A Survey of LLM-based Automated Program Repair: Taxonomies, Design Paradigms, and Applications

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Large language models (LLMs) are reshaping automated program repair.

• We present a reproducible hierarchical taxonomy that organizes 66 LLM-based repair systems according to where repair capability and control logic principally reside: task-adapted parameters, prompt and context design, designer-specified workflows, or LLM-directed runtime control.
• Adaptation, generation pattern, runtime control, and auxiliary evidence are preserved as separate coded dimensions.
• This representation exposes control distinctions hidden by utilization labels and supports cross-paradigm analysis of system design and evaluation evidence.