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CANARY score
Advisory risk score
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Honest track record
Where gradle ranked before each window
Activity-recency clocks + Contributor dynamics · Logistic Regression, embargoed rolling backtest: the rank this plugin held among every scored plugin at each forecast date, using only what was knowable then. Shaded months are the pre-registered holdout.
Scored at 32 forecast dates; on average in the top 4.5% of plugins (top 1.6% across the holdout). An advisory followed within 180 days of 2 of those dates.
| Holdout month | Score | Rank | Share of panel | What followed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 71.8% | 29 of 2,053 | top 1.4% | none within 180 days |
| 2025-08 | 69.9% | 41 of 2,053 | top 1.9% | none within 180 days |
| 2025-09 | 68.9% | 43 of 2,053 | top 2.0% | none within 180 days |
| 2025-10 | 68.6% | 47 of 2,053 | top 2.2% | none within 180 days |
| 2025-11 | 69.7% | 31 of 2,053 | top 1.5% | none within 180 days |
| 2025-12 | 74.1% | 17 of 2,053 | top 0.78% | none within 180 days |
Risk context
Supporting signals
Maintenance history, governance, and dependency risk indicators for this plugin.
Key risk signals
- 1 prior advisory record(s) — history +2, recency +0 (0 within 90d, 0 within 365 days); component total +2 (cap 30).
- No advisory activity in the last 365 days — historical record only.
- Advisory severity (max CVSS 4.3 — Medium): +3 (cap 15).
- Latest release: 2026-08-05.
- Requires Jenkins core 2.528.1.
- Last commit: September 10, 2026 — live data from GitHub.
- Recent release activity supports active maintenance.
- 1 historical security warning(s) — none currently active.
- No SECURITY.md — vulnerability reporting process undocumented (+3).
- No Dependabot or GitHub Actions detected — limited automated maintenance (+3).
- No changelog detected — release transparency limited (+2).
- Dependency risk: 6 of 12 dep(s) have advisories; worst: git (CVSS 7.5).
- Plugin health score 96/100 — acceptable maintenance posture.
Feature details (34 keys)
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"Max CVSS 7.5 (+4)."
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"1 advisories (+2).",
"Max CVSS 7.5 (+4)."
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"Max CVSS 5.3 (+2)."
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"No advisory activity in the last 365 days — historical record only.",
"Advisory severity (max CVSS 4.3 — Medium): +3 (cap 15).",
"Latest release: 2026-08-05.",
"Requires Jenkins core 2.528.1.",
"Recent commit activity (4 days ago) suggests active maintenance.",
"Recent release activity supports active maintenance.",
"1 historical security warning(s) — none currently active.",
"No SECURITY.md — vulnerability reporting process undocumented (+3).",
"No Dependabot or GitHub Actions detected — limited automated maintenance (+3).",
"No changelog detected — release transparency limited (+2).",
"Dependency risk: 6 of 12 dep(s) have advisories; worst: git (CVSS 7.5).",
"Plugin health score 96/100 — acceptable maintenance posture."
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"Max CVSS 7.5 (+4)."
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