# Paper: Taming "Zombie'' Agents: A Markov State-Aware Framework for Resilient Multi-Agent Evolution

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type: paper
title: "Taming \"Zombie'' Agents: A Markov State-Aware Framework for Resilient Multi-Agent Evolution"
authors: Taolin Zhang, Pukun Zhao, Qizhou Chen, Jiuheng Wan, Chen Chen, Xiaofeng He, Chengyu Wang, Richang Hong
year: 2026
venue: arXiv
url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17348
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source: arxiv
collected_at: 2026-07-08
published_at: 2026-05-17
updated_at: 2026-05-17
status: queued
relevance: high
topics:
  - agent-safety
  - memory
  - multi-agent
  - reasoning
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datasets:
  - cs.CL
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collection_score: 15
collection_queries: agent-memory
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## One-line Takeaway

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

## Why Collected

- matched queries: agent-memory
- inferred topics: agent-safety, memory, multi-agent, reasoning
- arXiv categories: cs.CL
- collection score: 15

## 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/2605.17348