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What is the typical response time of requests related to Community Hub Items?

You requests should be acknowledged by the EWC team within 1 to 2 business days.

What is the usual time of inactivity after which my submission is considered stale?

As of September, 2025, there are no clear guidelines on what length of inactivity leads to a PR closure due to staleness. If you foresee you'll be unreachable for a prolonged duration, communicate with the EWC team member in charge of review, and they will arrange that the process is resumed upon your return.

What if an Item I use has a new version available, but it is not feature in the catalog?

Check for pull requests that may indicate the new metadata is undergoing review. If none if found, reach out to the Item maintainer to clarify if they are planning to feature the new version on the EWC Community Hub dashboard. If the response is negative or no reply reaches you between the response time covered by the stated support level, you may choose to either:

  1. Simply consume the Item directly from its source

OR

  1. Fork the Item and maintain your own version

OR

  1. Place support ticket asking the EWC team to assess whether it can take care of featuring the Item, on behalf of the Item owner.

What if an Item I use shows no sings of maintenance activity?

Check the Item metadata for the support level. If an update commitment was made, contact the maintainer to clarify if a new release is in the horizon, and whether they intend to feature it in the Community Hub catalog.

If contact is not possible or no reply reaches you between the response time covered by the stated support level, you may choose to either:

  1. Fork the Item and maintain your own version

OR

  1. Flag the Item via pull request or support ticket

If you chose the latter action, the EWC team will assess whether the item is considered orphan and is a good candidate for EWC adoption, or rather it has reach the end of life and should be delisted from the catalog.

Can I contribute an Item but without offering support?

Yes, specify in the Item metadata during submission:

supportLevel: Community-shared

The varying levels of support are thoroughly documented, so that community members get full transparency upfront and the correct expectations can be set given the contributors' commitment or lack thereof (see Prepare Your Item - Deciding on a Support Level).

How to upvote Items I use and love?

For Items hosted on GitHub or GitLab you can simply start their repository. In any other case, you may share your endorsements over the official discussion platform to boost visibility.

Why should I not accept source code contributions if they come from outside the EWC community?

We advise you to always review contributions thoroughly, conditioning their acceptance not only to quality but also based on whether or not they come from individuals/organizations you know and trust. Keep in mind that, with advent of agentic and generative AI, the topic of dubious issue flagging and code review fatigue has become a serious problem for open-source community in general. Have full certainty that nor the EWC or its community members are entitled to force anything change upon your contributions, and you are free to dismiss any PR you deem untraceable or ill-intended.





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