Generalization of Context-Rot Error Distributions Beyond Deep Search

Determine whether the error distributions observed for context rot in long-horizon deep search tasks fully generalize to other long-horizon agentic domains, such as software development.

Background

The paper evaluates context rot exclusively in long-horizon agentic deep-search tasks, using open-source LLMs and search-oriented benchmarks. Its reported error distributions concern terminal states such as give-up outcomes and uncertain answers that arise as accumulated context grows.

The authors explicitly leave unresolved whether these observed distributions are specific to deep-search settings or also occur in other long-horizon agentic domains, including software development. Establishing the scope of this generalization would clarify how broadly the paper's diagnostic findings apply across agentic applications.