# Claude turns software crash tests into machine-checked proofs

- Link: <https://www.anthropic.com/research/formal-verification>
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**TL;DR:** Claude wrote proofs that rule out specified crashes in selected test programs; a separate checker checks the logic.

Anthropic and Theorem report doing this for **239 test entry points across 123 open-source libraries**. Some tests encode useful properties, such as getting the original data back after compressing and decompressing it.

The October 22 release includes a subset of the proofs. The guarantees apply to selected compiled programs under a modeled RISC-V/Linux environment, input-size limits and memory budgets. They do not certify an entire library or its usual desktop/server build.

[Public proof statements and limits](https://github.com/theorem-labs/oss-verify/blob/main/docs/what-gets-proven.md)

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