Sources & verification notes

Qwen3.8-Flash

• Exact identifier & access

  Identity and lifecycle apply to this exact identifier and serving surface.

  • Model inference pricing (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, international site) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• First availability

  Effective Aug 26, 2026. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Date from the Model Studio lifecycle table (Singapore tab); it is the Model Studio availability date and the same row can list the alias and its snapshot.

  • Model lifecycle and updates, Singapore tab (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Availability status

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Listed under "Recommended models" on the text-generation page.

  • Text generation (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Capabilities & limits

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Context window and maximum output from the model's own Model Studio console page (Singapore, international); the page is client-rendered and was read in a browser session (Chrome DevTools). K and M read as decimal thousands and millions, matching the pricing page's tier definition. Tools means function calling.

  • Visual understanding (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Text generation (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Model lifecycle and updates, Singapore tab (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026
  • Model Studio console model page: qwen3.8-flash (Singapore, international) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Input price

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Derived from the captured rate card's standard token row.

  • Model inference pricing (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, international site) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Output price

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Derived from the captured rate card's standard token row.

  • Model inference pricing (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, international site) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Model card

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  • Model inference pricing (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, international site) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Official announcement

  Effective Aug 26, 2026. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  qwen.ai blog pages are client-rendered; text and date read from the same post through qwen.ai's own article API (qwen.ai/api/v2/article/retrieval). The post's byline shows 2026-08-03; the date used is the research index date. The Qwen3.8-Flash-Next post says the production version is served under the name qwen3.8-flash.

  • Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: A New Architecture, Towards Ultimate Cost-Efficiency ↗Qwen · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Provider description

  Effective Aug 26, 2026. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Verbatim from the launch post. qwen.ai blog pages are client-rendered; text and date read from the same post through qwen.ai's own article API (qwen.ai/api/v2/article/retrieval).

  • Qwen3.8-Flash-Next: A New Architecture, Towards Ultimate Cost-Efficiency ↗Qwen · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• Full rate card

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  • Model inference pricing (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, international site) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026

• License

  Effective date not established; this is an observation. Checked Oct 1, 2026.

  Not verified. These sources establish the identifier, not this missing fact.

  • Model inference pricing (Alibaba Cloud Model Studio, international site) ↗Alibaba Cloud · provider-authored · checked Oct 1, 2026