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Final Checkpoints Are Not Enough: Analyzing Latent Reasoning Faithfulness Along Training Trajectories

Hengyu Jin, Shu Yang, Di Wang

Tests how answers respond to changed inputs and altered hidden reasoning states throughout training. These responses can change even while accuracy remains high.

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arXiv:2607.06648 · Initial submission: 2026-07-07

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Continuous-state reasoning — Use vectors—lists of numbers—to carry intermediate reasoning from one step to the next, instead of selecting a text token at every step. Some methods use the model's hidden states; others combine several candidate token representations.

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