Know Before Fix: QA-Driven Repository Knowledge Acquisition for Software Issue Resolution

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llm coding-agents software-issue-resolution repository-knowledge qa-driven automated-debugging swe-bench

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ACQUIRE is a QA-driven framework that decouples knowledge acquisition from patch generation for software issue resolution, outperforming pre-repair methods on SWE-bench Verified.

LLM-based coding agents have significantly advanced automated software issue resolution, yet they remain highly prone to factual errors caused by insufficient repository understanding. Recent methods attempt to mitigate this limitation through pre-repair repository exploration; however, their fix-driven strategies explore repositories without identifying the agent's knowledge gaps, often yielding imprecise context that fails to bridge the underlying understanding deficit. In this paper, we propose ACQUIRE, a QA-driven framework for software issue resolution. Mirroring how experienced developers first comprehend unfamiliar code before attempting a fix, ACQUIRE explicitly acquires repository knowledge prior to repair. The framework decouples knowledge acquisition from patch generation through two stages: in the first stage, a Questioner and an Answerer collaborate to acquire structured repository knowledge, where the Questioner poses targeted questions and the Answerer produces evidence-grounded answers through autonomous exploration; in the second stage, the Resolver leverages the resulting QA knowledge to generate informed patches. By transforming implicit knowledge gaps into explicit, factually reliable understanding, ACQUIRE accelerates knowledge-intensive repair stages and enables more accurate resolution. Experiments on SWE-bench Verified demonstrate that ACQUIRE consistently outperforms representative pre-repair methods, raising Pass@1 by up to 4.4 percentage points with modest additional cost and time.
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Abstract

LLM-basedcodingagentshavesignificantlyadvancedautomatedsoftwareissueresolution,yettheyremainhighlypronetofactualerrorscausedbyinsufficientrepositoryunderstanding.Recentmethodsattempttomitigatethislimitationthroughpre-repairrepositoryexploration;however,theirfix-drivenstrategiesexplorerepositorieswithoutidentifyingtheagent’sknowledgegaps,oftenyieldingimprecisecontextthatfailstobridgetheunderlyingunderstandingdeficit.Inthispaper,weproposeACQUIRE,aQA-drivenframeworkforsoftwareissueresolution.Mirroringhowexperienceddevelopersfirstcomprehendunfamiliarcodebeforeattemptingafix,ACQUIREexplicitlyacquiresrepositoryknowledgepriortorepair.Theframeworkdecouplesknowledgeacquisitionfrompatchgenerationthroughtwostages:inthefirststage,aQuestionerandanAnswerercollaboratetoacquirestructuredrepositoryknowledge,wheretheQuestionerposestargetedquestionsandtheAnswererproducesevidence-groundedanswersthroughautonomousexploration;inthesecondstage,theResolverleveragestheresultingQAknowledgetogenerateinformedpatches.Bytransformingimplicitknowledgegapsintoexplicit,factuallyreliableunderstanding,ACQUIREacceleratesknowledge-intensiverepairstagesandenablesmoreaccurateresolution.ExperimentsonSWE-benchVerifieddemonstratethatACQUIREconsistentlyoutperformsrepresentativepre-repairmethods,raisingPass@1byupto4.4percentagepointswithmodestadditionalcostandtime.

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