Description
A blind spike program provides samples to a laboratory in order to perform quality control (QC) checks. The samples provided are of a known quantity to the tester. The laboratory is typically uninformed of that the sample provided is a QC sample.
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CRAN Check Status
Show all 13 flavors
| Flavor | Status |
|---|---|
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-linux-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-release-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check History
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
Code
Structure
Lines of code
1,196
Files
35
Compiled share
0%
Has compiled src
No
Language breakdown
API
Exported functions
8
Internal functions
0
Recent export changes
Testing & CI
Has tests
No
Test-to-code ratio
0.00
testthat edition
–
CI present
No
CI type
[]
PR gated
No
Docs
Return-value doc rate
85.7%
\dontrun example ratio
0%
Roxygen coverage
87.5%
Has pkgdown
No
NEWS present
Yes
Health & Security signals
Informational signals; not verdicts.
on.exit coverage
–
Unsafe pattern score
0
Dep constraint coverage
0%
Secret pattern count
0
Bundled 3rd-party code
2 items
Portability & License
Min R version
3.6
System requirements
–
C++ standard
–
License
GPL-3
License flags
SPDX valid, OSI approved
History
Versions
2
First release
2026-02-02
Latest release
2026-04-20
Avg cadence
77 days
Cold removal rate
–
Dep drift
0
LOC over versions
Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.
Dependency Network
Version History
2 trackedR Observatory began tracking this package on Mar 10, 2026; it first appeared on CRAN Feb 2, 2026. Releases before tracking aren’t shown.