Forgetting Without Restarting: Execution-State Unlearning for Stateful LLM Agents
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The researchers proposed the “execution state forgetting” method, aiming to make long-running large language model agents behave as if they never observed the target information after receiving a forgetting request. This method uses cross-layer protocols for prompt coverage, memory compression, and caching, utilizes traceability diagrams to locate injection points, and combines KV cache pruning with cleaning playback techniques to restore the counterfactual suffix. Experiments showed that deleting only plaintext memories did not eliminate leaks; instruction-based forgetting was completely ineffective in induced tests (Leak@probes = 1.00). In contrast, selective playback technology reduced heavy computation tokens by up to 9 times, yet its effect was no different from a complete reset.