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LLM-based automated program repair shows high hallucination rates

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A new study analyzing hallucination in Large Language Models (LLMs) used for automated program repair (APR) reveals significant issues. Researchers examined three LLMs across 832 Defects4J bugs, finding that only 21.0%-55.9% of generated patches passed developer-written test suites. The study identified repair hallucinations in 72.7% of analyzed cases, with incorrect localization and repair strategies being common causes. Additionally, LLMs frequently misidentified triggering test cases and inaccurately predicted line coverage. AI

IMPACT Highlights critical limitations in LLM-driven code repair, suggesting a need for improved hallucination detection and mitigation strategies.

RANK_REASON Academic paper detailing a study on LLM hallucination in automated program repair. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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LLM-based automated program repair shows high hallucination rates

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xuemeng Cai, Jiakun Liu, Linhan Yang, Wei Ma, Lingxiao Jiang ·

    Better Understanding, Better Fixes? A Study of Hallucination in LLM-based Automated Program Repair

    arXiv:2609.04909v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have significantly advanced automated program repair (APR), yet existing evaluations remain largely result-centric and provide limited insight into hallucination during repair. In APR, hallucination ma…

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