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CrossSWE: Benchmarking Cross-Repository Joint Development for Coding Agents

Story 11, from arXiv

CrossSWE is a new benchmark testing coding agents' ability to make coordinated changes across multiple repositories. It shows that even the best models struggle with cross-repository consistency, achieving only 58.48% Pass@1.

Key points

  • CrossSWE tests coding agents on real-world cross-repository development tasks.
  • It includes 171 instances across 165 repositories and 13 programming languages.
  • The benchmark highlights the difficulty of maintaining consistency across interdependent repositories.
  • Five LLMs were evaluated, with the strongest model achieving 58.48% Pass@1.
  • Cross-repository inconsistencies are the most common failure mode (44.2%).

Why it matters

Software development often involves multiple repositories, and maintaining consistency across them is a critical challenge. This benchmark shows that current coding agents struggle with this, suggesting that new tools and techniques are needed to handle cross-repository coordination.

Counterpoint

The benchmark focuses on a specific scenario and may not represent all real-world coding challenges, limiting its generalizability.

Sources

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