<p>STABILIZING MoE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BY ALIGNING TRAINING AND INFERENCE ROUTERS</p>
<p>Anonymous authors
Paper under double-blind review</p>
<p>ABSTRACT</p>
<p>Reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a crucial approach for enhancing the capabilities of large language models. However, in Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models, the routing mechanism often introduces instability, even leading to catastrophic RL training collapse. We analyze the training-inference consistency of MoE models and identify a notable discrepancy in routing behaviors between the two phases. Moreover, even under identical conditions, the routing framework can yield divergent expert selections across repeated forward passes. To address this foundational inconsistency, we propose Rollout Routing Replay (R3), a method that records routing distributions from the inference engine and replays them during training. R3 significantly reduces training-inference policy KL divergence and mitigates extreme discrepancies without compromising training speed. Extensive experiments on various settings confirm that R3 succeeds in stabilizing RL training, preventing collapse and outperforming methods such as GSPO and TIS. We believe this work can offer a new solution for stabilizing RL in MoE models.</p>
<p>1 INTRODUCTION</p>
<p>Reinforcement learning (RL) has become a cornerstone in the post-training of large language models (LLMs) (Ouyang et al., 2022; OpenAI, 2024; Guo et al., 2025). By leveraging large-scale RL, LLMs acquire the advanced capabilities necessary to tackle complex problems, including competition-level mathematics (Guo et al., 2025) and practical code agent tasks (Luo et al., 2025a), through more profound and extended reasoning.</p>
<p>A critical challenge in LLM RL is balancing efficiency with stability, where the latter is paramount for reliable performance. Modern RL frameworks typically employ distinct engines for inference and training phases (e.g., SGLang (Zheng et al., 2024) for rollout and Megatron (Shoeybi et al., 2019) for training). This architectural separation can lead to divergent token probabilities, potentially causing catastrophic RL collapse (He &amp; Lab, 2025). To mitigate this discrepancy, Yao et al. (2025) incorporate importance sampling mechanism in policy updating, while (He &amp; Lab, 2025) introduce specialized compute kernels to reduce nondeterminism during LLM Inference. However, in practice, existing approaches do not fully resolve the intensified off-policy issue that arises during RL training on Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models.</p>
<p>In this work, we identify routing distribution as a pivotal contributing to the instability of MoE RL. Within MoE models, the router dynamically selects and activates a subset of experts for each input token. The varied routing decisions result in greater policy discrepancies between training and inference in MoE models compared to their dense counterparts. Rather than resorting to workarounds like discarding data with excessive discrepancy (Zhao et al., 2025), we propose to tackle this instability by addressing its root cause: the routing distribution itself.</p>
<p>Specifically, we propose Rollout Routing Replay (R3), a simple yet effective method for stabilizing RL training of MoE models. R3 works by capturing the routing distributions from the inference engine during sequence generation and replaying them directly into the training engine. This process significantly narrows the gap between training and inference, marked by a substantial reduction in KL divergence of logits produced by the different engines. As a result, the number of tokens with significant probability discrepancies between the two phases is reduced by approximately an order of magnitude.</p>
<p>Figure 1: Left: Illustration of the Rollout Routing Replay (R3). Top right: Training and inference discrepancies before and after applying R3. Bottom right: Reinforcement learning training performance before and after applying R3.</p>
<p>On realistic RLVR tasks with MoE models, R3 demonstrates significant superiority in training stability, and performance. Our method consistently shows marked improvements in both efficiency and overall performance when compared against existing approaches designed to stabilize RL training. Furthermore, its applicability to both on-policy and mini-batch style off-policy RL scenarios underscores the robustness of our approach.</p>
<p>Our main contributions are as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>We systematically identify and analyze routing distribution discrepancies between training and inference in MoE models, highlighting their role in training instability.</li>
<li>We proposed Rollout Routing Replay, which reuses inference-time routing distributions inside the training engine to align routing behavior between training and inference.</li>
<li>We apply R3 in multiple RL settings (multi-/single-mini-step and Base/SFT models) for MoE reinforcement learning and show that R3 outperforms GSPO and TIS in terms of stability and overall performance.</li>
</ol>
<p>2 PRELIMINARIES</p>
<p>2.1 NONDETERMINISM IN MODERN ML SYSTEMS</p>
<p>Modern machine learning systems often exhibit nondeterministic behavior due to subtle numerical and implementation-level factors.</p>
<p>Floating-point addition is non-associative: Floating-point addition is non-associative, meaning that the result depends on the order of summation. Limited precision and rounding errors can cause discrepancies when the execution order changes, a problem that becomes especially pronounced in iterative computations and parallel reductions. In concurrent environments, the order of updates to shared memory locations is also influenced by hardware scheduling rather than a deterministic rule. Consequently, operations such as torch.scatter_add may yield different outcomes across runs, even when inputs and parameters are identical.</p>
<p>Violation of batch invariance: As stated in (He &amp; Lab [2025]), in dynamic batching systems, samples may shift positions across inference iterations due to variable sequence lengths or asynchronous data scheduling. This change in batch composition can modify intermediate model states and influence probability outputs. Similar effects may occur in training pipelines where identical inputs processed in different batch permutations lead to observable variation.</p>
<p>Variation in operator and kernel selection: Nondeterminism also arises from Variation in operator and kernel selection across runtime configurations. Frameworks may call backend kernels depending on hardware, batch size, or data type. Although these kernels are mathematically equivalent, they often differ in execution order or numerical stability properties. Consequently, model outputs may diverge slightly across executions, even under nominally identical settings.</p>
<p>Amplification Effect of the MoE Router: In deep models, small numerical differences can add up across layers. Each layer changes its input slightly, so tiny floating-point variations can gradually alter internal activations and shift the final outputs. However, MoE models make this effect even stronger because of the router’s discontinuous top-K selection. Small changes in routing scores can switch which experts are used, causing the model to follow completely different computation paths. This discrete change can greatly increase the impact of minor numerical differences, leading to larger variations in outputs and potentially affecting processes like reinforcement learning. The proposed R3 method is specifically designed to address this problem.</p>
<p>2.2 Policy Optimization Algorithm in Reinforcement Learning of LLM</p>
<p>Notation We consider an autoregressive language model, parameterized by <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>θ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \theta </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span></span></span></span>, as a policy <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mi>θ</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_\theta </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> that generates a response <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>y</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> y </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span></span></span></span> from a query <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi mathvariant="script">D</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> x \in \mathcal{D} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5782em;vertical-align:-0.0391em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">∈</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord mathcal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">D</span></span></span></span>. The likelihood of the sequence is given by the factorization <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mi>θ</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>y</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>x</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><msubsup><mo>∏</mo><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>y</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi></mrow></msubsup><msub><mi>π</mi><mi>θ</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>y</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>x</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>y</mi><mrow><mo>&lt;</mo><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_\theta(y|x) = \prod_{t=1}^{|y|} \pi_\theta(y_t|x, y_{&lt;t}) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.3276em;vertical-align:-0.2997em;"></span><span class="mop"><span class="mop op-symbol small-op" style="position:relative;top:0em;">∏</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.0279em;"><span style="top:-2.4003em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mrel mtight">=</span><span class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.2029em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mord mtight">∣</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2997em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mrel mtight">&lt;</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1774em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span>, where <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>y</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> |y| </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mord">∣</span></span></span></span> is the sequence length. <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>infer</mtext></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_{\text{infer}} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>train</mtext></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_{\text{train}} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> denote the policy as it operates within the inference and training engines, respectively.</p>
<p>Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) (Schulman et al., 2017) is a cornerstone algorithm for policy optimization in reinforcement learning. For a given query <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> x </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span></span></span></span>, PPO updates the policy <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mi>θ</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_\theta </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> by maximizing:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi mathvariant="script">J</mi><mtext>PPO</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><msub><mi mathvariant="double-struck">E</mi><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>∼</mo><mi mathvariant="script">D</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>y</mi><mo>∼</mo><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>infer</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>θ</mi><mtext>old</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo>⋅</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>x</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></msub><mrow><mo fence="true">[</mo><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>y</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi></mrow></mfrac><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>y</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi></mrow></munderover><mi>min</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mrow><mo fence="true">(</mo><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>A</mi><mo>^</mo></mover><mi>t</mi></msub><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">clip</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo separator="true">,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>−</mo><mi>ε</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>+</mo><mi>ε</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>A</mi><mo>^</mo></mover><mi>t</mi></msub><mo fence="true">)</mo></mrow><mo fence="true">]</mo></mrow><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
\mathcal{J}<em>{\text{PPO}}(\theta) = \mathbb{E}</em>{x \sim \mathcal{D}, y \sim \pi_{\text{infer}}(\theta_{\text{old}})(\cdot|x)} \left[ \frac{1}{|y|} \sum_{t=1}^{|y|} \min \left( w_t(\theta) \hat{A}_t, \operatorname{clip}(w_t(\theta), 1 - \varepsilon, 1 + \varepsilon) \hat{A}_t \right) \right],
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathcal" style="margin-right:0.18472em;">J</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3283em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.1847em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">PPO</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:3.6em;vertical-align:-1.55em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathbb">E</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3448em;"><span style="top:-2.5198em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">x</span><span class="mrel mtight">∼</span><span class="mord mathcal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">D</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mrel mtight">∼</span><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3448em;"><span style="top:-2.3488em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.0714em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.5em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size3 size1 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1512em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen mtight">(</span><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3448em;"><span style="top:-2.3488em;margin-left:-0.0278em;margin-right:0.0714em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.5em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size3 size1 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">old</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1512em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose mtight">)</span><span class="mopen mtight">(</span><span class="mord mtight">⋅</span><span class="mord mtight">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">x</span><span class="mclose mtight">)</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3552em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="minner"><span class="mopen"><span class="delimsizing mult"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:2.05em;"><span style="top:-4.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:5.6em;"></span><span style="width:0.667em;height:3.600em;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="0.667em" height="3.600em" viewBox="0 0 667 3600"><path d="M403 1759 V84 H666 V0 H319 V1759 v0 v1759 h347 v-84
H403z M403 1759 V0 H319 V1759 v0 v1759 h84z"/></svg></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.55em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.3214em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mord">∣</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">1</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop op-limits"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.961em;"><span style="top:-1.8829em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mrel mtight">=</span><span class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span><span class="mop op-symbol large-op">∑</span></span></span><span style="top:-4.386em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mord mtight">∣</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.2671em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop">min</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="minner"><span class="mopen delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size2">(</span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02691em;">w</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0269em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord accent"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9468em;"><span style="top:-3em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">A</span></span><span style="top:-3.2523em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="accent-body" style="left:-0.1111em;"><span class="mord">^</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop"><span class="mord mathrm">clip</span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02691em;">w</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0269em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">−</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">ε</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">+</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">ε</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord accent"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9468em;"><span style="top:-3em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">A</span></span><span style="top:-3.2523em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="accent-body" style="left:-0.1111em;"><span class="mord">^</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size2">)</span></span></span><span class="mclose"><span class="delimsizing mult"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:2.05em;"><span style="top:-4.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:5.6em;"></span><span style="width:0.667em;height:3.600em;"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="0.667em" height="3.600em" viewBox="0 0 667 3600"><path d="M347 1759 V0 H0 V84 H263 V1759 v0 v1759 H0 v84 H347z
M347 1759 V0 H263 V1759 v0 v1759 h84z"/></svg></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.55em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>The importance sampling ratio <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> w_t(\theta) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02691em;">w</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0269em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> for the token <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>y</mi><mi>t</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> y_t </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> in the sequence <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>y</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> y </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span></span></span></span> is defined as:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>w</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>train</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>y</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>x</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>y</mi><mrow><mo>&lt;</mo><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>train</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>θ</mi><mtext>old</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>y</mi><mi>t</mi></msub><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>x</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><msub><mi>y</mi><mrow><mo>&lt;</mo><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mi mathvariant="normal">.</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
w_t(\theta) = \frac{\pi_{\text{train}}(\theta)(y_t|x, y_{&lt;t})}{\pi_{\text{train}}(\theta_{\text{old}})(y_t|x, y_{&lt;t})}.
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02691em;">w</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0269em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:2.363em;vertical-align:-0.936em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.427em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0278em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">old</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mrel mtight">&lt;</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1774em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mrel mtight">&lt;</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1774em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mord">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>The advantage <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mover accent="true"><mi>A</mi><mo>^</mo></mover><mi>t</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \hat{A}_t </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.0968em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord accent"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9468em;"><span style="top:-3em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">A</span></span><span style="top:-3.2523em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="accent-body" style="left:-0.1111em;"><span class="mord">^</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> for token <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>y</mi><mi>t</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> y_t </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2806em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> is typically estimated by a separate value model, and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>ε</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \varepsilon </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">ε</span></span></span></span> is the clipping range for the importance ratio. For brevity, we omit the KL regularization term.</p>
<p>A critical inconsistency arises from the common practice of using separate engines for rollout and training, where data is sampled via an inference policy (<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>infer</mtext></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_{\text{infer}} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>) but the loss is computed using a training policy (<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>train</mtext></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_{\text{train}} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>), as shown in Equation [1]. This policy mismatch drives training instability in reinforcement learning, an issue that, within MoE models, we identify as stemming primarily from router inconsistency. The proposed solution alleviates this fundamental issue, making it broadly applicable, orthogonal to, and compatible with recent policy optimization frameworks like GRPO (Shao et al., 2024), GSPO (Zheng et al., 2025) and DAPO (Yu et al., 2025).</p>
<p>3 Training-Inference Discrepancies</p>
<p>Training-inference discrepancies in RL frameworks frequently lead to unstable training and model collapse. In this section, we demonstrate that this policy mismatch is significantly amplified in MoE models, primarily stemming from inconsistent routing distributions. Furthermore, we observe that even multiple runs of the same training framework can produce divergent token probabilities, further contributing to RL training instability.</p>
<p>3.1 Policy Discrepancies between Training and Inference in MoE Models</p>
<p>Here we employ an MoE model, Qwen3-30B-A3B (Yang et al., 2025), for our experiments to analyze the policy discrepancy between the training and inference engines. First, we use the SGLang inference engine to generate responses for 2,048 mathematics problems, saving the token probabilities for each generated token. This process yields about 20 million response tokens. Then these</p>
<p>Figure 2: (a): Illustration of the training-inference discrepancy in the MoE model. (b): Illustration of the training-inference discrepancy in the MoE+R3 model. (c): Illustration of the training-inference discrepancy in the Dense model. (d): Extreme Token Distribution Function, calculated based on Equation[3]</p>
<p>responses are passed through Megatron to obtain the corresponding probabilities assigned by the training engine. We use several metrics to quantify the divergence between these two probability distributions.</p>
<p>KL Divergence Estimation Let <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> T </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">T</span></span></span></span> be the set of all response tokens, we estimate the KL-divergence [Schulman, 2020] between training and inference probability at token level:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi mathvariant="script">D</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">K</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">L</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo separator="true">;</mo><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">f</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>≈</mo><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>T</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi></mrow></mfrac><munder><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>T</mi></mrow></munder><mrow><mo fence="true">[</mo><mfrac><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">f</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>−</mo><mi>log</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mfrac><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">f</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mo fence="true">]</mo></mrow><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
\mathcal{D}<em>{\mathrm{KL}}(\pi</em>{\mathrm{train}}(\theta); \pi_{\mathrm{infer}}(\theta)) \approx \frac{1}{|T|} \sum_{t \in T} \left[ \frac{\pi_{\mathrm{train}}(\theta)(t)}{\pi_{\mathrm{infer}}(\theta)(t)} - 1 - \log \frac{\pi_{\mathrm{train}}(\theta)(t)}{\pi_{\mathrm{infer}}(\theta)(t)} \right],
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathcal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">D</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3283em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0278em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">KL</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mpunct">;</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">))</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">≈</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:2.7717em;vertical-align:-1.3217em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.3214em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">T</span><span class="mord">∣</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">1</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop op-limits"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.05em;"><span style="top:-1.8557em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mrel mtight">∈</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">T</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span><span class="mop op-symbol large-op">∑</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.3217em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="minner"><span class="mopen delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size3">[</span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.427em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">−</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">−</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mop">lo<span style="margin-right:0.01389em;">g</span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.427em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mclose delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size3">]</span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>Our calculations show that the estimated KL divergence of Qwen3-30B-A3B (MoE) is <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.535</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> 1.535 \times 10^{-3} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">1.535</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">3</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, while that of Qwen3-8B (Dense baseline) is <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>6.4</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> 6.4 \times 10^{-4} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">6.4</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.</p>
<p>Visualization To visualize the training-inference discrepancies of the MoE model, we randomly sample 10 million response tokens and plot a scatter diagram with SGLang probabilities on the x-axis and Megatron probabilities on the y-axis. The degree of concentration around the <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>y</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>x</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> y = x </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span></span></span></span> line indicates the degree of consistency. As shown in Figure 2a and 2c compared to Qwen3-8B, Qwen3-30B-A3B exhibits a much wider scatter band, revealing a larger training-inference discrepancy.</p>
<p>Extreme Token Distribution Analysis To quantify the discrepancy between the model’s behavior during training and inference, we introduce the Extreme Token Distribution Function, <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span>, defined as:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mn>1</mn><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi><mi>T</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">∣</mi></mrow></mfrac><munder><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>t</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>T</mi></mrow></munder><mi mathvariant="bold">I</mi><mrow><mo fence="true">[</mo><mi>max</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mrow><mo fence="true">(</mo><mfrac><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">f</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mo separator="true">,</mo><mfrac><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">f</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>t</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mo fence="true">)</mo></mrow><mo>&gt;</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo fence="true">]</mo></mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">.</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
F(\tau) = \frac{1}{|T|} \sum_{t \in T} \mathbf{I}\left[ \max\left( \frac{\pi_{\mathrm{train}}(\theta)(t)}{\pi_{\mathrm{infer}}(\theta)(t)}, \frac{\pi_{\mathrm{infer}}(\theta)(t)}{\pi_{\mathrm{train}}(\theta)(t)} \right) &gt; \tau \right].
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:2.7717em;vertical-align:-1.3217em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.3214em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">∣</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">T</span><span class="mord">∣</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">1</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop op-limits"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.05em;"><span style="top:-1.8557em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mrel mtight">∈</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">T</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span><span class="mop op-symbol large-op">∑</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.3217em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord mathbf">I</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="minner"><span class="mopen delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size3">[</span></span><span class="mop">max</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="minner"><span class="mopen delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size3">(</span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.427em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.427em;"><span style="top:-2.314em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.936em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mclose delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size3">)</span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">&gt;</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mclose delimcenter" style="top:0em;"><span class="delimsizing size3">]</span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>This function measures the proportion of extreme tokens—those for which the probability ratio between the training distribution <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">t</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">a</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_{\mathrm{train}}(\theta) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> and the inference distribution <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">i</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">n</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">f</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">e</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">r</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>θ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_{\mathrm{infer}}(\theta) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathrm mtight">infer</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> surpasses a threshold <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \tau </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span></span></span></span>. Figure 2d plots this function <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> against the threshold <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>τ</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \tau </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span></span></span></span>. The plot reveals that for <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>τ</mi><mo>&gt;</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \tau &gt; 2 </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5782em;vertical-align:-0.0391em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">&gt;</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span></span></span></span>, the Qwen3-30B-A3B model exhibits a fraction of extreme tokens an order of magnitude larger than that of the Qwen3-8B model. This significant gap indicates a substantially higher degree of training-inference variability in the MoE model.</p>
<p>3.2 ROUTING DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN TRAINING AND INFERENCE IN MoE MODELS</p>
<p>From the perspective of functional continuity, the key difference between MoE and Dense models lies in the non-continuity introduced by routing. In MoE models, small perturbations in the router input can lead to entirely different experts being selected, causing large changes in layer outputs. Dense models, lacking an explicit expert selection process, do not exhibit this phenomenon.</p>
<p>Based on this, we further analyze router distribution discrepancies between training and inference in MoE models. We use SGLang [Zheng et al., 2024] to generate responses for 2048 mathematical problems with Qwen3-30B-A3B [Yang et al., 2025]. For each response, we collect the routing</p>
<p>
(a) Router-level Difference</p>
<p>
(b) Token-level Difference</p>
<p>
(c) Sequence-level Difference</p>
<p>Figure 3: Router discrepancy analysis</p>
<p>distribution of all tokens (including input tokens) from the inference engine. Then, we feed these sequences into the Megatron engine for forward propagation. This process yields the routing distribution observed from training engine. We compare these two sets of routing information at different levels:</p>
<p>Router-level Comparison: For each token and each MoE layer, we count the number of differing expert choices made by the MoE Router and calculate the frequency of these differences. Figure 3a illustrates the results. It is observed that approximately 10% of the routers select different experts during training compared to inference.</p>
<p>Token-level Comparison: For each token, we count the number of differing expert choices made by the MoE Router across all layers. We also determine the frequency of these occurrences. Figure 3b presents these findings. It shows that 94% of tokens select a different expert in at least one layer during the forward pass.</p>
<p>Sequence-level Comparison: For a sequence, we compute the router distribution difference of each token, then average over tokens to obtain the mean difference per sequence and plot a histogram 3c. Results show that the mean difference per token is approximately 6 routers.</p>
<p>These findings demonstrate that during training and inference, MoE models exhibit router distribution discrepancies. In 4 we show empirically that routing discrepancies is the main contributor to the additional training-inference discrepancies of MoE compared to Dense models.</p>
<p>3.3 Variation in Repeated Forward Passes of the Same Sequence within the Same Framework</p>
<p>We conduct two forward passes of the same sequence set under the Megatron framework and obtain two probability distributions. Following the procedure in Section 3.1, we compute the KL divergence between these distributions and plot the results (scatter plot shown in Figure 4). KL divergence = <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>8.4</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> 8.4 \times 10^{(-4)} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">8.4</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.888em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.888em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mopen mtight">(</span><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">4</span><span class="mclose mtight">)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>.</p>
<p>The results show that, for MoE models in the Megatron engine, even when the input sequence is identical, the final output probabilities from two forward passes may differ. In a reinforcement learning setting, this variation adds noise to the computation of the old policy <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>π</mi><mtext>train</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>θ</mi><mtext>old</mtext></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \pi_{\text{train}}(\theta_{\text{old}}) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">π</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3175em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">train</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">θ</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0278em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord text mtight"><span class="mord mtight">old</span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span>. Such noise makes the importance sampling ratio unreliable, which can destabilize and even break the reinforcement learning process.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Figure 4: Probabilities obtained by performing forward propagation twice using the Megatron</p>
<p>4 ROLLOUT ROUTING REPLAY</p>
<p>This section provides a detailed description of the implementation of Rollout Routing Replay (R3), its caching support in multi-turn dialogue, and an analysis of its effects on training-inference discrepancies.</p>
<p>4.1 IMPLEMENTATION</p>
<p>We first describe the conventional forward pass of a MoE layer within a training framework. Consider a sequence <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>s</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> s </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span></span></span></span> at the <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>t</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> t </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6151em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">t</span></span></span></span>-th token and the MoE layer in the <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>l</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> l </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6944em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span></span></span></span>-th Transformer block. Let the input to this layer during training be <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>x</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> x_{train} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. The router logits are calculated by:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>x</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mi>W</mi><mi>r</mi></msub><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
s_{train} = x_{train} W_r,
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8778em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">W</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1514em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.1389em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>where <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>W</mi><mi>r</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> W_r </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8333em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">W</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1514em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.1389em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> denotes the router’s linear weight matrix. Let the number of experts be <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>M</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> M </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span></span></span></span> and the number of experts to select be <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> K </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07153em;">K</span></span></span></span>. During training, the router selects the top-<span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>K</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> K </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07153em;">K</span></span></span></span> experts based on the logits. This is represented by a binary mask:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mtext>TopKMask</mtext><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>K</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
I_{train} = \text{TopKMask}(s_{train}, K),
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8333em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord text"><span class="mord">TopKMask</span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07153em;">K</span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>where <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>∈</mo><mo stretchy="false">{</mo><mn>0</mn><mo separator="true">,</mo><mn>1</mn><msup><mo stretchy="false">}</mo><mi>M</mi></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> I_{train} \in {0, 1}^M </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8333em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">∈</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.0913em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mopen">{</span><span class="mord">0</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mclose"><span class="mclose">}</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8413em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mo>∑</mo><mi>i</mi></msub><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mi>K</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> \sum_i I_{train,i} = K </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.0497em;vertical-align:-0.2997em;"></span><span class="mop"><span class="mop op-symbol small-op" style="position:relative;top:0em;">∑</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.162em;"><span style="top:-2.4003em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2997em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07153em;">K</span></span></span></span>. The gating weights are then produced by applying a softmax over the logits of the selected experts:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>g</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mi>exp</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>j</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>M</mi></munderover><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub><mi>exp</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mspace width="1em"/><mtext>for </mtext><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mo separator="true">,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>M</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">.</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
g_{train,i} = \frac{I_{train,i} \exp(s_{train,i})}{\sum_{j=1}^M I_{train,j} \exp(s_{train,j})} \quad \text{for } i = 1, \ldots, M.
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:2.734em;vertical-align:-1.307em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.427em;"><span style="top:-2.1288em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mop"><span class="mop op-symbol small-op" style="position:relative;top:0em;">∑</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9812em;"><span style="top:-2.4003em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.05724em;">j</span><span class="mrel mtight">=</span><span class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.2029em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.4358em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.05724em;">j</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop">exp</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.05724em;">j</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop">exp</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.307em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:1em;"></span><span class="mord text"><span class="mord">for </span></span><span class="mord mathnormal">i</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8778em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="minner">…</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span><span class="mord">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>Finally, the MoE layer’s output is computed as a weighted sum of the expert outputs:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>y</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>M</mi></munderover><msub><mi>g</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>x</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mo separator="true">,</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
y_{train} = \sum_{i=1}^M g_{train,i} E_i(x_{train}),
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.625em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:3.106em;vertical-align:-1.2777em;"></span><span class="mop op-limits"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.8283em;"><span style="top:-1.8723em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span><span class="mrel mtight">=</span><span class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span><span class="mop op-symbol large-op">∑</span></span></span><span style="top:-4.3em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.2777em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.05764em;">E</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0576em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mpunct">,</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>where <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mo>⋅</mo><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> E_i(\cdot) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.05764em;">E</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0576em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord">⋅</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> represents the <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>i</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> i </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6595em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">i</span></span></span></span>-th expert network.</p>
<p>Now we introduce the Rollout Routing Replay. Assume that during the inference stage, the input to the MoE layer is <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>x</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> x_{infer} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. The router then computes the inference logits <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><msub><mi>x</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mi>W</mi><mi>r</mi></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> s_{infer} = x_{infer} W_r </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.9694em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">W</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.1514em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.1389em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, from which the routing mask <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mtext>TopKMask</mtext><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>K</mi><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> I_{infer} = \text{TopKMask}(s_{infer}, K) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.9694em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1.0361em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord text"><span class="mord">TopKMask</span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07153em;">K</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> is obtained. The main idea of Rollout Routing Replay is to reuse the inference routing mask <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> I_{infer} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.9694em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> during the training forward pass while still applying the softmax to the training logits to preserve gradient flow. Specifically, along this replay path, the &quot;replay&quot; gating weights <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>g</mi><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> g_{replay} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">re</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">pl</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> are computed as:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>g</mi><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mi>exp</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><mrow><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>j</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>M</mi></munderover><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub><mi>exp</mi><mo>⁡</mo><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>s</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>j</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow></mfrac><mspace width="1em"/><mtext>for </mtext><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn><mo separator="true">,</mo><mo>…</mo><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>M</mi><mi mathvariant="normal">.</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
g_{replay,i} = \frac{I_{infer,i} \exp(s_{train,i})}{\sum_{j=1}^M I_{infer,j} \exp(s_{train,j})} \quad \text{for } i = 1, \ldots, M.
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">re</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">pl</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:2.734em;vertical-align:-1.307em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class="mfrac"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.427em;"><span style="top:-2.1288em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mop"><span class="mop op-symbol small-op" style="position:relative;top:0em;">∑</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.9812em;"><span style="top:-2.4003em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.05724em;">j</span><span class="mrel mtight">=</span><span class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.2029em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.4358em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.05724em;">j</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop">exp</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.05724em;">j</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span><span style="top:-3.23em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="frac-line" style="border-bottom-width:0.04em;"></span></span><span style="top:-3.677em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mop">exp</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">s</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.307em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:1em;"></span><span class="mord text"><span class="mord">for </span></span><span class="mord mathnormal">i</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8778em;vertical-align:-0.1944em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="minner">…</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mpunct">,</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span><span class="mord">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>These replay weights are then used to combine the training experts’ outputs, producing the replay output <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>y</mi><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> y_{replay} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">re</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">pl</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>:</p>
<p><span class="katex-display"><span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="block"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>y</mi><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><munderover><mo>∑</mo><mrow><mi>i</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mi>M</mi></munderover><msub><mi>g</mi><mrow><mi>r</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>p</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>y</mi><mo separator="true">,</mo><mi>i</mi></mrow></msub><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>i</mi></msub><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><msub><mi>x</mi><mrow><mi>t</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi></mrow></msub><mo stretchy="false">)</mo><mi mathvariant="normal">.</mi></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">
y_{replay} = \sum_{i=1}^M g_{replay,i} E_i(x_{train}).
</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">re</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">pl</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:3.106em;vertical-align:-1.2777em;"></span><span class="mop op-limits"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.8283em;"><span style="top:-1.8723em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span><span class="mrel mtight">=</span><span class="mord mtight">1</span></span></span></span><span style="top:-3.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span><span class="mop op-symbol large-op">∑</span></span></span><span style="top:-4.3em;margin-left:0em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:3.05em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10903em;">M</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:1.2777em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.1667em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0359em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">re</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">pl</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">a</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">y</span><span class="mpunct mtight">,</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.05764em;">E</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0576em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">i</span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">x</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3117em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">t</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">r</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">ain</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose">)</span><span class="mord">.</span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>This design serves two main purposes: (a) Aligning training and inference: Using <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> I_{infer} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.9694em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> ensures that the experts used during training replay match those selected during inference, eliminating mismatch in expert selection. (b) Preserving the gradient data flow: By replaying the mask, we can precisely optimize the experts used when inferring this sequence, avoiding the optimization of unused experts, which may introduce gradient noise.</p>
<p>4.2 ROUTER MASK CACHING AND MULTI-TURN DIALOGUE SUPPORT</p>
<p>Many inference engines use a KVCache prefix caching strategy (Zheng et al., 2024; Kwon et al., 2023) to prevent redundant prefill computations on previously seen context, which significantly reduces the total computation in multiple-turn interactions. We observe that the cached router masks share a similar property: for the same prefix tokens, the MoE router should yield identical results. Therefore, routing masks from inference engines <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>I</mi><mrow><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>r</mi></mrow></msub></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> I_{infer} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.9694em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07847em;">I</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:-0.0785em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">in</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.10764em;">f</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02778em;">er</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> can be cached along with the prefix KV-cache. Concretely, for each layer and token prefix, the corresponding routing masks are stored with KVCache. When the same prefix occurs and hits the cache, the masks can be reused, eliminating the need for recomputation. This allows Rollout Routing Replay to integrate seamlessly with prefix caching mechanisms.</p>
<p>Caching routing masks is especially beneficial in agent scenarios. Many agent tasks, like software engineering (Jimenez et al., 2024) and web browsing (Wei et al., 2025), involve multiple turns</p>
<p>of interactions between autoregressive generation and tool calling. To improve efficiency, these processes directly reuse the KVCache from previous turns, so they do not have to regenerate data that’s already been computed. Routing mask caching enables R3 to remain efficient in RL agent tasks without re-prefilling to generate the routing masks, which is crucial for training large-scale, advanced MoE models.</p>
<p>4.3 Empirical Analysis of R3 on Training-Inference Discrepancies</p>
<p>To evaluate the effectiveness of R3 in reducing training-inference discrepancies, we repeat the procedure described in Section 3.1 with Qwen3-30B-A3B model. In this process, we cache the routing distributions obtained during inference on SGLang and replay them within the Megatron framework. After obtaining the inference engine probability and training engine probability, using the equation [2] we estimate the KL divergence between training and inference. Results shows that after applying R3, the KL divergence between training and inference decrease from <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>1.5</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1.5 \times 10^{-3}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">1.5</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">3</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> to <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>7.5</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">7.5 \times 10^{-4}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">7.5</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>, which is near the <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>6.4</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">6.4 \times 10^{-4}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">6.4</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> observed for the dense model. This intuitively indicates a reduction in the training-inference discrepancy. We also drew the cumulative distribution plot of the ratio of training-inference discrepancies in Fig. 2d with R3. The plot indicates that, for the MoE model, applying R3 reduces by an order of magnitude the frequency of tokens with large training-inference discrepancies.</p>
<p>5 EXPERIMENTS</p>
<p>In this section, we evaluate the performance improvement of our R3 method for reinforcement learning and compare it with other baseline methods.</p>
<p>5.1 Setting</p>
<p>Task and Dataset We choose mathematical reasoning as the target task for training. For the training dataset, we collect and filter problems from many open-source datasets, including BigMath [Albalak et al., 2025], ORZ [Hu et al., 2025], and others, yielding approximately 100,000 verifiable math problems. For the evaluation dataset, we adopt AIME24, AIME25, AMC23, and MATH500 (level 5) as our benchmark datasets. We report Avg@32 for AIME24 and AIME25, Avg@16 for AMC23, and Avg@4 for MATH500 (level 5). During training, some models may experience performance degradation or even collapse in later stages. To ensure a fair evaluation, we measure model performance every 5 global steps throughout a single training run. We then report the highest observed performance along with the corresponding training step at which it occurs.</p>
<p>Models We select two models for our experiments: (a) Qwen3-30B-A3B-Base [Yang et al., 2025] (b) Qwen3-30B-A3B-SFT, which is fine-tuned from Qwen3-30B-A3B-Base on our general instruction-following dataset.</p>
<p>Baseline Methods We consider the following baseline optimization methods for comparison: (a) GRPO [Shao et al., 2024], additionally applies the Clip Higher technique from DAPO [Yu et al., 2025], with parameters <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>e</mi><mrow><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>w</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>0.2</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">e_{low} = 0.2</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02691em;">w</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">0.2</span></span></span></span> and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>e</mi><mrow><mi>h</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>g</mi><mi>h</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>0.27</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">e_{high} = 0.27</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">hi</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">h</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">0.27</span></span></span></span>; (b) TIS [Yao et al., 2025], uses an upper clipping threshold <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>C</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C = 2</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6833em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.07153em;">C</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span></span></span></span>; (c) GSPO [Zheng et al., 2025], employs sequence-level importance sampling, with parameters <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>e</mi><mrow><mi>l</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>w</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>3</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">e_{low} = 3 \times 10^{-4}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.5806em;vertical-align:-0.15em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.01968em;">l</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">o</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.02691em;">w</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.15em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">3</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>e</mi><mrow><mi>h</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>g</mi><mi>h</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mn>4</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">e_{high} = 4 \times 10^{-4}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7167em;vertical-align:-0.2861em;"></span><span class="mord"><span class="mord mathnormal">e</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.3361em;"><span style="top:-2.55em;margin-left:0em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">hi</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style="margin-right:0.03588em;">g</span><span class="mord mathnormal mtight">h</span></span></span></span></span><span class="vlist-s">​</span></span><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.2861em;"><span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">4</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. Since our R3 method is orthogonal to optimizers such as GSPO or TIS, we also evaluate various combinations of these techniques.</p>
<p>Multiple Mini Steps vs. Single Mini Step In PPO-like algorithms, a batch of samples collected in one global step is typically divided into multiple mini steps so that the policy can be updated several times. However, previous research has shown that applying a strictly on-policy strategy with only a single mini step can yield better performance. We investigate both settings. For multiple mini steps, we set the mini step count to 8, meaning each PPO mini step trains <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>2048</mn><mi mathvariant="normal">/</mi><mn>8</mn><mo>=</mo><mn>256</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">2048/8 = 256</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">2048/8</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">256</span></span></span></span> samples with 8 optimizer updates and a learning rate of <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>6</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">1 \times 10^{-6}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">6</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. In the multiple mini-step scenario, for R3 method we replayed the routing both when recomputing the old policy and updating policy. For the single mini step scenario, we set the mini step count to 1, meaning all 2048 samples are updated once. Due to fewer updates, we increase the learning rate to <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mn>3</mn><mo>×</mo><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>6</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex">3 \times 10^{-6}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.7278em;vertical-align:-0.0833em;"></span><span class="mord">3</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span><span class="mbin">×</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2222em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">6</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. We don’t recompute old policy in this scenario.</p>
<table>
  <tr>
    <th rowspan="2">Method</th>
    <th colspan="6">Best Metric(Best Global Step)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>AIME24(↑)</th>
    <th>AIME25(↑)</th>
    <th>AMC23(↑)</th>
    <th>MATH500 Lv5(↑)</th>
    <th>Avg(↑)</th>
    <th>Crash Step</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="7">Qwen3-30B-A3B-SFT, mini_step=8, max_global_step=180</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO</td>
    <td>32.81(65)</td>
    <td>20.73(90)</td>
    <td>74.84(60)</td>
    <td>71.83(100)</td>
    <td>48.84(100)</td>
    <td>120</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GSPO</td>
    <td>55.52(165)</td>
    <td>38.23(160)</td>
    <td>90.16(125)</td>
    <td>86.38(125)</td>
    <td>66.76(125)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO+R3</td>
    <td>57.92(180)</td>
    <td>38.02(155)</td>
    <td>90.16(155)</td>
    <td><b>88.62</b>(170)</td>
    <td>68.05(180)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GSPO+R3</td>
    <td><b>58.44</b>(160)</td>
    <td><b>39.17</b>(160)</td>
    <td><b>92.50</b>(165)</td>
    <td>87.87(165)</td>
    <td><b>69.00</b>(165)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="7">Qwen3-30B-A3B-SFT, mini_step=1, max_global_step=160</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO</td>
    <td>49.06(45)</td>
    <td>32.08(50)</td>
    <td>86.41(55)</td>
    <td>83.77(55)</td>
    <td>62.23(55)</td>
    <td>60</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO+TIS</td>
    <td>54.90(85)</td>
    <td>36.67(90)</td>
    <td>88.59(90)</td>
    <td>85.63(85)</td>
    <td>66.24(90)</td>
    <td>105</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO+R3</td>
    <td><b>62.60</b>(160)</td>
    <td><b>41.67</b>(160)</td>
    <td><b>93.44</b>(150)</td>
    <td><b>89.93</b>(155)</td>
    <td><b>71.82</b>(160)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO+TIS+R3</td>
    <td>57.40(135)</td>
    <td>39.27(135)</td>
    <td>89.53(115)</td>
    <td>88.62(130)</td>
    <td>67.47(135)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th colspan="7">Qwen3-30B-A3B-Base, mini_step=1, max_global_step=180</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO</td>
    <td>50.63(100)</td>
    <td>32.60(100)</td>
    <td>83.13(100)</td>
    <td>80.78(90)</td>
    <td>61.69(100)</td>
    <td>105</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO+TIS</td>
    <td>56.77(170)</td>
    <td>40.10(170)</td>
    <td>92.50(165)</td>
    <td><b>89.37</b>(180)</td>
    <td>69.22(170)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO+R3</td>
    <td><b>60.94</b>(180)</td>
    <td><b>41.35</b>(180)</td>
    <td>92.81(175)</td>
    <td><b>89.74</b>(175)</td>
    <td><b>70.73</b>(180)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>GRPO+TIS+R3</td>
    <td>56.67(170)</td>
    <td>40.42(170)</td>
    <td><b>93.12</b>(175)</td>
    <td>88.99(165)</td>
    <td>69.17(175)</td>
    <td>-</td>
  </tr>
</table>

<p>Table 1: Main evaluation results. This table presents the best scores (with corresponding global step in parentheses) achieved by various methods on evaluation benchmarks under three training configurations. The table also reports the average score (Avg) and the step at which training collapse occurred (Crash Step).</p>
<p>Other Setting We implement R3 using the VeRL (Sheng et al., 2024) framework, use Megatron (Shoeybi et al., 2019) for training, and SGLang (Zheng et al., 2024) for inference. We set the batch size to 256 and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>8</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> n = 8 </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">n</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">8</span></span></span></span>, totaling 2048 samples per round. The maximum prompt length is 2048, and the maximum generation length is 30720. We adopt the Dynamic Sampling strategy from Yu et al. (2025), retaining only partially correct samples during generation until a sufficient batch size is accumulated for training. No auxiliary loss for expert balancing is introduced.</p>
<p>5.2 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS</p>
<p>The main evaluation results are shown in Table 1. More detailed evaluation results and training logs, including per-evaluation scores as well as training metrics such as entropy, average reward, gradient norm, and training-inference KL divergence, are provided in the appendix A and A.</p>
<p>Overall Performance. R3 achieves better results across different scenarios. In the multi mini-step setting, GRPO+R3 outperforms GSPO by 1.29. Furthermore, combining R3 with GSPO further improves performance by 0.95 points. In the single mini-step setting, R3 outperforms TIS by 5.58 on SFT model and 1.51 on base model. However, combining R3 with TIS does not yield clear gains and may even degrade performance; for instance, in the single mini-step on SFT model, TIS+R3 scores 3.29 points lower than R3 alone. Since R3 already significantly reduces the policy discrepancy between training and inference, the additional correction from TIS offers negligible benefit (Yao et al., 2025).</p>
<p>Training Stability. In the single mini-step setting, three reinforcement learning processes without R3 collapsed during training. To investigate the causes of these collapses, we plotted the estimated training–inference KL divergence and the extreme token distribution function <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau = 2) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> (eq. 3) at each training step (see Fig. 5). We observed that, in each training process, both the KL divergence and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau = 2) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> values increased over training process. Moreover, collapsed training runs were almost always accompanied by abnormally high KL and <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau = 2) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> values. For instance, in the SFT model trained using GRPO under the single mini-step setting, after 60 global steps, the value of <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau = 2) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> exceeded 0.1. This indicates that for 10% of the tokens, the probability under the training framework differed from that under the inference framework by more than a factor of 2, demonstrating severe training–inference inconsistency. In contrast, for training processes using R3, the value of <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau = 2) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> remained below <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><msup><mn>10</mn><mrow><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn></mrow></msup></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> 10^{-4} </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.8141em;"></span><span class="mord">1</span><span class="mord"><span class="mord">0</span><span class="msupsub"><span class="vlist-t"><span class="vlist-r"><span class="vlist" style="height:0.8141em;"><span style="top:-3.063em;margin-right:0.05em;"><span class="pstrut" style="height:2.7em;"></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mtight">−</span><span class="mord mtight">4</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. By aligning the training and inference distributions, R3 effectively stabilized reinforcement learning for MoE models.</p>
<p>Figure 5: Analysis of training–inference collapse. The plot shows the estimated training–inference KL divergence and the extreme token distribution function <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>F</mi><mo stretchy="false">(</mo><mi>τ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mo stretchy="false">)</mo></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> F(\tau = 2) </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.13889em;">F</span><span class="mopen">(</span><span class="mord mathnormal" style="margin-right:0.1132em;">τ</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:1em;vertical-align:-0.25em;"></span><span class="mord">2</span><span class="mclose">)</span></span></span></span> (Eq. 5) at each training step.</p>
<p>Figure 6: Training dynamics of Qwen3-30B-A3B-Base, including response length, gradient norm, entropy, and average validation score throughout the training process</p>
<p>Optimization and Generation Behavior. During training, R3 also enhances optimization stability, exploration behavior, and generation dynamics. We plotted the sequence length, gradient norm, generation entropy, and evaluation score throughout training for the single mini-step + base model group (see Fig. 6). It shows that R3 has smaller gradient norms, a smoother sequence growth pattern, and more stable entropy. (a) Sequence Length: With R3, the generated sequence length rises rapidly at the beginning of training, indicating that R3 can quickly capture the correct optimization direction. By contrast, the other two training processes increase only slowly after step 80 and show more pronounced fluctuations. (b) Gradient Norm: R3 maintains consistently lower gradient norms, indicating a more stable optimization process. (c) Generation Entropy: With R3, entropy begins to increase steadily after about 25 step, suggesting that the model starts exploring better strategies earlier. Without R3, entropy increases much later and fluctuates heavily.</p>
<p>5.3 END-TO-END PERFORMANCE TEST</p>
<p>We run end-to-end performance tests on Qwen3-30B-A3B with and without R3. We set batch size to 256, <span class="katex"><span class="katex-mathml"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><semantics><mrow><mi>n</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>8</mn></mrow><annotation encoding="application/x-tex"> n = 8 </annotation></semantics></math></span><span class="katex-html" aria-hidden="true"><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.4306em;"></span><span class="mord mathnormal">n</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span><span class="mrel">=</span><span class="mspace" style="margin-right:0.2778em;"></span></span><span class="base"><span class="strut" style="height:0.6444em;"></span><span class="mord">8</span></span></span></span>, and maximum generation length to 30720, and run 10 steps of reinforcement learning. The results show that using R3 adds only 3.45% overhead, which proves that R3 is practical. We describe our performance test process and results in detail in Appendix E and analyze the extra memory usage of R3 in Appendix C.</p>
<p>6 RELATED WORKS</p>
<p>6.1 MIXTURE OF EXPERTS</p>
<p>The Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, originating as an ensemble method to route inputs to specialized subnetworks (Jacobs et al., 1991; Shazeer et al., 2017), has become a cornerstone for scaling modern language models. By employing a gating network to sparsely activate only a subset of expert parameters per token, MoE decouples a model’s total parameter count from its inference cost, enabling a substantial increase in model capacity. This computational efficiency has driven its adoption in state-of-the-art Transformer models (Jiang et al., 2024; Liu et al., 2024; Team et al., 2025; Yang et al., 2025).</p>
<p>6.2 Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards</p>
<p>Reinforcement Learning with verifiable rewards (RLVR) has become a standard method for refining the complex reasoning (Xie et al., 2025), mathematical (Shao et al., 2024; Hu et al., 2025), and code abilities (Luo et al., 2025b) of large language models. Algorithms such as GRPO (Shao et al., 2024) DAPO (Yu et al., 2025) and GSPO (Zheng et al., 2025) are now widely adopted. This method has already been used to train state-of-the-art reasoning models (Yang et al., 2025; Xia et al., 2025; Chen et al., 2025; Guo et al., 2025; Team et al., 2025).</p>
<p>6.3 Nondeterminism, Framework Discrepancies and Reinforcement Learning</p>
<p>With the rise of RLVR, training–inference discrepancies and non-determinism issues have also drawn widespread attention, largely due to concerns about training stability. (Chen et al., 2025) pointed out the discrepancies problem between training and inference can cause instability problems in reinforcement learning and alleviated it by raising the output layer’s precision to FP32. (Yuan et al., 2025) examined how numerical precision affects inference nondeterminism. (He &amp; Lab, 2025) discussed the main reasons why inference can become nondeterministic. (He &amp; Lab, 2025) discussed the main reasons why inference can become nondeterministic. From the perspective of importance sampling, (Yao et al., 2025), (Zhao et al., 2025), and (Liu et al., 2025) proposed the TIS, Icepop, and MIS methods to address the problem. (Qi et al., 2025) pointed out that using FP16 is sufficient to resolve the training-inference discrepancies issue.</p>
<p>7 DISCUSSION</p>
<p>7.1 R3 v.s. Loss correction</p>
<p>Loss correction(GSPO, TIS) only adjusts the loss by applying the importance sampling ratio, but it does not correct the forward routing distribution. Thus, gradients under TIS and GSPO are still distributed to experts that were not used during inference, which means the discrepancies between training and inference remains. In contrast, R3 modifies the forward pass by replaying the exact routing distribution from inference. This ensures that gradients flow exclusively to the experts that were actually responsible for generating the rollout tokens, thereby reducing gradient noise. In short: Loss correction just suppresses the symptoms, whereas R3 corrects the root cause.</p>
<p>7.2 Future Work</p>
<p>Future work can proceed in the following directions: (a). Infrastructure: Absolute alignment without slowdown R3 achieves partial alignment on MoE models without causing slowdown. Some existing work has attempted to achieve absolute (bit-level) alignment between training and inference. However, current open-source efforts have only aligned Dense models, not MoE models, and suffer from significant slowdown. Future research should aim to achieve near bit-level alignment between training and inference on all mainstream architectures with minimal or no slowdown. (b). Algorithm: Understanding the growth of training-inference discrepancies It is known that the fundamental cause of training-inference discrepancies lies in floating-point operations. However, the reason why these discrepancies grow during the RL process remains unclear. Providing an algorithmic explanation for this growth would deepen our understanding of RL stability.</p>
<p>8 CONCLUSION</p>
<p>In this work, we identify training-inference routing discrepancies as the primary source of instability in MoE reinforcement learning. To address this, we propose Rollout Routing Replay (R3), which reuses inference-time routing distributions during training to align expert selection while preserving gradient flow. Experiments across multiple RL settings demonstrate that R3 substantially reduces training-inference divergence, stabilizes training, and consistently outperforms existing methods. Our results demonstrate the importance of aligning training and inference in MoE models and show that R3 provides a practical solution for improving stability.</p>


<p>APPENDIX G: REVIEWER GUIDELINES</p>

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