Metrics for the Apache Cassandra project. Definitions follow CHAOSS where one exists.
CHAOSS Starter Project Health
CHAOSS Starter Project Health metrics model
Computed for Cassandra from three venues, shown separately: GitHub PR time to first review, JIRA time to first response, and dev@ time to first reply.
Computed for Cassandra from two venues, shown separately, since reviewed changes are committed via JIRA as well as GitHub: GitHub pull requests, and JIRA issues entering Patch Available (Cassandra's patch-submission equivalent of a change request).
This project's existing contributor_absence_factor metric: the smallest number of contributors whose combined trailing-12-month commits reach 50% of all commits.
This project's existing release_frequency metric: count of GA releases (collectors/release.py: git tags, excluding alpha/beta/rc) in the trailing-24-month window ending each completed month.
Release lines
| Line |
Next targeted version |
CI |
| 6.0 |
6.0-alpha3 |
UNSTABLE |
| 5.0 |
5.0.10 |
UNSTABLE |
| 4.1 |
4.1.13 |
UNSTABLE |
| 4.0 |
4.0.22 |
UNSTABLE |
| 3.11 |
3.11.20 |
UNSTABLE |
| 3.0 |
3.0.33 |
UNSTABLE |
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Code and contributor health: sustainability, review capacity, and responsiveness.
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Active Contributors
16
Sep 2026
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New Contributors
3
Sep 2026
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First → Second Contribution Conversion
42.9%
Jan 2026
backfill pending
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Mailing-list metrics, computed from metadata only — never message content.
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Time to First Reply — dev@
2.1 h
Sep 2026
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Unanswered Thread Rate — dev@
55.9%
Aug 2026
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Time to First Reply — user@
3.5 days
Nov 2025
backfill pending
+7 more metrics
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Per-commit facts from the public record — reviewers, CI evidence, checkstyle.
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Commits with a named reviewer
93.0%
Sep 2026
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Commits referencing a ticket
91.2%
Sep 2026
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Commits with CI evidence on JIRA before commit
78.8%
Sep 2026
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