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New adversarial tests target LLM agent regressions beyond happy path

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A developer has created a set of adversarial tests designed to uncover weaknesses in large language model agents beyond simple "happy path" scenarios. These tests cover prompt injection, tool misuse, refusal/over-refusal, and format drift, with a focus on identifying regressions. The provided Python scorer uses standard libraries to evaluate agent responses against these JSON-formatted fixtures, offering a basic CI gate for detecting failures. AI

IMPACT Provides a method for developers to test LLM agent robustness against common failure modes.

RANK_REASON The item describes a practical tool for testing LLM agents.

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New adversarial tests target LLM agent regressions beyond happy path

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · rene ·

    Your agent passes the happy path. Here are 4 categories of adversarial fixtures to test it against, with a stdlib scorer

    <p>Most agent evals check the happy path: ask a question, get a sensible answer. The bugs that hurt in production sit elsewhere. A tool result contains hidden instructions. The model refuses a harmless request. A reply that should be JSON arrives wrapped in prose.</p> <p>This pos…

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