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Package evidence

@async/[email protected]

Suspicious Publish Context: {"package_age_days":0,"publisher":"patrickjs","burst_same_day":1,"burst_week":1,"lure":{"kind":"edit_distance","target":"json5"},"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
3
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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Publisherpatrickjs
Artifact bytes61,793
Previous version0.3.0
Published2026-06-15T08:21:50.210Z
SHA-256945bc6473da468f121726a856e379f3603cc045845f6d64070aaa874eaeefd18

Why flagged

What the scanner saw

Suspicious Publish Context: {"package_age_days":0,"publisher":"patrickjs","burst_same_day":1,"burst_week":1,"lure":{"kind":"edit_distance","target":"json5"},"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
0.4.0Version
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":"edit_distance","target":"json5"},"version_anomaly":false,"new_account":false}10

Manifest

Package metadata

Scripts32
  • api-surface:checkapi-contract check --manifest api-contract.json && api-contract ledger --manifest api-contract.json --check API_SURFACE.md
  • api-surface:generateapi-contract ledger --manifest api-contract.json --out API_SURFACE.md
  • bench:stable-jsonpnpm run build && node ./scripts/bench-stable-json.js
  • buildtsc -p tsconfig.json
  • pack:checknpm --cache .async/npm-cache pack --dry-run
  • pipeline:github:checkasync-pipeline github check
  • pipeline:github:generateasync-pipeline github generate
  • pipeline:pagesasync-pipeline run pages
  • pipeline:previewasync-pipeline run preview
  • pipeline:publishasync-pipeline run publish
  • pipeline:publish-githubasync-pipeline run publish-github
  • pipeline:publish:github:mainasync-pipeline publish github main --package .
  • pipeline:publish:github:prasync-pipeline publish github pr --package .
  • pipeline:publish:github:releaseasync-pipeline publish github release --package .
  • pipeline:publish:npmasync-pipeline publish npm --package .
  • pipeline:release-doctorasync-pipeline run release-doctor
  • pipeline:release:doctorasync-pipeline release doctor --package .
  • pipeline:release:ensureasync-pipeline release ensure --package .
  • pipeline:snapshotasync-pipeline run snapshot
  • pipeline:sync:checkasync-pipeline sync check
  • pipeline:sync:generateasync-pipeline sync generate
  • pipeline:task:api-surfaceasync-pipeline run-task api-surface
  • pipeline:task:buildasync-pipeline run-task build
  • pipeline:task:docs.siteasync-pipeline run-task docs.site
  • pipeline:task:packasync-pipeline run-task pack
  • pipeline:task:testasync-pipeline run-task test
  • pipeline:verifyasync-pipeline run verify
  • release:checkpnpm run vendor:json5:check && pnpm run build && pnpm run test && pnpm run api-surface:check && pnpm run pack:check
  • testpnpm run build && node --test tests/*.test.js
  • typechecktsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json
  • …and 2 more.