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Is Qwen3 Coder Next out? Yes, since February 4, 2026

Yes. Qwen3 Coder Next has been available since February 4, 2026, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.

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Lab
Alibaba
Family
Qwen
Release date
Source
OpenRouter catalogue

What changed

  • context 262k tokens · Context window of Qwen3 Coder Next. Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct is the previous model of the same tier, but the gap is beyond what a percentage explains.
  • price -20 % · Prompt price compared with Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct, same tier in this family. Went from $0.150 / MTok to $0.120 / MTok. Lower is better.

About Qwen3 Coder Next

Qwen3-Coder-Next is an open-weight causal language model optimized for coding agents and local development workflows. It uses a sparse MoE design with 80B total parameters and only 3B activated per...

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Questions

When was Qwen3 Coder Next released?
Qwen3 Coder Next has been available since February 4, 2026, when it was first listed in the OpenRouter catalogue.
Who makes Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Coder Next is made by Alibaba.
What comes after Qwen3 Coder Next?
Qwen3 Max Thinking, released on February 9, 2026.