arXiv AI

RITE: Evaluating End-to-End Resilience to Silent Tool Errors in E-Commerce Agentic Systems

arXiv Machine Learning
3d ago

Benchmarking and Error Analysis of Deep Search and Deep Research LLM Agents

The paper introduces a new methodology and analytical framework to diagnose errors in the intermediate execution traces of autonomous Deep Search and Deep Research Large Language Model agents. It presents a taxonomy that classifies these errors into System‑Level and Task‑Level categories, and uses systematic examination of step‑by‑step traces to show how they impact overall performance. The authors also provide empirical experiments and design guidelines aimed at improving the robustness, reasoning, and reliability of these agents.

By Zixuan Yu, Zhenheng Tang, Xiaowen Chu, Bo Han
arXiv AI
Sep 24

Silent Failures in Agent-Tool Interaction: An Audit of ToolUniverse

The paper audits silent failures in agent-to-tool interactions within the ToolUniverse environment, focusing on 15 scientific tools. It identifies 91 failures—primarily missing data or inconsistent search/filtering—occurring mainly in the API and wrapper layers, and shows how these silent failures can propagate downstream into seemingly valid outputs. The authors propose contextual reliability and recommend testing, disclosure, monitoring, and measurement strategies for the agent-tool pipeline.

By Shreya Gopalan, Devansh Singh, Sundaraparipurnan Narayanan
arXiv AI
Sep 17

ERPBench: A State-Grounded Evaluation Paradigm for Computer-Use Agents in Enterprise Software

ERPBench introduces a new evaluation paradigm for computer-use agents that operate via screenshots and simulated actions, focusing on enterprise software such as ERP systems. The benchmark tests agents on a live, reproducible ERP platform and scores tasks against ground-truth database values, highlighting challenges like dense interfaces, multi-step interactions, and persistent record errors. Experiments with six agents show that strong general GUI performance does not translate to reliable enterprise outcomes, with many agents frequently saving incorrect data.

By Kratika Bhagtani, Kusha Sridhar, Maziyar Baran Pouyan, Yuying Zhao, Eugene Siow
arXiv AI
Oct 7

Catching Developers in the Flow: Low-Latency Agentic Program Repair at Google Scale

The paper introduces FlowAgent, an AI agent deployed at Google to automatically repair test failures in the pre-submit continuous integration workflow. FlowAgent uses a ReAct-style generate-and-validate loop with strict latency and quality filters, and was evaluated on 195 real-world failures with a 67.18% accuracy rate. After deployment, it suggested fixes on 295,508 changes, with developers previewing 65,069 and applying 28,554, and received positive feedback from interviews.

By Celal Ziftci, Spencer Greene, Ray Liu, Livio Dalloro, Lorenzo Dini