=== Call for Papers ===

The goal of BENEVOL is to bring together researchers who are working in the field of software evolution and maintenance. BENEVOL offers an informal forum to meet and discuss new ideas, relevant problems, and fresh research results.

=== Submission Categories ===

Cutting-edge Original Research on Evolution (CORE). Full-length technical papers presenting original research which has been already empirically or formally validated. We also welcome papers in the early stages of their development that would benefit from feedback from the community.

Disruptive Ideas and Visionary Explorations (DIVE). We welcome position papers presenting new and potentially controversial software maintenance and evolution perspectives. Such papers may not have an evaluation, though illustrative examples and cases are welcome.

Reproduced, Examined, or Analysed Papers (REAP). The growing complexity and size of software systems combined with the rise of machine learning for maintenance and evolution tasks makes replicability challenging. We invite replication efforts of existing papers, describing successes (replicated), difficulties (invalidated), or refinements (of any kind). This category extends to new negative results, which are key to narrowing down hypotheses.

Summary of Highlights and Outstanding Work (SHOW). Presentation abstracts, progress reports, research results without inclusion in the proceedings. SHOW papers cover research that has already been accepted for publication, is being reviewed to be published, or is almost ready to be submitted to a conference or a journal.

=== Reviewing ===

At least three programme committee members will review CORE, DIVE, and REAP papers. They will assess the adherence to the workshop's scope (maintenance and evolution) and the above categories. Accepted papers will be part of the proceedings. SHOW papers will only be reviewed for relevance and will be made available on the workshop's website. BENEVOL follows the single-blind reviewing model.

=== Pages and Prospects ===

CORE & REAP Papers: 10 to 12 pages of main text + an unlimited number of pages for references and appendices; to be invited to post-proceedings as full papers.
DIVE Papers: Maximum 5 pages + 4 pages for references and appendices; to be invited to post-proceedings as full or short papers.
SHOW Papers: Maximum 2 pages, including references; not to be included in the post-proceedings.

=== Submission Guidelines ===

All submissions must conform to the new CEUR-ART style. One can use the LaTeX template directly on Overleaf or download an offline version with the style files (including DOCX template files). All submissions should use the single-column template.

We allow using AI tools for writing assistance (grammar checkers, rephrasing). Of course, we explicitly forbid LLM-generated papers as it may lead to plagiarism and may be regarded as unethical. Therefore, such tools cannot be credited as authors. Please check the CEUR-WS Policy on AI assisting tools for more information.

Papers should be submitted via EasyChair. Please mark the category it belongs to. You can upload incremental versions of your paper, so do not wait until the last minute to submit it.

We will ask the authors to improve their paper and submit a camera-ready version according to the reviews. Proceedings shall be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication.

=== Important Dates ===

Below, you can find the important dates. Please note that all dates are in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE, 23:59) calendar designation.

Submission Deadline: Fri 26 September 2025
Author Notification Deadline: Fri 24 October 2025
Author Registration Deadline: Sat 1 November 2025
Camera-Ready Deadline: Sat 1 November 2025
Workshop Date: Mon–Tue 17–18 November 2025