Beyond Reasoning Gains: Mitigating General-Capability Forgetting in Large Reasoning Models

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Mitigate general-capability forgetting in large reasoning models by employing regularization strategies during reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) training

advanced Published 19 Jun 2026
Action Steps
  1. Apply regularization techniques to RLVR training to prevent capability regression
  2. Configure RLVR training paradigm to incorporate verifiable rewards and mitigate forgetting
  3. Test models for general-capability forgetting after prolonged RLVR training
  4. Compare performance of models with and without regularization strategies
  5. Run experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of different regularization techniques in preventing capability regression
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AI researchers and engineers working on large language and vision-language models can benefit from this knowledge to improve model performance and prevent capability regression

Key Insight

💡 Regularization strategies can help mitigate general-capability forgetting in large reasoning models during RLVR training

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Mitigate general-capability forgetting in large reasoning models by employing regularization strategies during reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) training

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Title: Beyond Reasoning Gains: Mitigating General-Capability Forgetting in Large Reasoning Models

Abstract:
arXiv:2510.21978v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has delivered impressive gains in mathematical and multimodal reasoning and has become a standard post-training paradigm for contemporary language and vision-language models. However, the RLVR recipe introduces a significant risk of capability regression, in which models forget foundational skills after prolonged training without employing regularization strategies. We empirically conf
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