arxivcs.SEcs.AI2026-07-30
Validation Evidence in LLM Repair Agents: How Much of What Passes Actually Tests the Bug?
When a repair agent runs a test and sees it pass, the result is treated as evidence about the reported defect. We measure how often that treatment is warranted. BSG-VA (buggy-state/candidate-state/gold-fix validation analysis) captures each validation command at its exact working…