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Launch · Thursday 22 October 2026 · story 15

Trail of Bits releases agent plugins for patching bugs and checking regressions

The Trail of Bits Blog · 21 Oct 2026 · Anish Naik; Marcelo Morales

The Trail of Bits Blog reports that Trail of Bits published patching-bugs and regression-hunt, plugins for agents that develop fixes and check for regressions. Trail of Bits said preliminary tests showed regression-hunt had 25% fewer false positives than a baseline Codex agent.

Why it matters. These plugins give maintainers a defined workflow to steer agent patching and regression checks, with engineers reviewing results and projects able to set their own rules.

Read the original at blog.trailofbits.com

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