Qwen community loses hope for Qwen3.6-122B and coder models

A Reddit user on r/LocalLLaMA, identified as /u/cafedude, has sparked discussion by expressing waning hope for the release of the Qwen3.6 series models, specifically the Qwen3.6-122B and Qwen3.6-coder variants. The post notes that while the community has been eagerly anticipating these models, no official hints, teasers, or announcements have come from the Qwen team. The user suggests that by this point in the release cycle, some form of communication would typically have occurred, and the radio silence indicates that these models may not be coming.

The Qwen series, developed by Alibaba's DAMO Academy, has been a major player in the open-source LLM space, with previous models like Qwen2.5 and Qwen3 garnering significant attention. The 122B parameter variant was expected to offer strong performance comparable to other large-scale models, while the coder variant would have focused on code generation and understanding. The lack of updates has left the community speculating about whether Alibaba is shifting focus to other projects or facing internal challenges. This uncertainty impacts developers and researchers who rely on the Qwen ecosystem for their work in RAG, agent-based systems, and other AI applications.