MASTEST: A LLM-Based Multi-Agent System For Testing RESTful APIs

arXiv:2511.18038 · cs.SE, cs.AI, cs.LG · Submitted 2025-11-22 · Read on arXiv

cs.SE, cs.AI, cs.LG

Submitted: 2025-11-22

Updated: 2026-09-27

Terminology

• Multi-Agent System — 13× in this paper · explained in 6 episodes
• Accuracy — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Verification — 8× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Commentary — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Reinforcement Learning — 4× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Hallucination — 3× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Prompt Engineering — 3× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• Abstract Syntax Tree — 2× in this paper
• Adaptability — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Deep Reinforcement Learning — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Large Language Models (LLMs) — 2× in this paper · explained in 6 episodes
• AI Agents — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Agentic AI — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aggregation — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Generative AI — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Homogeneity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• RESTfulservice Property Graph — 1× in this paper
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• APITestGenie: Automated API Test Generation through Generative AI
• Automating REST API Postman Test Cases Using LLM
• You Can REST Now: Automated REST API Documentation and Testing via LLM-Assisted Request Mutations
• Combining TSL and LLM to Automate REST API Testing: A Comparative Study
• LogiAgent: Automated Logical Testing for REST Systems with LLM-Based Multi-Agents
• MioHint: LLM-assisted Mutation for Whitebox API Testing

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