Public report — News-Articles, published 8 Aug 2026. Concrete security findings (CVE IDs, secret matches, dependency versions) are hidden in this version; ask the repo owner for the full report.
Watchdogby Canine Development 08-08-2026 @ 00:33 UTC Public
Code Health Audit

Ventrian/News-Articles

no automated tests
34% Weak
CriticalWeakAdequateStrongExemplary
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Security 96% Exemplary Architecture 63% Adequate Maturity 54% Adequate Code Health 37% Weak Readiness 15% Critical

— · 2 projects · weakest lens: Readiness (15%)

Grounded in facts. Every number here is computed, not narrated — reproducible, tool-backed, and traceable to a line of code. How to trust this ▸

39/42dimensions tool-verifieddeterministic · confidence 1.0 · 3 LLM-assisted, advisory
293findings with an exact file:lineof 301 — the remainder are repo-wide signals (a dimension-level measurement, not a single line); open any file:line and verify
42/101dimensions across the health lenses · 2 projects — wide & deep

Executive summary

Read through the Production lens — the standard calibration. *Green* means good enough to run in production. The score is absolute and comparable across repos.

ventrian/News-Articles carries serious gaps (34%). Several issues below can materially affect correctness, security, or the cost of changing it — and propagate to everything that depends on it.

It is strongest in Security (96%) — its security and compliance posture is in good shape.

The area that most needs attention is Readiness (15%) — releases are harder to depend on — versioning, release notes and dependency hygiene are thin, so consumers can't easily tell what changed or trust an upgrade. Code Health (37%) is the next concern — changes there are slower and more error-prone.

Leadership focus, highest impact first: CI workflow that builds and runs the test suite on every push/PR (CI/CD gates); SAST step (e.g. CodeQL) or a security analyzer package (Security & performance tooling); tests that import the unreached modules (directly or through… (Test Coverage).

For scale: — (~0 production lines); rebuilding it from scratch would take roughly — (—). Approximate, ±~30%.

It builds on a genuinely strong Security foundation (96%); the priorities above are the highest-leverage way to bring the rest up to that level.

Code Health 37% Weak · gated by D1, D2, D18, R1, R3 Architecture 63% Adequate · gated by D26, AX5 Maturity 54% Adequate · gated by M2 Readiness 15% ⚠ Critical · gated by D8, D9, R4, R6, P1, P3 Security 96% ★ Exemplary
How the score is built — each lens's share of the headline Width is the lens's weight in the worst-heaviest fold (the weakest area pulls hardest); colour is that lens's own band. A lens fixes the score in proportion to its width.
Readiness 15% · 47% weightCode Health 37% · 26% weightMaturity 54% · 14% weightArchitecture 63% · 8% weightSecurity 96% · 4% weight

Raise Readiness 15 → 70 (the Healthy floor) ⇒ headline 34 → ~50.

Code composition — where the lines go
Generated 100%
New since the last scan (54+)

54 finding(s) are new versus the previous scan (2026-08-03) — surfaced by this scheduled scan itself, no pull request required.

  • D1 · ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings (cyclomatic 40) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D1 · ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals (cyclomatic 18) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D1 · ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound (cyclomatic 17) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals (cognitive 127) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings (cognitive 111) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 59) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.grdFormPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 39) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.GetAuthorList (cognitive 36) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.SaveFilterSettings (cognitive 30) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.BindFilterSettings (cognitive 26) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D2 · ucViewOptions.BindCommentSettings (cognitive 24) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D3 · FileTooLong: ./ucViewOptions.ascx.vb ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D3 · TooManyMethods: ucViewOptions ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (29 lines × 2) Base/NewsArticleModuleBase.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (17 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (16 lines × 7) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (16 lines × 2) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (15 lines × 9) ucEditCategory.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (14 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) ImageHandler.ashx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (11 lines × 2) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (9 lines × 4) Components/ArticleController.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (9 lines × 3) ucEditCategory.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (8 lines × 2) LatestArticles.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) Components/ArticleController.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb
  • D4 · Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) LatestArticles.ascx.vb
  • D17 · EmptyCatchBlock ucViewOptions.ascx.vb
  • D18 · Monorepo: only 1 of 2 solutions was scored
  • D35 · Change coupling: ArticleSettings.vb ↔ ucViewOptions.ascx.vb Components/ArticleSettings.vb
  • D35 · Change coupling: UploadFiles.ascx.vb ↔ UploadImages.ascx.vb Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb
  • R1 · Type Safety
  • R10 · Duplicated block (24 lines × 7 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R10 · Duplicated block (24 lines × 6 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R10 · Duplicated block (13 lines × 2 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R10 · Duplicated block (13 lines × 2 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R10 · Duplicated block (11 lines × 2 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R10 · Duplicated block (11 lines × 2 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R10 · Duplicated block (11 lines × 2 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R10 · Duplicated block (11 lines × 2 locations) Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R2 · Complex function showFor (cyclomatic 12, cognitive 11) Includes/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.js
  • R2 · Complex function uploadSuccess (cyclomatic 11, cognitive 9) Includes/Uploader/handlers.00.07.61.js
  • R3 · Large Files
  • R4 · No test reaches this file Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js
  • R4 · No test reaches this file Includes/ColorPicker/ColorPicker.js
  • R4 · No test reaches this file Includes/Uploader/handlers.00.07.61.js
  • R4 · No test reaches this file Includes/VentrianValidators.js
  • R6 · Tooling
  • SC1 · NuGet dependencies are not locked

A full-fidelity diff against the previous run's complete recorded findings — line-move tolerant: a finding that only shifted line counts as unchanged, only genuinely new titles/files surface here.

Top priorities

The highest-leverage moves; the full ranked list is in the Roadmap below.

1
Resolve the 1 No automated tests finding(s) in Code Coverage.
+16.1 pts · Low effort · Code Coverage
2
Resolve the 1 No tests found finding(s) in Test Distribution.
+16.1 pts · Low effort · Test Distribution
3
Add a CI workflow that builds and runs the test suite on every push/PR.
+18.7 pts · Medium effort · CI/CD gates

Diagnosis — what's actually going on

Highest-leverage move · Medium · Leverage
Of everything flagged, the best return on effort is: Add a CI workflow that builds and runs the test suite on every push/PR. The rest can wait behind it.
Evidence: priority ranking: top of 5 ranked by impact/effort
→ Add a CI workflow that builds and runs the test suite on every push/PR.

At a glance — Code Health · 37% · Weak · gated by D1, D2, D18, R1, R3

The Good
D3 · .NET / C# God Classes 7.6 D4 · .NET / C# Code Duplication 9.4 D17 · .NET / C# Explicit Debt 7.2 GD1 · Repo Unfinished & placeholder code 10.0 R2 · React / TS Cyclomatic Complexity 7.0 R7 · React / TS Dead Code 10.0 X1 · Repo Async correctness 10.0 X3 · Repo Exception handling 10.0 X4 · Repo Structured logging 10.0
The Bad
R10 · React / TS Code Duplication 5.7
The Ugly
D1 · .NET / C# Cyclomatic Complexity 2.0 D2 · .NET / C# Cognitive Complexity 2.0 D18 · .NET / C# Solution Shape 2.0 R1 · React / TS Type Safety 0.0 R3 · React / TS Large Files 0.0

At a glance — Architecture · 63% · Adequate · gated by D26, AX5

The Good
D35 · .NET / C# Change Coupling 9.8 AX6 · Repo Interface segregation 10.0 R9 · React / TS Circular Imports 10.0
The Bad
D5 · .NET / C# Coupling 6.0 D6 · .NET / C# Cohesion (LCOM4) 6.3
The Ugly
D26 · .NET / C# Project Cohesion 0.0 AX5 · Repo Architecture & structure 3.0

At a glance — Maturity · 54% · Adequate · gated by M2

The Good
D15 · .NET / C# Churn × Complexity Hotspots 10.0 D16 · .NET / C# Bus Factor 10.0 D21 · .NET / C# Naming Consistency 10.0 D34 · .NET / C# Knowledge Freshness 10.0 M1 · Repo Documentation (README) 8.3 M4 · Repo Documentation accuracy 10.0
The Bad
M3 · Repo Folder & project structure 6.0
The Ugly
D19 · .NET / C# Documentation Quality 4.0 M2 · Repo Architecture documentation 0.0

At a glance — Readiness · 15% · Critical · gated by D8, D9, R4, R6, P1, P3

The Good
D12 · .NET / C# Dependency Hygiene 10.0 D13 · .NET / C# Secret Scanning 10.0 R8 · React / TS Dependency Hygiene 10.0
The Ugly
D8 · .NET / C# Code Coverage 0.0 P1 · Repo CI/CD gates 0.0 P3 · Repo Security & performance tooling 0.0 R4 · React / TS Test Coverage 0.0 R6 · React / TS Tooling 0.0

At a glance — Security · 96% · Exemplary

The Good
D28 · .NET / C# Secrets (history) 10.0 D29 · .NET / C# Static Analysis (SAST) 9.2

Security & Compliance — OWASP Top-10 mapping

Findings mapped to OWASP categories; the specific CVEs/secrets are in the Security dimension cards below and findings.md (redacted only on the public version of this report).

OWASP categoryFindingsSeverity
A03:2021 — Injection6Medium

Roadmap

First, establish a continuous integration workflow that builds the code and runs the test suite on every push or pull request. Next, integrate static analysis and security scanning tools to identify vulnerabilities and performance issues early in the development cycle. Then, expand test coverage by adding tests for all production modules to ensure comprehensive validation. Finally, configure essential tooling such as linters and type checkers as part of the automated pipeline to maintain code quality.

Ranked by impact ÷ effort. "Helps" is the estimated gain on the 0–100 health score.

Do thisHelpsEffortDimension
Resolve the 1 No automated tests finding(s) in Code Coverage.+16.1 ptsLowCode Coverage
Resolve the 1 No tests found finding(s) in Test Distribution.+16.1 ptsLowTest Distribution
Add a CI workflow that builds and runs the test suite on every push/PR.+18.7 ptsMediumCI/CD gates
Add a SAST step (e.g. CodeQL) or a security analyzer package.+18.7 ptsMediumSecurity & performance tooling
Add tests that import the unreached modules (directly or through their public entry).+18.7 ptsMediumTest Coverage
Add the missing tooling (eslint, tsc) as package.json scripts and run them in CI.+18.7 ptsMediumTooling
Migrate the remaining .js/.jsx files to TypeScript.+8.6 ptsMediumType Safety
Split the oversized components into smaller, focused ones.+8.6 ptsMediumLarge Files

File quality

Per-file score 0–10 — a quality signature. Of 53 files carrying findings, judged against the Production bar: 15% slop · 62% mixed · 23% near-clean.

FileScoreBandWorst signal
LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb2.2SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb2.5SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb2.7SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Controls/Listing.ascx.vb2.8SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb3.1SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb3.1SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb3.2SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
ucApproveArticles.ascx.vb3.6SlopExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
ucApproveComments.ascx.vb4.2MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Archives.ascx.vb4.2MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
ucViewOptions.ascx.vb4.6MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
ViewCategory.ascx.vb4.6MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Rss.aspx.vb4.6MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb4.6MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
ViewArticle.ascx.vb4.7MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Components/Layout/TokenProcessor.vb5.4MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock
Components/ArticleController.vb5.5MixedCyclomatic Complexity: ArticleController.ReadArticle (cyclomatic 26)
Components/Common.vb6.0MixedExplicit Debt: TodoComment
Components/CategoryController.vb6.0MixedExplicit Debt: ObsoleteWithCallers
Components/EmailTemplateController.vb6.1MixedExplicit Debt: EmptyCatchBlock

Methodology & how to trust this report

Watchdog is a deep, periodic assessment — run each sprint, monthly, or quarterly, taking the time to go wider and deeper than a quick check and surfacing in one coherent report what you'd otherwise piece together from a dozen separate tools. It scores deterministically: the same commit yields the same score, every run. 39 of 42 evaluated dimensions are computed purely by tools and static analysis (confidence 1.0); 3 documentation/naming judgement(s) are LLM-assisted and labelled advisory. Overall confidence is 0.6 — the weighted average across measured dimensions; it falls as more of the score leans on LLM-assisted judgement and rises when it's fully tool-backed.

Every figure here is one of three kinds, and we label which: ✓ Measured — a deterministic fact (LoC, complexity, coverage); ~ Modeled — an estimate from a stated model (cost, effort, value-at-risk), always a range with its assumptions, never a precise fact; ◐ Advisory — an LLM prose judgement. We never present a modelled estimate as if it were measured. Perfect or absent scores carry their provenance too (ADR-0011): ✓ Tool-verified means the property itself was measured across the surface; ○ Nothing flagged means the probes came back clean — a claim bounded by what a repository can show; ⊘ Not evidenced means a working control (a tested restore, an automated rollback) showed no positive evidence — absence of evidence is not evidence of a control, so it's excluded from the score rather than awarded a spurious 10; ◐ Sampled · advisory marks an LLM verdict over a bounded sample — advisory, never a deterministic measurement.

What we checked — 42 dimensions across the health lenses
D1D2D3D4D5D6D8D9D12D13D15D16D17D18D19D21D26D28D29D34D35AX5AX6GD1M1M2M3M4P1P3R1R10R2R3R4R6R7R8R9X1X3X4

Each chip is a dimension scored from real signals across architecture, testing, dependencies, security & compliance, documentation, git-history and code quality — in one coherent pass. A surface report typically covers a handful.

How to trust any code-health report — three questions
  1. Can you open the finding? Real findings cite a repo-relative file and line you can open at the cited line — never an absolute scratch path. Here, 293 of 301 do; the remainder are repo-wide signals — a dimension-level measurement, not a single line. (Every path in this report is repo-relative by construction: paths are normalized at the producer and the report is rejected if any rooted path leaks through.)
  2. Is there a tool behind the number? Every score below names the method that produced it — Roslyn, git, a scanner, or (for a handful of documentation/naming dimensions) an LLM labelled sampled · advisory — not a narrative.
  3. Does re-running give the same result? Run it again on the same commit and the score — and this report, byte for byte — is identical. A report whose numbers move between runs is describing the run, not the code.

This report answers yes to all three. That's the bar to hold any assessment to.

Tools & methods

The actual versions used this run (captured at analysis time) — re-run on the same commit for the identical score.

MethodBacksVersionEvaluator
Roslyn static analysisComplexity, cohesion, coupling, dead code, API surface, layering5.3.0✓ deterministic
Native secret scannerHardcoded secrets / credentials1.0.0✓ deterministic
jscpdCode duplication—✓ deterministic
Coverage (coverlet / dotnet-coverage)Line & branch coverage10.0.301✓ deterministic
NuGet / dotnetOutdated, vulnerable & deprecated dependencies10.0.301✓ deterministic
git / LibGit2SharpChurn hotspots, knowledge concentration, history2.43.0 · 0.31.0✓ deterministic
gitleaks · semgrep · trivy · checkovSecrets in history, SAST, CVEs, IaC & container, PII / GDPR1.86.0 · 0.69.3✓ deterministic
LLM (sampled · advisory)Documentation quality, ADR conformance, naming — sampled over a bounded sample; advisory, never a deterministic measurementLocal LLM◐ LLM · sampled · advisory

Every finding is locatable in findings.md. Run 019fdec9-99e1-73ac-8d12-2b6ea1023550.

The exact command behind every deep-scan dimension — tool, version, invocation and retained raw output — is in Appendix B — Reproduction & audit trail.

Run transparency — what happened this run

What ran differently this time — a tool absent, degraded, or that fell back to an estimate. Named openly, not folded silently into the scores. A degraded run also records its exact cause in diagnostics.md.

  • D30 Dependency Vulnerabilities — scanner not present in this environment — The backing tool was not installed where this scan ran, so this dimension was not scored. Install the tool (or run in the hosted environment, where it is always present) for a graded result.
  • D31 IaC & Container Security — scanner not present in this environment — The backing tool was not installed where this scan ran, so this dimension was not scored. Install the tool (or run in the hosted environment, where it is always present) for a graded result.
  • D32 Data Compliance (PII/GDPR) — scanner not present in this environment — The backing tool was not installed where this scan ran, so this dimension was not scored. Install the tool (or run in the hosted environment, where it is always present) for a graded result.
  • D33 JS/npm Dependency Vulnerabilities — scanner not present in this environment — The backing tool was not installed where this scan ran, so this dimension was not scored. Install the tool (or run in the hosted environment, where it is always present) for a graded result.
  • D36 Supply-chain Provenance & Signing — scanner not present in this environment — The backing tool was not installed where this scan ran, so this dimension was not scored. Install the tool (or run in the hosted environment, where it is always present) for a graded result.
  • D37 Vulnerability-disclosure Policy — scanner not present in this environment — The backing tool was not installed where this scan ran, so this dimension was not scored. Install the tool (or run in the hosted environment, where it is always present) for a graded result.
  • D38 OSV Dependency Vulnerabilities — scanner not present in this environment — The backing tool was not installed where this scan ran, so this dimension was not scored. Install the tool (or run in the hosted environment, where it is always present) for a graded result.

Repo exclusion declarations (.gitattributes linguist-generated/vendored, .editorconfig generated_code): none declared — every source file was scored.

Limitations & what we did not check

Watchdog assesses the repository exactly as committed, and only the repository. By design it does not reach outside the source tree: the live cloud account, the running CI/CD pipeline, the host's branch-protection and approval rules, the production configuration, or a restore actually exercised against a backup are all out of scope. That boundary is a feature, not a gap — a repo-relative, deterministic scan re-runs identically on any commit and every finding opens at a real file and line, where a live audit can neither be reproduced nor traced. The visible consequence is that controls which leave no in-repo evidence are reported as "not evidenced" and excluded from the score rather than awarded a number a static scan cannot justify.

Per-dimension blind spots

For each dimension that was measured, what a static, repo-only scan structurally cannot see — the honest edge of the measurement, not a failure of it.

  • D1 Cyclomatic Complexity: Cyclomatic complexity counts branches statically — it cannot tell an essential decision tree from accidental tangle, nor see complexity that lives in data or configuration (large switch-case token tables, DSL lexers/parsers, data-as-code rule tables) rather than control flow: a tokenizer's many single-character cases read as high complexity though each branch is trivial.
  • D2 Cognitive Complexity: Cognitive-complexity heuristics approximate how hard code is to follow; genuine domain difficulty and well-named intent that eases reading are not captured.
  • D3 God Classes: "God class" is sized by members and responsibilities visible in the type — a deliberately broad facade over a coherent subsystem can read the same as an accidental grab-bag. For front-end JS the file-length check is cohesion-aware (a single-responsibility module — one class/IIFE — earns a 3× threshold), but cohesion is approximated from top-level declarations, not true dependency structure.
  • D4 Code Duplication: Duplication is token-similarity (jscpd) — it finds copy-paste, not semantic duplication expressed differently. Committed machine-written code (EF migration scaffolds, *.Designer.cs, model snapshots) is EXCLUDED — its repetition is the tool's, not the team's — so the score reflects hand-written duplication only; the generated footprint is reported separately under Solution Shape.
  • D5 Coupling: Coupling is measured between projects/assemblies — runtime coupling through DI, reflection, messaging or shared databases is invisible to a static reference graph.
  • D6 Cohesion (LCOM4): LCOM4 cohesion is syntactic — it infers connectivity from which methods touch which fields/methods by name, not from real runtime behaviour or intent.
  • D8 Code Coverage: Coverage is measured by building and running the suite (`dotnet test --collect`) inside Watchdog's isolated image — the target repo is never modified, and nothing on your systems runs. So coverage exists only when the suite builds and runs within the inline time budget; one that needs external services, can't build, or exceeds the budget yields no coverage (D8 then degrades to not-measured, not a low score). Line coverage also says nothing about assertion quality.
  • D9 Test Distribution: The test-pyramid shape is inferred from project/folder naming and references, with a single test host bucketed per-file by its path tier and content signals — a suite that names tiers unconventionally and gives no per-file signal can still be mis-bucketed.
  • D12 Dependency Hygiene: Dependency health reads manifests and lockfiles — a vulnerability in a vendored/copied dependency, or risk from how a dependency is actually used, is outside this view.
  • D13 Secret Scanning: Secret detection is signature- and entropy-based on the current tree — a secret that does not match a known pattern, or one already rotated, will not be flagged (a clean scan is "nothing matched", not "no secrets exist").
  • D15 Churn × Complexity Hotspots: Churn hotspots come from git history — a freshly imported or squashed repository has no churn signal, and recent rewrites can mask a historically risky file.
  • D16 Bus Factor: Bus-factor is a time-decayed model of commit attribution (who has recently, repeatedly worked a file), not comprehension — pairing, review and reading-without-committing spread knowledge it can't see; bot commits and shared accounts still distort it.
  • D17 Explicit Debt: Acknowledged-debt signals (TODO/FIXME, suppressions, dead code) are textual — undocumented debt that nobody marked, and debt that lives in design rather than annotations, is invisible. Committed machine-written code (EF migrations, designer files, snapshots) is excluded — it is never the team's dead code to delete.
  • D18 Solution Shape: Build integrity reflects whether the solution compiled in this environment — a build that needs a private feed, a specific SDK, or a generated file absent from the repo can read as broken when it is merely unreproducible here.
  • D19 Documentation Quality: Documentation quality is judged by an LLM over a bounded sample of docs — it reads what is written, not whether the docs match the running system, and it is advisory, not a measurement.
  • D21 Naming Consistency: Naming quality is an LLM judgement over a bounded sample — it assesses clarity/consistency of the names it sees, not domain-correctness, and is advisory.
  • D26 Project Cohesion: Project focus is sized from members/namespaces per project — a project that is broad by deliberate design reads the same as one that has sprawled.
  • D28 Secrets (history): Secret-history scanning sweeps the git log for known patterns — a secret that predates the available history, or never matched a signature, is not found (clean means "nothing matched in the history we can see").
  • D29 Static Analysis (SAST): SAST findings are pattern-based (semgrep) — it finds classes of bug it has rules for; logic flaws, auth/authorization gaps and issues needing runtime context are out of reach (and clean means "no rule matched").
  • D34 Knowledge Freshness: Freshness is decayed commit RECENCY, not comprehension — code read often but rarely committed reads as orphaned, and stable code that genuinely needs no changes is penalised the same as forgotten code; bot/squash commits distort it like the bus factor.
  • D35 Change Coupling: Change coupling is co-change in COMMITS — files split across separate commits, or coupled only through a shared config/build step, read as uncoupled, and a sweeping commit (rename/format) is excluded so it doesn't couple everything. It shows that files change together, not WHY: a high coupling can be a healthy cohesive pair as readily as a hidden leak.
  • M4 Documentation accuracy: Onboarding quality is an LLM read of the docs/setup present — it cannot run the onboarding or measure how long a real new joiner takes; the verdict is sampled and advisory.

The LLM boundary

LLM-set scores this run (3): D19, D21, M4 (model: Local LLM). For these, a model reads a bounded sample and sets the numeric score (documentation, ADR quality, naming, comment value, onboarding) — D25 sets the ADR-conformance fraction over sampled code, D22 judges API accuracy over a sample. These are sampled and advisory by design: they vary at the margins between runs and are never a deterministic measurement. Every other score in this report is tool-computed at confidence 1.0.

Dimensions

D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity2.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: How tangled the control flow is — methods with many branches are hard to test and change.

Method: Cyclomatic complexity per method (1 + decision points), computed exhaustively across production source; test projects separated by convention. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 2.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Prevented

51 method(s) exceeded the cyclomatic complexity threshold of 15; the worst was LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem at 808.

LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cyclomatic 808)Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:795
LatestArticles.BindArticles (cyclomatic 133)LatestArticles.ascx.vb:206
Listing.ProcessHeader (cyclomatic 120)Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:753
LayoutController.ProcessComment (cyclomatic 118)Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:4017
ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle (cyclomatic 111)ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:513

+ 46 more group(s) — more in Appendix A; the complete list is findings.md.

What to do

  1. Resolve the 1 LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cyclomatic 808) finding(s) in Cyclomatic Complexity — start with LayoutController.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).
  2. Resolve the 1 LatestArticles.BindArticles (cyclomatic 133) finding(s) in Cyclomatic Complexity — start with LatestArticles.ascx.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).
  3. Resolve the 1 Listing.ProcessHeader (cyclomatic 120) finding(s) in Cyclomatic Complexity — start with Listing.ascx.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).
  4. Enforce Cyclomatic Complexity in CI to reach Verified (currently Documented). — Hardens enforcement from Documented toward Prevented — provenance only; does not change the score.

Detailed fixes: d1_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D2 · Cognitive Complexity2.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: How hard the code is for a person to follow, beyond raw branching.

Method: Cognitive complexity per method (Sonar-style nesting-penalized score), computed exhaustively over production code, excluding test projects. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 2.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Prevented

112 method(s) exceeded the cognitive complexity threshold of 15; the worst was LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem at 3525.

LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cognitive 3525)Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:795
ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle (cognitive 571)ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:513
ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild (cognitive 484)ViewCategory.ascx.vb:64
ViewCategory.ProcessCategory (cognitive 456)ViewCategory.ascx.vb:435
Listing.ProcessHeader (cognitive 452)Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:753

+ 107 more group(s) — more in Appendix A; the complete list is findings.md.

What to do

  1. Resolve the 1 LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cognitive 3525) finding(s) in Cognitive Complexity — start with LayoutController.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).
  2. Resolve the 1 ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle (cognitive 571) finding(s) in Cognitive Complexity — start with ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).
  3. Resolve the 1 ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild (cognitive 484) finding(s) in Cognitive Complexity — start with ViewCategory.ascx.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).
  4. Enforce Cognitive Complexity in CI to reach Verified (currently Documented). — Hardens enforcement from Documented toward Prevented — provenance only; does not change the score.

Detailed fixes: d2_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D3 · God Classes7.6 / 10Strong✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Over-large classes that try to do too much ("god classes").

Method: God-class detection by line and method-count thresholds per logical type (partial classes unified), filtered for generated code and registration/contract false positives. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 7.6 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Prevented

16 god class(es) detected.

FileTooLong: Components/ArticleController.vb · ×13Components/ArticleController.vb:0
ClassTooLong: ArticleInfo · ×11Components/ArticleInfo.vb:0
TooManyMethods: ArticleController · ×5Components/ArticleController.vb:0

What to do

  1. Resolve the 13 FileTooLong finding(s) in God Classes — start with ArticleController.vb, ArticleSettings.vb, Common.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (13 warning-level).
  2. Resolve the 11 ClassTooLong finding(s) in God Classes — start with ArticleInfo.vb, ArticleSettings.vb, Common.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (11 warning-level).
  3. Resolve the 5 TooManyMethods finding(s) in God Classes — start with ArticleController.vb, LayoutController.vb, SqlDataProvider.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (5 warning-level).
  4. Enforce God Classes in CI to reach Verified (currently Documented). — Hardens enforcement from Documented toward Prevented — provenance only; does not change the score.

Detailed fixes: d3_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D4 · Code Duplication9.4 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Copy-pasted code that should be shared instead.

Method: Code duplication via token-stream sliding windows with type-aware normalization (locals masked, type names preserved), density-scored per KLoC of production code. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 9.4 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Verified

37 duplicated block group(s) detected.

Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) · ×4Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:221
Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) · ×4Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:596
Duplicated block (8 lines × 2) · ×3Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:207
Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) · ×3Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:282
Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) · ×3Components/ArticleController.vb:723

+ 16 more group(s) — more in Appendix A; the complete list is findings.md.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d4_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D5 · Coupling6.0 / 10Adequate✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether volatile projects sit underneath others that depend on them (so their churn ripples upward), and whether project dependencies form cycles. A widely-depended-on but stable shared/kernel project is healthy, not penalised.

Method: Dependency cycles via elementary-DFS over real .csproj references, plus Martin instability (afferent/efferent) per project. Exhaustive over the reference graph, deterministic.

Coverage: Exhaustive · type-level: afferent/efferent coupling + cycles computed over every production type — the population is all types, not a name convention.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 6.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Prevented

2 projects, 0 dependency cycle(s), 0 unstable depended-on project(s).

Off the main sequence: Ventrian.NewsArticles

What to do

  1. Resolve the 1 Off the main sequence finding(s) in Coupling. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).
  2. Enforce Coupling in CI to reach Verified (currently Documented). — Hardens enforcement from Documented toward Prevented — provenance only; does not change the score.

Detailed fixes: d5_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D6 · Cohesion (LCOM4)6.3 / 10Adequate✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether a class's methods are focused on a single responsibility.

Method: LCOM4 cohesion per production class with at least two methods: connected components of methods sharing state or calls, computed syntactically. Deterministic, not a proxy.

Coverage: Exhaustive · type-level: LCOM4 cohesion computed over every production class — the population is all types, not a name convention.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 6.3 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Verified

4 of 13 classes have LCOM4 above 3.

Low cohesion: NewsArticleModuleBase (LCOM4 8) · ×4Base/NewsArticleModuleBase.vb:24

What to do

  1. Resolve the 4 Low cohesion finding(s) in Cohesion (LCOM4) — start with ArticleController.vb, LayoutController.vb, NewsArticleModuleBase.vb. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (4 warning-level).
  2. Enforce Cohesion (LCOM4) in CI to reach Verified (currently Documented). — Hardens enforcement from Documented toward Verified — provenance only; does not change the score.

Detailed fixes: d6_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D8 · Code Coverage0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: How much of the code is actually exercised by tests.

Method: Coverage from coverlet runs or committed reports (Cobertura/OpenCover/lcov), computed per-file with structured exclusions for generated, trivial, and glue code. When the suite can't be built/run in-image AND no report is committed, coverage is reported NOT-MEASURED (excluded from the score) with the precondition to make it measurable — never a LoC-ratio proxy folded in as if measured. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 0.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Verified

No automated tests — the solution has no test code.

No automated tests

What to do

  1. Resolve the 1 No automated tests finding(s) in Code Coverage. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 issue-level).
  2. Enforce Code Coverage in CI to reach Verified (currently Documented). — Hardens enforcement from Documented toward Verified — provenance only; does not change the score.

Detailed fixes: d8_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D9 · Test Distribution0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether the test suite has a healthy mix of unit / integration / end-to-end tests.

Method: Test projects classified (Unit/Integration/BDD/E2E) from compiled metadata; test methods counted exhaustively across projects with placement-agnostic disk fallback. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 0.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

No test projects found.

No tests found

What to do

  1. Resolve the 1 No tests found finding(s) in Test Distribution. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 recommendation-level).

Detailed fixes: d9_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D12 · Dependency Hygiene10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether dependencies are current, secure, and not bloated.

Method: Manifest scan via dotnet list package across all projects; worst-signal-per-package deduction (saturating for vulnerabilities, capped-linear for deprecation/outdated) per KLoC. Exhaustive, deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 10.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Verified

0 outdated, 0 vulnerable, 0 deprecated packages.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d12_recommendation.md.

D13 · Secret Scanning10.0 / 10Exemplary○ Nothing flagged

What it measures: Whether any secrets (keys, tokens, passwords) have leaked into the code.

Method: In-process native secret scanner (entropy plus signature patterns) across all tracked files; no external tool. A clean result is a measured 10, not no-data zero. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 10.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Prevented

Secret scan ran and found no leaked secrets.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d13_recommendation.md.

D15 · Churn × Complexity Hotspots10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Files that change often and are also complex — the riskiest hotspots.

Method: Per production file churn times cyclomatic complexity over a rolling window, computed from git and Roslyn/JS/Razor analysis. Exhaustive, deterministic per commit date.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 10.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

No churn × complexity hotspots in the window.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d15_recommendation.md.

D16 · Bus Factor10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether knowledge is concentrated in too few people (the "bus factor").

Method: Living knowledge per author via time-decayed commit attribution (6-month half-life, focus weighting) across largest source files. Deterministic, avoids blame's mechanical-refactor false positives.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 10.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

No source file's living knowledge is concentrated in a single author.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d16_recommendation.md.

D17 · Explicit Debt7.2 / 10Strong✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Acknowledged debt left in the code — TODOs, dead code, suppressed warnings.

Method: Roslyn syntactic debt markers (suppressions/TODO/FIXME/HACK/empty-catch/commented-code/Obsolete) plus SymbolFinder dead-code analysis; weighted-debt-per-KLoC density deducted 2.0x per unit. Deterministic, exhaustive.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 7.2 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Prevented

48 deducted debt markers + 0 dead symbols across 30851 LoC (1.4/KLoC) → score 7.2.

EmptyCatchBlock · ×44Archives.ascx.vb:27
ObsoleteWithCallers · ×2Components/CategoryController.vb:166
TodoComment · ×2Components/Common.vb:555

What to do

  1. Resolve the 44 EmptyCatchBlock finding(s) in Explicit Debt — start with LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb (8), PostComment.ascx.vb (4), ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb (4). — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (44 issue-level).
  2. Resolve the 2 ObsoleteWithCallers finding(s) in Explicit Debt — start with CategoryController.vb (2). — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (2 warning-level).
  3. Resolve the 2 TodoComment finding(s) in Explicit Debt — start with Common.vb (2). — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (2 warning-level).
  4. Enforce Explicit Debt in CI to reach Verified (currently Documented). — Hardens enforcement from Documented toward Prevented — provenance only; does not change the score.

Detailed fixes: d17_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D18 · Solution Shape2.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether the solution is laid out in a sensible, conventional structure.

Method: Solution structure: project count, decomposition, shell-project detection, build success (confirmed failures cap the score); traced to actual .sln files and binaries. Deterministic.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 2.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

2 projects, 0 .cs files, 30851 hand-written lines of code (30851 production / 0 test), plus 10390 generated (EF migrations / designer / snapshots, excluded from quality), 1 inter-project edges (build failed).

Monorepo: only 1 of 2 solutions was scored
Shell project: Ventrian.NewsArticles · ×2Ventrian.NewsArticles.vbproj
Build did not complete in the analyzer

What to do

  1. Resolve the 2 Shell project finding(s) in Solution Shape — start with Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider.vbproj, Ventrian.NewsArticles.vbproj. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (2 recommendation-level).
  2. Resolve the 1 Monorepo finding(s) in Solution Shape. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 warning-level).

Detailed fixes: d18_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D19 · Documentation Quality / 10Weak◐ Sampled · advisory

What it measures: Whether the project's documentation is clear, complete, and useful.

Method: Judged by language model at low temperature (0.0-0.1) on a deterministic doc sample (READMEs plus first 25 architecture docs), with two-pass stability filtering. Advisory, sampled.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective Weak / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

The single README for the News-Articles module is a dated maintenance note with only an installation guide and a token reference table (Menu.Item.Html/Listing.Header.Html/...), plus a placeholder for future sections. It states there is no active development and directs readers to contact Scott McCulloch, but it gives no usage guidance or API documentation for the module's data sources, SQL provider, or view models. The visible content is thin and does not reflect the full outline present in the clipped document.

XML-doc coverage: Ventrian.NewsArticles · ×2Ventrian.NewsArticles.vbproj

What to do

  1. Improve Documentation Quality — currently 4.0/10. — The single README for the News-Articles module is a dated maintenance note with only an installation guide and a token reference table (Menu.Item.Html/Listing.Header.Html/...), plus a placeholder for future sections. It states there is no active development and directs readers to contact Scott McCulloch, but it gives no usage guidance or API documentation for the module's data sources, SQL provider, or view models. The visible content is thin and does not reflect the full outline present in the clipped document.

Detailed fixes: d19_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D21 · Naming Consistency / 10Exemplary◐ Sampled · advisory

What it measures: Whether names — types, methods, variables — are clear and consistent.

Method: Judged by language model at low temperature (0.0-0.1) on a deterministic random symbol sample (fixed size, not exhaustive), with disclosed confidence band. Advisory, sampled.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective Exemplary / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Verified

0 naming inconsistencies across 0 sampled symbols.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d21_recommendation.md.

D26 · Project Cohesion0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether each project is a focused, coherent unit rather than an oversized grab-bag.

Method: Project size overshoot penalties (LoC / public-type count / namespace count, 2-of-3 flag) weighted by log magnitude. Exhaustive across projects, deterministic, LLM-independent.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 0.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

1 of 2 projects flagged as possibly oversized/incoherent.

Split Ventrian.NewsArticles

What to do

  1. Resolve the 1 Split Ventrian.NewsArticles finding(s) in Project Cohesion. — One of this dimension's main actionable groups (1 recommendation-level).

Detailed fixes: d26_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D28 · Secrets (history)10.0 / 10Exemplary○ Nothing flagged

What it measures: Whether any secrets were ever committed — scanned across the full git history, not just now.

Method: Git-history secret scan via gitleaks detect over full history in an isolated checkout; each match flagged High. Exhaustive; degrades cleanly when tool absent.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 10.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

gitleaks scanned the full history AND the current working tree and found no secrets.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d28_recommendation.md.

D29 · Static Analysis (SAST)9.2 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Real static-analysis (SAST) findings — likely security bugs in the code, any language.

Method: Polyglot static analysis via semgrep across the repo using the pinned, image-baked p/security-audit + p/owasp-top-ten rulesets (no scan-time registry fetch); severity rules (ERROR/WARNING/INFO) map to a full-band severity-weighted score. Exhaustive, deterministic; degrades on parse failure.

Coverage: semgrep pattern rules over all files — exhaustive for the rule set, blind to classes of bug without a rule (clean = no rule matched).

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 9.2 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

6 finding(s): 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium, 6 low.

Low: plaintext-http-link · ×6Templates/JWPlayer/Print.Item.html:32detected by semgrep finding

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d29_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

D34 · Knowledge Freshness10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether anyone still has living knowledge of each file, or it has been orphaned — last understood long ago by someone now gone quiet. The sibling of the bus factor: D16 asks who owns it, D34 asks whether anyone still knows it.

Method: File orphaning as total living-knowledge decay below one focused-commit's worth within a year, computed per-file from the D16 decay model. Exhaustive, deterministic over fixed history.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 10.0 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

Every significant source file has living knowledge — recently and meaningfully worked.

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d34_recommendation.md.

D35 · Change Coupling9.8 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

What it measures: Whether files that change together actually belong together — pairs that repeatedly co-change in git history despite having no explicit code dependency, surfacing the hidden/logical coupling (and boundaries in the wrong place) a static scan can't see.

Method: Pairwise co-occurrence over the per-commit file sets in git history (production source only — tests and generated dropped): Degree-of-Coupling = shared ÷ min individual revisions, reported above noise floors (each file ≥10 revisions, ≥5 shared commits, ≥50% strength); sweeping commits excluded. Deterministic over fixed history.

Coverage: Population: PRODUCTION source files only — test and generated files are dropped before pairing, so a class co-changing with its own test (trivially ~100%) can't drown the real production↔production coupling. Pairs ranked by Degree-of-Coupling; coupling through a build step, config, or non-source file isn't seen.

Maturity: Documented → Verified → Prevented · effective 9.8 / 10 · rule-coverage 100% · ceiling Documented

Strongest change-coupling: ArticleSettings.vb↔ucViewOptions.ascx.vb 73%; UploadFiles.ascx.vb↔UploadImages.ascx.vb 64%

Change coupling: ArticleSettings.vb ↔ ucViewOptions.ascx.vb · ×2Components/ArticleSettings.vb

✓ On the Gold path — maintain.

Detailed fixes: d35_recommendation.md · top locations in Appendix A, every location in findings.md.

Frontend & cross-cutting dimensions

R = React/JS · M = Maturity · P = Readiness.

AX5 · Architecture & structure3.0 / 10Weak✓ Tool-verified

Other · Architecture — Whether the codebase has a recognisable, scale-appropriate structure (a named architectural style, or modular enough for its size) rather than being an ad-hoc ball of mud.

Method: Roslyn plus csproj analysis: architecture style detection (DDD, clean, vertical-slice, CQRS) and structure fitness for repo size. Deterministic.

  • ~30.9k production LoC (184 types) across 2 project(s) / 16 namespace(s) with no recognised architectural style or layering — at this size, deliberate module boundaries would help. No DDD/clean/vertical-slice/CQRS/transaction-script organisation was detected — code is likely organised ad hoc, which makes change and onboarding harder as it grows.

What to do

  • Introduce deliberate module boundaries — by feature (vertical slices) if your team prefers, or by layer (domain/application/infrastructure). Even splitting into a few cohesive projects with a clear dependency direction would help.
AX6 · Interface segregation10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

Other · Architecture — Whether interfaces stay focused rather than fat — the Interface-Segregation principle (SOLID 'I').

Method: Roslyn scan: public interface member counts; fat-interface threshold (over 15 members) flagged per type. Deterministic, type-level.

GD1 · Unfinished & placeholder code10.0 / 10Exemplary○ Nothing flagged

Other · Code Health — Unreviewed-generation residue: shipped members still throwing NotImplementedException, and placeholder string literals left in non-test, non-generated code. Scored as a quality signature, never as a claim about authorship.

Method: Roslyn syntax scan: NotImplementedException throws and placeholder string literals in non-test, non-generated shipped code. Deterministic, code-shape signature.

M1 · Documentation (README)8.3 / 10Strong✓ Tool-verified

Maturity · Maturity — Whether the repo and its projects have a README, and whether it's substantive and current.

Method: Filesystem scan: README presence, word count, and headings for depth; git history for staleness. Exhaustive across root and project dirs, deterministic.

What to do

  • Add an 'Architecture' / 'How it works' section to the root README — the high-level shape.
  • Add a README to the 1 of 2 project(s) that lack one — worth up to 1 pts.
M2 · Architecture documentation0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

Maturity · Maturity — Whether key decisions (ADRs) and the high-level shape (C4/diagrams) are written down.

Method: Filesystem scan: ADR folder/naming conventions or content, plus Mermaid/PlantUML/C4/architecture.md discovery. Exhaustive, deterministic.

  • No Architecture Decision Records found — decisions aren't captured for future maintainers.
  • No C4/PlantUML/Mermaid diagram or architecture.md — the high-level shape isn't documented.

What to do

  • Start an ADR log (docs/adr/) recording significant decisions and their rationale.
  • Add a C4 context/container diagram (Structurizr, PlantUML or Mermaid) or an architecture.md overview.
M3 · Folder & project structure6.0 / 10Adequate✓ Tool-verified

Maturity · Maturity — Whether the repo is organised deliberately — src/test separation and consistent project naming.

Method: Filesystem scan: src/test folder separation and namespace-prefix consistency (majority RootNamespace agreement). Exhaustive across projects, deterministic.

  • Projects aren't grouped under a src/ folder — production and tooling code are mixed at the root.
  • Test projects aren't grouped under a tests/ folder — the test surface isn't separable from production code at a glance.

What to do

  • Group production code under src/ (or split deliberately, e.g. backend/ + frontend/) so production and tooling code aren't mixed at the root.
  • Group test projects under tests/ (or test/, spec/) so the test surface is discoverable and CI can scope it.
M4 · Documentation accuracy10.0 / 10Exemplary◐ Sampled · advisory

Maturity · Maturity — Whether the README actually describes the code that exists (LLM-judged, advisory).

Method: Judged by language model at low temperature: README accuracy versus actual projects, within a disclosed tolerance. Advisory, not a measured number.

P1 · CI/CD gates0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

Readiness · Readiness — Whether an automated pipeline builds and tests every change.

Method: Filesystem scan: CI workflow files (.github/workflows, .gitlab-ci.yml, etc.) for build and test stages. Exhaustive, deterministic.

  • No CI workflow found (.github/workflows, azure-pipelines.yml, .gitlab-ci.yml, …) — changes aren't gated by an automated build/test.

What to do

  • Add a CI workflow that builds and runs the test suite on every push/PR.
P3 · Security & performance tooling0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

Readiness · Readiness — Whether SAST, secret/dependency scanning and performance benchmarking are wired in (presence, not runtime).

Method: Filesystem/Roslyn scan: CodeQL, Dependabot, secret-scanning, and BenchmarkDotNet presence in pipelines and projects. Exhaustive, deterministic.

  • No static application security testing (CodeQL / security analyzers / codehealth) detected.

What to do

  • Add a SAST step (e.g. CodeQL) or a security analyzer package.
  • Enable Dependabot/Renovate or a dependency-review gate.
  • Add gitleaks/trufflehog in CI to block PRs that introduce committed secrets.
R1 · Type Safety0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Code Health — How much of the frontend is typed TypeScript vs untyped JavaScript.

Method: Frontend file inventory: the share of typed TypeScript vs untyped JavaScript across the source tree. Deterministic, exhaustive over frontend files.

  • 0 typed · 7 plain JS

What to do

  • Migrate the remaining .js/.jsx files to TypeScript.
R10 · Code Duplication5.7 / 10Adequate✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Code Health — Copy-pasted token-identical blocks across the frontend (the D4 clone algorithm over JS/TS tokens, D-386).

Method: Copy-pasted token-identical blocks across the frontend (the D4 clone algorithm run over JS/TS tokens). Deterministic.

  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:551 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:582 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:594 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:606 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:551
  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:582 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:594 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:606 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:622 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:582
  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:607 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:623 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:607
  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:791 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:829 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:791
  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:54 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:66 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:54
  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:110 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:121 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:110
  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:540 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:798 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:540
  • Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:804 · Includes/Uploader/swfupload.00.07.61.js:846 — swfupload.00.07.61.js:804

What to do

  • Extract the duplicated blocks into shared functions/components.
R2 · Cyclomatic Complexity7.0 / 10Strong✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Code Health — Per-function cyclomatic/cognitive complexity from the token-level function scanner (D-386) — real branching, not a regex heuristic.

Method: Per-function cyclomatic/cognitive complexity from a token-level function scanner (real branching, not a regex heuristic), computed over every frontend function. Deterministic.

  • Branch-heavy code is where defects cluster — extract decisions into smaller functions. (×2) — ColorPicker.js:79, handlers.00.07.61.js:75

What to do

  • Break down the listed branch-heavy functions; aim P95 cyclomatic ≤ 5.
R3 · Large Files0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Code Health — How many components/modules exceed the large-file threshold.

Method: Components/modules exceeding the large-file threshold, counted exhaustively across the frontend source tree. Deterministic.

  • 2 file(s) over 400 lines

What to do

  • Split the oversized components into smaller, focused ones.
R4 · Test Coverage0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Readiness — Static test reachability (D-386): the share of production files reachable from any test via the import graph — measured without running anything.

Method: Static test reachability: the share of production files reachable from any test via the import graph — measured without running anything. Deterministic.

  • No test imports this module directly or transitively — its behavior is unverified. (×4) — swfupload.00.07.61.js, ColorPicker.js, handlers.00.07.61.js, …

What to do

  • Add tests that import the unreached modules (directly or through their public entry).
R6 · Tooling0.0 / 10Critical✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Readiness — Whether the project wires up test, lint and typecheck — detected from each package.json script's COMMAND (eslint / tsc / vitest / jest / playwright), not just its name, and corroborated against CI-workflow invocations so a tool run only in CI still counts.

Method: package.json scanned for test/lint/typecheck script wiring. Deterministic presence check.

  • test ✗ · lint ✗ · typecheck ✗

What to do

  • Add the missing tooling (eslint, tsc) as package.json scripts and run them in CI.
R7 · Dead Code10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Code Health — Files unreachable from every application/tooling/test entry point, and exports nothing imports (module-graph reachability, D-386).

Method: Dead code: files unreachable from every application/tooling/test entry point plus exports nothing imports, via module-graph reachability. Deterministic, exhaustive over the import graph.

  • 4 file(s) (~1644 LoC) were excluded from dead-code analysis — declare main/module/exports or a conventional entry (src/index.*, an index.html script) so reachability can see this package.
R8 · Dependency Hygiene10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Readiness — npm dependency truthfulness (D-386): unused dependencies, imports not declared anywhere, and type-/test-only packages shipped as production deps.

Method: npm dependency truthfulness: unused dependencies, imports declared nowhere, and type-/test-only packages shipped as production deps — from the manifest + import graph. Deterministic.

R9 · Circular Imports10.0 / 10Exemplary✓ Tool-verified

React / JS · Architecture — Import cycles in the module graph (D-386) — files that can only be understood and changed together.

Method: Import cycles in the module graph, detected exhaustively over JS/TS imports (the same cycle detection as the .NET coupling dimension). Deterministic.

X1 · Async correctness10.0 / 10Exemplary○ Nothing flagged

Other · Code Health — Whether the code avoids sync-over-async (deadlock-prone blocking on tasks) and async void.

Method: Roslyn syntax scan: async methods scanned for .Wait()/.GetAwaiter().GetResult() and async-void outside event handlers. Deterministic, hard fact per invocation.

X3 · Exception handling10.0 / 10Exemplary○ Nothing flagged

Other · Code Health — Whether exceptions are handled rather than silently swallowed or rethrown with lost stack traces.

Method: Roslyn syntax scan: every catch clause counted; empty catches and bare rethrows flagged. Population is all catch clauses, not estimated. Deterministic, hard fact.

X4 · Structured logging10.0 / 10Exemplary○ Nothing flagged

Other · Code Health — Whether log calls use message templates (queryable) rather than interpolated strings.

Method: Roslyn syntax scan: every log call-site counted; interpolated-string first-argument violations flagged. Population is all log calls, not estimated. Deterministic.

Reference — by lens

The score is the rank-weighted fold of these lenses (worst-heaviest), each including its meta-dimensions; a lens with a Critical contributor is capped at Fair (its band reads "gated by …") and is never the strongest area however high its average.

LensScoreRatingImpact
Code Health37%Weak — gated by D1, D2, D18, R1, R3Capped at Fair by a Critical contributor — resolve it before relying on this lens.
Architecture63%Adequate — gated by D26, AX5Capped at Fair by a Critical contributor — resolve it before relying on this lens.
Maturity54%Adequate — gated by M2Capped at Fair by a Critical contributor — resolve it before relying on this lens.
Readiness15%Critical — gated by D8, D9, R4, R6, P1, P3Capped at Fair by a Critical contributor — resolve it before relying on this lens.
Security96%ExemplaryStrongest area.
Not included — 60 check(s) not relevant to this codebase

These checks had nothing to measure here (no tests, no git history, the codebase is small, or the architecture style doesn't apply), so they're omitted above rather than scored low.

  • AC1 Text alternatives — No user-facing web UI (the repo is a library/CLI/worker/headless service) — accessibility is not applicable.
  • AC2 Forms & labels — No user-facing web UI (the repo is a library/CLI/worker/headless service) — accessibility is not applicable.
  • AC3 Page structure — No user-facing web UI (the repo is a library/CLI/worker/headless service) — accessibility is not applicable.
  • AC4 Keyboard semantics — No user-facing web UI (the repo is a library/CLI/worker/headless service) — accessibility is not applicable.
  • AC5 ARIA correctness — No user-facing web UI (the repo is a library/CLI/worker/headless service) — accessibility is not applicable.
  • AC6 Visual & motion safety — No user-facing web UI (the repo is a library/CLI/worker/headless service) — accessibility is not applicable.
  • AC7 A11y enforcement — No user-facing web UI (the repo is a library/CLI/worker/headless service) — accessibility is not applicable.
  • AX1 Captive dependencies — no DI registrations detected
  • AX10 Code composition — no source files detected — code composition not applicable
  • AX2 Stateful singletons — no singleton implementations detected
  • AX3 Project dependency cycles — no csproj graph available
  • AX4 Dependency direction — no csproj graph available
  • AX7 Slice cohesion — not applicable — not a vertical-slice architecture
  • AX8 Test isolation — no test/production split to check
  • AX9 CQS / query purity — no CQRS query handlers detected — query purity is not applicable to this codebase
  • C1 Data Protection — No personal data detected in the analyzed source — no PII-typed entity/column names (Email, FirstName, DateOfBirth, …), no ASP.NET Identity / user-account model, and no stored user credentials. GDPR data-protection controls are therefore N/A here. If this is intentional, record the no-PII posture in an ADR; if the app does process personal data, name those fields conventionally so this dimension activates.
  • C2 Access Controls — No access-control surface detected in the analyzed source — no web/app surface to authorize (no HTTP API or web-UI project) and no authorization code at all (no [Authorize]/policies, no imperative guard methods). Access control is therefore N/A here — this is a library/CLI, which is authorized by its CALLER, not by itself. If this codebase grows request handlers, the dimension reactivates and a default-deny posture is expected then.
  • C3 Audit Trail — No personal data detected in the analyzed source — no PII-typed entity/column names (Email, FirstName, DateOfBirth, …), no ASP.NET Identity / user-account model, and no stored user credentials. GDPR data-protection controls are therefore N/A here. If this is intentional, record the no-PII posture in an ADR; if the app does process personal data, name those fields conventionally so this dimension activates.
  • C4 Data Retention — No personal data detected in the analyzed source — no PII-typed entity/column names (Email, FirstName, DateOfBirth, …), no ASP.NET Identity / user-account model, and no stored user credentials. GDPR data-protection controls are therefore N/A here. If this is intentional, record the no-PII posture in an ADR; if the app does process personal data, name those fields conventionally so this dimension activates.
  • C5 Data-Subject Rights — No personal data detected in the analyzed source — no PII-typed entity/column names (Email, FirstName, DateOfBirth, …), no ASP.NET Identity / user-account model, and no stored user credentials. GDPR data-protection controls are therefore N/A here. If this is intentional, record the no-PII posture in an ADR; if the app does process personal data, name those fields conventionally so this dimension activates.
  • D10 Test Quality — No tests in the analyzed solution to assess for quality.
  • D11 Test Reliability — Test reliability not included
  • D14 License Compliance — license scan produced no result — the tool ran but its JSON output could not be parsed; the offline NuGet fallback resolved nothing
  • D20 ADR Quality — N/A — ADRs are expected on deployable products with a user-facing host, not consumed libraries; no ADR log is required here.
  • D22 Internal API Consistency — No exposed public API
  • D23 Boundary Type-Coupling — At only 30k LoC the codebase is small despite two projects, so its size alone makes it not need boundaries.
  • D24 Comment Value — No inline comments to assess — comment value is not applicable here.
  • D25 ADR Conformance — no ADRs to check
  • D27 Navigability — symbol resolution incomplete — navigability not assessed
  • D30 Dependency Vulnerabilities — the solution did not restore on the analyzer's .NET SDK (an SDK/target-framework/restore mismatch, common for an older codebase), so there was no restored dependency graph to scan for NuGet CVEs — excluded rather than scored; re-run on an SDK that can restore this solution
  • D31 IaC & Container Security — No Infrastructure-as-Code or container manifests found (Dockerfile, Terraform, Kubernetes/Helm, CloudFormation); nothing to scan.
  • D32 Data Compliance (PII/GDPR) — No PII/GDPR ruleset is bundled (the public p/gdpr semgrep pack was retired) — data compliance is not assessed in this scan.
  • D33 JS/npm Dependency Vulnerabilities — No JS/npm manifest or lockfile found outside bin/obj (package.json, package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml, bun.lockb); no JS dependencies to scan.
  • D36 Supply-chain Provenance & Signing — No CI/build pipeline found (.github/workflows, .gitlab-ci.yml, azure-pipelines.yml, Jenkinsfile, .circleci); there is no build to attest provenance for.
  • D37 Vulnerability-disclosure Policy — No vulnerability-disclosure policy file found (SECURITY.md, .github/SECURITY.md, docs/SECURITY.md, .well-known/security.txt). A coordinated-disclosure policy may live off-repo, so this is not evidenced rather than failed.
  • D38 OSV Dependency Vulnerabilities — No JS/npm lockfile found outside bin/obj (package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml, bun.lockb); nothing for OSV to scan.
  • D39 IL Efficiency — The target did not build, so no IL was available to measure.
  • D7 Architectural Integrity — no checkable ADRs and no dependency cycles — architectural integrity not assessed
  • DM1 Domain Modelling — not run — 0/3 markers found
  • ED1 Event-Driven — not run — 0/3 markers found
  • ED5 Idempotency — no mutating command handlers or message consumers detected — idempotency check not applicable
  • ES1 Event Sourcing — not run — 0/3 markers found
  • IC1 Incompleteness & stubs — no C# methods found
  • P12 CI test-gate honesty — no CI workflow found
  • P2 Observability — This repo is a library, not a deployed service — it has no process to operate, so production observability (structured logging, tracing/metrics, health checks) is N/A. A library may log via an injected ILogger, but the absence of operational telemetry is not a defect here. If it grows a host (web API, worker), the dimension reactivates.
  • P4 Deployment & Rollback — not evidenced — no deploy/rollback/approval signal in the repo; absence of evidence is not evidence of a manual release
  • P5 DR & Backup — not evidenced — repo shows no backup/RTO/RPO controls; absence of evidence is not evidence of a working control
  • P6 Release Hygiene — not evidenced — no changelog, version stamp or semver release tag in the repo
  • P7 Outbound HTTP resilience — not applicable — this isn't a service/API/worker
  • P8 Schema migrations — no EF Core usage detected
  • P9 Domain vs controller coverage — no coverage report found on disk — run tests with `--collect:"XPlat Code Coverage"` (or in CI) to enable this cross-layer check
  • PF1 Benchmark discipline — Performance is assessed only for perf-relevant repos — a packaged library, one that ships benchmarks, or one already using allocation-aware APIs. This repo isn't one, so the Performance lens is not applicable and is excluded from the score.
  • PF2 Allocation hygiene — Performance is assessed only for perf-relevant repos — a packaged library, one that ships benchmarks, or one already using allocation-aware APIs. This repo isn't one, so the Performance lens is not applicable and is excluded from the score.
  • PF3 Async & latency hygiene — Performance is assessed only for perf-relevant repos — a packaged library, one that ships benchmarks, or one already using allocation-aware APIs. This repo isn't one, so the Performance lens is not applicable and is excluded from the score.
  • R11 Import Boundaries — No recognizable feature-sliced/layered src layout — boundary rules not applicable.
  • R5 Dependency Freshness — no package-lock.json — dependency freshness not measured (would require an npm lockfile); JS/npm CVEs are scored in D33 (JS/npm Dependency Vulnerabilities)
  • S1 Web-Security Posture — No web surface detected in the analyzed source — no HTTP API or web-UI project (no controllers/minimal-API endpoints, no Razor/Blazor views) and no web middleware (HTTPS redirection, HSTS, security headers, cookies). Transport security, security headers, secure cookies, CSRF/input-validation and middleware-order controls are therefore N/A here — this is a library/CLI/worker, not a web app. Crypto hygiene was still checked and found nothing to flag. If this codebase becomes web-facing, the dimension reactivates automatically.
  • SC1 Supply-chain hygiene — no data
  • X2 Cancellation propagation — no async methods found
  • X5 Nullable reference types — no NRT-eligible projects

Appendix A — Findings (grouped)

The findings behind the scores, grouped by severity, then by dimension and kind. The high-severity issues are enumerated in full below; items per group are capped at 25 with any overflow stated explicitly per group, never silently truncated. The complete machine-readable list of every finding (all severities) is the companion findings.md in this report's bundle.

Issue — 45 finding(s)
D17 · Explicit Debt · EmptyCatchBlock · ×44
  • EmptyCatchBlock Archives.ascx.vb:27 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Archives.ascx.vb:39 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/EmailTemplateController.vb:395 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:3599 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/Layout/TokenProcessor.vb:327 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/TemplateController.vb:60 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/Tracking/NotificationJob.vb:46 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/Tracking/NotificationJob.vb:51 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/Tracking/PingJob.vb:23 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Components/Utility/LocalizationUtil.vb:124 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:635 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:648 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1352 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:391 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:474 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:490 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:505 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb:57 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb:152 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb:203 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:163 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:190 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:885 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:893 — empty catch block
  • EmptyCatchBlock LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:901 — empty catch block
  • + 19 more in this group — see findings.md.
D8 · Code Coverage · No automated tests · ×1
  • No automated tests — No automated tests — the solution has no test code. Untested code is the largest single risk to changing it safely.
Warning — 241 finding(s)
D3 · God Classes · FileTooLong · ×13
  • FileTooLong: Components/ArticleController.vb Components/ArticleController.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 752 lines.
  • FileTooLong: Components/ArticleSettings.vb Components/ArticleSettings.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 1424 lines.
  • FileTooLong: Components/Common.vb Components/Common.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 607 lines.
  • FileTooLong: Layout/LayoutController.vb Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 3809 lines.
  • FileTooLong: Controls/Listing.ascx.vb Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 1302 lines.
  • FileTooLong: Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 567 lines.
  • FileTooLong: ./LatestArticles.ascx.vb LatestArticles.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 1116 lines.
  • FileTooLong: ./LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 824 lines.
  • FileTooLong: ./NewsArchives.ascx.vb NewsArchives.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 637 lines.
  • FileTooLong: ./Rss.aspx.vb Rss.aspx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 648 lines.
  • FileTooLong: ./ViewCategory.ascx.vb ViewCategory.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 777 lines.
  • FileTooLong: ./ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 1772 lines.
  • FileTooLong: ./ucViewOptions.ascx.vb ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:0 — FileTooLong — 1499 lines.
D3 · God Classes · ClassTooLong · ×11
  • ClassTooLong: ArticleInfo Components/ArticleInfo.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 479 lines, 1 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: ArticleSettings Components/ArticleSettings.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 1414 lines, 2 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: Common Components/Common.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 590 lines, 30 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: Listing Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 1292 lines, 14 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: PostComment Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 432 lines, 17 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: UploadImages Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 551 lines, 17 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: LatestArticles LatestArticles.ascx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 1105 lines, 14 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: LatestArticlesOptions LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 810 lines, 30 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: NewsArchives NewsArchives.ascx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 629 lines, 13 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: Rss Rss.aspx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 637 lines, 11 methods.
  • ClassTooLong: ViewCategory ViewCategory.ascx.vb:0 — ClassTooLong — 768 lines, 6 methods.
D3 · God Classes · TooManyMethods · ×5
  • TooManyMethods: ArticleController Components/ArticleController.vb:0 — TooManyMethods — 732 lines, 31 methods.
  • TooManyMethods: LayoutController Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:0 — TooManyMethods — 3786 lines, 35 methods.
  • TooManyMethods: SqlDataProvider Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:0 — TooManyMethods — 381 lines, 89 methods.
  • TooManyMethods: ucSubmitNews ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:0 — TooManyMethods — 1753 lines, 42 methods.
  • TooManyMethods: ucViewOptions ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:0 — TooManyMethods — 1484 lines, 76 methods.
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) · ×4
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:221 — Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:221-232 | Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:253-263
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) ImageHandler.ashx.vb:37 — ImageHandler.ashx.vb:37-47 | ImageHandler.ashx.vb:56-67
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:237 — LatestArticles.ascx.vb:237-248 | LatestArticles.ascx.vb:258-269
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 2) Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:159 — Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:159-170 | Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:220-231
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) · ×4
  • Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:596 — Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:596-600 | Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:610-614
  • Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1567 — Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1567-1571 | Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1573-1577
  • Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1357 — LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1357-1361 | LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1363-1367
  • Duplicated block (5 lines × 2) ViewArticle.ascx.vb:85 — ViewArticle.ascx.vb:85-89 | ViewArticle.ascx.vb:107-111
D6 · Cohesion (LCOM4) · Low cohesion · ×4
  • Low cohesion: NewsArticleModuleBase (LCOM4 8) Base/NewsArticleModuleBase.vb:24 — NewsArticleModuleBase's methods form 8 groups that share no state and don't call each other — a sign it may have several responsibilities. Review whether it splits into focused classes.
  • Low cohesion: StoryFeedWS (LCOM4 7) Web References/wsStoryFeed/Reference.vb:27 — StoryFeedWS's methods form 7 groups that share no state and don't call each other — a sign it may have several responsibilities. Review whether it splits into focused classes.
  • Low cohesion: ArticleController (LCOM4 6) Components/ArticleController.vb:30 — ArticleController's methods form 6 groups that share no state and don't call each other — a sign it may have several responsibilities. Review whether it splits into focused classes.
  • Low cohesion: LayoutController (LCOM4 5) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:33 — LayoutController's methods form 5 groups that share no state and don't call each other — a sign it may have several responsibilities. Review whether it splits into focused classes.
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (8 lines × 2) · ×3
  • Duplicated block (8 lines × 2) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:207 — Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:207-214 | Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:215-222
  • Duplicated block (8 lines × 2) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:95 — LatestArticles.ascx.vb:95-102 | LatestArticles.ascx.vb:108-115
  • Duplicated block (8 lines × 2) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:994 — LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:994-1001 | ucTemplateEditor.ascx.vb:25-32
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) · ×3
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:282 — Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:282-288 | Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:315-321
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:131 — Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:131-137 | Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:154-160
  • Duplicated block (7 lines × 2) ViewArticle.ascx.vb:143 — ViewArticle.ascx.vb:143-149 | ViewArticle.ascx.vb:150-156
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) · ×3
  • Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) Components/ArticleController.vb:723 — Components/ArticleController.vb:723-728 | Components/ArticleController.vb:745-750
  • Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:585 — Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:585-590 | Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:591-596
  • Duplicated block (6 lines × 2) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:272 — ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:272-277 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:513-518
D17 · Explicit Debt · ObsoleteWithCallers · ×2
  • ObsoleteWithCallers Components/CategoryController.vb:166 — <Obsolete> GetCategoryListAll
  • ObsoleteWithCallers Components/CategoryController.vb:173 — <Obsolete> GetCategoryListAll
D17 · Explicit Debt · TodoComment · ×2
  • TodoComment Components/Common.vb:555 — ' TODO: Remove at a later date when minimum version raised. — source code is not a task system: move the work to your tracker and leave a reference instead (e.g. `// REF: PROJ-123`), so the task is planned where tasks live and the ticket links back to the code.
  • TodoComment Components/Common.vb:612 — ' TODO: Remove at a later date when minimum version raised. — source code is not a task system: move the work to your tracker and leave a reference instead (e.g. `// REF: PROJ-123`), so the task is planned where tasks live and the ticket links back to the code.
D35 · Change Coupling · Change coupling · ×2
  • Change coupling: ArticleSettings.vb ↔ ucViewOptions.ascx.vb Components/ArticleSettings.vb — `Components/ArticleSettings.vb` and `ucViewOptions.ascx.vb` change together 73% of the time (8 shared commits) with no explicit dependency — a hidden/logical coupling. If they belong together, co-locate them; if not, break the coupling.
  • Change coupling: UploadFiles.ascx.vb ↔ UploadImages.ascx.vb Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb — `Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb` and `Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb` change together 64% of the time (7 shared commits) with no explicit dependency — a hidden/logical coupling. If they belong together, co-locate them; if not, break the coupling.
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (15 lines × 2) · ×2
  • Duplicated block (15 lines × 2) ucImportFeed.ascx.vb:264 — ucImportFeed.ascx.vb:264-278 | ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:2286-2300
  • Duplicated block (15 lines × 2) ViewArticle.ascx.vb:128 — ViewArticle.ascx.vb:128-142 | ViewArticle.ascx.vb:157-171
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (14 lines × 2) · ×2
  • Duplicated block (14 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:97 — Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:97-110 | Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:97-110
  • Duplicated block (14 lines × 2) Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:108 — Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:108-121 | Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:124-137
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (9 lines × 4) · ×2
  • Duplicated block (9 lines × 4) Components/ArticleController.vb:130 — Components/ArticleController.vb:130-138 | Components/AuthorController.vb:20-28 | Components/CategoryController.vb:24-32 | Providers/FileProvider/FileController.vb:11-19
  • Duplicated block (9 lines × 4) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1398 — Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1398-1406 | Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1442-1450 | Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1486-1494 | Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1560-1568
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (9 lines × 2) · ×2
  • Duplicated block (9 lines × 2) ucApproveArticles.ascx.vb:129 — ucApproveArticles.ascx.vb:129-137 | ucApproveComments.ascx.vb:29-37
  • Duplicated block (9 lines × 2) ucEditPages.ascx.vb:184 — ucEditPages.ascx.vb:184-192 | ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:2169-2177
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cyclomatic 808) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cyclomatic 808) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:795 — LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem has cyclomatic complexity 808 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LatestArticles.BindArticles (cyclomatic 133) · ×1
  • LatestArticles.BindArticles (cyclomatic 133) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:206 — LatestArticles.BindArticles has cyclomatic complexity 133 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Listing.ProcessHeader (cyclomatic 120) · ×1
  • Listing.ProcessHeader (cyclomatic 120) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:753 — Listing.ProcessHeader has cyclomatic complexity 120 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessComment (cyclomatic 118) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessComment (cyclomatic 118) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:4017 — LayoutController.ProcessComment has cyclomatic complexity 118 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle (cyclomatic 111) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle (cyclomatic 111) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:513 — ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle has cyclomatic complexity 111 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ViewCategory.ProcessCategory (cyclomatic 108) · ×1
  • ViewCategory.ProcessCategory (cyclomatic 108) ViewCategory.ascx.vb:435 — ViewCategory.ProcessCategory has cyclomatic complexity 108 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · TokenProcessor.ProcessMenuItem (cyclomatic 102) · ×1
  • TokenProcessor.ProcessMenuItem (cyclomatic 102) Components/Layout/TokenProcessor.vb:56 — TokenProcessor.ProcessMenuItem has cyclomatic complexity 102 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild (cyclomatic 99) · ×1
  • ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild (cyclomatic 99) ViewCategory.ascx.vb:64 — ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild has cyclomatic complexity 99 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucSubmitNews.rptCustomFields_OnItemDataBound (cyclomatic 74) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.rptCustomFields_OnItemDataBound (cyclomatic 74) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:1631 — ucSubmitNews.rptCustomFields_OnItemDataBound has cyclomatic complexity 74 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · PostComment.btnAddComment_Click (cyclomatic 68) · ×1
  • PostComment.btnAddComment_Click (cyclomatic 68) Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:237 — PostComment.btnAddComment_Click has cyclomatic complexity 68 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Rss.ProcessItem (cyclomatic 63) · ×1
  • Rss.ProcessItem (cyclomatic 63) Rss.aspx.vb:313 — Rss.ProcessItem has cyclomatic complexity 63 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ViewArticle.BindArticle (cyclomatic 61) · ×1
  • ViewArticle.BindArticle (cyclomatic 61) ViewArticle.ascx.vb:28 — ViewArticle.BindArticle has cyclomatic complexity 61 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.BindSettings (cyclomatic 58) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.BindSettings (cyclomatic 58) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:259 — LatestArticlesOptions.BindSettings has cyclomatic complexity 58 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LatestArticles.ProcessHeaderFooter (cyclomatic 51) · ×1
  • LatestArticles.ProcessHeaderFooter (cyclomatic 51) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:799 — LatestArticles.ProcessHeaderFooter has cyclomatic complexity 51 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucApproveComments.cmdApprove_Click (cyclomatic 49) · ×1
  • ucApproveComments.cmdApprove_Click (cyclomatic 49) ucApproveComments.ascx.vb:175 — ucApproveComments.cmdApprove_Click has cyclomatic complexity 49 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Common.GetArticleLink (cyclomatic 42) · ×1
  • Common.GetArticleLink (cyclomatic 42) Components/Common.vb:329 — Common.GetArticleLink has cyclomatic complexity 42 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Rss.Page_Load (cyclomatic 41) · ×1
  • Rss.Page_Load (cyclomatic 41) Rss.aspx.vb:688 — Rss.Page_Load has cyclomatic complexity 41 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings (cyclomatic 40) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings (cyclomatic 40) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:947 — ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings has cyclomatic complexity 40 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Rss.ReadQueryString (cyclomatic 39) · ×1
  • Rss.ReadQueryString (cyclomatic 39) Rss.aspx.vb:58 — Rss.ReadQueryString has cyclomatic complexity 39 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Common.GetArticleLink (cyclomatic 37) · ×1
  • Common.GetArticleLink (cyclomatic 37) Components/Common.vb:183 — Common.GetArticleLink has cyclomatic complexity 37 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Listing.BindListing (cyclomatic 36) · ×1
  • Listing.BindListing (cyclomatic 36) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:379 — Listing.BindListing has cyclomatic complexity 36 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Listing.GetParams (cyclomatic 36) · ×1
  • Listing.GetParams (cyclomatic 36) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:518 — Listing.GetParams has cyclomatic complexity 36 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · NewsArchives.ProcessArchive (cyclomatic 36) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.ProcessArchive (cyclomatic 36) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:532 — NewsArchives.ProcessArchive has cyclomatic complexity 36 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · UploadImages.btUpload_Click (cyclomatic 34) · ×1
  • UploadImages.btUpload_Click (cyclomatic 34) Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:572 — UploadImages.btUpload_Click has cyclomatic complexity 34 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · NewsArchives.BindAuthorArchive (cyclomatic 34) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.BindAuthorArchive (cyclomatic 34) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:371 — NewsArchives.BindAuthorArchive has cyclomatic complexity 34 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · NewsArchives.BindDateArchive (cyclomatic 33) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.BindDateArchive (cyclomatic 33) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:135 — NewsArchives.BindDateArchive has cyclomatic complexity 33 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.SaveSettings (cyclomatic 31) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.SaveSettings (cyclomatic 31) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:557 — LatestArticlesOptions.SaveSettings has cyclomatic complexity 31 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Archives.Page_Load (cyclomatic 31) · ×1
  • Archives.Page_Load (cyclomatic 31) Archives.ascx.vb:144 — Archives.Page_Load has cyclomatic complexity 31 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · Listing.InitSettings (cyclomatic 28) · ×1
  • Listing.InitSettings (cyclomatic 28) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:626 — Listing.InitSettings has cyclomatic complexity 28 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessImage (cyclomatic 27) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessImage (cyclomatic 27) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:4555 — LayoutController.ProcessImage has cyclomatic complexity 27 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucSubmitNews.SaveCustomFields (cyclomatic 27) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.SaveCustomFields (cyclomatic 27) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:1309 — ucSubmitNews.SaveCustomFields has cyclomatic complexity 27 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ArticleController.ReadArticle (cyclomatic 26) · ×1
  • ArticleController.ReadArticle (cyclomatic 26) Components/ArticleController.vb:794 — ArticleController.ReadArticle has cyclomatic complexity 26 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · NewsArticles.ReadQueryString (cyclomatic 25) · ×1
  • NewsArticles.ReadQueryString (cyclomatic 25) NewsArticles.ascx.vb:30 — NewsArticles.ReadQueryString has cyclomatic complexity 25 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucApproveArticles.cmdApproveSelected_OnClick (cyclomatic 25) · ×1
  • ucApproveArticles.cmdApproveSelected_OnClick (cyclomatic 25) ucApproveArticles.ascx.vb:194 — ucApproveArticles.cmdApproveSelected_OnClick has cyclomatic complexity 25 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucSubmitNews.BindArticle (cyclomatic 25) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.BindArticle (cyclomatic 25) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:141 — ucSubmitNews.BindArticle has cyclomatic complexity 25 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ArticleController.WriteArticles (cyclomatic 24) · ×1
  • ArticleController.WriteArticles (cyclomatic 24) Components/ArticleController.vb:620 — ArticleController.WriteArticles has cyclomatic complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemCommand (cyclomatic 23) · ×1
  • UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemCommand (cyclomatic 23) Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:372 — UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemCommand has cyclomatic complexity 23 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · NewsArchives.BindCategoryArchive (cyclomatic 23) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.BindCategoryArchive (cyclomatic 23) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:270 — NewsArchives.BindCategoryArchive has cyclomatic complexity 23 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ViewCategory.Page_Init (cyclomatic 23) · ×1
  • ViewCategory.Page_Init (cyclomatic 23) ViewCategory.ascx.vb:865 — ViewCategory.Page_Init has cyclomatic complexity 23 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LatestLayoutController.GetLayout (cyclomatic 22) · ×1
  • LatestLayoutController.GetLayout (cyclomatic 22) Components/Layout/LatestLayoutController.vb:12 — LatestLayoutController.GetLayout has cyclomatic complexity 22 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · RssImportJob.ImportFeedRDF (cyclomatic 21) · ×1
  • RssImportJob.ImportFeedRDF (cyclomatic 21) Components/Import/RssImportJob.vb:192 — RssImportJob.ImportFeedRDF has cyclomatic complexity 21 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · PostRating.lstRating_SelectedIndexChanged (cyclomatic 21) · ×1
  • PostRating.lstRating_SelectedIndexChanged (cyclomatic 21) Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb:116 — PostRating.lstRating_SelectedIndexChanged has cyclomatic complexity 21 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · XmlrpcRequest.LoadXmlRequest (cyclomatic 19) · ×1
  • XmlrpcRequest.LoadXmlRequest (cyclomatic 19) API/MetaWebLog/XmlrpcRequest.vb:132 — XmlrpcRequest.LoadXmlRequest has cyclomatic complexity 19 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · RssImportJob.ImportFeed (cyclomatic 19) · ×1
  • RssImportJob.ImportFeed (cyclomatic 19) Components/Import/RssImportJob.vb:17 — RssImportJob.ImportFeed has cyclomatic complexity 19 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · NewsArchives.ProcessTemplate (cyclomatic 19) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.ProcessTemplate (cyclomatic 19) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:708 — NewsArchives.ProcessTemplate has cyclomatic complexity 19 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · CategoryController.GetCategoriesAll (cyclomatic 18) · ×1
  • CategoryController.GetCategoriesAll (cyclomatic 18) Components/CategoryController.vb:62 — CategoryController.GetCategoriesAll has cyclomatic complexity 18 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessFile (cyclomatic 18) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessFile (cyclomatic 18) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:4473 — LayoutController.ProcessFile has cyclomatic complexity 18 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals (cyclomatic 18) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals (cyclomatic 18) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1467 — ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals has cyclomatic complexity 18 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound (cyclomatic 17) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound (cyclomatic 17) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1760 — ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound has cyclomatic complexity 17 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · LayoutController.GetRelatedArticles (cyclomatic 16) · ×1
  • LayoutController.GetRelatedArticles (cyclomatic 16) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:401 — LayoutController.GetRelatedArticles has cyclomatic complexity 16 (threshold 15).
D1 · Cyclomatic Complexity · ucSubmitNews.BindCategories (cyclomatic 16) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.BindCategories (cyclomatic 16) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:288 — ucSubmitNews.BindCategories has cyclomatic complexity 16 (threshold 15).
D18 · Solution Shape · Monorepo · ×1
  • Monorepo: only 1 of 2 solutions was scored — This repository contains 2 .NET solutions, but a scan analyzes ONE. Every score, lens, and finding here reflects only `Ventrian.NewsArticles.sln` — the other 1 (`Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider.sln`) were not analyzed and are not represented in the headline. To cover them, scan each solution as its own target and group them in a Solution or Product for a portfolio roll-up. If a secondary solution is an archived or vendored tree, declare it — `.gitattributes` (`path/** linguist-vendored`) or `.editorconfig` (`[path/**] generated_code = true`) — to exclude it from discovery the same way generated code is.
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cognitive 3525) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem (cognitive 3525) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:795 — LayoutController.ProcessArticleItem has cognitive complexity 3525 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle (cognitive 571) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle (cognitive 571) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:513 — ucSubmitNews.SaveArticle has cognitive complexity 571 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild (cognitive 484) · ×1
  • ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild (cognitive 484) ViewCategory.ascx.vb:64 — ViewCategory.ProcessCategoryChild has cognitive complexity 484 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ViewCategory.ProcessCategory (cognitive 456) · ×1
  • ViewCategory.ProcessCategory (cognitive 456) ViewCategory.ascx.vb:435 — ViewCategory.ProcessCategory has cognitive complexity 456 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Listing.ProcessHeader (cognitive 452) · ×1
  • Listing.ProcessHeader (cognitive 452) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:753 — Listing.ProcessHeader has cognitive complexity 452 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessComment (cognitive 414) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessComment (cognitive 414) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:4017 — LayoutController.ProcessComment has cognitive complexity 414 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucApproveComments.cmdApprove_Click (cognitive 344) · ×1
  • ucApproveComments.cmdApprove_Click (cognitive 344) ucApproveComments.ascx.vb:175 — ucApproveComments.cmdApprove_Click has cognitive complexity 344 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticles.BindArticles (cognitive 328) · ×1
  • LatestArticles.BindArticles (cognitive 328) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:206 — LatestArticles.BindArticles has cognitive complexity 328 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · PostComment.btnAddComment_Click (cognitive 279) · ×1
  • PostComment.btnAddComment_Click (cognitive 279) Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:237 — PostComment.btnAddComment_Click has cognitive complexity 279 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.rptCustomFields_OnItemDataBound (cognitive 266) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.rptCustomFields_OnItemDataBound (cognitive 266) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:1631 — ucSubmitNews.rptCustomFields_OnItemDataBound has cognitive complexity 266 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Rss.ProcessItem (cognitive 244) · ×1
  • Rss.ProcessItem (cognitive 244) Rss.aspx.vb:313 — Rss.ProcessItem has cognitive complexity 244 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticles.ProcessHeaderFooter (cognitive 218) · ×1
  • LatestArticles.ProcessHeaderFooter (cognitive 218) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:799 — LatestArticles.ProcessHeaderFooter has cognitive complexity 218 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ViewArticle.BindArticle (cognitive 217) · ×1
  • ViewArticle.BindArticle (cognitive 217) ViewArticle.ascx.vb:28 — ViewArticle.BindArticle has cognitive complexity 217 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · TokenProcessor.ProcessMenuItem (cognitive 186) · ×1
  • TokenProcessor.ProcessMenuItem (cognitive 186) Components/Layout/TokenProcessor.vb:56 — TokenProcessor.ProcessMenuItem has cognitive complexity 186 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Common.GetArticleLink (cognitive 148) · ×1
  • Common.GetArticleLink (cognitive 148) Components/Common.vb:329 — Common.GetArticleLink has cognitive complexity 148 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Rss.Page_Load (cognitive 139) · ×1
  • Rss.Page_Load (cognitive 139) Rss.aspx.vb:688 — Rss.Page_Load has cognitive complexity 139 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucApproveArticles.cmdApproveSelected_OnClick (cognitive 137) · ×1
  • ucApproveArticles.cmdApproveSelected_OnClick (cognitive 137) ucApproveArticles.ascx.vb:194 — ucApproveArticles.cmdApproveSelected_OnClick has cognitive complexity 137 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsArchives.ProcessArchive (cognitive 130) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.ProcessArchive (cognitive 130) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:532 — NewsArchives.ProcessArchive has cognitive complexity 130 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals (cognitive 127) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals (cognitive 127) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1467 — ucViewOptions.BindAvailableContentSharingPortals has cognitive complexity 127 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Common.GetArticleLink (cognitive 122) · ×1
  • Common.GetArticleLink (cognitive 122) Components/Common.vb:183 — Common.GetArticleLink has cognitive complexity 122 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Listing.BindListing (cognitive 119) · ×1
  • Listing.BindListing (cognitive 119) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:379 — Listing.BindListing has cognitive complexity 119 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.BindSettings (cognitive 116) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.BindSettings (cognitive 116) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:259 — LatestArticlesOptions.BindSettings has cognitive complexity 116 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsArchives.BindAuthorArchive (cognitive 113) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.BindAuthorArchive (cognitive 113) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:371 — NewsArchives.BindAuthorArchive has cognitive complexity 113 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsArchives.BindDateArchive (cognitive 112) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.BindDateArchive (cognitive 112) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:135 — NewsArchives.BindDateArchive has cognitive complexity 112 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings (cognitive 111) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings (cognitive 111) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:947 — ucViewOptions.SaveSecuritySettings has cognitive complexity 111 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Archives.Page_Load (cognitive 98) · ×1
  • Archives.Page_Load (cognitive 98) Archives.ascx.vb:144 — Archives.Page_Load has cognitive complexity 98 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · UploadImages.btUpload_Click (cognitive 93) · ×1
  • UploadImages.btUpload_Click (cognitive 93) Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:572 — UploadImages.btUpload_Click has cognitive complexity 93 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.SaveCustomFields (cognitive 89) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.SaveCustomFields (cognitive 89) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:1309 — ucSubmitNews.SaveCustomFields has cognitive complexity 89 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ArticleController.WriteArticles (cognitive 86) · ×1
  • ArticleController.WriteArticles (cognitive 86) Components/ArticleController.vb:620 — ArticleController.WriteArticles has cognitive complexity 86 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.SaveSettings (cognitive 85) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.SaveSettings (cognitive 85) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:557 — LatestArticlesOptions.SaveSettings has cognitive complexity 85 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ViewCategory.Page_Init (cognitive 85) · ×1
  • ViewCategory.Page_Init (cognitive 85) ViewCategory.ascx.vb:865 — ViewCategory.Page_Init has cognitive complexity 85 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestLayoutController.GetLayout (cognitive 80) · ×1
  • LatestLayoutController.GetLayout (cognitive 80) Components/Layout/LatestLayoutController.vb:12 — LatestLayoutController.GetLayout has cognitive complexity 80 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ArticleController.ReadArticle (cognitive 75) · ×1
  • ArticleController.ReadArticle (cognitive 75) Components/ArticleController.vb:794 — ArticleController.ReadArticle has cognitive complexity 75 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessImage (cognitive 74) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessImage (cognitive 74) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:4555 — LayoutController.ProcessImage has cognitive complexity 74 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.BindArticle (cognitive 73) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.BindArticle (cognitive 73) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:141 — ucSubmitNews.BindArticle has cognitive complexity 73 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsArchives.BindCategoryArchive (cognitive 71) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.BindCategoryArchive (cognitive 71) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:270 — NewsArchives.BindCategoryArchive has cognitive complexity 71 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Rss.ReadQueryString (cognitive 69) · ×1
  • Rss.ReadQueryString (cognitive 69) Rss.aspx.vb:58 — Rss.ReadQueryString has cognitive complexity 69 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 59) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 59) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1760 — ucViewOptions.grdBasicPermissions_ItemDataBound has cognitive complexity 59 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.BindModules (cognitive 56) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.BindModules (cognitive 56) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:112 — LatestArticlesOptions.BindModules has cognitive complexity 56 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Common.GetArticleModules (cognitive 55) · ×1
  • Common.GetArticleModules (cognitive 55) Components/Common.vb:486 — Common.GetArticleModules has cognitive complexity 55 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestCommentsOptions.BindModules (cognitive 55) · ×1
  • LatestCommentsOptions.BindModules (cognitive 55) LatestCommentsOptions.ascx.vb:15 — LatestCommentsOptions.BindModules has cognitive complexity 55 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsSearchOptions.BindModules (cognitive 55) · ×1
  • NewsSearchOptions.BindModules (cognitive 55) NewsSearchOptions.ascx.vb:15 — NewsSearchOptions.BindModules has cognitive complexity 55 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ViewArticle.Page_Initialization (cognitive 55) · ×1
  • ViewArticle.Page_Initialization (cognitive 55) ViewArticle.ascx.vb:359 — ViewArticle.Page_Initialization has cognitive complexity 55 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessPostTokens (cognitive 53) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessPostTokens (cognitive 53) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:546 — LayoutController.ProcessPostTokens has cognitive complexity 53 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · PostRating.lstRating_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 51) · ×1
  • PostRating.lstRating_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 51) Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb:116 — PostRating.lstRating_SelectedIndexChanged has cognitive complexity 51 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.ProcessFile (cognitive 50) · ×1
  • LayoutController.ProcessFile (cognitive 50) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:4473 — LayoutController.ProcessFile has cognitive complexity 50 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · CategoryController.GetCategoriesAll (cognitive 49) · ×1
  • CategoryController.GetCategoriesAll (cognitive 49) Components/CategoryController.vb:62 — CategoryController.GetCategoriesAll has cognitive complexity 49 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · RssImportJob.ImportFeedRDF (cognitive 49) · ×1
  • RssImportJob.ImportFeedRDF (cognitive 49) Components/Import/RssImportJob.vb:192 — RssImportJob.ImportFeedRDF has cognitive complexity 49 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.cmdPublishArticle_Click (cognitive 49) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.cmdPublishArticle_Click (cognitive 49) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:2142 — ucSubmitNews.cmdPublishArticle_Click has cognitive complexity 49 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Handler.NewPost (cognitive 47) · ×1
  • Handler.NewPost (cognitive 47) API/MetaWebLog/Handler.ashx.vb:413 — Handler.NewPost has cognitive complexity 47 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Listing.InitSettings (cognitive 47) · ×1
  • Listing.InitSettings (cognitive 47) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:626 — Listing.InitSettings has cognitive complexity 47 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.BindCategories (cognitive 47) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.BindCategories (cognitive 47) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:288 — ucSubmitNews.BindCategories has cognitive complexity 47 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Listing.GetParams (cognitive 46) · ×1
  • Listing.GetParams (cognitive 46) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:518 — Listing.GetParams has cognitive complexity 46 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemCommand (cognitive 42) · ×1
  • UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemCommand (cognitive 42) Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:372 — UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemCommand has cognitive complexity 42 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · RssImportJob.ImportFeed (cognitive 41) · ×1
  • RssImportJob.ImportFeed (cognitive 41) Components/Import/RssImportJob.vb:17 — RssImportJob.ImportFeed has cognitive complexity 41 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · EmailTemplateController.GetApproverDistributionList (cognitive 41) · ×1
  • EmailTemplateController.GetApproverDistributionList (cognitive 41) Components/EmailTemplateController.vb:85 — EmailTemplateController.GetApproverDistributionList has cognitive complexity 41 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Print.BindArticle (cognitive 39) · ×1
  • Print.BindArticle (cognitive 39) Print.aspx.vb:154 — Print.BindArticle has cognitive complexity 39 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.grdFormPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 39) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.grdFormPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 39) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1838 — ucViewOptions.grdFormPermissions_ItemDataBound has cognitive complexity 39 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · PostComment.NotifyComments (cognitive 37) · ×1
  • PostComment.NotifyComments (cognitive 37) Controls/PostComment.ascx.vb:126 — PostComment.NotifyComments has cognitive complexity 37 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucAdminOptions.cmdImport_Click (cognitive 37) · ×1
  • ucAdminOptions.cmdImport_Click (cognitive 37) ucAdminOptions.ascx.vb:40 — ucAdminOptions.cmdImport_Click has cognitive complexity 37 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.GetAuthorList (cognitive 36) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.GetAuthorList (cognitive 36) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:741 — LatestArticlesOptions.GetAuthorList has cognitive complexity 36 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.GetAuthorList (cognitive 36) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.GetAuthorList (cognitive 36) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:434 — ucSubmitNews.GetAuthorList has cognitive complexity 36 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.GetAuthorList (cognitive 36) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.GetAuthorList (cognitive 36) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1425 — ucViewOptions.GetAuthorList has cognitive complexity 36 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Print.ManageStyleSheets (cognitive 35) · ×1
  • Print.ManageStyleSheets (cognitive 35) Print.aspx.vb:66 — Print.ManageStyleSheets has cognitive complexity 35 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.cmdLoadTemplate_Click (cognitive 34) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.cmdLoadTemplate_Click (cognitive 34) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:924 — LatestArticlesOptions.cmdLoadTemplate_Click has cognitive complexity 34 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucImportFeed.cmdUpdate_Click (cognitive 33) · ×1
  • ucImportFeed.cmdUpdate_Click (cognitive 33) ucImportFeed.ascx.vb:141 — ucImportFeed.cmdUpdate_Click has cognitive complexity 33 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsArchives.ProcessTemplate (cognitive 33) · ×1
  • NewsArchives.ProcessTemplate (cognitive 33) NewsArchives.ascx.vb:708 — NewsArchives.ProcessTemplate has cognitive complexity 33 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ImageHandler.ProcessRequest (cognitive 31) · ×1
  • ImageHandler.ProcessRequest (cognitive 31) ImageHandler.ashx.vb:124 — ImageHandler.ProcessRequest has cognitive complexity 31 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · PostRating.Page_Load (cognitive 30) · ×1
  • PostRating.Page_Load (cognitive 30) Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb:71 — PostRating.Page_Load has cognitive complexity 30 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.SaveFilterSettings (cognitive 30) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.SaveFilterSettings (cognitive 30) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:746 — ucViewOptions.SaveFilterSettings has cognitive complexity 30 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LocalizationUtil.UseLanguageInUrl (cognitive 28) · ×1
  • LocalizationUtil.UseLanguageInUrl (cognitive 28) Components/Utility/LocalizationUtil.vb:56 — LocalizationUtil.UseLanguageInUrl has cognitive complexity 28 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.SaveTags (cognitive 28) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.SaveTags (cognitive 28) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:1202 — ucSubmitNews.SaveTags has cognitive complexity 28 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.SaveDetails (cognitive 28) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.SaveDetails (cognitive 28) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:1256 — ucSubmitNews.SaveDetails has cognitive complexity 28 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ArticleController.GetModifiedSearchDocuments (cognitive 27) · ×1
  • ArticleController.GetModifiedSearchDocuments (cognitive 27) Components/ArticleController.vb:363 — ArticleController.GetModifiedSearchDocuments has cognitive complexity 27 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Common.GetAuthorLink (cognitive 26) · ×1
  • Common.GetAuthorLink (cognitive 26) Components/Common.vb:541 — Common.GetAuthorLink has cognitive complexity 26 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Common.GetCategoryLink (cognitive 26) · ×1
  • Common.GetCategoryLink (cognitive 26) Components/Common.vb:597 — Common.GetCategoryLink has cognitive complexity 26 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Common.GetModuleLink (cognitive 26) · ×1
  • Common.GetModuleLink (cognitive 26) Components/Common.vb:643 — Common.GetModuleLink has cognitive complexity 26 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucEditCategory.SaveCategory (cognitive 26) · ×1
  • ucEditCategory.SaveCategory (cognitive 26) ucEditCategory.ascx.vb:125 — ucEditCategory.SaveCategory has cognitive complexity 26 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.BindFilterSettings (cognitive 26) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.BindFilterSettings (cognitive 26) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:683 — ucViewOptions.BindFilterSettings has cognitive complexity 26 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.GetRelatedArticles (cognitive 25) · ×1
  • LayoutController.GetRelatedArticles (cognitive 25) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:401 — LayoutController.GetRelatedArticles has cognitive complexity 25 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.BindTags (cognitive 25) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.BindTags (cognitive 25) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:212 — LatestArticlesOptions.BindTags has cognitive complexity 25 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.FormatImageUrl (cognitive 24) · ×1
  • LayoutController.FormatImageUrl (cognitive 24) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:319 — LayoutController.FormatImageUrl has cognitive complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Listing.drpAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 24) · ×1
  • Listing.drpAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 24) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1396 — Listing.drpAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged has cognitive complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Listing.drpCategory_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 24) · ×1
  • Listing.drpCategory_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 24) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1440 — Listing.drpCategory_SelectedIndexChanged has cognitive complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Listing.drpCustom_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 24) · ×1
  • Listing.drpCustom_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 24) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:1484 — Listing.drpCustom_SelectedIndexChanged has cognitive complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestCommentsOptions.LoadSettings (cognitive 24) · ×1
  • LatestCommentsOptions.LoadSettings (cognitive 24) LatestCommentsOptions.ascx.vb:72 — LatestCommentsOptions.LoadSettings has cognitive complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucImportFeed.BindFeed (cognitive 24) · ×1
  • ucImportFeed.BindFeed (cognitive 24) ucImportFeed.ascx.vb:57 — ucImportFeed.BindFeed has cognitive complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucViewOptions.BindCommentSettings (cognitive 24) · ×1
  • ucViewOptions.BindCommentSettings (cognitive 24) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:568 — ucViewOptions.BindCommentSettings has cognitive complexity 24 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · CoreFileProvider.AddFile (cognitive 23) · ×1
  • CoreFileProvider.AddFile (cognitive 23) Providers/FileProvider/CoreFileProvider.vb:15 — CoreFileProvider.AddFile has cognitive complexity 23 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticles.drpAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 23) · ×1
  • LatestArticles.drpAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 23) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1240 — LatestArticles.drpAuthor_SelectedIndexChanged has cognitive complexity 23 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticles.drpCategory_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 23) · ×1
  • LatestArticles.drpCategory_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 23) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1278 — LatestArticles.drpCategory_SelectedIndexChanged has cognitive complexity 23 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticles.drpCustom_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 23) · ×1
  • LatestArticles.drpCustom_SelectedIndexChanged (cognitive 23) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1316 — LatestArticles.drpCustom_SelectedIndexChanged has cognitive complexity 23 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · XmlrpcRequest.GetPost (cognitive 22) · ×1
  • XmlrpcRequest.GetPost (cognitive 22) API/MetaWebLog/XmlrpcRequest.vb:56 — XmlrpcRequest.GetPost has cognitive complexity 22 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Common.ProcessPostTokens (cognitive 22) · ×1
  • Common.ProcessPostTokens (cognitive 22) Components/Common.vb:732 — Common.ProcessPostTokens has cognitive complexity 22 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucEditCategory.grdCategoryPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 22) · ×1
  • ucEditCategory.grdCategoryPermissions_ItemDataBound (cognitive 22) ucEditCategory.ascx.vb:308 — ucEditCategory.grdCategoryPermissions_ItemDataBound has cognitive complexity 22 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucEditPages.cmdSubmitApproval_Click (cognitive 22) · ×1
  • ucEditPages.cmdSubmitApproval_Click (cognitive 22) ucEditPages.ascx.vb:166 — ucEditPages.cmdSubmitApproval_Click has cognitive complexity 22 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · SqlDataProvider.GetArticleListBySearchCriteria (cognitive 22) · ×1
  • SqlDataProvider.GetArticleListBySearchCriteria (cognitive 22) Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/SqlDataProvider.vb:104 — SqlDataProvider.GetArticleListBySearchCriteria has cognitive complexity 22 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ArticleController.ImportModule (cognitive 21) · ×1
  • ArticleController.ImportModule (cognitive 21) Components/ArticleController.vb:435 — ArticleController.ImportModule has cognitive complexity 21 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · PagingControl.BindPageNumbers (cognitive 21) · ×1
  • PagingControl.BindPageNumbers (cognitive 21) Components/WebControls/PagingControl.vb:200 — PagingControl.BindPageNumbers has cognitive complexity 21 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · UploadFiles.dlFiles_OnItemCommand (cognitive 21) · ×1
  • UploadFiles.dlFiles_OnItemCommand (cognitive 21) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:329 — UploadFiles.dlFiles_OnItemCommand has cognitive complexity 21 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · UploadFiles.cmdAddExistingFile_Click (cognitive 21) · ×1
  • UploadFiles.cmdAddExistingFile_Click (cognitive 21) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:425 — UploadFiles.cmdAddExistingFile_Click has cognitive complexity 21 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · UploadImages.cmdAddExistingImage_Click (cognitive 21) · ×1
  • UploadImages.cmdAddExistingImage_Click (cognitive 21) Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:525 — UploadImages.cmdAddExistingImage_Click has cognitive complexity 21 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · UploadFiles.dlFiles_OnItemDataBound (cognitive 20) · ×1
  • UploadFiles.dlFiles_OnItemDataBound (cognitive 20) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:271 — UploadFiles.dlFiles_OnItemDataBound has cognitive complexity 20 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemDataBound (cognitive 20) · ×1
  • UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemDataBound (cognitive 20) Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:302 — UploadImages.dlImages_OnItemDataBound has cognitive complexity 20 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LatestArticlesOptions.cmdSaveTemplate_Click (cognitive 20) · ×1
  • LatestArticlesOptions.cmdSaveTemplate_Click (cognitive 20) LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:870 — LatestArticlesOptions.cmdSaveTemplate_Click has cognitive complexity 20 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsArchivesOptions.UpdateSettings (cognitive 20) · ×1
  • NewsArchivesOptions.UpdateSettings (cognitive 20) NewsArchivesOptions.ascx.vb:264 — NewsArchivesOptions.UpdateSettings has cognitive complexity 20 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucEditPage.cmdUpdate_Click (cognitive 20) · ×1
  • ucEditPage.cmdUpdate_Click (cognitive 20) ucEditPage.ascx.vb:112 — ucEditPage.cmdUpdate_Click has cognitive complexity 20 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.cmdSelectAuthor_Click (cognitive 20) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.cmdSelectAuthor_Click (cognitive 20) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:2230 — ucSubmitNews.cmdSelectAuthor_Click has cognitive complexity 20 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · ucSubmitNews.cmdSaveArticle_Click (cognitive 19) · ×1
  • ucSubmitNews.cmdSaveArticle_Click (cognitive 19) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:2100 — ucSubmitNews.cmdSaveArticle_Click has cognitive complexity 19 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · Handler.EditPost (cognitive 18) · ×1
  • Handler.EditPost (cognitive 18) API/MetaWebLog/Handler.ashx.vb:184 — Handler.EditPost has cognitive complexity 18 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · LayoutController.GetFieldValue (cognitive 17) · ×1
  • LayoutController.GetFieldValue (cognitive 17) Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:358 — LayoutController.GetFieldValue has cognitive complexity 17 (threshold 15).
D2 · Cognitive Complexity · NewsArticles.ReadQueryString (cognitive 16) · ×1
  • NewsArticles.ReadQueryString (cognitive 16) NewsArticles.ascx.vb:30 — NewsArticles.ReadQueryString has cognitive complexity 16 (threshold 15).
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (29 lines × 2) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (29 lines × 2) Base/NewsArticleModuleBase.vb:195 — Base/NewsArticleModuleBase.vb:195-223 | Components/Layout/LayoutController.vb:483-511
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (28 lines × 2) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (28 lines × 2) Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:170 — Controls/Listing.ascx.vb:170-197 | LatestArticles.ascx.vb:149-176
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (17 lines × 3) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (17 lines × 3) LatestCommentsOptions.ascx.vb:40 — LatestCommentsOptions.ascx.vb:40-56 | NewsSearchOptions.ascx.vb:41-57 | LatestArticlesOptions.ascx.vb:137-153
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (17 lines × 2) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (17 lines × 2) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:357 — Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:357-373 | Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:380-395
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (16 lines × 7) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (16 lines × 7) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:965 — ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:965-980 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:983-998 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1001-1016 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1062-1077 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1080-1095 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1098-1113 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1116-1131
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (16 lines × 2) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (16 lines × 2) ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1019 — ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1019-1034 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1125-1140
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (15 lines × 9) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (15 lines × 9) ucEditCategory.ascx.vb:175 — ucEditCategory.ascx.vb:175-189 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:964-978 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:982-996 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1000-1014 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1018-1032 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1061-1075 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1079-1093 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1097-1111 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1115-1129
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (13 lines × 2) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (13 lines × 2) ucApproveArticles.ascx.vb:26 — ucApproveArticles.ascx.vb:26-38 | ucMyArticles.ascx.vb:33-45
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (12 lines × 4) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (12 lines × 4) Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:158 — Controls/UploadFiles.ascx.vb:158-169 | Controls/PostRating.ascx.vb:52-63 | Controls/UploadImages.ascx.vb:185-196 | ViewArticle.ascx.vb:308-319
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (11 lines × 2) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (11 lines × 2) ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:2351 — ucSubmitNews.ascx.vb:2351-2361 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1573-1583
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (9 lines × 3) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (9 lines × 3) ucEditCategory.ascx.vb:312 — ucEditCategory.ascx.vb:312-320 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1762-1770 | ucViewOptions.ascx.vb:1840-1848
D4 · Code Duplication · Duplicated block (6 lines × 3) · ×1
  • Duplicated block (6 lines × 3) LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1242 — LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1242-1247 | LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1280-1285 | LatestArticles.ascx.vb:1318-1323
D5 · Coupling · Off the main sequence · ×1
  • Off the main sequence: Ventrian.NewsArticles — Ventrian.NewsArticles: abstractness 0.02, instability 0.00, distance 0.98 — zone of pain — concrete and heavily depended-on, so it's rigid to change.
Recommendation — 11 finding(s)
D29 · Static Analysis (SAST) · Low · ×6
  • Low: plaintext-http-link Templates/JWPlayer/Print.Item.html:32 — This link points to a plaintext HTTP URL. Prefer an encrypted HTTPS URL if possible.
  • Low: plaintext-http-link Templates/JWPlayer/Print.Item.html:33 — This link points to a plaintext HTTP URL. Prefer an encrypted HTTPS URL if possible.
  • Low: plaintext-http-link Templates/JWPlayer/Print.Item.html:34 — This link points to a plaintext HTTP URL. Prefer an encrypted HTTPS URL if possible.
  • Low: plaintext-http-link Templates/Standard/Print.Item.html:32 — This link points to a plaintext HTTP URL. Prefer an encrypted HTTPS URL if possible.
  • Low: plaintext-http-link Templates/Standard/Print.Item.html:33 — This link points to a plaintext HTTP URL. Prefer an encrypted HTTPS URL if possible.
  • Low: plaintext-http-link Templates/Standard/Print.Item.html:34 — This link points to a plaintext HTTP URL. Prefer an encrypted HTTPS URL if possible.
D18 · Solution Shape · Shell project · ×2
  • Shell project: Ventrian.NewsArticles Ventrian.NewsArticles.vbproj — `Ventrian.NewsArticles` contributes only 0 significant line(s) — an empty/placeholder project is structural noise. Remove it or fold its contents into a real project.
  • Shell project: Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider.vbproj — `Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider` contributes only 0 significant line(s) — an empty/placeholder project is structural noise. Remove it or fold its contents into a real project.
D11 · Test Reliability · Test reliability not included · ×1
  • Test reliability not included — No test projects found, so reliability couldn't be assessed.
D26 · Project Cohesion · Split Ventrian.NewsArticles · ×1
  • Split Ventrian.NewsArticles — A news articles project at 30k LoC and 160 types across 14 unrelated namespaces is a sprawling grab-bag. Suggested: by namespace: NewsFeed, Content, Syndication, Advertisements
D9 · Test Distribution · No tests found · ×1
  • No tests found — No test projects found in the repository.
Info — 4 finding(s)
D19 · Documentation Quality · XML-doc coverage · ×2
  • XML-doc coverage: Ventrian.NewsArticles Ventrian.NewsArticles.vbproj — Ventrian.NewsArticles: 100 % XML-doc coverage (0/0).
  • XML-doc coverage: Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider Providers/DataProvider/SqlDataProvider/Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider.vbproj — Ventrian.NewsArticles.SqlDataProvider: 100 % XML-doc coverage (0/0).
D18 · Solution Shape · Build did not complete in the analyzer · ×1
  • Build did not complete in the analyzer — `dotnet build` reported 3 error(s) but no C# compiler diagnostic — an SDK / target-framework / restore mismatch in the analyzer environment, not a code defect (common for an older codebase whose target framework the analyzer's SDK can't build). Solution Shape is scored on structure and is NOT capped; the C# semantic analysis loads independently and is unaffected.
D22 · Internal API Consistency · No exposed public API · ×1
  • No exposed public API — No intentionally-exposed types (IsPackable or .Contracts) to evaluate.

Appendix B — Reproduction & audit trail

Every external tool invocation behind a deep-scan dimension — the tool, its captured version, the exact command, how many findings it yielded, and a link to the retained raw output. To reproduce any finding: check out the same commit and run the command shown (repo-relative — never an absolute scratch path). The complete raw scanner output is retained verbatim under artifacts/raw/ (indexed in artifacts/raw/index.json); per-invocation exit codes and wall-clock durations are in sidecar.json — kept out of this table so the rendered report stays byte-identical across runs of the same commit.

DimensionToolVersionCommandFindingsRaw output
D28 · Secrets (history)gitleaks—gitleaks detect --no-banner --report-format json --report-path /dev/stdout --exit-code 0 --source .0artifacts/raw/gitleaks-history.json
D29 · Static Analysis (SAST)semgrep—semgrep --config /opt/semgrep-rules/security-audit.yml --config /opt/semgrep-rules/owasp-top-ten.yml --json --quiet --timeout 0 --metrics off .6artifacts/raw/semgrep.json
D30 · Dependency Vulnerabilitiesdotnet—dotnet: not applicable — the solution did not restore on the analyzer's .NET SDK (an SDK/target-framework/restore mismatch, common for an older codebase), so there was no restored dependency graph to scan for NuGet CVEs — excluded rather than scored; re-run on an SDK that can restore this solution0—
D31 · IaC & Container Securitytrivy—trivy: not applicable — No Infrastructure-as-Code or container manifests found (Dockerfile, Terraform, Kubernetes/Helm, CloudFormation); nothing to scan.0—
D32 · Data Compliance (PII/GDPR)semgrep—semgrep: not applicable — No PII/GDPR ruleset is bundled (the public p/gdpr semgrep pack was retired) — data compliance is not assessed in this scan.0—
D33 · JS/npm Dependency Vulnerabilitiestrivy—trivy: not applicable — No JS/npm manifest or lockfile found outside bin/obj (package.json, package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml, bun.lockb); no JS dependencies to scan.0—
D36 · Supply-chain Provenance & Signingprovenance—provenance: not applicable — No CI/build pipeline found (.github/workflows, .gitlab-ci.yml, azure-pipelines.yml, Jenkinsfile, .circleci); there is no build to attest provenance for.0—
D37 · Vulnerability-disclosure Policydisclosure—disclosure: not applicable — No vulnerability-disclosure policy file found (SECURITY.md, .github/SECURITY.md, docs/SECURITY.md, .well-known/security.txt). A coordinated-disclosure policy may live off-repo, so this is not evidenced rather than failed.0—
D38 · OSV Dependency Vulnerabilitiesosv-scanner—osv-scanner: not applicable — No JS/npm lockfile found outside bin/obj (package-lock.json, yarn.lock, pnpm-lock.yaml, bun.lockb); nothing for OSV to scan.0—

Run 019fdec9-99e1-73ac-8d12-2b6ea1023550 · every finding is also locatable in findings.md, and the complete scoring record (with exit codes + durations) in sidecar.json.

Issues: 45 · Warnings: 241 · Recommendations: 11 · Info: 4 — Appendix A · all findings · full markdown report.
Generated by Watchdog — deterministic code-health analysis. 08-08-2026 @ 00:33 UTC.

Downloadable artifacts

Machine-readable and reproducible from this commit + frozen rubric — drop them straight into a contract appendix, a CRA dossier, or a downstream SCA / VEX tool.

⬇ Findings, MITRE CWE-tagged .sarif⬇ Health changelog .md