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Monday, October 5UTC

  1. New
    QwenQwen Code 0.25.0Agents

    Qwen Code 0.25 adds local workspace-agent collaboration

    Qwen published Qwen Code 0.25.0 with local workspace-agent collaboration, A2A sharing, model broker controls and multiple hosted-run recovery features in its official release notes. The release artifact verifies the code changes; availability and reliability of managed hosted features still need hands-on testing.

    Qwen1 source

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Saturday, October 3UTC

  1. New
    QwenQwen Code October 3 nightlyDeveloper

    Qwen Code nightly adds email channels and trusted reboot recovery

    The October 3 Qwen Code nightly includes an IMAP/SMTP email channel, durable local process support with trusted reboot recovery, and more tightly scoped microphone consent. These changes are verified against the previous nightly rather than treating its cumulative release notes as entirely new. This is a prerelease coding-agent update, not a new Qwen model.

    Qwen1 source

Friday, October 2UTC

  1. New
    QwenQwen Code October 2 nightlyAgents

    Qwen Code nightly adds durable hooks, offline recovery and isolated runtime hosts

    Compared with the previous nightly, this prerelease adds durable Hosted hooks, offline workspace recovery bundles, immutable agent definitions and isolated remote Qwen runtimes. Code Mode gains freeform input and concurrent Bash calls. Earlier workspace collaboration is not a new launch.

    Qwen2 sources

  2. New
    QwenQwen-Image-2.1-ProImages

    Alibaba Cloud lists Qwen-Image 2.1 Pro for international API use

    Alibaba Cloud's model-release log lists Qwen-Image-2.1-Pro for its international service on October 2. The entry combines image creation and editing, native transparency and up to ten reference images. Its stated 7-billion-parameter figure applies to the visual-generation component, not necessarily the entire system. This hosted availability event is separate from the September 20 open-weight research release, and does not establish new unrestricted weights or universal regional access.

    Alibaba Cloud1 source

Thursday, October 1UTC

  1. New
    QwenQwen Code October 1 nightlyDeveloper

    Qwen Code nightly adds Hosted approval controls, with important visibility limits

    The October 1 Qwen Code nightly includes WebShell allow-and-deny cards for Hosted sessions that advertise Actions. Only the session creator may answer. The current Hosted producer does not supply tool arguments, so the card explicitly reports them unavailable. Separate gated work exposes durable shell results through authenticated paging and streaming, while scheduled prompts now persist in transcripts. This does not enable the unfinished Managed engine for all users.

    Qwen GitHub5 sources

Wednesday, September 30UTC

  1. New
    QwenQwen Code 0.24.7 nightlyDeveloper

    Qwen Code nightly adds workspace-agent collaboration and hosted approval handling

    The September 30 prerelease adds local workspace-agent collaboration and A2A access and sharing. Its release notes also describe hosted tool approvals, durable permission actions, remote shell-result delivery, a private hosted MCP runtime and workspace cold restore. This is a nightly artifact, distinct from the earlier stable 0.24.7 release.

    Qwen GitHub1 source

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