Code Quality & Technical Debt Posture

Vantara Systems • Series B Infrastructure SaaS • 32 Engineers • 5 Services

Goal: Reduce defect density from 3.1 to under 2.0 bugs/KLOC in two quarters

Last Updated
Jan 15, 2025 09:42 UTC
Avg Coverage
71.4%
-4.2% from Q4
Tech Debt Ratio
6.2%
+1.1% from Q4
Flakiness Rate
8.1%
+2.3% from Q4
Defect Density
2.8/KLOC
-0.3 from Q4
Critical Vulns Open
7
31+ days avg
Quality Gates Pass
82%
4 of 5 services

Code Coverage by Service — 12 Weeks

Technical Debt by Module (SQALE)

Static Analysis Violation Trend

Defect Density by Service (Bugs per KLOC)

Service Quality Comparison

Service Coverage Debt Ratio Defect/KLOC Complexity Flakiness Gate Status
payments-service 53.2% 8.9% 3.7 142 12.4% FAIL
auth-service 89.1% 3.2% 1.1 67 3.2% PASS
analytics-service 76.8% 7.1% 2.4 198 5.6% PASS
notification-service 68.3% 4.8% 1.9 84 9.7% PASS
api-gateway 79.6% 5.1% 2.0 112 9.1% PASS

Quality Events Timeline

Jan 12
7 Critical Snyk Vulnerabilities — 31+ Days Open
payments-service dependencies; scheduled refactoring sprint Week 4
Jan 8
payments-service Quality Gate Failure
Coverage dropped 81% → 53% during Next.js migration; defect density spiked to 3.7/KLOC
Jan 3
Flakiness Rate Exceeded 8% Threshold
CI pipeline instability; test suite refactoring prioritized for Q1
Dec 28
auth-service Coverage Reached 89%
Integration test suite expansion completed; defect density reduced to 1.1/KLOC
Dec 19
Tech Debt Ratio Breached 6% Team Average
Monthly architecture review scheduled; refactoring allocation increased to 20% sprint capacity
Dec 11
Cyclomatic Complexity Alert — analytics-service
Main query module complexity at 198; decomposition stories created