copyright 2026 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/concurrency.go | 21 | ) | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/container_list.go | 1 | // Copyright 2026 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/network.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/volume.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/container.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/workflow.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/base/int_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2024 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/base/slice.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/base/slice_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2024 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/types/base/int.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/option.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/linter_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/error.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/linter.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/utils/image_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/utils/image.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/option.go | 1 | // Copyright 2022 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/compiler.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
| LOW | pipeline/frontend/yaml/compiler/compiler_test.go | 1 | // Copyright 2023 Woodpecker Authors | COMMENT |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | web/src/components/form/NumberField.vue | 2 | <TextField v-model="innerValue" :placeholder="placeholder" type="number" /> | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/components/form/TextField.vue | 9 | :placeholder="placeholder" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/components/form/TextField.vue | 17 | :placeholder="placeholder" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/components/form/SelectField.vue | 6 | <option v-if="placeholder" value="" class="hidden">{{ placeholder }}</option> | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/hu.json | 104 | "placeholder": "Branch (az alap branchet használja ha üres)" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/hu.json | 108 | "placeholder": "A cron feladat neve" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/hu.json | 112 | "placeholder": "Menetrend" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/hu.json | 267 | "placeholder": "A felhasználó egy adminisztrátor" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/hu.json | 309 | "placeholder": "Az Agent neve" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/hu.json | 332 | "placeholder": "Az agent megakadályozása, hogy új feladatokat vegyen fel" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 29 | "placeholder": "Name des Agenten" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 34 | "placeholder": "Agent daran hindern, neue Aufgaben zu nehmen" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 126 | "placeholder": "Benutzer ist ein Admin", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 383 | "placeholder": "Branch (verwendet Standard-Branch wenn leer)", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 394 | "placeholder": "Name des Cron" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 403 | "placeholder": "Zeitplan", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 426 | "placeholder": "Plugin-Image" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/de.json | 487 | "placeholder": "Registry-Adresse (z. B. docker.io)" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 29 | "placeholder": "Название обработчика" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 34 | "placeholder": "Запретить обработчику получать новые задачи" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 126 | "placeholder": "Пользователь является администратором", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 382 | "placeholder": "Ветвь (если пусто, используется ветвь по умолчанию)", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 393 | "placeholder": "Имя задачи cron" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 402 | "placeholder": "Расписание", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 425 | "placeholder": "Образ плагина" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/ru.json | 486 | "placeholder": "Адрес реестра (например: docker.io)" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pl.json | 25 | "placeholder": "Nazwa agenta" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pl.json | 30 | "placeholder": "Nie pozwalaj agentowi pobierać nowych zadań" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pl.json | 94 | "placeholder": "Użytkownik jest administratorem" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pl.json | 323 | "placeholder": "Gałąź (używa domyślnej gałęzi jeśli puste)", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pl.json | 334 | "placeholder": "Nazwa zadania cron" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pl.json | 343 | "placeholder": "Harmonogram", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pl.json | 420 | "placeholder": "Adres rejestru (np. docker.io)" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 32 | "placeholder": "Назва агента" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 51 | "placeholder": "Зупинити отримання нових задач агентом" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 116 | "placeholder": "Користувач належить до адміністрації", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 373 | "placeholder": "Гілка (типова, якщо порожньо)", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 384 | "placeholder": "Назва cron-завдання" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 392 | "placeholder": "Розклад", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 465 | "placeholder": "Образ плагіна" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/uk.json | 477 | "placeholder": "Адреса реєстру (наприклад, docker.io)" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/eo.json | 138 | "placeholder": "Branĉo (uzas defaŭltan branĉon se malplena)" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/eo.json | 142 | "placeholder": "Nomo de la cron-tasko" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/eo.json | 146 | "placeholder": "Plano" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/eo.json | 287 | "placeholder": "Nomo de la agento" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/eo.json | 291 | "placeholder": "Haltigi agenton de preni novajn taskojn" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/eo.json | 359 | "placeholder": "Uzanto estas administranto" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 119 | "placeholder": "Image do plugin" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 176 | "placeholder": "Branch (usa o branch padrão se estiver vazio)" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 180 | "placeholder": "Nome do trabalho cron" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 184 | "placeholder": "Programação" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 226 | "placeholder": "Endereço de registry (por exemplo, docker.io)" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 423 | "placeholder": "O usuário é um administrador", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 466 | "placeholder": "Nome do agente" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/pt.json | 469 | "placeholder": "Impedir agente de assumir novas tarefas", | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/en.json | 125 | "placeholder": "Plugin image" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/en.json | 167 | "placeholder": "Branch (uses default branch if empty)" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/en.json | 171 | "placeholder": "Name of the cron job" | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | web/src/assets/locales/en.json | 175 | "placeholder": "Schedule" | CODE |
| LOW | web/src/assets/locales/en.json | 345 | "placeholder": "Name of the agent" | CODE |
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| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | e2e/scenarios/depends_on_ordering_test.go | 132 | // └─> Lint ────────┴─> Auth server tests | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | web/src/components/repo/pipeline/PipelineLog.vue | 385 | type: null, // TODO: implement way to detect errors and warnings | CODE |
| LOW | woodpecker-go/woodpecker/client.go | 34 | // TODO: implement endpoints | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | web/src/store/pipelines.ts | 26 | function comparePipelinesWithStatus(a: Pipeline, b: Pipeline): number { | CODE |
| LOW | docs/plugins/woodpecker-plugins/src/index.ts | 125 | export default function pluginWoodpeckerPluginsIndex(context: LoadContext, options: any): Plugin<Content> { | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | server/api/login.go | 138 | // if organization filter is enabled, we need to check if the user is a member of one | COMMENT |