Training on failed patches helps coding agents recover more effectively

FC-SWE teaches repository-level coding agents to use failed patches and verifier diagnostics in subsequent attempts.

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Jia Liufu · Bin Hu · Linglin Jing · Terry Kong · Yuki Huang · Ashwath Aithal · +2 more

NVIDIA · Tsinghua University

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Liufu et al.

5-4B and the SWE-agent tool-use framework.

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Training software engineering agents on recovery attempts conditioned on failed patches and verifier feedback improves resolution rates over standard GRPO.

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