NFA Watch

Queue Dynamics

Intelligence

Behavioral analysis of NFA approval queues — comparing distribution shapes, measuring stability, and detecting frontier compression across filing segments.

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4,333 records analyzed · as of 2026-10-17

Approval Distribution

Wait-time shape by queue segment — visualizing dispersion, clustering, and tail behavior on a shared scale.

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Form 4 · Trust
Median: 24d
Sample: 1,070
Form 4 · Individual
Median: 7d
Sample: 1,361
Form 1 · Trust
Median: 53d
Sample: 653
Form 1 · Individual
Median: 38d
Sample: 1,249
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Wait days

- - - Q1 · Q3 (quartiles)|── Median

Queue Stability

How consistent each lane’s waits are — the badgeHow much a lane's waits vary around its own median. A lane can be slow but consistent, or fast but erratic — this is not a speed rating. reflects a lane’s typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range. relative to its own median. It is not a speed rating: a lane can be slow but consistent, or fast but erratic. Trend tracks how each lane’s median wait is moving per month — separate from spread. A lane that changed direction inside the window shows the month it turned instead of a rate, because no single rate describes both halves.

Form 4 · Trust

Volatile
13dMedian: 24d31d

Median

24d

Typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.

18d

Records

1,070

ConsistencyHow much a lane's waits vary around its own median. A lane can be slow but consistent, or fast but erratic — this is not a speed rating. 0.75·Slowest 10%The slow-tail marker — 9 out of 10 approvals came back faster than this. Not a prediction, just where the slow end starts.: 37d+Trend turned Jul 2026

Form 4 · Individual

Fragmented
4dMedian: 7d12d

Median

7d

Typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.

8d

Records

1,361

ConsistencyHow much a lane's waits vary around its own median. A lane can be slow but consistent, or fast but erratic — this is not a speed rating. 1.14·Slowest 10%The slow-tail marker — 9 out of 10 approvals came back faster than this. Not a prediction, just where the slow end starts.: 15d+Trend steady

Form 1 · Trust

Volatile
22dMedian: 53d70d

Median

53d

Typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.

48d

Records

653

ConsistencyHow much a lane's waits vary around its own median. A lane can be slow but consistent, or fast but erratic — this is not a speed rating. 0.91·Slowest 10%The slow-tail marker — 9 out of 10 approvals came back faster than this. Not a prediction, just where the slow end starts.: 82d+Trend turned Jul 2026

Form 1 · Individual

Fragmented
12dMedian: 38d61d

Median

38d

Typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range.

49d

Records

1,249

ConsistencyHow much a lane's waits vary around its own median. A lane can be slow but consistent, or fast but erratic — this is not a speed rating. 1.29·Slowest 10%The slow-tail marker — 9 out of 10 approvals came back faster than this. Not a prediction, just where the slow end starts.: 69d+Trend turned Jun 2026

Some lanes show steady spread but a fast-moving median — the wait is climbing without becoming less consistent.

Frontier State

This measures how much each lane’s waits varyHow spread out the wait times are.— not how long they run. It compares the last 60 days against the lane’s full-history typical rangeThe middle half of waits — the fastest 25% and the slowest 25% are left out. Also called the IQR, or interquartile range..

Form 4 · Trust

Mild convergence — slight tightening trend

6d narrowerTightening↘
Typical range, all time
18d
Typical range, last 60d
12d

Form 4 · Individual

Approvals converging — dispersion narrowing

5d narrowerCompressing↓
Typical range, all time
8d
Typical range, last 60d
3d

Form 1 · Trust

Approvals converging — dispersion narrowing

39d narrowerCompressing↓
Typical range, all time
48d
Typical range, last 60d
9d

Form 1 · Individual

Insufficient recent data

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These are spread figures, not wait times — each lane’s actual median wait is shown in Queue Stability.

Community-reported data — unofficial, informational only. About this project