ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Thu 16 Apr 2026 16:45 - 17:00 at Asia IV - AI for Software Engineering 17 Chair(s): Martin Monperrus

Efficient failure diagnosis is critical to maintaining the stability and reliability of operating systems (OSes) in modern industrial environments. In practice, manual failure analysis by on-call engineers (OCEs) faces increasing challenges due to the growing complexity of OS failures, while recent automated diagnosis methods often suffer from low explainability, limiting their practical adoption. Large Language Models (LLMs) hold promise for advancing automated failure diagnosis through their sophisticated reasoning and language generation capabilities. However, traditional LLM-based solutions struggle to integrate domain knowledge and lack the effective interaction mechanisms required for industrial troubleshooting. To address these practical challenges, we present \textit{OScope}, an automated, explainable failure diagnosis framework powered by LLMs. \textit{OScope} leverages historical failure cases to enhance the semantic understanding of anomalies, enabling precise retrieval of relevant troubleshooting guides. The framework further structures the diagnosis process using standard operating procedure (SOP) templates, supporting step-by-step verification and correction with corresponding SOP documents. Importantly, \textit{OScope} facilitates human-in-the-loop collaboration, allowing OCEs to interact with the system for report refinement and practical feedback. We have evaluated \textit{OScope} on a real-world OS failure dataset collected from \textit{Alibaba}. Results show that \textit{OScope} achieves an $AC@5$ of 90%, significantly outperforming baseline methods and demonstrating high diagnostic value in production settings. The diagnostic reports generated by \textit{OScope} have also received positive feedback from OCEs for readability and practical usefulness. Since deployment at \textit{Alibaba}, \textit{OScope} has substantially improved the efficiency of engineers in resolving failures, highlighting its tangible impact as a successful case of applying automated software engineering methods in industry.

Thu 16 Apr

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16:00 - 17:30
AI for Software Engineering 17Research Track / SE In Practice (SEIP) at Asia IV
Chair(s): Martin Monperrus KTH Royal Institute of Technology
16:00
15m
Talk
TAAF: A Trace Abstraction and Analysis Framework Synergizing Knowledge Graphs and LLMs
Research Track
Alireza Ezaz Brock University, Ghazal Khodabandeh Brock University, Majid Babaei University of the Fraser Valley, Naser Ezzati-Jivan Brock University
Pre-print
16:15
15m
Talk
InferLog: Accelerating LLM Inference for Online Log Parsing via ICL-oriented Prefix CachingVirtual Attendance
Research Track
Yilun Wang School of Systems Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Pengfei Chen Sun Yat-sen University, Haiyu Huang Sun Yat-sen University, Zilong He Sun Yat-sen University, Gou Tan School of Systems Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Chuanfu  Zhang Sun Yat-Sen University, Jingkai He School of Systems Science and Engineering,Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Zibin Zheng Sun Yat-sen University
Pre-print Media Attached
16:30
15m
Talk
Order Matters! An Empirical Study on Large Language Models' Input Order Bias in Software Fault Localization
Research Track
Md Nakhla Rafi Concordia University, Dong Jae Kim DePaul University, Tse-Hsun (Peter) Chen Concordia University, Shaowei Wang University of Manitoba
16:45
15m
Talk
When LLMs Listen to Experts: Accurate Failure Diagnosis in Operating SystemsVirtual Attendance
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Yongxin Zhao , Shenglin Zhang Nankai University, Yuxin Sun Nankai University, Wenwei Gu Nankai University, Yongqian Sun Nankai University, Luping Wang Alibaba Group, Li Shi Alibaba Group, Cheng Huang Alibaba Group, Guodong Yang Alibaba Group, Liping Zhang Alibaba Group, Dan Pei Tsinghua University
Media Attached
17:00
15m
Talk
MagmaScope: Identifying Root-Cause Changes for Emergency Incident in Large-Scale Cloud Infrastructure
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Zongyang Li Peking University, Ning Wang Bytedance, Jiliang Liu Bytedance, Yaping Zhang Bytedance, Feifan Tong Bytedance, Zhaoxing Chen Bytedance, Chan Li Bytedance, Ming Liu Bytedance, Xiang Zhang Bytedance, Yifan Wu Peking University, Tong Jia Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University, Beijing, China, Ying Li School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University, Beijing, China
17:15
15m
Talk
Correctness isn’t Efficiency: Runtime Memory Divergence in LLM-Generated Code
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Prateek Kumar Rajput Zortify and University of Luxembourg, Yewei Song University of Luxembourg, Abdoul Aziz Bonkoungou B Medical Systems and University of Luxembourg, Iyiola E. Olatunji University of Luxembourg, Abdoul Kader Kaboré University of Luxembourg, Jacques Klein University of Luxembourg, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé University of Luxembourg