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Weekly product releases, new features, and community highlights.

NEWJuly 16, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: /learn Turns Knowledge into Skills, Major Code Review Quality Upgrades, Web Shell UI Overhaul

This week we shipped v0.19.9, v0.19.10, and v0.19.11 — 3 stable releases with 160+ PRs merged. /learn command creates reusable Skills, Code Review verifier + reverse-audit, Web Shell shadcn overhaul + Artifact panel, Voice Bridge audio integration, automatic PDF-to-image fallback, CLI /update one-click upgrade.

Qwen Team
July 9, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Auto Model Fallback, Nested Sub-agents, WeCom Channel Integration

This week we shipped v0.19.6 through v0.19.8 — 3 stable releases with 150+ PRs merged. Model fallback chains, nested sub-agent spawning, Web Shell session management, WeCom channel integration, and more.

Qwen Team
July 2, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: /loop Autonomous Mode, Desktop Voice Dictation, Tabbed Settings View

This week we shipped v0.19.4 with 80+ PRs merged, introducing /loop autonomous mode, desktop voice dictation, tabbed settings view, and more.

Qwen Team
June 25, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Token Costs at a Glance, Voice Input, Save & Reuse Workflows

This week Qwen Code shipped v0.18.4 through v0.19.2 across five releases. /stats shows your daily token spend, /voice lets you speak instead of type, workflows can be saved as slash commands and reused, and the UI got a major slim-down.

Qwen Team
June 18, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Agent Team Parallel Collaboration, Durable /loop Survives Restart, /cd Switch Directory

Qwen Code v0.18.0~v0.18.3 this week launched Agent Team parallel collaboration, Durable /loop scheduled tasks surviving restart, /cd in-session directory switching, Thinking collapsible, MCP approval gate, permission bubbling, /compress-fast instant compression.

Qwen Team
June 11, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: /fork Background Agents, /skills Management Panel, Cross-Project Memory

Qwen Code v0.18.0-preview launches /fork background agents, /skills visual skill management, user-level cross-project memory, plus Vim mode overhaul and standalone installer auto-update.

Qwen Team
June 4, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Zero-Config Built-in Computer Use, Feishu Integration, Compression Engine Rewrite

Qwen Code v0.17.1 this week: Computer Use becomes a zero-config built-in capability, Feishu Channel launches for teams to use Agent directly in group chats, and the compression engine rewrite solves the critical issue of losing context during long tasks.

Qwen Team
May 28, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Parallel Agent Panel, Auto-Memory On by Default, Worktree Phase D

Cognition valued at $26B, Simon Willison says coding agents have found PMF. Qwen Code v0.16.2 responds: parallel agents now have a visual panel with keyboard navigation, the memory system is on by default with zero configuration, and Worktree isolation advances to Phase D with direct launch parameters.

Qwen Team
May 21, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: /goal autonomous coding, Auto Approval hands-free, Worktree isolation

Both Claude Code and Codex shipped /goal. Qwen Code v0.16.0 follows suit—plus an independent judge model and impossible-goal detection. The other big update: Auto Approval uses an LLM classifier to decide whether human confirmation is needed, so routine operations stop interrupting you.

Qwen Team
May 14, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: VSCode message rewind, /export light/dark toggle, ToolSearch saves tokens on demand

Claude Code ships /goal to keep agents running to completion—but what if they go off track? This week: 4 releases with message edit rewind, sub-agent visualization, ToolSearch token savings, and /branch for parallel exploration.

Qwen Team
May 7, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: DeepSeek V4 gets a 1M context window, plus background tasks and conversation rewind

This week we released v0.15.7 and six follow-up releases, with DeepSeek V4 1M context support, a background task panel, conversation rewind, a stronger code review flow, task notifications, cost estimates, and faster model switching with `/model`.

Qwen Team
April 23, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: AI Remembers Across Sessions, Auto Chat Titles, Batch Multi-File Operations

v0.15.0 is out: cross-session memory, smarter chat management, /batch command, Hook expansion, and subagent background execution.

Qwen Team
April 16, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Smart Tool Parallelism, Fork Sub-Agent Context Sharing, CJK Word Segmentation

This week we released v0.14.3, v0.14.4, and v0.14.5. New features include smart tool parallel execution, fork sub-agent context sharing, CJK word segmentation, LLM message rewrite middleware, and Skill model override.

Qwen Team
April 8, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Channels Multi-Platform Access, Cron Scheduled Tasks, /plan Planning Mode, Qwen 3.6 Plus Launch

This week: v0.13.2, v0.14.0, v0.14.1, v0.14.2 released. New Channels platform (Telegram/WeChat/DingTalk), Cron scheduled task scheduling, /plan planning mode, adaptive output tokens (8K→64K), Qwen 3.6 Plus model support.

Qwen Team
March 27, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: AI Code Review, Ask Questions Without Losing Context, Custom Workflow Automation

This week: v0.13.0 released with /review for code review before commits, /btw for quick questions without losing context, Hooks for automated testing and formatting, Arena for multi-model comparison.

Qwen Team
March 20, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Token Limit Doubled, Real-time Usage Display, JetBrains Editor Support

This week: Token limit increased from 8K to 16K, real-time token usage display, JetBrains/Zed editor integration, Plan Mode comparison view, plus Windows encoding fixes.

Qwen Team
March 13, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Automated Workflows, Better Extension & MCP Management, VS Code Sidebar

This week's update lets you automate script execution, manage MCP and extensions more easily, keep Qwen Code in VS Code sidebar, and generate GIFs from screen recordings with one click.

Qwen Team
March 6, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: HTML Export Enhancement, Terminal GIF Recording, GitHub Workflow Commands

This week we released v0.11.1 and continued development on v0.12.0, adding an HTML export tool call viewer, terminal streaming GIF recording, built-in GitHub workflow commands, and more.

Qwen Team
March 3, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Insight Analytics, Clipboard Images, Terminal Capture

This week we released v0.10.0, v0.11.0 major feature versions and 5 bugfix versions, adding Insight analytics, clipboard image support, Terminal Capture and more.

Qwen Team
February 9, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: Agent Skills GA, One-Click Install, Session Export

This week we released v0.9.0, v0.9.1 stable versions and v0.10.0 preview. Agent Skills removed experimental flag, added one-click install script and session history export feature.

Qwen Team
February 3, 2026

Qwen Code Weekly: LSP Support, Batch Runner, New Languages

This week we released v0.8.1, v0.8.2 stable versions and v0.9.0 preview, adding LSP support, batch-runner evaluation tool, unified UI architecture, and Japanese & Portuguese language support.

Qwen Team
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