Paper Citation Record · LEDGER

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

As of 21 July 2026, this Paper Citation Record lists 16 of 16 outbound references and 1 inbound Pith citation observation for arXiv:2605.30621.

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

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Coverage vector

measured 16 of 16 reference resolution

Typed states for the displayed outbound observations.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-06-29T06:43:21.809704Z

measured 17 of 17 standing notices

One-hop event checks from named stored sources.

Source: scholarly_work_events, retraction_status_cache

measured 1 of 1 inbound itemization

Pith citing papers itemized under the disclosed page cap.

Source: paper_references, paper_reference_links, observed 2026-07-02T23:10:03.733636Z

measured 0 of 1 external citation measurements

A source-named dated measurement, never combined with another source.

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

Reference resolution

16 of 16 outbound references displayed

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External citation measurements

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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Observation 51e8f805-fb35-4943-93ce-f6887d86c53e · 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 13

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

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

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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

Resolution: verified exact; local_arxiv, observed 2026-07-02T23:17:29.012969Z

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