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Test-Time Learning with an Evolving Library

arXiv 2605.14477 ↗First posted 14 May 2026cs.LGcited by 2

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Abstract (arXiv)

We introduce EvoLib, a test-time learning framework that enables large language models to accumulate, reuse, and evolve knowledge across problem instances without parameter updates or external supervision. Instead of adapting model parameters, our approach maintains a shared library of knowledge abstractions, including modular skills and reflective insights, automatically extracted from the model's own inference trajectories. To support continual improvement, we introduce a principled weighting and consolidation mechanism that jointly optimizes for immediate utility and long-term value. This allows simple, instance-specific abstractions to evolve into more general and reusable ones over time. Across challenging benchmarks in mathematical reasoning, code generation, and multi-turn agentic environments, EvoLib improves substantially over the top test-time scaling and learning methods without ground-truth feedback.

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  7. 2025EvolveR: Self-Evolving LLM Agents through an Experience-Driven Lifecyclecited by 129
  8. 2025Evo-Memory: Benchmarking LLM Agent Test-time Learning with Self-Evolving Memorycited by 129
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  19. 2025ArcMemo: Abstract Reasoning Composition with Lifelong LLM Memorycited by 22
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  24. 2026Hybrid-Gym: Training Coding Agents to Generalize Across Taskscited by 6
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  1. 2026TTSR: Test-Time Self-Evolving via Reflection
  2. 2026Test-Time Meta-Adaptation with Self-Synthesis
  3. 2026TTCS: Test-Time Curriculum Synthesis for Self-Evolving
  4. 2025Revisiting Test-Time Scaling: A Survey and a Diversity-Aware Method for Efficient Reasoning
  5. 2025EvoTest: Evolutionary Test-Time Learning for Self-Improving Agentic Systems
  6. 2025EvolMathEval: Towards Evolvable Benchmarks for Mathematical Reasoning via Evolutionary Testing
  7. 2026Adaptive Test-Time Compute Allocation with Evolving In-Context Demonstrations
  8. 2025Population-Evolve: a Parallel Sampling and Evolutionary Method for LLM Math Reasoning