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CCR-Bench: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Evaluating LLMs on Complex Constraints, Control Flows, and Real-World Cases

Xiaona Xue, Yiqiao Huang, Jiacheng Li, Yuanhang Zheng, Huiqi Miao, Yunfei Ma, Rui Liu, Xinbao Sun, Minglu Liu, Fanyu Meng, Chao Deng, Junlan Feng · Mar 9, 2026 · Citations: 0

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Abstract

Enhancing the ability of large language models (LLMs) to follow complex instructions is critical for their deployment in real-world applications. However, existing evaluation methods often oversimplify instruction complexity as a mere additive combination of atomic constraints, failing to adequately capture the high-dimensional complexity arising from the intricate interplay of content and format, logical workflow control, and real-world applications. This leads to a significant gap between current evaluation practices and practical demands. To bridge this gap, we introduce CCR-Bench, a novel benchmark designed to assess LLMs' adherence to complex instructions. CCR-Bench is characterized by: (1) deep entanglement of content and formatting requirements in task specifications; (2) instructions that involve intricate task decomposition, conditional reasoning, and procedural planning; and (3) evaluation samples derived entirely from real-world industrial scenarios. Extensive experiments on CCR-Bench demonstrate that even state-of-the-art models exhibit substantial performance deficiencies, clearly quantifying the gap between current LLM capabilities and the demands of realworld instruction understanding. We believe that CCR-Bench offers a more rigorous and realistic evaluation framework, advancing the development of LLMs toward the next generation of models capable of understanding and executing complex tasks in industrial applications.

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Evidence snippet: Enhancing the ability of large language models (LLMs) to follow complex instructions is critical for their deployment in real-world applications.

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Evidence snippet: Enhancing the ability of large language models (LLMs) to follow complex instructions is critical for their deployment in real-world applications.

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Evidence snippet: Enhancing the ability of large language models (LLMs) to follow complex instructions is critical for their deployment in real-world applications.

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Evidence snippet: To bridge this gap, we introduce CCR-Bench, a novel benchmark designed to assess LLMs' adherence to complex instructions.

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  • However, existing evaluation methods often oversimplify instruction complexity as a mere additive combination of atomic constraints, failing to adequately capture the…
  • This leads to a significant gap between current evaluation practices and practical demands.

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  • However, existing evaluation methods often oversimplify instruction complexity as a mere additive combination of atomic constraints, failing to adequately capture the high-dimensional complexity arising from the intricate interplay of…
  • This leads to a significant gap between current evaluation practices and practical demands.
  • To bridge this gap, we introduce CCR-Bench, a novel benchmark designed to assess LLMs' adherence to complex instructions.

Why It Matters For Eval

  • However, existing evaluation methods often oversimplify instruction complexity as a mere additive combination of atomic constraints, failing to adequately capture the high-dimensional complexity arising from the intricate interplay of…
  • To bridge this gap, we introduce CCR-Bench, a novel benchmark designed to assess LLMs' adherence to complex instructions.

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