Your DORA metrics stall when security findings block the pipeline.
Elite engineering teams deploy 182x more often.
The gap is almost never talent.
DORA 2024 found only 19% of teams reach elite performance - and lead times between cohorts span a 127x gap. Security finding queues that wait for sprint allocation are one of the primary blockers.
Join the waitlistSource: DORA, Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2024.
Security findings that stall
your DORA metrics.
19% of teams are elite. Lead time explains most of the gap.
DORA 2024 found elite teams have lead times 127x faster than low performers. Security review queues, unresolved SAST findings, and manual triage are among the most consistent contributors to lead time inflation.
DORA, Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2024.
Developers spend 84% of their time on work that isn't coding.
IDC 2024 found developers spend only 16% of their time on direct feature development. The rest goes to meetings, context switching, code review, security triage, and unplanned maintenance.
IDC, "The Business Value of Developer Productivity," 2024.
Elite cycle time is under 25 hours. Most teams aren't close.
LinearB 2026 Engineering Benchmarks set elite cycle time at under 25 hours. Security finding backlogs that grow between sprint cycles extend cycle time without appearing on the sprint board.
LinearB, 2026 Software Engineering Benchmarks Report.
Move your DORA metrics
without adding sprint work.
Lead time and deployment frequency
- Hyrax runs continuously - findings surface at introduction, not at quarterly review
- Autonomous fix execution means security findings don't wait for sprint allocation
- Every fix is a PR - review and merge without a context-switch
Developer time reclaimed
- Hyrax closes findings without developer intervention - no triage, no manual application
- Engineers review and approve PRs Hyrax opens; they don't generate them
- Governance rules self-generate from your codebase - no authoring sprints
Cycle time and PR throughput
- Findings execute as PRs with full test suite validation before delivery
- Hyrax works through the backlog continuously, including debt accumulated between sprints
- Linear ticket lifecycle closes automatically
How Hyrax moves
your DORA metrics.
| DORA Metric | How Unresolved Findings Affect It | Hyrax |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment Frequency | Security blocks in CI/CD reduce merge confidence | Continuous fix execution keeps the pipeline clear |
| Lead Time for Changes | Manual triage and sprint allocation inflate lead time | Findings execute autonomously - lead time impact is measured |
| Change Failure Rate | Unvalidated fixes shipped under pressure increase incidents | 13-step verification runs before any change merges |
| Time to Restore | Unpatched vulnerabilities extend MTTR | Known findings are closed before they reach production |
Source: DORA, Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2024.
Common questions
from engineering leads.
The scanner surfaces findings. Hyrax closes them. If your SAST findings are going into a dashboard queue and waiting for sprint allocation, Hyrax is the execution layer that turns scanner output into merged PRs.
Hyrax opens PRs for findings it fixes autonomously - engineers review and merge exactly as they would for any PR. Code review doesn't change; the source of PRs expands.
Because SAST queues land on the engineering backlog, not the security backlog. The security team surfaces findings; engineering allocates sprint time. Hyrax removes unresolved security findings from sprint planning entirely.
Yes. You can measure lead time from finding introduction to PR merge, compare change failure rate before and after, and track backlog reduction. The metrics are derivable from the PR and Linear ticket history.