pytest-api-contract

v0.3.0 suspicious
6.0
Medium Risk

pytest plugin for automated API contract testing from OpenAPI specs

🤖 AI Analysis

Final verdict: SUSPICIOUS

The package shows low technical risks but has high metadata risk due to lack of maintainer history and missing author information, suggesting potential malicious intent.

  • High metadata risk
  • No maintainer history
  • Missing author information
Per-check LLM notes
  • Network: No network calls detected, which is normal for a package focused on testing API contracts locally.
  • Shell: No shell executions detected, aligning with expectations for a testing tool.
  • Obfuscation: No obfuscation patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Credentials: No credential harvesting patterns detected, indicating low risk.
  • Metadata: The package is brand new with no maintainer history and lacks an author name, raising suspicion of potential malicious intent.

🔬 Heuristic Checks

✓ Outbound Network Calls

No suspicious network call patterns found

✓ Code Obfuscation

No obfuscation patterns detected

✓ Shell / Subprocess Execution

No shell execution patterns detected

✓ Credential Harvesting

No credential harvesting patterns detected

✓ Typosquatting

No typosquatting candidates detected

✓ Registered Email Domain

No author email provided

✓ Suspicious Page Links

All external links appear legitimate

✓ Git Repository History

No GitHub repository linked

  • No GitHub repository link found
⚠ Maintainer History score 10.0

5 maintainer concern(s) found

  • Only one version has ever been released — brand new package
  • Package uploaded less than 24 hours ago (2026-06-05T07:59:49.000Z)
  • Author name is missing or very short
  • Author "" appears to have only 1 package on PyPI (new or inactive account)
  • Package has no PyPI classifiers (low effort / metadata quality)

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