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npm @metamask/create-release-branch @4.2.1

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0.5692 med
flagged 2026-06-10 15:07
signals by category
identity 1 content 2 topology 2

maintainers added: mcmire, mrten, naugtur

package profile →

Signals fired

signalweightrationale
identity
maintainer_churn 1.0 added: ['mcmire', 'mrten', 'naugtur']
content
bin_added 0.8 new bin entry: ['create-release-branch']
script_count_spike 0.5 scripts count 0 -> 10
topology
mass_publish_burst 0.8 publisher 'metamaskbot' pushed 24 packages in the last 15min on npm
dependency_added_unknown 0.6 13 new non-watchlisted dep(s): ['@metamask/action-utils', '@metamask/auto-changelog', '@metamask/utils', 'debug', 'execa'] ...

Prior profile (what it deviated from)

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  "had_install_script": false,
  "maintainers": [
    "kumavis",
    "metamaskbot",
    "gudahtt"
  ],
  "versions": 16
}

Evidence (package doc at flag time)

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    "tarball": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@metamask/create-release-branch/-/create-release-branch-4.2.1.tgz",
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  },
  "dist-tags": {
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  },
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  "maintainers": [
    {
      "email": "aaron@kumavis.me",
      "name": "kumavis"
    },
    {
      "email": "metamask-npm@consensys.net",
      "name": "metamaskbot"
    },
    {
      "email": "markjstacey@gmail.com",
      "name": "gudahtt"
    },
    {
      "email": "maarten@zuidhoorn.com",
      "name": "mrten"
    },
    {
      "email": "elliot.winkler@gmail.com",
      "name": "mcmire"
    },
    {
      "email": "naugtur@gmail.com",
      "name": "naugtur"
    }
  ],
  "num_versions": 16,
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/MetaMask/create-release-branch.git"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc --project tsconfig.build.json && yarn build:ui",
    "build:clean": "rimraf dist && yarn build",
    "build:ui": "vite build",
    "lint": "yarn lint:eslint && yarn lint:misc --check",
    "lint:eslint": "eslint . --cache --ext cjs,cts,js,mjs,mts,ts,tsx",
    "lint:fix": "yarn lint:eslint --fix && yarn lint:misc --write",
    "lint:misc": "prettier '**/*.json' '**/*.md' '!CHANGELOG.md' '**/*.yml' '!.yarnrc.yml' --ignore-path .gitignore --no-error-on-unmatched-pattern",
    "prepack": "./scripts/prepack.sh",
    "test": "jest && jest-it-up --config jest.config.cjs",
    "test:watch": "jest --watch"
  },
  "signal_details": {
    "bin_added": "new bin entry: ['create-release-branch']",
    "dependency_added_unknown": "13 new non-watchlisted dep(s): ['@metamask/action-utils', '@metamask/auto-changelog', '@metamask/utils', 'debug', 'execa'] ...",
    "maintainer_churn": "added: ['mcmire', 'mrten', 'naugtur']",
    "mass_publish_burst": "publisher 'metamaskbot' pushed 24 packages in the last 15min on npm",
    "script_count_spike": "scripts count 0 -> 10"
  },
  "time": {
    "created": "2022-10-12T20:19:16.447Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-10T20:07:22.453Z"
  }
}