Where Does Harness-Optimization Value Live? Localized Gains and the Budget-Splitting Trap in Self-Evolving LLM Agents
Where Does Harness-Optimization Value Live? Localized Gains and the Budget-Splitting Trap in Self-Ev
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Computer Science > Computation and Language arXiv:2609.02889 (cs) [Submitted on 25 Jun 2026] Title: Where Does Harness-Optimization Value Live? Localized Gains and the Budget-Splitting Trap in Self-Evolving LLM Agents Authors: Michael Nguyen , Wei Chen Tan , Nurul Aisyah Hassan , Arvind Raman , Li H