Preprint
Jul 2026
On the risk of coding before testing: An empirical study on LLM-based test generation workflow
This paper introduces and empirically study the phenomenon of error propagation, where faults in generated code are systematically replicated in associated test artifacts, and examines whether LLM-generated code biases the generation of subsequent tests.
Michael Konstantinou, Florian Tambon, Mike Papadakis
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