Qwen Code v0.26.5 Release Notes — What's New

Highlights

See the complete change list below.

Breaking Changes

No known breaking changes.

Complete Change List

Features

Adds bounded SQL history queries for Managed local H2 and Hosted MySQL, enabling paged recent messages, journal transactions, and exact operation or command lookups. (#15839) by @doudouOUC
Enables Generated UI by default and lets users continue chatting with interactive card values attached as removable context above the composer. (#15856) by @qqqys
feat(web-shell): keyboard shortcuts for Session Overview and Split View (#14179) by @4ekuct25
Adds a Russian locale for the Web Shell Goal card and Goals dialog, with English fallback for untranslated strings. (#13685) by @4ekuct25
Extends Web Shell one-click daemon updates to pnpm, yarn, bun, and sudo-prefixed npm installs, and shows manual steps when automatic update is unavailable. (#15849) by @wenshao
Web Shell and Qwen Code Desktop now show active background agent counts in the status-bar task pill while agents are running. (#14002) by @4ekuct25
Managed WebShell now reads the latest 100 live items directly and pages upward for older messages, while live updates continue. (#15865) by @doudouOUC
The /verify-pr local flow now reuses the current working tree only when it is a clean checkout of the PR head and records round details. (#15913) by @wenshao
Archived conversations in Settings now show Export conversation and Restore inline beside More, making archive management faster. (#15872) by @deggs7
PR watch now merges a stale base before attempting fixes when CI failures may be caused by the branch being behind. (#15922) by @wenshao
Adds an experimental one-command Helm deployment for Managed Agent with Hosted Harness, MySQL, local execution, and an authenticated gateway. (#15492) by @doudouOUC
Adds --in-place mode to the PR-watch skill to co-drive in your checkout, push the branch, and reply on the PR. (#15929) by @wenshao
Keeps skill slash-command argument hints visible while typing and shrinks them to missing arguments. (#15930) by @wenshao
Makes context memory files in the Context Usage panel clickable to open read-only previews such as AGENTS.md. (#15932) by @wenshao
Makes autofix-pr post a pull-request comment when a round is blocked, stating what was attempted, what blocks it, and what human action is needed. (#15978) by @wenshao
Adds a retry budget to /autofix-pr so a check left failing after three fix pushes is handed to a human and shown in /autofix-pr status. (#15985) by @wenshao
Adds a Workflow switch in Web Shell, split panes, and VS Code chat to update saved session Workflow preferences for the next turn without interrupting responses. (#15779) by @qqqys
Enables channel adapters to expose tools to agent sessions and adds QQ moderation tools, including recall, mute, kick, and join approval, controlled by moderationTools. (#14348) by @Eric-GoodBoy-Tech
Adds a batch request and SDK method to fetch live-session snapshots for up to 20 selected workspaces in one call. (#12513) by @XIQIXIQIXIQI
feat(cli): support exact-version updates without npm discovery (#11486) by @XIQIXIQIXIQI
Improves the bundled code-review skill by re-anchoring after head drift, running actionlint checks, accounting for blockers, and refusing retries. (#16001) by @wenshao

Bug Fixes

Hardens the managed-agent upgrade command's check, backup, install, start, and verify phases, including cleanup after interrupted installs. (#15853) by @wenshao
TUI CI now runs impact-selected checks and reserves full source TUI acceptance for nightly runs, manual dispatch, and high-risk changes. (#15864) by @yiliang114
Main pushes now run one macOS E2E shard instead of two, while schedules, manual dispatch, and feat/e2e branches keep the two-shard matrix. (#15873) by @yiliang114
The Web Shell floating approval card for tool approvals now uses a single scroll region, avoiding nested scrollbars in long diffs. (#14621) by @4ekuct25
Release builds and eligible downstream jobs now use labelled runners on existing ECS hosts to reduce hosted-runner queue delays. (#15832) by @yiliang114
CUA input, window selection, and session cleanup align with 0.27.0 across CUA SDK, Browser SDK, and Node REPL for more reliable sessions. (#15784) by @LaZzyMan
Review command tests now pin ghApiAllNested pagination and response merging behavior to prevent regressions in GitHub API requests. (#12560) by @indexGin
The No-workspace sessions header now matches Pinned, Workspaces, and Recent with consistent height, muted text, spacing, chevron, and hover/focus behavior. (#15897) by @deggs7
E2E builds now use the same pool-first runner routing and disk gate as other jobs, reducing hosted queue delays for post-merge test signals. (#15885) by @yiliang114
Web Shell browser smoke tests now run on isolated ubuntu-latest runners to avoid shared-runner network failures. (#15886) by @yiliang114
Web Shell now hides the No-workspace sessions sidebar section when it loads empty, matching Pinned behavior. (#15916) by @deggs7
fix(web-shell): keep "+ Add session" clickable when the catalog is empty (#15835) by @2SinceJuly
fix(ci): weight PR owner assignment by open issue load (#15194) by @DragonnZhang
fix(cli): separate instruction files from auto memory in context usage (#15863) by @callmeYe
fix(core): skip memory imports of files already loaded as context files (#15687) by @tneemo
fix(core): retry bodyless 400 responses instead of treating them as fail-fast (#15821) by @Andrea-Bruno
fix(cli): share hosted harness deadlines and bail after CI retries (#14752) by @zonemeen
fix(web-shell): prune split panes whose session left the active catalog (#14577) by @4ekuct25
fix(core): stop the session LSP client on Config shutdown (#14778) by @he-yufeng
Session messaging guidance now explains safe-mode suppression or missing peer addresses without implying recipients do not exist. (#13948) by @haomint

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