agent/papers/items/2026-2601-06007-don-t-break-the-cache-an-evaluation-of-prompt-caching-for-long-horizon-agentic-t.md

Paper: Don't Break the Cache: An Evaluation of Prompt Caching for Long-Horizon Agentic Tasks

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type: paper title: "Don't Break the Cache: An Evaluation of Prompt Caching for Long-Horizon Agentic Tasks" authors: Elias Lumer, Faheem Nizar, Akshaya Jangiti, Kevin Frank, Anmol Gulati, Mandar Phadate, Vamse Kumar Subbiah year: 2026 venue: arXiv url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.06007 code_url: source: arxiv collected_at: 2026-07-08 published_at: 2026-01-09 updated_at: 2026-01-31 status: queued relevance: high topics:

• agent-evaluation
• computer-use
• planning
• tool-use methods:

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collection_score: 18 collection_queries: function-calling

One-line Takeaway

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

Why Collected

• matched queries: function-calling
• inferred topics: agent-evaluation, computer-use, planning, tool-use
• arXiv categories: cs.CL
• collection score: 18

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/2601.06007