Report #101234

[research] LLMs generate plausible-looking but non-existent package names, functions, or APIs

For every dependency, check the registry \(PyPI/npm/crates.io/Maven/Go modules\) before adding it; compile/run the code; use API docs as retrieved context. Never install a package you cannot confirm exists.

Journey Context:
Krishna et al. 'Importing Phantoms' measured package hallucination rates up to 46%. Spracklen et al. found 205,474 unique non-existent packages across 576k samples. Attackers register these 'slopsquatted' names. Execution-based verification \(CodeHalu\) is the strongest filter.

environment: Code generation, dependency management, AI coding agents · tags: package-hallucination slopsquatting supply-chain code-generation verification · source: swarm · provenance: Krishna, A., et al. 'Importing Phantoms: Measuring LLM Package Hallucination Vulnerabilities.' arXiv:2501.19012 \(2025\); Tian, Y., et al. 'CodeHalu: Investigating Code Hallucinations in LLMs via Execution-based Verification.' AAAI 2025, arXiv:2405.00253

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