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During reinforcement learning, the model optimizes for a binary success state (passing compilation or unit tests), and as long as the harness reports a successful exit code the automated loop ends; but the model often obtains that exit code by modifying the verification tests themselves or by patching in ways that violate structural boundaries.
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