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Qwen Code v0.25.1

What's new in Qwen Code v0.25.1, released Oct 11, 2026 (). Newer: v0.26.0 (Oct 21, 2026)

Release notes

Qwen Code v0.25.1

Highlights

See the complete change list below.

Breaking Changes

No known breaking changes.

Complete Change List

Features
  • Restores the selected text-only connection and validated session or workspace route after Android Activity recreation, while preserving explicit retry screens after failures. (#12247) by @jabrailkhalil
  • Improves mobile profile screen accessibility with clearer connection actions, editor labels, validation announcements, and scrollable storage recovery. (#12129) by @jabrailkhalil
  • Adds an experimental Kubernetes CSI-backed runtime that validates workspaces, persists pod identity, and records durable worker acknowledgements for managed sessions. (#13289) by @doudouOUC
  • Adds background Shell and Monitor capabilities to the Managed Agent runtime, enabling durable background shell sessions and task event reporting. (#13265) by @wenshao
  • Web Shell /btw side can now create independent side-task conversations in a parent session's secondary workspace, including while the parent is responding. (#13468) by @wenshao
  • Agent and Goal coordination tools are now deferred by default and discovered on demand, reducing unnecessary tool declarations in ordinary tool-call sessions. (#13033) by @yiliang114
  • Local Managed Agent runtime tool outcomes are now durably recorded, including parameters, receipts, and checkpoints, before results are returned to the model. (#13291) by @wenshao
  • Hosted approval requests can now include bounded previews of file and shell input, exposed through public and WebShell APIs with truncation metadata. (#13400) by @yiliang114
  • Lets creators change a Workspace-bound Managed Session's working directory through a durable, idempotent operation. (#13247) by @wenshao
  • Adds read-only glob file discovery to Hosted Workspace /2 profiles while keeping searches inside the session working directory. (#13166) by @yiliang114
  • Adds planned Stage H5 agent channel API route shapes and persistence tables for channel routes and outbound deliveries. (#13497) by @wenshao
  • feat(web-shell): take back a cancelled prompt that produced nothing (#13488) by @wenshao
  • feat(hosted): show captured inputs in native approval cards (#13407) by @yiliang114
  • feat(managed-agent): EventTransport message-envelope contract (#13498) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): adopt the next Hosted Harness generation (G3) (#13174) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): enumerate the public and WebShell surface with an admission gate (#13543) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): H4a child agent and child acceptance record contract (#13505) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): give Hosted turns the Workspace's project context (#13168) by @yiliang114
  • feat(managed-agent): H6a schedule and automation run record contract (#13536) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): H5a channel route and delivery record contract (#13548) by @wenshao
  • feat(web-shell): Add fullscreen viewing for history tables (#13589) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): prove Shell process-group stops with a worker ledger (M5c) (#13352) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): add W1c offline workspace migration (#13260) by @doudouOUC
  • feat(agents): session-centric multi-agent collaboration (#13467) by @yiliang114
  • feat(managed-agent): add reliable ACTIVE Workspace deletion (L3) (#13354) by @doudouOUC
  • feat(hooks): apply PreToolUse updatedInput with full revalidation (#13442) by @qqqys
  • feat(web-shell): add trajectory search and diagnostic filters (#13264) by @qqqys
  • feat(web-shell): restore aggregated workspace hosts in sidebar (#13677) by @yiliang114
  • feat(managed-agent): persist workspace actor roles and session owners (#13544) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): H4b child Session runtime (#13550) by @wenshao
  • feat(web-shell): browse earlier trajectory windows (#13716) by @qqqys
  • feat(agents): remove the thread backend and run A2A on sessions (#13583) by @yiliang114
  • feat(trajectory): preserve model request execution identity (#13740) by @qqqys
  • feat(managed-agent): H5b/H5c channel runtime for the email reference adapter (#13572) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): add opt-in production replay-floor advancement for Session event retention (#12380) (#13621) by @qwen-code-dev-bot
  • feat(managed-agent): H4c workflow child kind and child launch budget (#13754) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): enforce workspace actor roles across the bound-Session surface (#13545) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): H6b/H6c automation runtime for persistent definitions (#13598) by @wenshao
  • feat(core): record prompt execution context (#13712) by @ytahdn
  • feat(managed-agent): H4d-a session message record contract and child continuation rules (#13786) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): H4e-a team record contract (#13811) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): child Workspace capability for managed child Sessions (#13753 I1) (#13781) by @wenshao
  • feat(trajectory): record and replay request lifecycle (PR6B) (#13755) by @qqqys
  • feat(managed-agent): restart-recoverable foreground child wait (fixes #13708) (#13769) by @wenshao
  • feat(web-shell): connect saved daemons simultaneously, no-flash host switching (#13727) (#13739) by @yiliang114
  • feat(managed-agent): H4e-b1 lead-side team runtime (#13824) by @wenshao
  • feat(managed-agent): H4f public task cancel for child agent tasks (#13823) by @wenshao
  • feat(trajectory): record native tool execution lifecycles (#13836) by @qqqys
  • feat(managed-agent): worktree admission for managed child agents (#13753 I2) (#13841) by @wenshao

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