arxivcs.AI2026-06-27
Agentic Abstention: Do Agents Know When to Stop Instead of Act?
Han Luo, Bingbing Wen, Lucy Lu Wang
LLM agents are expected to act over multiple turns, using search, browsing interfaces, and terminal tools to complete user goals. Yet not every goal is well specified or achievable in the available environment. In such cases, a reliable agent should recognize that further interac…