Multi-stage LLM Workflows Lose Safety Constraints
Yiheng Sun · hf · 2026-08-27
This study reveals that multi-stage LLM agent workflows can suffer from constraint weakening. Intermediate artifacts transform binding prerequisites into non-binding context, causing safety failures even though the content is preserved.
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