codeburn/docs/providers/qwen.md
Resham Joshi 6746ecc22f
Add CONTRIBUTING.md, docs/architecture.md, and per-provider docs (#284)
Document the contributor onboarding path:
- CONTRIBUTING.md: setup, npm scripts, coding conventions, PR process,
  the block-claude-coauthor enforcement, and the five providers without
  test coverage today (claude, gemini, goose, qwen, antigravity).
- docs/architecture.md: 12-command CLI surface, parser pipeline, three
  cache layers, 14 optimize detectors, and the mac / gnome / build
  layouts with cited line numbers.
- docs/providers/: one file per provider (17 providers plus the shared
  vscode-cline-parser helper). Each covers data path, storage format,
  caching, dedup key, quirks, and a "when fixing a bug here" checklist.

Also fix two pre-existing documentation issues surfaced while writing
the new docs:
- RELEASING.md claimed GitHub Actions auto-publishes the CLI when a
  v* tag is pushed. There is no such workflow; CLI publishing is
  manual via npm publish. Updated the CLI section to reflect reality
  and kept the menubar (mac-v* tag) automation accurate.
- .gitignore had CLAUDE.md unanchored, which on case-insensitive
  filesystems also matched docs/providers/claude.md. Anchored to
  /CLAUDE.md so the root-level memory file stays ignored without
  affecting subdirectory docs.

All cited file paths, line numbers, function names, and test counts
were verified against current code (41 test files, 558 tests passing).
2026-05-09 18:39:41 -07:00

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Qwen

Qwen Code CLI.

  • Source: src/providers/qwen.ts
  • Loading: eager (src/providers/index.ts:10)
  • Test: none. Adding a fixture-based test is a known good first issue.

Where it reads from

$QWEN_DATA_DIR if set, otherwise ~/.qwen/projects/<project>/chats/*.jsonl (qwen.ts:52-54).

Storage format

JSONL.

Caching

None.

Deduplication

Per <sessionId>:<uuid> (qwen.ts:110).

Quirks

  • Project name comes from the last path component (qwen.ts:56-59), not from any in-file field. If a user puts the same project under two different paths, they will appear as two projects.
  • Thought parts are filtered out before token accounting (qwen.ts:97). Qwen reports thoughtsTokenCount separately from candidatesTokenCount; this parser counts both as output but does not double-count thoughts in the main message.
  • Tool calls are extracted from a fixed envelope shape (qwen.ts:61-76). If Qwen restructures its tool-call format in a future release, this is where it will break first.
  • Tokens come from usageMetadata: promptTokenCount, candidatesTokenCount, thoughtsTokenCount, cachedContentTokenCount.

When fixing a bug here

  1. Add a fixture and a test before changing logic. The lack of tests/providers/qwen.test.ts makes regressions invisible.
  2. If the bug is "tools missing", look at the function-call extraction loop at qwen.ts:61-76.
  3. If the bug is "duplicate counts", confirm <sessionId>:<uuid> actually uniquely identifies a turn in your reproducer; some Qwen builds repeat UUIDs across resumed sessions.