# Qwen3.8 Flash Next

> Qwen3.8 Flash Next is an open-weight language model from Alibaba (Qwen), released on 27 Aug 2026. It accepts text, images and video and generates text, with a 262K-token context window and up to 131K output tokens per response.

Source page: https://www.aimodel.directory/models/qwen3-8-flash-next
Last verified: 4 Oct 2026

## Specifications

- **Developer:** Alibaba (Qwen)
- **Release date:** 27 Aug 2026 (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Status:** Generally available (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Weights:** Open weights (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Context window:** 262K (262,144 tokens) (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Max output:** 131K tokens (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Input:** Text, images and video (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Output:** Text (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Reasoning mode:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Tool calling:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)
- **Structured output:** Yes (source: models.dev, https://github.com/sst/models.dev/blob/dev/providers/vultr/models/qwen3.8-flash-next.toml)

## API pricing (USD per 1M tokens)

| Provider | Input | Output | Cached input | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|

## FAQ

### What is the context window of Qwen3.8 Flash Next?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next has a context window of 262,144 tokens (262K) and can generate up to 131,072 tokens in a single response, according to models.dev.

### Is Qwen3.8 Flash Next open source?

Qwen3.8 Flash Next is an open-weight model. Check the license terms before commercial use.

### When was Qwen3.8 Flash Next released?

Alibaba (Qwen) released Qwen3.8 Flash Next on 27 Aug 2026, according to models.dev.

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