asf_roster: ok git: ok github: ok github_commit_authors: ok github_issues: not_applicable github_profile: ok jira: ok ponymail: ok release: ok release_lines: ok security: ok subproject_releases: not_applicable

Metrics for the Apache Cassandra project. Definitions follow CHAOSS where one exists.

CHAOSS Starter Project Health

Time to First Response

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.

GitHub PR

17.4 h Sep 2026 · n=66

Based on: CHAOSS: Time to First Response (GitHub-only variant)

JIRA

1.8 days Sep 2026 · n=48 backfill pending

Based on: CHAOSS: Time to First Response, CHAOSS: Responsiveness practitioner guide

dev@

2.1 h Sep 2026 · n=35

Based on: CHAOSS: Time to First Response (applied to email)

Change Request Closure Ratio

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).

GitHub PR

0.541 Sep 2026 · n=148

Based on: CHAOSS: Change Request Closure Ratio

JIRA patch

0.667 Sep 2026 · n=78

Based on: CHAOSS: Change Request Closure Ratio

Contributor Absence Factor

This project's existing contributor_absence_factor metric: the smallest number of contributors whose combined trailing-12-month commits reach 50% of all commits.

7 Sep 2026 · n=97

Based on: CHAOSS: Contributor Absence Factor

Release Frequency

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.

24 Sep 2026 · n=24

Based on: CHAOSS: Release Frequency

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

Community

n/a

Code and contributor health: sustainability, review capacity, and responsiveness.

  • Active Contributors 16 Sep 2026
  • New Contributors 3 Sep 2026
  • First → Second Contribution Conversion 42.9% Jan 2026 backfill pending

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Conversations

Mailing-list metrics, computed from metadata only — never message content.

  • Time to First Reply — dev@ 2.1 h Sep 2026
  • Unanswered Thread Rate — dev@ 55.9% Aug 2026
  • Time to First Reply — user@ 3.5 days Nov 2025 backfill pending

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Governance

Per-commit facts from the public record — reviewers, CI evidence, checkstyle.

  • Commits with a named reviewer 93.0% Sep 2026
  • Commits referencing a ticket 91.2% Sep 2026
  • Commits with CI evidence on JIRA before commit 78.8% Sep 2026

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