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codex scores 67/100

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Commit bb64b89 · 132 controls · Oct 15, 2026 · Re-checked daily

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Delivery controls score67

codex

42median 6886

Out of 100. Stronger than 37% of the 68 other assessed repositories.

Score

67/100

Rank 41 of 69 · median 68

Gaps

2 more than the median of 33

Critical

5 controls

2 root causes

Not visible

Needs admin access

What codex does wellDefault branch identifiedBranch strategy observableDefault branch protected by rulesetForce-push restrictedPull-request requirement on default branch

Gaps35

codex

15median 3361

Visible controls Verify found unmet. Fewer is better. Stronger than 34% of the 68 other assessed repositories.

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Analysis

Our read

Governance leads the assessment.

9 of 10 visible controls pass in governance.

Code quality has the most room to improve.

5 visible controls remain open in code quality.

Priority

Fix these first

critical

Production approvers named

Covers 3 controls

Production approvers named
Production protection
Production reviewers resolved

What Verify read

No resolved production reviewers.

Risk: Unnamed production approvers mean deployment approval falls to whoever is nearby when the button needs pressing.

text

Name production reviewers.

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Open in Design

critical

Unit test command

Covers 2 controls

Unit test command
Tests run in CI

What Verify read

No tree evidence for test.

Risk: With no test command, there is no repeatable way to establish whether the code still works.

text

Add a test script.

high

Stale reviews dismissed

Covers 1 control

Stale reviews dismissed

What Verify read

Dismiss stale: false

Risk: Approvals that survive a new push mean the merged code is not the code anyone approved.

text

Dismiss stale reviews.

Overview

Control map

Public-access limit

15 controls this scan couldn't read

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Administrator bypass restrictedhigh
Tag protectionhigh
Self-merge restrictedhigh
Bypass actors justifiedhigh
Push protection enabledhigh
Dependabot alertshigh
Secret scanning alertshigh
SAST required on default branchhigh
Environment secrets scopedhigh
Secret custodiansmedium
Agent identity in commitsmedium
Audit of agent actionsmedium
Audit of privileged actionsmedium
Private vulnerability reportinglow
Wait timer or freeze windowlow

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132 controls · 69 repositories assessed · re-run daily

	This free scan	Verify on your repository
Access	Public	GitHub App you install
Controls read	107 of 107	All 107
Private repositories	No	Yes
Results	Published here	Private to your organization

Evidence locker

Every control Verify checked

Governance

9 of 12 pass

Review

15 of 26 pass

CI & tests

18 of 30 pass

Code quality

3 of 8 pass

Security

10 of 20 pass

Agents & AI

5 of 8 pass

Release & ops

7 of 22 pass

Docs

5 of 6 pass

Assessment timeline

Canon re-assesses this repository daily. An entry appears only when something changed — the score, a control's outcome, or a control ceasing to apply.

Sep 21 · 67Oct 15 · 67

Oct 8, 2026SBOM or dependency graph · Security — needs repository admin access → confirmedea27864
Oct 6, 2026SBOM or dependency graph · Security — confirmed → needs repository admin access822e58c
Sep 22, 2026SBOM or dependency graph · Security — needs repository admin access → confirmedd9ac1f0

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