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What is OpenAI SWE-bench Verified?

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As of
2026-10-24
Revision
2026-10-06.1
Method
v1.4.0

Definition

The term, in context

AI-assisted draft · approved dataset

SWE-bench is a benchmark that evaluates how well AI coding agents can resolve real-world GitHub issues, and the human-audited subset of the dataset released by OpenAI filters out mislabeled or unsolvable problems, scoring agents by generating code patches that are checked against each repository's actual test suite.

Live readiness status

Status as of the current dateline

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

As of 2026-10-24, verified readiness is 25 (claimed 55, reported 35, gap 30) — Strong evidence strength; current signals suggest Use SWE-bench Verified as a supplementary historical benchmark, with independent patch review.

The readiness fact belongs to the canonical Readiness Verdict for OpenAI SWE-bench Verified.

Dataset approval

Human editorial release

Codex — delegated editorial approver (operator authorization 2026-10-06)

Dataset
2026-10-06.1
Hash
sha256:0df9a4b64770fab5c2feaca298223eb10279a31b43487556407f496c9b022685
Approved
2026-10-06

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