Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents

As of 23 July 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 16 of 16 outbound references and 4 inbound Pith citation observations for arXiv:2605.30621.

A citation records a reference. It does not transfer a finding from one paper to another.

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measured 20 of 20 standing notices

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Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache, observed 2026-07-22T06:31:00.163083+00:00

measured 4 of 4 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-07-14T15:24:58.589243Z

measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

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Source: pith, observed 2026-07-02T23:17:29.011746Z

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Outbound references

Observation c1467348-5bf7-4d27-907a-5d3bf6735f92 · outbound

This paper cites gpt-oss-120b & gpt-oss-20b Model Card.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents gpt-oss-120b & gpt-oss-20b Model Card

Reference 1

Resolution: verified exact; local_arxiv, observed 2026-06-29T14:23:31.093536Z

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Observation 7a90849e-abaa-45ad-a399-2e06c62509f1 · outbound

This paper cites Measuring Massive Multitask Language Understanding.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Measuring Massive Multitask Language Understanding

Reference 2

Resolution: verified exact; local_arxiv, observed 2026-06-29T14:23:31.096061Z

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Observation 7ec4e8e8-6738-4186-b070-355c8189bcdc · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Unresolved cited work

Reference 3

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Observation 3a4e8a2c-c2fd-4fe6-b9a8-82987331a52f · outbound

This paper cites Collectively, these methods show that writing execution experience back into persistent harness components can improve downstream task perfor- mance.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Collectively, these methods show that writing execution experience back into persistent harness components can improve downstream task perfor- mance

Reference 4

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Observation d836bcf1-f139-43b6-9fb9-a44b09dac85f · outbound

This paper cites Identify the root cause.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Identify the root cause

Reference 5

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Observation ed888a2d-4966-49a4-8d35-f33a6d7c0378 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Unresolved cited work

Reference 6

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-06-29T06:43:21.809704Z

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Observation bf22fdb5-12e5-4226-9cd7-eaa6193c0626 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Unresolved cited work

Reference 7

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-06-29T06:43:21.809704Z

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Observation 434988a4-48cf-4c0e-bfb7-2ff99cffd0b8 · outbound

This paper cites Avoid unnecessary changes.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Avoid unnecessary changes

Reference 8

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Observation d4154b94-e5bd-4a61-8578-1f7e36ee8aea · outbound

This paper cites Guidelines • Prefer small, focused patches over large rewrites.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Guidelines • Prefer small, focused patches over large rewrites

Reference 9

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-06-29T06:43:21.809704Z

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Observation cf5d9b83-85a8-4e94-a319-a20fbd17d1d4 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Unresolved cited work

Reference 10

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Observation dda05883-02ce-4e56-a778-db4db087a4d6 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Unresolved cited work

Reference 11

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Observation 558bc399-fd06-4d30-985d-1a7b4d311022 · outbound

This paper cites an unresolved cited work.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Unresolved cited work

Reference 12

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Observation 51e8f805-fb35-4943-93ce-f6887d86c53e · outbound

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Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Unresolved cited work

Reference 13

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Observation 742edefc-7951-43bf-9ee5-ceaf256e7d56 · outbound

This paper cites Guidelines • NEVER ask the user for clarification.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Guidelines • NEVER ask the user for clarification

Reference 14

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Observation 53b912e6-da10-4487-8602-d637beb67e00 · outbound

This paper cites Do NOT extract advice, rationale, examples, or motivational text as instructions.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Do NOT extract advice, rationale, examples, or motivational text as instructions

Reference 15

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Observation af7e07d8-e4be-48a1-97c6-fd1a882d1e0f · outbound

This paper cites required.

Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents required

Reference 16

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Pith citing papers

Observation 531d4321-1204-48e2-9b14-f8defae62d3e · inbound

Think-Before-Speak: From Internal Evaluation to Public Expression in Multi-Agent Social Simulation cites this paper.

Think-Before-Speak: From Internal Evaluation to Public Expression in Multi-Agent Social Simulation Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents

Reference 22

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Observation 40f4d06d-fa90-40d7-861a-d64ed6ffe6c6 · inbound

Long-Horizon-Terminal-Bench: Testing the Limits of Agents on Long-Horizon Terminal Tasks with Dense Reward-Based Grading cites this paper.

Long-Horizon-Terminal-Bench: Testing the Limits of Agents on Long-Horizon Terminal Tasks with Dense Reward-Based Grading Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents

Reference 20

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Observation 0c9ae61e-4b22-4b12-af30-28b97b755bc4 · inbound

Long-Horizon-Terminal-Bench: Testing the Limits of Agents on Long-Horizon Terminal Tasks with Dense Reward-Based Grading cites this paper.

Reference 20

Resolution: unresolved; no resolver link, observed 2026-07-14T15:24:58.589243Z

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Observation 1eeaea7d-b7f7-454a-b656-e3ac906d4b62 · inbound

ToFu: A White-Box, Token-Efficient Agent Harness for Researchers cites this paper.

ToFu: A White-Box, Token-Efficient Agent Harness for Researchers Harness Updating Is Not Harness Benefit: Disentangling Evolution Capabilities in Self-Evolving LLM Agents

Reference 48

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