NFA Watch

Queue Dynamics

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

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4,120 records analyzed · as of 2026-09-02

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: 25d
Sample: 1,019
Form 4 · Individual
Median: 7d
Sample: 1,288
Form 1 · Trust
Median: 55d
Sample: 619
Form 1 · Individual
Median: 40d
Sample: 1,194
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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

Variable
15dMedian: 25d31d

Median

25d

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

16d

Records

1,019

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. 0.64·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

1,288

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
26dMedian: 55d71d

Median

55d

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

45d

Records

619

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. 0.82·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
14dMedian: 40d61d

Median

40d

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

47d

Records

1,194

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. 1.18·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.: 70d+Trend unsettled

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

4d narrowerTightening↘
Typical range, all time
16d
Typical range, last 60d
12d

Form 4 · Individual

Mild convergence — slight tightening trend

2d narrowerTightening↘
Typical range, all time
8d
Typical range, last 60d
6d

Form 1 · Trust

Approvals converging — dispersion narrowing

24d narrowerCompressing↓
Typical range, all time
45d
Typical range, last 60d
21d

Form 1 · Individual

Mild convergence — slight tightening trend

9d narrowerTightening↘
Typical range, all time
47d
Typical range, last 60d
38d

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

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