# Paper: Search-Time Contamination in Deep Research Agents: Measuring Performance Inflation in Public Benchmark Evaluation

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type: paper
title: "Search-Time Contamination in Deep Research Agents: Measuring Performance Inflation in Public Benchmark Evaluation"
authors: Yongjie Wang, Xinyue Zhang, Kunhong Yao, Zhiwei Zeng, Kaisong Song, Jun Lin, Zhiqi Shen
year: 2026
venue: arXiv
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05241
code_url:
source: arxiv
collected_at: 2026-07-08
published_at: 2026-06-03
updated_at: 2026-06-03
status: queued
relevance: high
topics:
  - agent-evaluation
  - rag
  - reasoning
methods:
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benchmarks:
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models:
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datasets:
  - cs.CR
  - cs.AI
related_concepts:
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related_jobs:
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related_experiments:
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related_projects:
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collection_score: 16
collection_queries: agent-evaluation
---

## One-line Takeaway

Auto-collected from arXiv because it matched the Agent collection queries. Needs human skim.

## Why Collected

- matched queries: agent-evaluation
- inferred topics: agent-evaluation, rag, reasoning
- arXiv categories: cs.CR, cs.AI
- collection score: 16

## Review Checklist

- Does this paper directly inform Agent architecture, evaluation, memory, tools, safety, coding agents, GUI/browser agents, or multi-agent workflows?
- Does it include a benchmark, dataset, code, or reproducible experimental setup?
- Should it be promoted from `queued` to `skimmed` or `summarized`?

## Links

- arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.05241