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Win by Silence: Deletion Non-Monotonicity, Autonomous Exploitation, and Typed-State Gating in LLM Plan Evaluation
A plan-scoring agent can improve its score by deleting necessary steps. Typed-state gating blocked that exploit in this study, showing why evaluators should withhold scores from structurally incomplete plans.
arXiv · Jul 14, 2026
Source Summary
On a frozen 26-route cohort, every route had a score-improving deletion, and an optimizer found uncovered structures that beat baseline in **21/26 routes**. GATE withheld scores from **26/26 silenced routes** with no honest suspensions.
Practical Implication
Treat structural coverage as a prerequisite for scoring agent plans, not another weighted metric. The gate also shaped subsequent search: **47/54 revisions** restored covered structures, while strict covered improvements rose from 1/26 to 13/26.
Agent-Ready Context
On a frozen 26-route cohort, every route had a score-improving deletion, and an optimizer found uncovered structures that beat baseline in **21/26 routes**. GATE withheld scores from **26/26 silenced routes** with no honest suspensions. Treat structural coverage as a prerequisite for scoring agent plans, not another weighted metric. The gate also shaped subsequent search: **47/54 revisions** restored covered structures, while strict covered improvements rose from 1/26 to 13/26. The result covers one staged venture-route scorer and cooperative revisions. GATE blocks typed-state omissions but does not establish that a plan is semantically complete or good in the real world.
Context Map
benchmark#agent-evals#benchmark-integrity#agent-reliabilityUncertainty
The result covers one staged venture-route scorer and cooperative revisions. GATE blocks typed-state omissions but does not establish that a plan is semantically complete or good in the real world.