Read 2026-10-04
psf/requests: technical due diligence, read from its repository
What Borehole read in psf/requests's code and history at 611c616: its licence, security advisories, releases, review practice, tests, dependencies and operations. Every finding cites the file and line it rests on. The full report also covers the team and asks the questions the code cannot answer.
| Dimension | Rating |
|---|---|
| Architecture & Codebase — including AI provenance | strong |
| Engineering Process & SDLC Maturity | strong |
| Product & Engineering Maturity | strong |
| Security & Reliability Posture | strong |
| Observability & Operations | not assessable |
| Fit with the Acquirer | not assessable |
What the repository says
.github/AI_POLICY.md:1: states a policy on AI-generated contributionsREADME.md:76: names Python Software Foundation
Architecture & Codebase — including AI provenance
strongNo finding.
Engineering Process & SDLC Maturity
strongNo finding.
Product & Engineering Maturity
strongChange keeps returning to the same few files
adequateFive files out of 533 absorb 27% of all file-level change. Concentration like this is where debt is usually being serviced rather than repaid: the same code is reopened because it is load-bearing, fragile, or both. A repository cannot tell you which — that is a conversation with the team.
requests/models.py — 717 commits touched it |
test_requests.py — 366 commits touched it |
requests/sessions.py — 334 commits touched it |
requests/utils.py — 271 commits touched it |
tests/test_requests.py — 252 commits touched it |
Security & Reliability Posture
strongNo finding.
Observability & Operations
not assessableNot rated: only 5 of 16 checks could reach a conclusion here; the rest do not apply to this repository or could not read it.
Fit with the Acquirer
not assessableNot rated: structurally not assessable from a repository.
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