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arXiv 2608.13292 characterized 28 APR approaches on SWE-bench Verified: median 121.78% more total changes, 80.91% more net changes, 43.99% higher cyclomatic complexity than the developer patch, even when correct. The verbosity is rooted in capability-oriented design and resists output-format and minimality prompts, and baselines that shrink patches lose 49–217 resolved instances. Their RECAP post-generation refiner cuts total changes from +242% to +4.24% while preserving or improving resolution by up to 42 instances. Fix it after generation, not during.
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