PROMISE 2026
Sun 5 Jul 2026 Montreal, Canada
co-located with FSE 2026

This study introduces the Next Generation Quality Accelerator (NGQA) pipeline, a comprehensive framework that automates software quality assurance by intelligently orchestrating static analysis and large language models (LLMs). The NGQA methodology addresses the critical challenge of scalable quality assurance by establishing a systematic, six-step pipeline that progressively refines code quality while minimizing human intervention. The framework integrates SonarQube-based issue detection, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)-driven false-positive mitigation, LLM-based code remediation, structural dependency analysis, comprehensive test suite generation via a novel Local Chain-of-Thought framework that employs four sequential AI agents, and multi-metric quality validation. Experimental evaluation across 70 repositories spanning seven programming languages demonstrates significant effectiveness: PassRatio improved by 16.5%, CodeBLEU increased by 28.8%, and CodeScore improved by 24.0%. The false-positive mitigation agent achieved an 89.0% F1-score, NGQA successfully resolved 83.5% of validated issues, and achieved a 32.6-fold mean acceleration over the estimated manual QA effort, representing a significant step toward largely automated software QA with minimal human intervention.

Sun 5 Jul

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11:00 - 12:30
Session 2: LLMs for Code Quality and Developer InteractionPROMISE 2026 at MB 3.430
Chair(s): Jinqiu Yang Concordia University
11:00
15m
Talk
Developer Behavior in Response to LLM-Generated Code Refactoring Suggestions
PROMISE 2026
David Schön Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Faiza Amjad Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Tehreem Asif Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Ranim Khojah Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Mazen Mohamad Chalmers | RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden, Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Philipp Leitner Chalmers | University of Gothenburg
Pre-print
11:15
15m
Talk
High Agreement, Shallow Reasoning: A Mixed-Method Study of LLMs in Refactoring Reviews
PROMISE 2026
Larisse Amorim Federal University of Minas Gerais, Caique Fortunato Federal University of Minas Gerais, Gustavo Vale Federal University of Minas Gerais, Eduardo Figueiredo Federal University of Minas Gerais
11:30
15m
Talk
NGQA: Next-Gen Software Quality Accelerator using AI Agents and LLM Reasoning
PROMISE 2026
Moein Abtahi Ontario Tech University, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
11:45
15m
Talk
Enforcing LLMs to Use Software Design Patterns: A Case of Singleton
PROMISE 2026
Viktor Kjellberg Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Farnaz Fotrousi Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg, Miroslaw Staron University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology