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ReSyn: Autonomously Scaling Synthetic Environments for Reasoning Models

arXiv 2602.20117 ↗First posted 23 Feb 2026cs.AI cs.LGcited by 5

On the map: LLM reasoning → Reinforcement learning for reasoning

Abstract (arXiv)

Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has emerged as a promising approach for training reasoning language models (RLMs) by leveraging supervision from verifiers. Although verifier implementation is easier than solution annotation for many tasks, existing synthetic data generation methods remain largely solution-centric, while verifier-based methods rely on a few hand-crafted procedural environments. In this work, we scale RLVR by introducing ReSyn, a pipeline that generates diverse reasoning environments equipped with instance generators and verifiers, covering tasks such as constraint satisfaction, algorithmic puzzles, and spatial reasoning. A Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct model trained with RL on ReSyn data achieves consistent gains across reasoning benchmarks and out-of-domain math benchmarks, including a 27% relative improvement on the challenging BBEH benchmark. Ablations show that verifier-based supervision and increased task diversity both contribute significantly, providing empirical evidence that generating reasoning environments at scale can enhance reasoning abilities in RLMs

Key facts. Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Reinforcement learning for reasoning, one of 17 directions in LLM reasoning. Builds on 19 of its 25 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 23 Feb 2026.

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19 of 25 references.

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  1. 2025SynLogic: Synthesizing Verifiable Reasoning Data at Scale for Learning Logical Reasoning and Beyond26 May
  2. 2025Understanding R1-Zero-Like Training: A Critical Perspective26 Mar
  3. 2025DAPO: An Open-Source LLM Reinforcement Learning System at Scale18 Mar
  4. 2025Cognitive Behaviors that Enable Self-Improving Reasoners, or, Four Habits of Highly Effective STaRs3 Mar
  5. 2025Logic-RL: Unleashing LLM Reasoning with Rule-Based Reinforcement Learning20 Feb
  6. 2025DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning22 Jan

Other references · 13

  1. 2021Training Verifiers to Solve Math Word Problemscited by 9,743
  2. 2022Self-Instruct: Aligning Language Models with Self-Generated Instructionscited by 2,674
  3. 2024HybridFlow: A Flexible and Efficient RLHF Frameworkcited by 1,980
  4. 2022Challenging BIG-Bench Tasks and Whether Chain-of-Thought Can Solve Themcited by 1,767
  5. 2024OpenAI o1 System Cardcited by 1,220
  6. 2025BIG-Bench Extra Hardcited by 123
  7. 2025REASONING GYM: Reasoning Environments for Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewardscited by 121
  8. 2024KOR-Bench: Benchmarking Language Models on Knowledge-Orthogonal Reasoning Taskscited by 67
  9. 2025Self-Challenging Language Model Agentscited by 56
  10. 2025Measuring General Intelligence with Generated Gamescited by 21
  11. 2025Synthetic Data RL: Task Definition Is All You Needcited by 15
  12. 2025SPARQ: Synthetic Problem Generation for Reasoning via Quality-Diversity Algorithmscited by 7
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  1. 2025Offline Learning and Forgetting for Reasoning with Large Language Modelscited by 4

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  1. 2025RLVE: Scaling Up Reinforcement Learning for Language Models with Adaptive Verifiable Environments
  2. 2026SCALER:Synthetic Scalable Adaptive Learning Environment for Reasoning
  3. 2026SUPERNOVA: Eliciting General Reasoning in LLMs with Reinforcement Learning on Natural Instructions
  4. 2025Reasoning Core: A Scalable RL Environment for LLM Symbolic Reasoning
  5. 2026Verifiable Environments Are LEGO Bricks: Recursive Composition for Reasoning Generalization
  6. 2025Reshaping Reasoning in LLMs: A Theoretical Analysis of RL Training Dynamics through Pattern Selection
  7. 2026Resource-Efficient Reinforcement for Reasoning Large Language Models via Dynamic One-Shot Policy Refinement
  8. 2025VerifyBench: A Systematic Benchmark for Evaluating Reasoning Verifiers Across Domains