@article{llmsknowwhentheyknowbutdonotactonitameta, title = {LLMs Know When They Know, but Do Not Act on It: A Metacognitive Harness for Test-time Scaling}, author = {Qi Cao and Yufan Wang and Peijia Qin and Shuhao Zhang and Pengtao Xie}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2605.14186}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.14186}, }