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feat(review): a cost ledger from the records already on disk (#8471)
* feat(review): a cost ledger from the records already on disk

"0.21.3 was fine, 0.21.4 got slow" was settled only by replaying a whole
review under a telemetry exporter and hand-aggregating the output — hours
of forensics to find a repair round that had silently doubled a run
(measured: a +93/-48 PR at high effort cost 523 model calls and 37.8M
input tokens, 9.7M of them redelivering prompts the agents had already
acted on). The usage data was on disk the whole time: every chat and
subagent transcript event carries usageMetadata.

qwen review cost-ledger --plan <plan> aggregates those records — the same
files check-coverage trusts for delivery, found via the same
environment-exported location, floored at the plan's mtime so a review
started an hour into a session does not bill that hour — into per-stream
totals: the main loop and each agent, with input / cached / output /
thinking counts and wall time. Step 8 pastes the printed block into the
saved report, so the next slowness question is a diff of two archives
instead of an excavation.

Informational by construction: an incomputable ledger prints why and
exits 0. Validated against the measured run above — 521 calls, 37.7M
input (93% cached), 849k output, 107 min — matching the telemetry-side
aggregation, minus the two side-query calls that are not the review's.

* test: register cost-ledger in the subcommand registry and its demand message

* fix(review): honest cost-ledger output and a safe archive write (#8471)

Address the review of the cost ledger: report output tokens once
(thinking is a subset of candidates, not a sibling), keep the --out
write inside the exit-0 contract and mkdir its parent, name a missing
plan as the plan, read each transcript once, compare timestamps as
instants, fold relaunched agents into marked rows, and archive the
full ledger next to the Step 8 report.

* fix(review): cost ledger — honest failures, validated plan, shared records (#8471)

Address the second review round: a missing or faulted chat transcript
now says "cost-ledger unavailable" instead of rendering agents-only
totals as the whole cost (the plan proves the main loop ran), and a
subagent dir that fails listing with anything but ENOENT does the
same. The --plan file is validated as a plan report before its mtime
alone sets the billing window. Output derives from totalTokenCount −
promptTokenCount when present, correct under both usage conventions.
Chunk agents label "chunk N" via the shared CHUNK_RE instead of the
malformed "agent chunk N of M"; the transcript listing is one helper
shared with the coverage gate; glued JSONL records are recovered via
parseLineTolerant; totals reuse the rows' accumulator; folded (×N)
rows rank by combined total; stale agent files are skipped by mtime
without being opened. Rendered block gains pluralization, "agent
runs: N", and a B tier; SKILL.md states the ledger's bounded window.

* fix(review): close the cost-ledger audit — refusals, labels, pinned math

Address the remaining review threads on the cost ledger:

- Refuse agents-only totals when the chat file exists but holds no
  above-floor records: a degraded recorder leaves the file present and
  empty while agents run — the same infrastructure fact as an
  unreadable transcript, and exactly the output the missing-file
  refusal exists to prevent.
- Read the agent label from the first user record, not a raw 64KB head
  slice: a fork's agent_bootstrap record precedes the launch prompt,
  quotes other agents' identity lines, and can outgrow any fixed
  window.
- Distinguish parallel invariant agents by their owned file, so
  per-file runs stop folding into a phantom (xN) relaunch row.
- Coerce negative provider counts to zero: the agent path records
  usage uncoerced, and summed negatives rendered >100% cached shares.
- Accept degraded diff-less Step 1 reports: validate diffLines +
  chunks, the pair every plan report carries, instead of
  check-coverage's stricter contract that refused them.
- Pin every branch the second round proved unobservable: the exit
  code on all handler paths, total - prompt under both usage
  conventions, per-agent fault tolerance, the wall-minutes
  conversion, array-shaped usage, the mtime pre-filter and the
  event-level floor, human() rounding, per-condition plan validation,
  sort order against a lexical readdir, the zero-event skip, the
  --out per-stream archive contract, error messages naming their
  paths, truncation membership and folded-run counting, and the
  assistant-type filter.

Every new assertion was mutation-probed: each mutant the review named
now turns the suite red.

* review: pipeline stages keep their own ledger rows

The (×N) fold keyed on the label alone, and three legitimate multi-launch
shapes shared one: a reverse-audit chunk auditor is launched with the same
'chunk N of M' identity as the Step 3B territory finder (five audit rounds
folded into the finder's row — one agent where six pipeline stages ran),
and repeat rounds of the findings roles carry their round OUTSIDE the
backticks (every round folded as a phantom relaunch). labelOf now reads
the stage from the audit brief's record key in the launch (audit chunk N
(round K)) and the round from the identity LINE — never the whole launch,
whose folded findings can quote a budget disclosure's own '(round N)' —
so rounds are rows and only true relaunches and same-round verify shards
fold. The (×N) comment now says what the marker means: N runs under one
label.

* fix(cli): annotate cost-ledger test helper to restore strict build (#8471)

* fix(cli): anchor cost-ledger labels and harden broken-usage defenses (#8471)

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Co-authored-by: verify <verify@local>
Co-authored-by: qwen-code-dev-bot <qwen-code-dev@service.alibaba.com>
2026-08-05 02:18:06 +00:00
.github fix(desktop): codesign ripgrep and node binaries before tauri build (#8518) 2026-08-04 14:41:36 +00:00
.husky Sync upstream Gemini-CLI v0.8.2 (#838) 2025-10-23 09:27:04 +08:00
.qwen feat(ci): add repo-hygiene skill and weekly patrol workflow (#7908) 2026-08-02 09:45:38 +00:00
.vscode Merge branch 'main' into feat/sandbox-config-improvements 2026-03-06 14:38:39 +08:00
docs perf(core): clear tool results to a low watermark to preserve prompt cache (#8464) 2026-08-04 19:00:11 +00:00
docs-site Hide internal docs from docs site (#4357) 2026-06-01 15:55:14 +08:00
eslint-rules pre-release commit 2025-07-22 23:26:01 +08:00
integration-tests test(integration): select acp-cron notification by source, not wall-clock (#8333) (#8336) 2026-08-02 14:45:06 +00:00
integrations/external-context fix(external-context): Dispose of Auto Recall proxy dispatcher (#8352) 2026-08-02 15:16:09 +00:00
packages feat(review): a cost ledger from the records already on disk (#8471) 2026-08-05 02:18:06 +00:00
patches feat(cli): add TUI image display tool (#8217) 2026-08-01 12:39:52 +00:00
scripts fix(cli): preserve Qwen Review startup version in footers (#8431) 2026-08-04 14:58:56 +00:00
.dockerignore fix(cli): skip stdin read for ACP mode 2026-03-27 11:47:01 +00:00
.editorconfig pre-release commit 2025-07-22 23:26:01 +08:00
.gitattributes feat(installer): add standalone hosted install and uninstall flow (#3828) 2026-05-21 11:57:10 +08:00
.gitignore feat(desktop): package Web Shell as a release-ready desktop app (#8132) 2026-08-02 08:20:16 +00:00
.npmrc chore: remove google registry 2025-08-08 20:45:54 +08:00
.nvmrc chore(deps): upgrade ink 6.2.3 → 7.0.2 + bump Node engine to 22 (#3860) 2026-05-11 17:29:50 +08:00
.prettierignore feat(acp): support /cd command in ACP sessions (#5903) 2026-06-27 14:47:40 +00:00
.prettierrc.json pre-release commit 2025-07-22 23:26:01 +08:00
.yamllint.yml feat(desktop): Add desktop app package with Qwen ACP SDK integration (#3778) 2026-06-11 21:57:20 +08:00
AGENTS.md fix(serve): Harden multi-workspace ownership guards (#7005) 2026-07-16 17:29:10 +00:00
CHANGELOG.md chore(release): v0.21.5 (#8505) 2026-08-04 02:30:44 +00:00
CLAUDE.md docs: rewrite CLAUDE.md to point to AGENTS.md as authoritative source (#5138) 2026-06-15 15:23:26 +08:00
CONTRIBUTING.md revert: remove local PR verification gate (#7031) 2026-07-16 11:24:38 +00:00
Dockerfile perf(ci): cut the E2E suite from ~40min to ~24min (#7798) 2026-07-28 12:56:34 +00:00
esbuild.config.js feat(core): add full-resolution image zoom tool (#7809) 2026-07-27 23:40:26 +00:00
eslint.config.js feat(desktop): package Web Shell as a release-ready desktop app (#8132) 2026-08-02 08:20:16 +00:00
eslint.legacy-filenames.mjs fix(cli): stop resize repaint from causing scroll storm (#8009) 2026-07-29 16:04:42 +00:00
LICENSE Sync upstream Gemini-CLI v0.8.2 (#838) 2025-10-23 09:27:04 +08:00
Makefile feat: update docs 2025-12-22 21:11:33 +08:00
package-lock.json feat(browser-ext): add alpha readiness diagnostics (#6739) 2026-08-04 03:23:47 +00:00
package.json feat(browser-ext): add alpha readiness diagnostics (#6739) 2026-08-04 03:23:47 +00:00
README.md docs: Revamp README for clarity and focus (#5257) 2026-06-18 10:27:16 +08:00
SECURITY.md fix: update security vulnerability reporting channel 2026-02-24 14:22:47 +08:00
tsconfig.json # 🚀 Sync Gemini CLI v0.2.1 - Major Feature Update (#483) 2025-09-01 14:48:55 +08:00
vitest.config.ts feat(channel): add QQ Bot (QQ机器人) channel adapter (#5202) 2026-06-19 06:32:52 +08:00

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The open-source AI coding agent that lives in your terminal.

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Why Qwen Code?

  • Agentic out of the box — Auto-Memory, Auto-Skills, SubAgents, Agent Teams, and MCP. Dynamic workflows, zero setup.
  • Open-source, inside and out — The framework and the Qwen models are open-source. They evolve together. No vendor lock-in.
  • Multi-protocol — Supports OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and Qwen APIs. Any third-party provider or local model (Ollama / vLLM). Switch at runtime.
  • Beyond the terminal — IDE plugins, Desktop app, daemon mode, SDKs, and IM bots (Telegram / DingTalk / WeChat / Feishu).

Tip

Qwen Code is actively iterating on itself — using its own agent and models to file issues, submit PRs, review code, and run tests. Powered by the community, driven by AI.

Installation

Linux / macOS:

curl -fsSL https://qwen-code-assets.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/installation/install-qwen-standalone.sh | bash

Windows:

irm https://qwen-code-assets.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/installation/install-qwen-standalone.ps1 | iex

Restart your terminal after installation to ensure environment variables take effect.

NPM / Homebrew

NPM (requires Node.js 22+):

npm install -g @qwen-code/qwen-code@latest

Homebrew (macOS / Linux):

brew install qwen-code

Quick Start

qwen          # Launch interactive terminal UI
# Inside the session:
/auth         # Configure your provider and API key

See the Authentication Guide and Settings Reference for detailed setup.

Qwen Code

How to Use Qwen Code

Mode Command Use Case
Interactive qwen Terminal UI with rich rendering, @file references, slash commands
Headless qwen -p "..." Scripts, CI/CD, batch processing — no UI
IDE VS Code, Zed, JetBrains
Desktop Qwen Code Desktop — GUI for macOS, Windows, Linux
Daemon qwen serve Shared agent session over HTTP+SSE (ACP). Multiple clients, one agent. (experimental) Docs
SDK TypeScript, Python, Java
IM Bot qwen channel Connect to Telegram, DingTalk, WeChat, or Feishu
SDK example (Python)
import asyncio

from qwen_code_sdk import is_sdk_result_message, query


async def main() -> None:
    result = query(
        "Summarize the repository layout.",
        {
            "cwd": "/path/to/project",
            "path_to_qwen_executable": "qwen",
        },
    )

    async for message in result:
        if is_sdk_result_message(message):
            print(message["result"])


asyncio.run(main())

Capabilities

If you know Claude Code, you already know Qwen Code — and then some. We've put significant effort into bringing Qwen Code to feature parity with Claude Code, improving both breadth and reliability across the board.

Feature Qwen Code Claude Code
SubAgents, Agent Teams, Dynamic Workflows
Auto-Memory, Auto-Skills, Hooks
Built-in Skills (/review, /batch, /loop, /bugfix…)
MCP, Plan Mode, LSP Integration
Auto Mode, Sandbox, Git Worktrees
Computer Use (desktop automation)
IDE Plugins (VS Code / JetBrains / Zed)
SDK
Headless Mode, Session Management
Open-source — model and framework
Multi-protocol (OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini / Qwen + any provider)
Agent Arena (multi-model head-to-head on same task)
Daemon Mode — qwen serve (multi-client shared agent)
IM Channels (Telegram / DingTalk / WeChat / Feishu)

Ecosystem

  • Qwen Code Desktop — Official desktop app for macOS, Windows, and Linux

  • AionUi — A modern GUI for command-line AI tools including Qwen Code

  • Gemini CLI Desktop — A cross-platform desktop/web/mobile UI for Qwen Code

  • 🦞 Qwen Code Claw — Let other agents (Claude, Codex, etc.) delegate coding tasks to Qwen Code via ACP. Paste this prompt into your agent:

Use Qwen Code as a coding agent. First, fetch and read this skill reference:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/QwenLM/qwen-code/refs/heads/main/.qwen/skills/qwen-code-claw/SKILL.md
Then follow the instructions inside to install, authenticate, and use Qwen Code via acpx for all coding tasks.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Acknowledgments

This project was originally based on Google Gemini CLI v0.8.2. We gratefully acknowledge the Gemini CLI team's excellent work. Starting from Qwen Code v0.1, we stopped syncing with upstream and began independent development as a multi-protocol, multi-platform agent framework with deep integrations for Qwen models and beyond.