PkgRadar

Package evidence

@async/[email protected]

Suspicious Publish Context: {"package_age_days":0,"publisher":"patrickjs","burst_same_day":1,"burst_week":1,"lure":{"kind":"token_affix","target":"async"},"version_anomaly":false,"new_account":false}

Trust signals

Why this verdict

PkgRadar discounts a release’s score when public reputation argues against novel malware. The verdict above already reflects these — the panel just explains what was applied.

Versions published
1
First published
Jun 2026
Publisher
patrickjs

Recommended action

Review before promoting

Mixed signals: the package has indicators worth reading before allowing the update in automated dependency flows.

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curl -fsS https://pkgradar.com/gate/npm \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PKGRADAR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"specs":["@async/[email protected]"],"fail_on":"review"}'

GitHub Actions step:

- name: PkgRadar gate
  run: |
    curl -fsS https://pkgradar.com/gate/npm \
      -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.PKGRADAR_TOKEN }}" \
      -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
      -d '{"specs":["@async/[email protected]"],"fail_on":"review"}'
Publisherpatrickjs
Artifact bytes105,726
Previous versionnone
Published2026-06-14T02:38:33.722Z
SHA-2561795bb1d0f74ee9a240f1cb5f4e83e5d08766c75e7e652e026997fb158cbc4cc

Why flagged

What the scanner saw

Suspicious Publish Context: {"package_age_days":0,"publisher":"patrickjs","burst_same_day":1,"burst_week":1,"lure":{"kind":"token_affix","target":"async"},"version_anomaly":false,"new_account":false}

Not observed: package install, lifecycle script execution, or sandbox execution. PkgRadar only inspects on-disk artifacts.

Availability ledger

available

review
Last checked
reviewRisk
10Score
0.2.1Version
Status history (1 event)
  1. new → available · risk review · score 10 · status changed

Evidence

Static findings

1 static · 0 from release diff · showing high-signal first.

SeverityKindPathDetailPoints
mediumSuspicious Publish Contextmanifest{"package_age_days":0,"publisher":"patrickjs","burst_same_day":1,"burst_week":1,"lure":{"kind":"token_affix","target":"async"},"version_anomaly":false,"new_account":false}10

Manifest

Package metadata

Scripts14
  • async-pipelinenode scripts/run-async-pipeline.js
  • gists:checknode scripts/package-gists.js --check
  • gists:packagenode scripts/package-gists.js --write
  • gists:publishnode scripts/publish-gists.js
  • pipeline:github:checknode scripts/run-async-pipeline.js github check
  • pipeline:github:generatenode scripts/run-async-pipeline.js github generate
  • pipeline:verifynode scripts/run-async-pipeline.js run verify
  • release:checkpnpm verify && npm --cache ./.async/npm-cache pack --dry-run
  • release:doctornode scripts/release-doctor.mjs
  • release:packnpm --cache ./.async/npm-cache pack --dry-run
  • release:publishnode scripts/publish-npm.mjs
  • skills:validatenode scripts/validate-skills.js
  • testnode --test tests/*.test.js
  • verifynode scripts/validate-skills.js && node scripts/package-gists.js --check && node --test tests/*.test.js && node scripts/run-async-pipeline.js github check