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Tekton Maintainer Triage Report

Date: March 6, 2026 Period analyzed: March 2025 – March 2026 (last 12 months) Data sources: GitHub API (PRs authored, PR reviews, issue comments, commits), Tekton DevStats (contributions, reviews, PRs, comments, commits), OWNERS files, org.yaml

Methodology

Per the Tekton Contributor Ladder:

  • Inactivity threshold: >4 months of no contributions, or >2 months of no communication
  • Maintainer requirements: Actively reviewing PRs, authoring cross-cutting PRs, mentoring, participating in WGs
  • Maintainer candidates need: 3+ months active reviewing, 30+ PRs authored/reviewed, primary reviewer on 10+ substantial PRs, broad project knowledge

Activity is scored as a composite of: PRs authored, PRs reviewed, issues created, issue/PR comments, and commits.

Note: pipelines-as-code is excluded — it's marked "MIRROR ONLY - In process of getting migrated" and has only 1 dependabot PR in the analysis period.

Per-Repository Analysis

1. tektoncd/pipeline

Current approvers (OWNERS_ALIASES pipeline-approvers): afrittoli, dibyom, ImJasonH, vdemeester, pritidesai, jerop, abayer, wlynch, yongxuanzhang, chitrangpatel, jeromeJu, waveywaves, twoGiants

Activity Summary (last 12 months)

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Issues Commits Status
vdemeester 93 52 900 44 87 ✅ Very Active
waveywaves 15 42 586 12 26 ✅ Active
khrm 11 27 130 6 17 ✅ Active (reviewer, not approver)
afrittoli 5 7 188 — 11 ✅ Active
twoGiants 6 11 160 18 26 ✅ Active
pritidesai 12 — 61 — 8 ⚠️ Moderate
aThorp96 7 13 83 11 12 ✅ Active (reviewer, not approver)
jeromeJu — — — — — 🔴 Inactive
dibyom — — — — — 🔴 Inactive (govboard member, no pipeline code activity)
ImJasonH 0 — — — — 🔴 Inactive
abayer — — — — — 🔴 Inactive (govboard member, no pipeline code activity)
wlynch — — — — — 🔴 Inactive on pipeline (active on chains)
jerop — — — — — 🔴 Inactive
yongxuanzhang 0 — — — — 🔴 Inactive
chitrangpatel — — — — — 🔴 Inactive on pipeline

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • ImJasonH — Zero authored items in 12 months. No reviews, no comments on pipeline.
  • yongxuanzhang — Zero activity in 12 months.
  • jeromeJu — No detectable activity in last 12 months across any data source.
  • jerop — No pipeline-specific activity in 12 months (former govboard, stepped down Feb 2025).
  • chitrangpatel — No pipeline-specific activity in 12 months (former govboard, stepped down Feb 2025).
  • wlynch — Already in pipeline-reviewers comment as "feel free to /cc me". Consider formalizing as emeritus for pipeline approvers.
  • dibyom — Govboard member but no pipeline-specific code activity. Consider whether govboard status is sufficient or if approver should be emeritus.
  • abayer — Govboard member but no pipeline-specific code activity. Same consideration.

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • khrm — 11 PRs, 27 reviews, 130 comments. Already a reviewer; strong candidate for approver.
  • aThorp96 — 7 PRs (all merged), 13 reviews, 83 comments, 11 issues. Active reviewer; strong candidate for approver.
  • anithapriyanatarajan — 7 PRs, 5 reviews, 33 comments. Cross-repo active. Growing candidate.
  • infernus01 — 3 PRs, 4 reviews, 21 comments. Rising contributor across multiple repos.

2. tektoncd/triggers

Current approvers: bobcatfish, dibyom, iancoffey, khrm, savitaashture Emeritus: wlynch, vtereso, ncskier, dlorenc

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Issues Status
khrm 25 79 316 5 ✅ Very Active — clearly the lead maintainer
savitaashture 6 29 22 — ✅ Active
bobcatfish 0 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
dibyom 0 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
iancoffey 0 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • bobcatfish — Zero triggers activity in 12 months. Already alumni on community.
  • dibyom — Zero triggers activity. Govboard member but no triggers contribution.
  • iancoffey — Zero triggers activity in 12 months.

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • infernus01 — 5 PRs, 4 reviews, 5 comments. Emerging contributor.
  • AlanGreene — 5 PRs (all merged), 11 comments. Cross-repo contributor.

⚠️ Warning

Triggers is dangerously close to a single-maintainer project (khrm). If savitaashture's activity wanes, khrm is the sole active approver.

3. tektoncd/cli

Current approvers: vdemeester, chmouel, piyush-garg, vinamra28, pratap0007

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
vdemeester 4 42 92 ✅ Active (reviews)
pratap0007 22 — 192 ✅ Very Active
chmouel 1 — 13 ⚠️ Low activity
vinamra28 3 3 20 ⚠️ Low-Moderate
piyush-garg 0 — 10 🔴 Mostly Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • piyush-garg — Near-zero activity. 0 PRs, only 10 comments in 12 months.

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • divyansh42 — 7 PRs, 6 reviews, 82 comments. Already a reviewer; very strong candidate for approver.

4. tektoncd/dashboard

Current approvers: alangreene, briangleeson, skaegi, LyndseyBu

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
AlanGreene 137 80 232 ✅ Dominant maintainer
briangleeson 3 12 17 ⚠️ Low-Moderate
LyndseyBu 6 7 2 ⚠️ Low
skaegi 0 0 1 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • skaegi — 1 comment in 12 months. Zero PRs, zero reviews.

⚠️ Warning

Dashboard is essentially a single-maintainer project (AlanGreene). briangleeson and LyndseyBu have minimal activity. No strong candidates to promote.

5. tektoncd/chains

Current approvers: anithapriyanatarajan, chuangw6, chitrangpatel, jkhelil, lcarva, priyawadhwa, PuneetPunamiya, vdemeester, wlynch

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
anithapriyanatarajan 22 5 198 ✅ Very Active
jkhelil 11 — 91 ✅ Active
vdemeester 7 3 24 ✅ Active
PuneetPunamiya 1 — 78 ⚠️ Mostly reviews/triage (devstats: 94 chains contributions, 134 reviews org-wide)
lcarva 3 — 33 ⚠️ Low-Moderate (devstats: 57 chains contributions, 44 reviews org-wide)
wlynch 0 — 3 🔴 Mostly Inactive
chuangw6 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
chitrangpatel 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
priyawadhwa 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • chuangw6 — Zero activity in 12 months.
  • chitrangpatel — Zero chains activity in 12 months.
  • priyawadhwa — Zero chains activity in 12 months.
  • wlynch — Only 3 comments. Consider emeritus.

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • khrm — 6 PRs, 23 comments. Cross-repo strong contributor.
  • enarha — 5 PRs, 4 reviews, 6 comments. Steady contributor.
  • AlanGreene — 9 PRs (7 merged), 12 comments. Cross-repo contributor.

6. tektoncd/operator

Current approvers: anithapriyanatarajan, concaf, jkandasa, jkhelil, mbpavan, piyush-garg, PuneetPunamiya, savitaashture, vdemeester

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
jkhelil 49 12 706 ✅ Very Active — lead maintainer
anithapriyanatarajan 28 6 372 ✅ Very Active
vdemeester 20 15 90 ✅ Active
mbpavan 21 7 254 ✅ Active
savitaashture 1 1 62 ⚠️ Moderate — but devstats shows 159 operator contributions, 214 reviews org-wide
PuneetPunamiya 0 — 76 ⚠️ Mostly triage — devstats: 160 operator contributions, 134 reviews org-wide
piyush-garg 0 — — 🔴 Inactive
concaf 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive (last activity Nov 2025)
jkandasa 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • concaf — Last activity Nov 2025. Zero devstats contributions in last year (665 in last 5 years — previously active).
  • jkandasa — Only 13 devstats operator contributions in last year (547 in last 2 years — rapidly declining).
  • piyush-garg — Zero operator activity in 12 months (976 contributions in last 2 years — dropped off completely).

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • pratap0007 — 43 PRs, 7 reviews, 117 comments. Extremely active. Strong candidate for approver.
  • pramodbindal — 20 PRs, 14 reviews, 57 comments. Very active reviewer. Strong candidate.
  • ab-ghosh — 19 PRs, 8 reviews, 25 comments. Active contributor.
  • khrm — 5 PRs, 15 reviews, 41 comments. Cross-repo strong reviewer.
  • divyansh42 — 11 PRs, 13 comments. Solid contributor.

7. tektoncd/results

Current approvers: ImJasonH, dibyom, vdemeester, wlynch, xinruzhang, alan-ghelardi, khrm, sayan-biswas, enarha, avinal

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
khrm 22 76 724 ✅ Very Active — lead maintainer
enarha 14 18 137 ✅ Very Active
vdemeester 6 13 10 ✅ Moderate
avinal 0 — — 🔴 Inactive
alan-ghelardi 0 — — 🔴 Inactive
dibyom 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
ImJasonH 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
wlynch 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
xinruzhang 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
sayan-biswas 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive (last activity Oct 2025)

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • ImJasonH — Zero activity.
  • wlynch — Zero results activity.
  • xinruzhang — Zero activity.
  • sayan-biswas — Zero activity. Last seen Oct 2025.
  • dibyom — Zero results activity.
  • avinal — Zero results activity in analysis window.
  • alan-ghelardi — Zero results code activity (may have non-GitHub contributions).

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • divyansh42 — 22 PRs, 3 reviews, 114 comments. Very strong candidate. Already a heavy contributor.
  • aThorp96 — 2 PRs, 11 reviews, 13 comments. Active reviewer.

⚠️ Warning

Results has 10 approvers but only 2-3 are active (khrm, enarha, vdemeester). Massive cleanup needed.

8. tektoncd/catalog

Current approvers: bobcatfish, vdemeester, vinamra28

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
vdemeester 1 18 23 ✅ Active (reviews)
vinamra28 0 39 8 ✅ Active (reviews)
bobcatfish 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • bobcatfish — Zero catalog activity.

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • afrittoli — 5 PRs, 11 reviews, 22 comments. Strong candidate for approver.
  • anithapriyanatarajan — 3 PRs, 16 reviews, 7 comments. Active reviewer.
  • jkhelil — 2 PRs, 2 reviews, 14 comments. Contributing.

9. tektoncd/plumbing

Current approvers: abayer, afrittoli, AlanGreene, anithapriyanatarajan, bobcatfish, chitrangpatel, dibyom, jeromeJu, jerop, savitaashture, vdemeester, wlynch

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
vdemeester 60 56 97 ✅ Very Active
afrittoli 46 12 61 ✅ Very Active
AlanGreene 12 12 45 ✅ Active
anithapriyanatarajan 8 6 110 ✅ Active
savitaashture 0 7 8 ⚠️ Low
wlynch 0 — — 🔴 Inactive
bobcatfish 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
chitrangpatel 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
dibyom 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
jeromeJu 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
jerop 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
abayer 0 0 2 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • bobcatfish — Zero plumbing activity.
  • chitrangpatel — Zero plumbing activity.
  • dibyom — Zero plumbing activity.
  • jeromeJu — Zero plumbing activity.
  • jerop — Zero plumbing activity.
  • wlynch — Zero plumbing activity.
  • abayer — Near-zero (2 comments only).

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • khrm — 2 PRs, 1 review, 16 comments. Cross-repo contributor.
  • pratap0007 — 3 PRs, 7 comments. Contributing.
  • waveywaves — 2 PRs, 6 reviews, 6 comments. Active across repos.

10. tektoncd/website

Current approvers: vdemeester, abayer, afrittoli, skaegi, AlanGreene, dibyom, twoGiants

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
AlanGreene 21 20 27 ✅ Very Active
afrittoli 4 28 13 ✅ Active
twoGiants 4 7 25 ✅ Active
vdemeester 3 20 8 ✅ Active
skaegi 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
abayer 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
dibyom 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • skaegi — Zero website activity.
  • abayer — Zero website activity.
  • dibyom — Zero website activity.

11. tektoncd/pruner

Current approvers: anithapriyanatarajan, infernus01, pramodbindal, savitaashture, vdemeester, waveywaves

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
anithapriyanatarajan 38 4 171 ✅ Very Active — lead maintainer
infernus01 35 11 127 ✅ Very Active
vdemeester 7 16 31 ✅ Active
pramodbindal 1 1 7 ⚠️ Low
waveywaves 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive
savitaashture 0 0 0 🔴 Inactive

🔴 Recommend → Alumni

  • waveywaves — Zero pruner activity (active elsewhere though).
  • savitaashture — Zero pruner activity.

12. tektoncd/mcp-server

Current approvers: vdemeester, chmouel, waveywaves, jkhelil

Activity Summary

Maintainer PRs Authored PR Reviews Comments Status
vdemeester 11 61 26 ✅ Very Active
waveywaves 5 10 13 ✅ Active
jkhelil 4 1 1 ⚠️ Low
chmouel 0 1 5 ⚠️ Low

🟢 Recommend → Maintainer Candidates

  • jbpratt — 7 PRs (6 merged), 24 reviews, 22 comments. Very strong candidate. Most active non-maintainer.
  • anithapriyanatarajan — 1 PR, 9 comments. Contributing.

13. tektoncd/catlin

Current approvers: piyush-garg, PuneetPunamiya, vdemeester, vinamra28

No significant activity detected in 12 months. Project appears dormant.

DevStats Corroboration

Data from tekton.devstats.cd.foundation confirms and enriches the GitHub API findings.

Overall Contributions (last 12 months, all repos combined)

Rank Contributor Contributions Reviews PRs Comments Issues Commits
1 vdemeester 1,675 1,382 237 610 86 397
2 khrm 1,013 410 75 667 22 105
3 alangreene 765 748 232 209 7 182
4 waveywaves 724 408 31 472 16 38
5 jkhelil 643 86 91 483 5 101
6 anithapriyanatarajan 550 132 111 380 24 73
7 pratap0007 486 60 105 389 — 78
8 afrittoli 463 294 65 233 12 69
9 divyansh42 340 188 42 210 — —
10 twogiants 332 148 42 186 27 29
11 athorp96 310 230 22 174 12 41
12 puneetpunamiya 288 134 3 205 — 43
13 savitaashture 253 214 18 106 — 294
14 enarha 211 140 27 124 6 24
15 mbpavan 145 — 26 106 — 17
16 infernus01 135 — 72 78 4 52
17 pramodbindal 128 70 29 69 2 17
18 vinamra28 114 96 4 55 — —
19 lcarva 68 44 4 — 2 —
20 briangleeson 69 130 4 — — 10
21 jbpratt 67 38 8 — 3 —
22 pritidesai 45 — 14 — — 9

DevStats per-repo contributions (last 12 months)

Repo Top Contributors (devstats contributions)
pipeline vdemeester (815), waveywaves (623), twogiants (269), afrittoli (229), athorp96 (161), khrm (112), anithapriyanatarajan (63), pritidesai (45)
triggers khrm (260), savitaashture (68), alangreene (14)
cli vdemeester (105), pratap0007 (97), divyansh42 (76), vinamra28 (34), athorp96 (17), piyush-garg (17)
dashboard alangreene (553), briangleeson (69), lyndseybu (18)
chains anithapriyanatarajan (105), puneetpunamiya (94), lcarva (57), jkhelil (55), khrm (31), athorp96 (27), waveywaves (26), enarha (17)
operator jkhelil (554), anithapriyanatarajan (199), puneetpunamiya (160), savitaashture (159), mbpavan (136), vdemeester (111), pramodbindal (111), pratap0007 (104), khrm (47), athorp96 (42), jkandasa (13)
results khrm (534), divyansh42 (239), enarha (171), athorp96 (57), pratap0007 (39), vdemeester (19)
catalog vdemeester (81), vinamra28 (73), afrittoli (55), anithapriyanatarajan (18), jkhelil (13)
plumbing vdemeester (315), afrittoli (105), alangreene (91), anithapriyanatarajan (42), khrm (18)
website alangreene (41), afrittoli (34), twogiants (24), vdemeester (16)
pruner anithapriyanatarajan (94), infernus01 (58)
mcp-server vdemeester (96), jbpratt (61), waveywaves (23), ksimon1 (18)

Inactive Maintainers: DevStats History

The following approvers have zero devstats contributions in the last 12 months (confirmed inactive):

Person Last 2 years Last 5 years Peak activity
jerop 0 4,783 Was one of the most active contributors
yongxuanzhang 0 4,440 Was extremely active
abayer 0 3,196 Long-time maintainer
wlynch 153 3,210 Declining from high activity
chitrangpatel 1,073 — Active until ~1 year ago
piyush-garg 976 — Active until ~1 year ago
chuangw6 0 1,765 Active years ago
bobcatfish 0 1,595 Active years ago
xinruzhang 0 1,145 Active years ago
priyawadhwa 0 1,133 Active years ago
imjasonh 0 731 Active years ago
concaf 0 665 Active years ago
adambkaplan 0 610 Active years ago
jkandasa 547 (2yr) — Declining, 13 operator contributions in last year
dlorenc 0 500 Already emeritus
sayan-biswas 38 — Minimal even in 2yr
avinal 44 — Minimal
skaegi 0 152 Always low
jeromeju 144 (2yr) — Active until ~1 year ago
dibyom 75 (2yr) — Minimal even in 2yr

Borderline Cases Clarified by DevStats

DevStats reveals important nuances the GitHub API alone didn't show:

  • PuneetPunamiya (288 contributions): 134 reviews, 205 comments, only 3 PRs. Heavy reviewer/triager, not a coder. Active on chains (94) and operator (160). Remains valuable.
  • savitaashture (253 contributions): 214 reviews, 294 commits. Active on operator (159) and triggers (68). More active than GitHub API suggested — reviews were undercounted.
  • lcarva (68 contributions): 44 reviews, 4 PRs. Mostly reviewing on chains. Borderline but still contributing.
  • piyush-garg (17 on cli via devstats): Low but not zero. Mostly commits. Barely active.
  • jkandasa (13 on operator): Minimal. Below threshold.

Summary: Cross-Repository Patterns

People appearing as inactive across ALL their repos (strongest alumni candidates)

Person Repos they're approver on Activity
ImJasonH pipeline, results Zero across all repos
yongxuanzhang pipeline Zero
jeromeJu pipeline, plumbing Zero
chitrangpatel pipeline, chains, plumbing Zero (was govboard, stepped down)
jerop pipeline, plumbing Zero (was govboard, stepped down)
bobcatfish triggers, catalog, plumbing Zero
chuangw6 chains Zero
priyawadhwa chains Zero
xinruzhang results Zero
sayan-biswas results Zero since Oct 2025
concaf operator Zero since Nov 2025
jkandasa operator Zero
skaegi dashboard, website ~Zero
vtereso triggers (emeritus) Already emeritus, last activity Jun 2024
ncskier triggers (emeritus) Already emeritus, last activity Aug 2025
dlorenc triggers (emeritus) Already emeritus
piyush-garg cli, operator, catlin Near-zero (was 976 contributions in 2yr, dropped completely)
dibyom pipeline, triggers, results, plumbing, website Zero code activity (govboard member, 75 in 2yr)

Top maintainer candidates (cross-repo view)

Person Active Repos Total PRs Total Reviews Highlights
khrm pipeline, triggers, chains, results, operator, catalog, plumbing 71+ 200+ Lead maintainer of triggers + results. Should be approver on pipeline.
pratap0007 cli, operator, plumbing 69+ 7+ Top contributor on operator + cli. Ready for approver on both.
divyansh42 cli, results, operator 40+ 9+ Major contributor across repos. Ready for approver.
infernus01 pipeline, triggers, cli, chains, results, plumbing, website, pruner, mcp-server 35+ 15+ Active across 9 repos! Broad knowledge. Growing candidate.
aThorp96 pipeline, chains, results, operator, pruner 16+ 25+ Strong reviewer. Good breadth.
jbpratt mcp-server, catalog 7+ 24+ Dominant non-maintainer on mcp-server.
ab-ghosh pipeline, chains, operator, results 30+ 8+ Consistent contributor.
AlanGreene dashboard, pipeline, triggers, chains, results, catalog, plumbing, website, pruner, mcp-server 50+ numerous Already approver on some repos; candidate for more.

Recommended Actions

Immediate (inactive >6 months with zero contributions)

  1. Move to alumni on ALL repos: ImJasonH, jeromeJu, yongxuanzhang, bobcatfish, chuangw6, priyawadhwa, xinruzhang, concaf, jkandasa, skaegi
  2. Move to alumni on specific repos: chitrangpatel (pipeline, chains, plumbing), jerop (pipeline, plumbing), piyush-garg (cli, operator, catlin)

Discussion needed (govboard members with zero code activity)

  1. dibyom, abayer, wlynch — Per governance, govboard members have "maintainer privileges on all Tekton projects." However, they have zero code activity on most repos they're listed as approvers. Consider:
    • Keep them as approvers only on repos they actively review
    • Or rely on govboard privilege for emergency approvals and remove from OWNERS

Promotions to discuss

  1. khrm → pipeline approver — Easily meets all criteria
  2. pratap0007 → operator approver — 43 PRs, very active
  3. divyansh42 → results approver, cli approver — Heavy contributor on both
  4. aThorp96 → pipeline approver — Active reviewer + contributor
  5. jbpratt → mcp-server approver — Most active non-maintainer
  6. infernus01 — Watch for continued growth; candidate for pruner/triggers approver soon

Repo health warnings

  • triggers: Effectively single-maintainer (khrm)
  • dashboard: Effectively single-maintainer (AlanGreene)
  • results: 7/10 approvers inactive
  • catlin: Appears dormant — consider archiving

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