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SWE-Bench Methodology — Methodology

SWE-Bench measures whether a model can resolve real GitHub issues end-to-end in popular Python repositories.

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What does SWE-Bench measure?

Real-world software-engineering capability: navigating a repo, editing files, and passing the project's own tests.

What are its main limitations?

Python only Repo-shape bias toward Django/sklearn-style projects Sandbox infrastructure non-trivial

When should I use this benchmark?

Coding-agent evaluation Tool-use + long-context assessment