arxivcs.SEcs.LG2026-07-03
EvoOtter: Evolutionary Reproduction Test Generator
Toufique Ahmed, Jatin Ganhotra, Avraham Shinnar, Martin Hirzel
Before fixing an issue, it is useful to first reproduce it by generating a bug reproduction test (BRT). However, generating a BRT is itself a challenging task, because issue descriptions tend to be informal, making it difficult to determine whether a candidate BRT indeed fails fo…