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Distributed Bugs Break the Agent's Focus

DistDebug-Bench curates 120 real bugs from 11 distributed systems and finds tunnel vision plus inconsistent tool scope recurring in agent diagnoses.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-11-03-018
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Summary

DistDebug-Bench curates 120 real bugs from 11 distributed systems and finds tunnel vision plus inconsistent tool scope recurring in agent diagnoses.

The collection spans five languages and ten failure patterns, moving code-level diagnosis beyond self-contained modules. The benchmark identifies gaps; it does not measure every production incident.

Why it matters

DistDebug-Bench curates 120 real bugs from 11 distributed systems and finds tunnel vision plus inconsistent tool scope recurring in agent diagnoses.

Limits and context

  • The benchmark identifies gaps; it does not measure every production incident.

Key claims

  1. DistDebug-Bench curates 120 real bugs from 11 distributed systems and finds tunnel vision plus inconsistent tool scope recurring in agent diagnoses.

    Qualification: The benchmark identifies gaps; it does not measure every production incident.

    Evidence: source-2026-11-03-020

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2611.03523, original v1arXiv · primary research

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