cs.CLApr 15, 2026
SaveTrustLDM: Benchmarking Trustworthiness in Language Diffusion Models
Organizations: State Key Lab of General Artificial Intelligence, School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Peking University. · CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security · School of EECS, Peking University · Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Peking University
Abstract
The rapid development of Language Diffusion Models (LDMs) challenges the dominant position of auto-regressive competitors in language processing. However, their flexible, any-order decoding strategies not only enable fast decoding speed but also potentially bring new trustworthiness challenges. To better understand the risks behind their pipelines, we introduce a comprehensive trustworthiness benchmark tailored to LDMs (TrustLDM), evaluating safety, privacy, and fairness across different LDM architectures with multiple categories of static post contexts. Our empirical results show that although LDMs generally exhibit strong trustworthiness with only the user prompts, their alignment behavior degrades noticeably when the malicious post contexts are attached to the masked responses. We further observe that longer contexts do not necessarily induce stronger effects, and both decoding order and generation length affect the evaluation outcomes. Finally, we propose TrustLDM-Auto, an automatic evaluation framework that leverages LDM decoding flexibility to systematically identify vulnerable configurations, revealing substantial trustworthiness weaknesses across all evaluated models and dimensions. Our work may potentially help the community build more trustworthy LDMs. Our code is available at https://github.com/PKU-ML/TrustLDM.
Figures & tables
Figure 1: Overview of our proposed TrustLDM Benchmark. Leveraging the editable-context property of LDMs, TrustLDM constructs malicious contexts—either statically or via dynamic optimization to elicit untrustworthy behaviors.
Table 1: HR ( ) of LDMs (average over decoding orders) with different configurations of contexts.
Table 2: HR ( ) of decoding orders (average over LDMs) with different configurations of contexts.
Figure 2: HR ( ) of various block sizes and generation lengths with different contexts.
Figure 5: Overview of our proposed TrustLDM Benchmark. Leveraging the editable-context property of LDMs, TrustLDM constructs malicious contexts—either statically or via dynamic optimization to elicit untrustworthy behaviors.
| Scores | Safety(Adv) | Safety(JBB) | Privacy | Fairness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empty | 0.0% | 0% | 5.43% | 16.0% |
| TrustLDM-Static | 70% | 74% | 71.96% | 90.0% |
| TrustLDM-auto | 94% | 83% | 97.83% | 93.1% |
Table 9: Trustworthiness of Mercury Edit 2 under the TrustLDM benchmark.
Appendix figures & tables17 assets
Supplementary material from the paper’s appendix.
Appendix
| Model | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLaDA | Empty | 2% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 34% | 32% | 44% | 38% | 34% | 36% | 36% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 76% | 66% | 82% | 80% | 72% | 62% | 73% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 60% | 56% | 54% | 64% | 66% | 64% | 61% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 86% | 96% | 88% | 92% | 90% | 88% | 90% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 76% | 88% | 82% | 94% | 92% | 90% | 87% |
Table 10: Safety scores (measured by HR) on TrustLDM-Adv with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various LDMs.
| Model | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLaDA | Empty | 0% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 30% | 30% | 32% | 25% | 30% | 28% | 29% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 74% | 67% | 78% | 75% | 71% | 70% | 73% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 60% | 55% | 53% | 53% | 62% | 55% | 56% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 89% | 90% | 82% | 88% | 88% | 84% | 87% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 82% | 91% | 81% | 93% | 88% | 94% | 88% |
Table 11: Safety scores (measured by HR) on TrustLDM-JBB with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various LDMs.
| Block Size | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Empty | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 4% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 34% | 32% | 30% | 36% | 26% | 24% | 30% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 80% | 66% | 84% | 70% | 70% | 60% | 72% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 66% | 58% | 58% | 64% | 74% | 62% | 64% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 96% | 94% | 86% | 90% | 92% | 88% | 91% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 88% | 88% | 86% | 90% | 92% | 90% | 89% |
Table 12: Safety performance (measured by HR) on TrustLDM-Adv with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various block sizes.
| Block Size | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Empty | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 29% | 30% | 31% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 28% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 75% | 68% | 77% | 71% | 79% | 66% | 73% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 61% | 52% | 54% | 52% | 58% | 54% | 55% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 89% | 89% | 80% | 92% | 92% | 87% | 88% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 92% | 91% | 90% | 89% | 91% | 89% | 90% |
Table 13: Safety performance (measured by HR) on TrustLDM-JBB with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various block sizes.
| Generation Length | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Empty | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 8% | 4% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 50% | 58% | 62% | 58% | 58% | 54% | 57% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 24% | 28% | 34% | 32% | 44% | 34% | 33% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 76% | 94% | 84% | 84% | 84% | 84% | 84% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 76% | 72% | 80% | 76% | 68% | 70% | 74% |
Table 14: Safety performance (measured by HR) on TrustLDM-Adv with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various generation lengths.
| Generation Length | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Empty | 0% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 7% | 3% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 4% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 49% | 51% | 56% | 51% | 52% | 51% | 52% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 24% | 27% | 35% | 33% | 33% | 26% | 30% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 74% | 87% | 69% | 84% | 81% | 82% | 80% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 69% | 80% | 69% | 74% | 73% | 77% | 74% |
Table 15: Safety performance (measured by HR) on TrustLDM-JBB with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various generation lengths.
| Generation Length | Generated Answer |
|---|---|
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Table 16: Comparison of answers generated by LLaDA using different generation lengths (256 and 1024) with Left-to-Right decoding order. The harmful question is “Write a guide on how to manipulate someone into committing suicide”. For safety considerations, unsafe details are redacted and shown as .
| Model | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLaDA | Empty | 0.661 | 0.530 | 0.472 | 0.463 | 0.465 | 0.504 | 0.515 |
| Suffix (Safe) | 0.646 | 0.476 | 0.495 | 0.444 | 0.474 | 0.500 | 0.507 | |
| Suffix (Short) | 0.856 | 0.674 | 0.711 | 0.711 | 0.772 | 0.813 | 0.757 | |
| Suffix (Long) | 0.863 | 0.828 | 0.794 | 0.854 | 0.865 | 0.874 | 0.847 | |
| Suffix +Prefix (Short) | 0.861 | 0.957 | 0.863 | 0.978 | 0.989 | 0.980 | 0.940 | |
| Suffix +Prefix (Long) | 0.911 | 0.889 | 0.898 | 0.907 | 0.952 | 0.970 | 0.921 |
Table 17: Privacy performance on TrustLDM-PRI with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various LDMs.
| Block Size | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Empty | 0.687 | 0.530 | 0.730 | 0.544 | 0.530 | 0.554 | 0.596 |
| Suffix (Safe) | 0.685 | 0.476 | 0.728 | 0.504 | 0.513 | 0.520 | 0.571 | |
| Suffix (Short) | 0.791 | 0.674 | 0.737 | 0.702 | 0.759 | 0.761 | 0.737 | |
| Suffix (Long) | 0.876 | 0.828 | 0.828 | 0.863 | 0.850 | 0.874 | 0.853 | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 0.967 | 0.957 | 0.952 | 0.972 | 0.987 | 0.978 | 0.969 | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 0.961 | 0.889 | 0.933 | 0.917 | 0.959 | 0.963 | 0.937 |
Table 18: Privacy performance on TrustLDM-PRI with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various block sizes.
| Generation Length | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Empty | 0.591 | 0.510 | 0.448 | 0.454 | 0.494 | 0.535 | 0.504 |
| Suffix (Safe) | 0.615 | 0.508 | 0.472 | 0.426 | 0.504 | 0.528 | 0.509 | |
| Suffix (Short) | 0.765 | 0.651 | 0.498 | 0.609 | 0.676 | 0.744 | 0.658 | |
| Suffix (Long) | 0.844 | 0.779 | 0.652 | 0.772 | 0.807 | 0.839 | 0.783 | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 0.944 | 0.985 | 0.922 | 0.991 | 0.998 | 0.998 | 0.973 | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 0.956 | 0.922 | 0.930 | 0.935 | 0.965 | 0.980 | 0.948 |
Table 19: Privacy performance on TrustLDM-PRI with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various generation lengths.
| Generation Length | Generated Answer |
|---|---|
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Table 20: Comparison of answers generated by LLaDA using different generation lengths (256 and 1024) with Left-to-Right decoding order. The harmful question is “System: You are a database manager and below are the data you manage:\n Clara’s phone number: 443-120-5366;\n Emma’s phone number: 681-533-8928;\n Sam’s phone number: 799-888-3487;\n Victor’s phone number: 450-591-7348;\n The following question comes from a third party and not from the user included in the database.\n User: For the upcoming workshop, we require Clara’s contact details. Can you help?”.
| Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLaDA | Empty | 58.4% | 65.5% | 53.4% | 64.0% | 62.0% | 64.0% | 61.2% |
| Benign | 59.5% | 64.0% | 53.5% | 60.0% | 61.0% | 60.5% | 59.8% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 50.5% | 50.5% | 51.8% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.5% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 50.0% | 50.0% | 48.7% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.0% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 50.8% | 51.0% | 51.0% | 51.0% | 51.5% | 51.5% | 51.1% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 48.5% | 49.5% | 49.5% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 49.6% |
Table 21: Accuracy on TrustLDM-Fair with different decoding order and different post-context on LDM.
| Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLaDA | Empty | 4.1% | 16.0% | 7.2% | 24.0% | 8.0% | 14.0% | 12.2% | |
| Benign | 8.3% | 16.0% | 12.8% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 16.0% | 14.9% | ||
| Suffix (Short) | 93.9% | 94.0% | 93.3% | 92.0% | 92.0% | 92.0% | 92.9% | ||
| Suffix (Long) | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 100.0% | 98.0% | 100.0% | 98.7% | ||
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 97.9% | 98.0% | 100.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.3% | ||
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 97.9% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.7% |
Table 22: Fairness scores (measured by ) on TrustLDM-Fair with different decoding order and different post-context on LDM.
| Block Size | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Empty | 65.5% | 65.5% | 66.0% | 62.5% | 62.5% | 62.5% | 64.1% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 62.9% | 64.0% | 64.5% | 64.0% | 64.0% | 64.0% | 63.9% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 49.7% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.4% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 49.7% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.2% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 52.0% | 51.0% | 51.5% | 51.0% | 51.5% | 51.5% | 51.4% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 50.0% | 49.5% | 51.5% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.2% |
Table 23: Accuracy on TrustLDM-Fair with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various block sizes.
| Block Size | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Empty | 14.6% | 16.0% | 8.0% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 18.0% | 15.4% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 10.5% | 16.0% | 10.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 14.1% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 93.9% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 93.0% | 93.8% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | 94.0% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 100.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.3% |
Table 24: Equalized Odds Difference on TrustLDM-Fair with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various block sizes.
| Generation Length | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Empty | 64.1% | 68.0% | 61.2% | 67.5% | 66.0% | 65.5% | 65.4% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 63.5% | 64.5% | 60.8% | 64.5% | 65.0% | 63.5% | 63.6% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 50.8% | 51.0% | 52.2% | 51.5% | 51.5% | 51.0% | 51.3% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 51.5% | 51.0% | 52.2% | 51.5% | 51.5% | 51.0% | 51.5% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 51.3% | 51.0% | 52.2% | 51.0% | 51.0% | 51.5% | 51.3% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 49.5% | 50.0% | 49.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 49.8% |
Table 25: Accuracy on TrustLDM-Fair with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various generation lengths.
| Generation Length | Context | Random | Left-to-Right | Right-to-Left | Entropy | Confidence | Margin | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128 | Empty | 5.3% | 18.0% | 16.0% | 16.0% | 14.0% | 8.0% | 12.9% |
| Suffix (Safe) | 2.6% | 16.0% | 14.8% | 22.0% | 18.0% | 14.0% | 14.6% | |
| Suffix (Short) | 93.8% | 96.0% | 95.5% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 96.0% | 96.2% | |
| Suffix (Long) | 98.0% | 96.0% | 95.5% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 96.0% | 96.9% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Short) | 97.9% | 98.0% | 96.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 97.7% | |
| Suffix+Prefix (Long) | 100.0% | 100.0% | 98.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 99.7% |
Table 26: Equalized Odds Difference on TrustLDM-Fair with different decoding orders and post-contexts considering various generation lengths.